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{{short description|Norwegian cyclist}}
{{Infobox Cyclist
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
| ridername = Thor Hushovd
{{Infobox cyclist
| image = Thor Hushovd, 2007.jpg
| image_caption = Thor Hushovd 2007
| name = Thor Hushovd
| image = Championship Colors (5737764836) (cropped).jpg
| fullname = Thor Hushovd
| caption = Hushovd at the [[2011 Tour of California]]
| nickname = The Bull (or Bear) from Grimstad<br /> God of Thunder
| fullname = Thor Hushovd
| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1978|1|18}}
| nickname = The God of Thunder<br />The Bull from Grimstad
| country = {{NOR}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|1|18|df=y}}
| height = {{height|m=1.83}}
| birth_place = [[Grimstad]], Norway
| weight = {{convert|81|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
| height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = [[Cervélo TestTeam]]
| weight = {{convert|79|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| discipline = Road
| currentteam = {{UCI team code|UXT}}
| role = Rider
| discipline = Road
| ridertype = Sprinter<br>Classics Specialist
| role = Rider (retired)<br/>General Manager
| amateurteams =
| ridertype = Sprinter<br />Classic specialist
| amateuryears =
| amateuryears1 =
| proyears = 2000&ndash;2008<br>2009&ndash;
| amateurteam1 =
| proteams = [[Crédit Agricole (cycling team)|Crédit Agricole]]<br>[[Cervélo TestTeam]]
| proyears1 = 2000–2008
| majorwins = '''Tour de France''': 7 Stages,<br>[[Image:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points Classification (2005).<br>'''Vuelta a España''': 2 Stages,<br>[[Image:Jersey blue-yellowfish.svg|20px]]Points Classification (2006).<br>'''Giro d'Italia''': 1 Stage.<br>Gent-Wevelgem (2006)<br>Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2009)
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|C.A|2000}}
| updated = [[February 28]], [[2009]]
| proyears2 = 2009–2010
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|CTT|2009}}
| proyears3 = 2011
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|GRM|2011}}
| proyears4 = 2012–2014
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|BMC|2012}}
| manageyears1 = 2024-
| manageteam1 = {{UCI team code|UXT|2024}}
| majorwins = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
:'''[[Tour de France]]'''
::[[Points classification in the Tour de France|Points classification]] ([[2005 Tour de France|2005]], [[2009 Tour de France|2009]])
::10 individual stages ([[2002 Tour de France|2002]], [[2004 Tour de France|2004]], [[2006 Tour de France|2006]]–[[2011 Tour de France|2011]])
::2 TTT stages ([[2001 Tour de France|2001]], [[2011 Tour de France|2011]])
:'''[[Giro d'Italia]]'''
::1 individual stage ([[2007 Giro d'Italia|2007]])
:'''[[Vuelta a España]]'''
::[[Points classification in the Vuelta a España|Points classification]] ([[2006 Vuelta a España|2006]])
::3 individual stages ([[2005 Vuelta a España|2005]], [[2006 Vuelta a España|2006]], [[2010 Vuelta a España|2010]])
'''[[Classic cycle races|Single-day races and Classics]]'''
:[[UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|World Road Race Championships]] ([[2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|2010]])
:[[Norwegian National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]]<br>(2004, 2010, 2013)
:[[Norwegian National Time Trial Championships|National Time Trial Championships]]<br>(2002, 2004, 2005)
:[[Gent–Wevelgem]] ([[2006 Gent–Wevelgem|2006]])
:[[Omloop Het Nieuwsblad]] ([[2009 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|2009]])
| show-medals = no
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[road bicycle racing]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{NOR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[UCI Road World Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2010 UCI Road World Championships|2010 Melbourne and Geelong]] | [[2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]] }}
}}
}}
[[File:Tour de France 2011 - Lorient - 9535.JPG|thumb|Hushovd (in yellow) at the [[2011 Tour de France]]. Hushovd held the overall lead of the race from the second to the ninth stage of the race.]]
[[File:Thor Hushovd Prolog2006.jpg|thumb|left|Hushovd at the [[2006 Tour de France]]; his win in the prologue was one of two stage wins during the race.]]


