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| Full name | Gregory Henderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Hendo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1976-09-10)10 September 1976 (age 49) Dunedin, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72.5 kg (160 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2002–2003 | 7 UP–Maxxis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Health Net–Maxxis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | T-Mobile Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Team Sky | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Lotto–Belisol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | UnitedHealthcare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gregory Henderson (born 10 September 1976) is a New Zealand former professionaltrack androad racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2017. His career includes winning the 15-kilometre (9.3-mile) scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in road cycling, winning the points competition at theTour de Georgia in2005 and 2008.
Henderson rode in fiveOlympic Games and completed 11 Grand Tours.[1] He also competed in fourCommonwealth Games and was a four-time medallist, including winning gold in the points race in2002.[2] During an important part of his career, he served asAndré Greipel's main lead-out man, and they were colleagues at bothT-Mobile Team and laterLotto–Soudal.
In addition to 17 New Zealand track and road titles and eight World Cup track golds, Henderson has been New Zealand Track Cyclist of the Year (2001, 2002, 2003) and Athlete of the Year, Otago, New Zealand (2001, 2002, 2003).
At the1998 Commonwealth Games Henderson won bronze medals in the40-kilometre (25-mile) points race and the 4-kilometre (2.5-mile) team pursuit.[3][4]
He won gold in the 40-kilometre (25-mile) points race[5] and bronze again in the 4-kilometre (2.5-mile) team pursuit[6] at the2002 Commonwealth Games.[4]
He won the 15-kilometre (9.3-mile)scratch race at the2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[7]
At the2004 Summer Olympics he finished fourth in thepoints race and seventh in themadison.[8]
His best placing in the2006 Commonwealth Games was 10th in the scratch race.[9][4]
At the2008 Summer Olympics he finished tenth in thepoints race and themadison.[8]
In 2005, he won the points competition at theTour de Georgia andInternational Tour de Toona. In 2006, he recovered from early injuries and won the inaugural Pro Cycling Tour (PCT)Reading Classic.
In 2009, he won theClásica de Almería in Spain, the second stage of Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia, and thethird stage of the Vuelta a España on hisGrand Tour debut.[10][2]
In 2010, he won thefirst stage of the Paris–Nice. In 2011, he wonstage 2 of Paris–Nice andstage 3 of the Tour of California.
Henderson left Team Sky at the end of 2011, and joinedLotto–Belisol, mainly to act as lead-out man for Andre Greipel.[11] He credited his success in this role to the positioning skills which he developed as a track rider, and having to compete against quicker road sprinters such as Greipel,Mark Cavendish andMarcel Kittel.[2] In April 2015, he expressed his opinion onTwitter thatFabio Aru of rival teamAstana missed theGiro del Trentino not because of illness as it was announced, but because he had an ongoing investigation into his biological passport for doping. Henderson apologised shortly after.[12] He competed in the2016 Tour de France.[13]
In August 2017 Henderson announced his retirement from competition, having competed in his last race, the2017 Colorado Classic, and indicated that he would move into full-time coaching, having trained athletes since 2014.[2] The following month he was announced as Endurance Performance Director forUSA Cycling.[1]
He was previously married to theAustralian cyclistKatie Mactier. He has abachelor's degree in Physical Education from theUniversity of Otago.[1]
Time trial, National ChampionshipsTime trial, National Under-23 ChampionshipsTime trial, National Under-23 Championships National Criterium Championships National Criterium Championships National Criterium Championships
Points classification National Criterium Championships Points classification Sprints classification,Tour de Georgia Sprints classification
Points classification| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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 Giro d'Italia | DNF | — | — | 88 | — | — | — | — | DNF | — |
 Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | 124 | 162 | DNF | DNF | 155 |
 Vuelta a España | — | — | 123 | — | — | — | DNF | 133 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
Points race Team pursuit Team pursuit Points race Team pursuit, National Championships Points race, National Championships
Points race Team pursuit Madison, National Championships
Madison,UCI World Championships (withHayden Roulston)
Scratch,UCI World Championships Scratch,UCI World Championships Points race, National Championships
Madison
Media related toGreg Henderson at Wikimedia Commons
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