Thor Hushovd
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Thor Hushovd |
| Nickname | The Bull (or Bear) from Grimstad |
| Date of birth | January 18, 1978 |
| Country |  Norway |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 81 kg (180 lb/12.8 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Crédit Agricole |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2000– | Crédit Agricole |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de France, 5 stages, points classification (2005) Vuelta a España, 2 stages, points classification (2006) Gent-Wevelgem (2006) |
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| Infobox last updated on: | |
| July 11, 2007 | |
Thor Hushovd (born January 18, 1978 in Grimstad) is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer, presently riding for the Crédit Agricole professional team. Hushovd is renowned for his Sprinting and Time Trialing prowess. He is a former Norwegian National Time Trial Champion and was the first Norwegian to wear the coveted yellow jersey.
Before turning a professional in 1998, Hushovd won the U23 Time-Trial World Championship and the U23-versions of the two bicycle classics Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Tours. Hushovd aims to win Paris-Roubaix at senior level during his career.
Hushovd is currently a member of the 2007 Crédit Agricole cycling team. He has twice been the Norwegian Time Trial National Champion (2004 and 2005) and once the Road Race Norwegian Champion (2004). He was also the World Under-23 Time Trial Champion, adding time trial to his already impressive sprinting skills.
In 2006, Thor Hushovd won 7 UCI ProTour victories, including two stages of the 93rd Tour de France. Hushovd won the prologue in Strasbourg and wore the maillot jaune after the first day despite a cut suffered seconds before the finish of Stage 1 due to spectator interference. As the cut was not serious, he continued the tour with stitches in his arm and regained the maillot jaune after Stage 2 with a third place finish. And just as the Tour de France 2006 started with Hushovd, it also ended with him winning the last stage after beating Robbie McEwen in a strong finishing sprint. In the 2006 Vuelta a España he won stage 6, wore the golden jersey for three stages and also won the points classification.
[edit] Major achievements
- 1998
U23 World Time Trial Champion- 2001 – Crédit Agricole
- Stage 5 — Tour de France Team Time Trial
- Overall and Points Classification – Tour de Normandie
- Overall – Tour of Sweden (or PostGirot Open)
- Paris-Corrèze
- 2002 – Crédit Agricole
- Stage 18 – Tour de France
- Stage 2 – Tour de l'Ain
- 2003 – Crédit Agricole
- 4th, Points Classification – Tour de France
- Stage 2 - Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- Stage 1 - Vuelta a Castilla y Leon
- 2004 – Crédit Agricole
- Norway National Time Trial Cycling Champion
- Norway National Road Race Cycling Champion
- Stage 8 and 2nd, Points Classification – Tour de France
- 1st (after Stage 2), General Classification – maillot jaune (or yellow jersey), (first career yellow jersey, 1 day)
- Stage 1 - Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- Overall (Series of 15 races) – Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route
- 1st, Tour de Vendée
- 2005 – Crédit Agricole
- Finished 34th in UCI ProTour 2005
- Norway National Time Trial Cycling Champion
- Points Classification and Stage 7 – Volta a Catalunya
Points Classification and 2nd, Stage 18 – Tour de France- Stage 5 – Vuelta a España
- 1st (stages 5-10), Points Classification - fish jersey
- Stage2 – Dauphiné Libéré
- 2006 – Crédit Agricole
- Finished 11th in UCI ProTour 2006
- Prologue and Stage 20 - Tour de France
- 1st (after Prologue), General Classification – maillot jaune (2nd career yellow jersey, 1 day)
- 1st (after Stage 2), General Classification - maillot jaune (3rd career yellow jersey, 1 day)
- 3rd, points classification
- Stage 6 and Points Classification - Vuelta a España
- 1st (after Stage 2), General Classification - golden jersey (1st career golden jersey, 3 days)
- 2nd on five stages
- Gent-Wevelgem
- Stage 7 – Dauphiné Libéré
- Stage 4 — Tirreno-Adriatico
- 3rd on Stage 1
- 2nd, Points Classification
- Points Classification and Stage 3 – Volta a Catalunya
- 2nd on Stage 6, and 3rd on Stage 2
- Points Classification – Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2007 – Crédit Agricole
- 2nd on Stage 5 and Stage 7 - Giro d'Italia
- Stage 4 - Tour de France
- 2nd on Stage 2 and Stage 20
- 4th, Points Classification
- 2nd on Stage 4, 3rd on Stage 3 - Eneco Tour of Benelux
- 2nd in GP Ouest-France
- 2008 – Crédit Agricole
- Prologue, Stage 1 & Points classification- Volta a Catalunya
- Prologue & Points classification - Paris-Nice
- Stage 1 - Tour Méditerranéen
- 3rd in Omloop Het Volk
- Stage 6 - Four Days of Dunkirk
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| Preceded by Robbie McEwen |
Tour de France Maillot Vert Holder 2005 |
Succeeded by Robbie McEwen |
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| NAME | Hushovd, Thor |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Road bicycle racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1978-01-18 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grimstad, Norway |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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