'''Thor Hushovd''' (born 18 January 1978) is a Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer.<ref>{{cite news |title=World champion Thor Hushovd signs three-year deal with BMC Racing Team |url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/9348/World-champion-Thor-Hushovd-signs-three-year-deal-with-BMC-Racing-Team.aspx |date=9 August 2011 |work=VeloNation |publisher=VeloNation LLC |access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref> He is known for sprinting and time trialing; Hushovd is a three-time [[Norwegian National Road Race Championships|Norwegian national road race champion]] (2004, 2010, 2013),<ref name="RoadRace">{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=3192 |title=National Championship, Road, Elite, Norway |access-date=6 April 2015 |work=Cycling Archives}}</ref> and was the winner of the [[2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|2010]] [[UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|World Road Race Championships]]. He was the first Norwegian to lead the [[Tour de France]], and first Scandinavian to win the road race in cycling [[UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|world road championship]]. He is also the Scandinavian with the most stage wins in [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]. He is widely considered the greatest Norwegian cyclist of all time. He retired in September 2014.<ref name="retire">{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gallery-thor-hushovds-career-in-photos |title=Gallery: Thor Hushovd's career in photos |website=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=20 September 2014 |access-date=20 September 2014}}</ref>
'''Thor Hushovd''' (born [[January 18]], [[1978]] in [[Grimstad]]) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] professional [[road bicycle racer]], riding for [[Cervélo TestTeam]]. Hushovd is known for [[Cycling sprinter|sprinting]] and [[time trial]]ing. He is a former Norwegian time trial champion. He is the first, and to date the only, Norwegian to wear the [[yellow jersey]] in the [[Tour de France]].


==Career==
Before turning professional in 1998, Hushovd won the under-23 time trial world championship and the under-23 versions of [[Paris-Roubaix]] and [[Paris-Tours]].
Born in [[Grimstad]], [[Aust-Agder]], Norway, Thor won the under-23 time trial world championship and the under-23 versions of [[Paris–Roubaix]] and [[Paris–Tours]] before turning professional in 1998. He was Norwegian time trial champion in 2004 and 2005 and road race champion in 2004 and 2010. In 2006, he won seven [[UCI ProTour]] races and two stages of the Tour de France. He won the prologue in [[Strasbourg]] and led after the first day despite a cut arm. He continued with stitches and regained the yellow jersey after stage 2 with a third place. He won the last stage, beating [[Robbie McEwen]] in a sprint, thus making him the only person to win the first stage or prologue and the last stage of the Tour de France in the same year. In the [[2006 Vuelta a España]] he won stage 6, wore the golden jersey for three stages and won the [[points classification in the Vuelta a España|points classification]]


At the [[2008 Tour de France]], Hushovd won stage 2 in a bunch finish.<ref>[http://www.aftenposten.no/english/sports/article2526092.ece Hushovd happy after Tour de France win], [[Aftenposten]] 7 July 2008</ref>
Hushovd was Norwegian time trial champion in 2004 and 2005 and road race champion in 2004.
In 2006, Hushovd won seven [[UCI ProTour]] races and two stages of the Tour de France. Hushovd won the prologue in [[Strasbourg]] and wore the [[maillot jaune]] after the first day despite a cut arm. He continued with stitches and regained the maillot jaune after stage 2 with a third place finish. As the Tour started with Hushovd, it ended with his winning the last stage, beating [[Robbie McEwen]] in a sprint. In the [[2006 Vuelta a España]] he won stage 6, wore the golden jersey for three stages and won the points classification.


===2009===
At the [[2008 Tour de France]], Hushovd won stage two in a bunched sprint finish.<ref>[http://www.aftenposten.no/english/sports/article2526092.ece Hushovd happy after Tour de France win], [[Aftenposten]] 07 July 2008</ref>


In 2009, Hushovd rode for the {{UCI team code|CTT|2009}}.<ref>[http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/09/road/thor-hushovd-has-signed-with-the-new-cervelo-testteam_82949 "Thor Hushovd has signed with the new Cervelo TestTeam" (9 Sep. 2008) ''VeloNews.com'']. Retrieved 10 March 2010</ref> He took one of the team's first victories of the season by winning Stage 3 of the [[2009 Tour of California|Tour of California]]. At the [[2009 Tour de France|Tour de France]], he won green jersey for the points classification for the second time, ahead of [[Mark Cavendish]]. Typically the sprinter with the most stage victories wins the points classification, though Thor only won one stage, [[2009 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 6|stage 6]], while Cavendish won six. After a controversy on stage 14, where Cavendish was relegated to the back of the peloton for impeding Hushovd, Hushovd attacked alone on [[2009 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 17|stage 17]], a mountain stage, winning two intermediate sprints.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8168151.stm |title=Embarrassed Cavendish apologises for outburst |publisher=BBC Sport |date=24 July 2009 |access-date=25 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hushovd-attacks-solo-for-green-jersey-respect |title=Hushovd attacks solo for green jersey respect |author=Gregor Brown |work=Cycling News |date=23 July 2009 |access-date=26 July 2009}}</ref> Hushovd won stage 3 at the Tour of Missouri – {{convert|114|mi|km|abbr=on}} over rolling hills – in September 2009, in a sprint finish.
In 2009, Hushovd rides for the [[Cervélo TestTeam]].<ref>[http://velonews.com/article/82949/thor-hushovd-has-signed-with-the-new-cervelo-testteam Thor Hushovd has signed with the new Cervelo TestTeam],[[VeloNews]]</ref> He took one of the team's first victories of the season by winning Stage 3 of the [[2009 Tour of California|Tour of California]].


===2010===
== Major achievements ==

{{palmares start}}
On 9 May 2010, Hushovd broke his collarbone on a training ride after colliding with a young girl.<ref>[http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/05/news/hushovd-sidelined-with-broken-collarbone_115218 Hushovd sidelined with broken collarbone] VeloNews.</ref> At the [[2010 Tour de France|Tour de France]], Hushovd won the third stage, which was an unusual one for the Tour since it featured {{convert|13|km|abbr=on}} of [[cobblestone]]s. He prevailed in the sprint involving five other riders.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/8794302.stm |title=Tour de France: Hushovd wins but Thomas into second |publisher=BBC Sport |date=6 July 2010 |access-date=28 November 2012 }}</ref> That victory netted him the Green jersey, but he ultimately lost it to [[Alessandro Petacchi]] of the {{UCI team code|LAM|2010}} team.

On 3 October 2010, Thor won the [[2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|road world championship]], which started in [[Melbourne]] and finished in [[Geelong]], Australia. He was the first Norwegian to win the rainbow jersey.<ref>[http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/10/news/thor-hushovd-wins-world-road-racing-title_144387 "Thor Hushovd wins world road racing title" (3 Oct. 2010) ''VeloNews.com'']. Retrieved 10 March 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-cm/elite-men-road-race/results King Thor roars to Worlds victory] CyclingNews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2010.</ref> ''VeloNews'' said: "Hushovd...dominated a bunch sprint at the end of a thrilling 267&nbsp;km race, beating Denmark's [[Matti Breschel]] and Australia's [[Allan Davis (cyclist)|Allan Davis]]." The favorite, [[Philippe Gilbert]], was caught with three kilometers to go.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/501751/thor-hushovd-wins-the-rainbow-jersey-for-norway.html |title=Thor Hushovd wins the rainbow jersey for Norway |date=3 October 2010 |work=Cycling Weekly |access-date=4 October 2010}}</ref>

===2011===
During the [[2011 Tour de France]] Hushovd took the lead in the [[General classification in the Tour de France|general classification]] and surprised many by keeping it through several hilly stages that were not expected to suit him and second placed [[Cadel Evans]] could not over turn the 1 second advantage that Hushovd held. Thor surprised his fans again on stage 13 by being one of the first riders over the hors catégorie [[Col d'Aubisque]] and using his superior descending skills (he was clocked at 69&nbsp;mph at one point) to catch and pass the leaders [[David Moncoutié]] and [[Jérémy Roy (cyclist)|Jérémy Roy]] to take the stage. He used his descending skills again on stage 16 when he, [[Edvald Boasson Hagen]] and teammate [[Ryder Hesjedal]] went clear on the descent of the [[Col de Manse]] (a descent that overall runner up [[Andy Schleck]] deemed too dangerous for the tour) and beat Boasson Hagen in the final sprint to take his second stage of the tour.

===2012===
In 2012, Hushovd joined {{UCI team code|BMC|2012}} on a three-year contract.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/08/news/hushovd-joins-new-bmc-super-team_187479 |title=Hushovd joins new BMC super team |work=VeloNews |publisher=Competitor Group, Inc. |date=9 August 2013 |access-date=17 February 2013 |author=Brian Holcombe}}</ref> Suffering from a then unknown medical condition, he had to abandon the [[2012 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] and cancelled his scheduled participation to the [[2012 Tour de France|Tour de France]] and [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Olympic road race]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/cycling/9403939/London-2012-Olympics-Thor-Hushovd-ruled-out-of-Games.html |title=London 2012 Olympics: Thor Hushovd ruled out of Games |date=16 July 2012 |work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=21 July 2012}}</ref> The medical impairment was later identified as a "virus and muscle inflammation" by team doctors.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/09/news/bmc-doc-blames-virus-muscle-inflammation-for-hushovds-poor-season_237747 |title=BMC doc blames virus, muscle inflammation for Hushovd's poor season |work=Velo News |publisher=2012 Competitor Group, Inc. |date=7 September 2012 |access-date=17 October 2012}}</ref> Thor hardly achieved any notable result in the season except fourteenth at [[2012 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]. In October, he said that he hoped to put the bad year and the virus that ruined it behind him and that he was optimistic and motivated about the 2013 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hushovd-motivated-for-future-after-lost-2012-season |title=Hushovd motivated for future after lost 2012 season |website=[[Cycling News]]|date=17 October 2012 |access-date=17 October 2012}}</ref>

===2013===
Hushovd earned his first win since the [[2011 Tour of Britain]] with a sprint victory over [[Tom-Jelte Slagter]] of {{UCI team code|RAB|2013a}} on stage 1 of the [[Tour du Haut Var]] in February. It was also his first victory with {{UCI team code|BMC|2013}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-cycliste-international-du-haut-var-matin-2013/stage-1/results |title=Hushovd wins Tour du Haut Var opener |work=Cyclingnews |date=16 February 2013 |access-date=17 February 2013}}</ref>

===Retirement===
In June 2014, Hushovd announced that he would retire after the [[2014 UCI Road World Championships]] after struggling with [[Infectious mononucleosis]] since 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/hushovd-winner-10-tour-france-101900104--spt.html |title=Hushovd, winner of 10 Tour de France stages, quits |date=27 June 2014 |website=[[Yahoo! Sports]] |access-date=30 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hushovd to retire at season's end |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/06/news/hushovd-retire-seasons-end_333638 |website=[[VeloNews]] |publisher=[[Competitor Group, Inc.]]|access-date=27 June 2014}}</ref> However, after a hard crash suffered at the [[Tour du Poitou-Charentes]], Hushovd said he would not participate in the World Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hushovd-rules-himself-out-of-worlds |title=Hushovd rules himself out of Worlds |website=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=30 August 2014 |access-date=30 August 2014}}</ref> His last race was the [[GP Impanis-Van Petegem]] in September.<ref name="retire" />

In 2015 Thor announced that he had started working on organizing an all-Norwegian [[UCI WorldTeam]], with a plan to launch in the 2017 season to coincide with the hosting of the [[2017 UCI Road World Championships]] in the Norwegian city of [[Bergen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-hushovd-aiming-to-create-norwegian-worldtour-team/ |title=News shorts: Hushovd aiming to create Norwegian WorldTour team |date=25 July 2015 |website=[[Cyclingnews.com]]| access-date=14 August 2015}}</ref> The plans were put on hold due to lack of funding,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gørbitz |first=Peter Andreas Prydz |date=2016-06-23 |title=Norsk profflag satt på vent |trans-title=Norwegian pro team put on hold |url=https://www.landevei.no/proffsykling/thor-hushovd/norsk-profflag-satt-paa-vent |work=Landevei |language=Norwegian |quote=I dag annonsert [sic] Thor Hushovd på sin Instagram-profil at han har skrinlagt planene om et norsk profflag i 2017. Mannen med 10 etappeseire i Tour de France skriver videre at han har jobbet hardt for at prosjektet skulle bli en realitet, men at det dessverre ikke har gått i orden likevel. |trans-quote=Today, Thor Hushovd announced on his Instagram account that he has scrapped the plans for a Norwegian pro team in 2017. The man with 10 stage wins in the Tour de France explains that he has worked hard for the project to become a reality, but that unfortunately it did not work out.}}</ref> although Hushovd never abandoned them.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Markussen |first=Erik Rustad |date=2017-07-07 |title=Thor Hushovd drømmer fortsatt om norsk profflag |trans-title=Thor Hushovd still dreams of Norwegian pro team |url=https://www.procycling.no/thor-hushovd-drommer-fortsatt-om-norsk-profflag/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

In the meantime, the Norwegian cycling team [[Uno-X Mobility (men's team)|Uno-X]] was established. The team achieved [[UCI ProSeries|UCI ProTeam]] status in 2020. Hushovd was initially not affiliated with Uno-X, although he used his legendary status in the world of cycling to help influence the [[Amaury Sport Organisation|ASO]] in Uno-X's mission for a Wild Card to the [[2023 Tour de France]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Olsen |first=Sindre J. |date=2023-04-01 |title=Slik hjalp Hushovd Uno-X til Tour de France |trans-title=This is how Hushovd helped Uno-X to the Tour de France |url=https://www.tv2.no/sport/sykkel/slik-hjalp-hushovd-uno-x-til-tour-de-france/15401345/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |work=TV 2 Sport |language=Norwegian}}</ref> In January 2024, Uno-X announced that Hushovd would become their new General Manager.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-22 |title=Thor Hushovd becomes General Manager of Uno-X Mobility Cycling |url=https://www.unoxteam.com/news/thor-hushovd-becomes-general-manager-of-uno-x-mobility-cycling |access-date=2024-04-02 |publisher=Uno-X Mobility}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Thor currently resides in [[Monte Carlo]], Monaco,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=thor-hushovd/index.html|title=Page not found – NBC Olympics}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/a/63698994|title=Hushovd frustrert over Contador-avgjørelse|first=Pål Marius|last=Tingve|date=3 June 2011}}</ref> with his wife Susanne,<ref>[http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/sport/sykkel/article2851119.ece Hushovd flytter til Monaco] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102100246/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/sport/sykkel/article2851119.ece |date=2 November 2013 }}</ref> and their daughter Isabel (b. 2009).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/a-daughter-for-hushovd|title=A daughter for Hushovd – Cyclingnews.com}}</ref> The Hushovds also maintain an offseason residency in [[Grimstad]], [[Aust-Agder]], Norway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mamma.no/mammaliv/sykkelfrue-og-hjelperytter|title=Sykkelfrue og hjelperytter – mamma|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303234510/http://www.mamma.no/mammaliv/sykkelfrue-og-hjelperytter|archive-date=3 March 2014}}</ref>

==Career achievements==
===Major results===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
;1995
: 1st {{cjersey|norway}} [[Norwegian National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Junior Road Championships
;1996
: National Junior Road Championships
::1st {{cjersey|norway}} [[Norwegian National Road Race Championships|Road race]]
::1st {{cjersey|norway}} [[Norwegian National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]]
;1998
;1998
: [[1998 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Under-23 Championships]]
: 1st {{flagiconUCI}} U23 World Time Trial Champion
::1st [[File:Jersey rainbow chrono.svg|20px]] [[1998 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial|Time trial]]
;2000
::5th [[1998 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race|Road race]]
: 7th Summer Olympics ITT
: 1st [[Paris–Roubaix Espoirs]]
;2001
: 1st [[Paris–Tours Espoirs]]
: 1st Stage 5 &mdash; [[2001 Tour de France|Tour de France]] [[Team time trial|Team Time Trial]]
: 1st Overall &ndash; [[Tour de Normandie]]
: 5th Overall [[Tour of Sweden]]
;1999 <small>(1 pro win)</small>
::1st Points Classification
: 1st Overall &ndash; [[Tour of Sweden]] (or PostGirot Open)
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [[Ringerike GP]]
: 1st [[Paris-Corrèze]]
::1st Stages 2, 4 & 5
: 1st [[Tour du Loir-et-Cher]]
;2002
: 1st Stage 18 &ndash; [[2002 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 1st Stage 5 [[Tour of Sweden]]
: 6th [[UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial|Time trial]], [[1999 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Under-23 Championships]]
: 1st Stage 2 &ndash; [[Tour de l'Ain]]
: 6th Overall [[Ronde de l'Isard]]
;2003
;2000 <small>(1)</small>
: 1st Stage 2 - [[Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 1st Stage 1 - [[Vuelta a Castilla y León]]
: 1st Stage 1 [[Tour de Picardie]]
: 1st Prologue [[Tour de l'Ain]]
;2004
: 2nd Overall [[Ringerike GP]]
: 1st {{NOR}} National [[Individual time trial|Time Trial]] Cycling Champion
::1st Stages 3, 4 & 5
: 1st {{NOR}} National [[Road race|Road Race]] Cycling Champion
: 1st Stage 8 &ndash; [[2004 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 2nd [[2000 Grand Prix de Denain|Grand Prix de Denain]]
: 4th Overall [[2000 Bayern Rundfahrt|Bayern Rundfahrt]]
:: 1st (after Stage 2), General Classification &ndash; [[yellow jersey]], (first career yellow jersey, 1 day)
: 4th [[Giro della Provincia di Siracusa]]
: 1st Stage 1 - [[Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 5th [[2000 HEW Cyclassics|HEW Cyclassics]]
: 1st Overall (Series of 15 races) &ndash; [[Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route]]
: 7th [[Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial|Time trial]], [[2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
:: 1st, [[Classic Haribo]]
;2001 <small>(4)</small>
:: 1st, [[Grand Prix de Denain]]
:: 1st, [[Tour de Vendée]]
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [[Tour de Normandie]]
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
;2005
::1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 4
: 1st {{NOR}} National [[Individual time trial|Time Trial]] Cycling Champion
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [[Tour of Sweden]]
: 1st Points Classification and Stage 7 &ndash; [[Volta a Catalunya 2005|Volta a Catalunya]]
::1st Stages 1a ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) & 3
: 1st [[Image:Jersey green.svg|20px]] [[green jersey|Points Classification]] &ndash; [[2005 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [[Paris–Corrèze]]
: 1st Stage 5 and stage 10 &ndash; [[2005 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
: 1st Stage 5 ([[Team time trial|TTT]]) [[2001 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: Stage 2 &ndash; [[Dauphiné Libéré 2005|Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 4th [[2001 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]]
;2006
: 1st Prologue - [[2006 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 9th [[Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts]]
;2002 <small>(3)</small>
: 1st Stage 20 - [[2006 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: National Road Championships
:: 1st (after Prologue), General Classification – [[yellow jersey]] (2nd career yellow jersey, 1 day)
::1st {{cjersey|norway}} [[Norwegian National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]]
:: 1st (after Stage 2), General Classification - [[yellow jersey]] (3rd career yellow jersey, 1 day)
::3rd [[Norwegian National Road Race Championships|Road race]]
: 1st Stage 6 and [[Image:Jersey blue-yellowfish.svg|20px]] Points Classification - [[2006 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
: 1st Stage 18 [[2002 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
:: 1st (after Stage 2), General Classification - [[golden jersey]] (1st career golden jersey, 3 days)
: 1st [[Gent-Wevelgem]]
: 1st Stage 2 [[Tour de l'Ain]]
: 5th Overall [[Étoile de Bessèges]]
: 1st Stage 7 &ndash; [[Dauphiné Libéré 2006|Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 6th Overall [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine|Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne]]
: 1st Stage 4 &mdash; [[Tirreno-Adriatico]]
: 8th [[Grand Prix Eddy Merckx]] (with [[Anthony Morin]])
: 1st Points Classification and Stage 3 &ndash; [[Volta a Catalunya 2006|Volta a Catalunya]]
;2003 <small>(3)</small>
: 1st Points Classification &ndash; [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
: 1st [[2003 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens|Grote Prijs Jef Scherens]]
;2007
: 1st Stage 7 - [[2007 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
: 1st Stage 2 [[2003 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 1st Stage 4 - [[2007 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 1st Stage 1 [[2003 Vuelta a Castilla y León|Vuelta a Castilla y León]]
: 3rd Overall [[Tour du Limousin]]
;2008
: 5th Overall [[La Méditerranéenne|Tour Méditerranéen]]
: 1st Prologue Stage 1 - [[2008 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]]
: 7th Overall [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine|Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne]]
: 1st Stage 1 - [[2008 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]]
: 10th [[2003 GP Ouest–France|GP Ouest–France]]
: 1st Points classification - [[2008 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]]
;2004 <small>(10)</small>
: 1st Prologue & Points classification - [[2008 Paris-Nice|Paris-Nice]]
: National Road Championships
: 1st Stage 1 - [[Tour Méditerranéen]]
::1st {{cjersey|norway}} [[Norwegian National Road Race Championships|Road race]]
: 1st Stage 6 - [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
::1st {{cjersey|norway}} [[Norwegian National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]]
: 1st Stage 2 - [[2008 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 1st Overall [[French Road Cycling Cup]]
;2009
: 1st Stage 3 - [[2009 Tour of California|Tour of California]]
: 1st [[2004 Grand Prix de Denain|Grand Prix de Denain]]
: 1st - [[Omloop Het Volk|Omloop Het Nieuwsblad]]
: 1st [[Classic Haribo]]
: 1st [[Tour de Vendée]]
: 1st Stage 8 [[2004 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 1st Stage 1 [[2004 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre|Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon]]
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Stages 1 & 2
: 3rd [[Cholet-Pays de la Loire|Grand Prix de Cholet – Pays de Loire]]
: 3rd [[Grand Prix de Fourmies]]
: 5th Overall [[Critérium International]]
: 7th [[Delta Profronde|Ronde van Midden-Zeeland]]
: 8th [[Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts]]
: 8th [[Grand Prix du Morbihan|Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan]]
: 9th Overall [[Étoile de Bessèges]]
::1st Stage 3
;2005 <small>(5)</small>
: 1st {{cjersey|norway}} [[Norwegian National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Road Championships
: [[2005 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]]
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Stage 7
: 1st Stage 5 [[2005 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
: 1st Stage 2 [[2005 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 1st Stage 4 [[Tour du Limousin]]
: 1st {{cjersey|green}} [[Points classification in the Tour de France|Points classification]], [[2005 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 3rd [[2005 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
: 5th [[2005 Gent–Wevelgem|Gent–Wevelgem]]
: 6th Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
::1st Stage 1
: 9th [[2005 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]
;2006 <small>(7)</small>
: 1st [[2006 Gent–Wevelgem|Gent–Wevelgem]]
: [[2006 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Prologue & Stage 20
::Held {{cjersey|yellow}} after Stages 1 & 3
: [[2006 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
::1st [[File:Jersey blue-fish.svg|20px]] [[Points classification in the Vuelta a España|Points classification]]
::1st Stage 6
::Held {{cjersey|gold}} after Stages 2–4
: [[2006 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]]
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Stage 3
: 1st Stage 7 [[2006 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 1st Stage 4 [[2006 Tirreno–Adriatico|Tirreno–Adriatico]]
: 1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification, [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
: 2nd [[Classic Haribo]]
: 4th [[2006 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]]
;2007 <small>(2)</small>
: 1st Stage 4 [[2007 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 1st Stage 7 [[2007 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
: 2nd [[Norwegian National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 2nd [[2007 GP Ouest–France|GP Ouest–France]]
: 3rd [[Grand Prix de Wallonie]]
: 4th [[Paris–Bourges]]
: 5th [[Grand Prix d'Isbergues]]
: 8th [[2007 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]]
: 8th [[Brussels Cycling Classic|Paris–Brussels]]
;2008 <small>(6)</small>
: 1st Stage 2 [[2008 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 1st Stage 1 [[Tour Méditerranéen]]
: 1st Stage 6 [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
: [[2008 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]]
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Prologue & Stage 1
: [[2008 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Prologue
: 3rd [[2008 Omloop Het Volk|Omloop Het Volk]]
: 9th [[2008 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
;2009 <small>(7)</small>
: 1st [[2009 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|Omloop Het Nieuwsblad]]
: [[2009 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st {{cjersey|green}} [[Points classification in the Tour de France|Points classification]]
::1st Stage 6
::{{cjersey|red number}} [[Combativity award in the Tour de France|Combativity award]] Stage 17
: [[2009 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]]
: [[2009 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]]
:: 1st, Stage 1
::1st Stages 1 & 6
: [[2009 Tour of Missouri|Tour of Missouri]]
:: 1st, Stage 6
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
: 3rd, [[Paris-Roubaix]]
::1st Stage 3
: 3rd, [[Milan-San Remo]]
: 1st Stage 6 - [[2009 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 1st Stage 3 [[2009 Tour of California|Tour of California]]
: 1st Stage 4 [[Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne]]
{{palmares end}}
: 3rd [[Norwegian National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 3rd [[2009 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]
: 3rd [[2009 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
: 4th [[2009 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen|E3 Prijs Vlaanderen]]
: 5th [[Grand Prix of Aargau Canton]]
;2010 <small>(5)</small>
: 1st {{cjersey|rainbow}} [[2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[2010 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
: 1st {{cjersey|norway}} [[Norwegian National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 1st Stage 3 [[2010 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 1st Stage 6 [[2010 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
: 2nd [[2010 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]
: 6th [[2010 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
: 6th [[2010 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne]]
;2011 <small>(4)</small>
: [[2011 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stages 2 ([[Team time trial|TTT]]), 13 & 16
::Held {{cjersey|yellow}} from Stage 2–9
: 1st Stage 4 [[2011 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
: 1st Stage 4 [[2011 Tour of Britain|Tour of Britain]]
: 3rd [[Norwegian National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 4th [[2011 GP Ouest–France|GP Ouest–France]]
: 8th [[2011 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]
;2013 <small>(9)</small>
: National Road Championships
::1st {{cjersey|norway}} [[Norwegian National Road Race Championships|Road race]]
::2nd [[Norwegian National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]]
: 1st {{cjersey|blue}} Overall [[Arctic Race of Norway]]
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Stages 2 & 4
: [[2013 Tour de Pologne|Tour de Pologne]]
::1st Stages 3 & 5
: 1st Stage 3 [[2013 Tour of Austria|Tour of Austria]]
: 1st Stage 1 [[2013 Tour of Beijing|Tour of Beijing]]
: 4th [[Grand Prix d'Isbergues]]
: 5th Overall [[2013 Tour du Haut Var|Tour du Haut Var]]
::1st Stage 1
: 6th [[2013 GP Ouest–France|GP Ouest–France]]
: 8th [[2013 Vattenfall Cyclassics|Vattenfall Cyclassics]]
;2014
: 9th [[2014 Gent–Wevelgem|Gent–Wevelgem]]
{{div col end}}


===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===
==Footnotes==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
{{Reflist}}
|-
! Grand Tour
! scope="col" | 2001
! scope="col" | 2002
! scope="col" | 2003
! scope="col" | 2004
! scope="col" | 2005
! scope="col" | 2006
! scope="col" | 2007
! scope="col" | 2008
! scope="col" | 2009
! scope="col" | 2010
! scope="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012
! scope="col" | 2013
! scope="col" | 2014
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2007 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2012 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
| —
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
| [[2001 Tour de France|DNF]]
| [[2002 Tour de France|112]]
| [[2003 Tour de France|118]]
| [[2004 Tour de France|104]]
| [[2005 Tour de France|116]]
| [[2006 Tour de France|120]]
| [[2007 Tour de France|138]]
| [[2008 Tour de France|96]]
| [[2009 Tour de France|106]]
| [[2010 Tour de France|111]]
| [[2011 Tour de France|68]]
| —
| —
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey gold.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]]/[[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] [[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Vuelta a España]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2005 Vuelta a España|DNF]]
| [[2006 Vuelta a España|82]]
| —
| —
| —
| [[2010 Vuelta a España|DNF]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
|}

===Classics results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Monument
! scope="col" | 2000
! scope="col" | 2001
! scope="col" | 2002
! scope="col" | 2003
! scope="col" | 2004
! scope="col" | 2005
! scope="col" | 2006
! scope="col" | 2007
! scope="col" | 2008
! scope="col" | 2009
! scope="col" | 2010
! scope="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012
! scope="col" | 2013
! scope="col" | 2014
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Milan–San Remo]]
| —
| [[2001 Milan–San Remo|48]]
| [[2002 Milan–San Remo|73]]
| —
| —
| style="background:#C9AE5D;"|[[2005 Milan–San Remo|'''3''']]
| [[2006 Milan–San Remo|13]]
| —
| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2008 Milan–San Remo|9]]
| style="background:#C9AE5D;"|[[2009 Milan–San Remo|'''3''']]
| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2010 Milan–San Remo|6]]
| [[2011 Milan–San Remo|127]]
| —
| [[2013 Milan–San Remo|DNF]]
| [[2014 Milan–San Remo|56]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Tour of Flanders]]
| —
| [[2001 Tour of Flanders|46]]
| [[2002 Tour of Flanders|81]]
| —
| [[2004 Tour of Flanders|38]]
| [[2005 Tour of Flanders|31]]
| [[2006 Tour of Flanders|14]]
| [[2007 Tour of Flanders|60]]
| [[2008 Tour of Flanders|27]]
| —
| [[2010 Tour of Flanders|57]]
| [[2011 Tour of Flanders|53]]
| [[2012 Tour of Flanders|55]]
| [[2013 Tour of Flanders|DNF]]
| [[2014 Tour of Flanders|90]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Paris–Roubaix]]
| [[2000 Paris–Roubaix|63]]
| [[2001 Paris–Roubaix|DNF]]
| [[2002 Paris–Roubaix|33]]
| —
| [[2004 Paris–Roubaix|17]]
| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2005 Paris–Roubaix|9]]
| —
| [[2007 Paris–Roubaix|43]]
| [[2008 Paris–Roubaix|DNF]]
| style="background:#C9AE5D;"|[[2009 Paris–Roubaix|'''3''']]
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|[[2010 Paris–Roubaix|'''2''']]
| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2011 Paris–Roubaix|8]]
| [[2012 Paris–Roubaix|14]]
| [[2013 Paris–Roubaix|35]]
| [[2014 Paris–Roubaix|19]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=15|Did not contest during his career
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Giro di Lombardia]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2010 Giro di Lombardia|DNF]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
! Classic
! scope="col" | 2000
! scope="col" | 2001
! scope="col" | 2002
! scope="col" | 2003
! scope="col" | 2004
! scope="col" | 2005
! scope="col" | 2006
! scope="col" | 2007
! scope="col" | 2008
! scope="col" | 2009
! scope="col" | 2010
! scope="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012
! scope="col" | 2013
! scope="col" | 2014
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Omloop Het Nieuwsblad]]
| [[2000 Omloop Het Volk|DNF]]
| [[2001 Omloop Het Volk|51]]
| [[2002 Omloop Het Volk|18]]
| [[2003 Omloop Het Volk|38]]
| —
| [[2005 Omloop Het Volk|DNF]]
| [[2006 Omloop Het Volk|12]]
| —
| style="background:#C9AE5D;"|[[2008 Omloop Het Volk|'''3''']]
| style="background:gold;" |[[2009 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|'''1''']]
| [[2010 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|32]]
| [[2011 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|33]]
| [[2012 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|29]]
| [[2013 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|77]]
| [[2014 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|DNF]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne]]
| 41
| 20
| 41
| —
| 11
| DNF
| DNF
| —
| 34
| —
| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2010 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|6]]
| —
| —
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" |NH
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[E3 Saxo Bank Classic|E3 Harelbeke]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2005 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen|DNF]]
| —
| [[2007 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen|DNF]]
| [[2008 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen|DNF]]
| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2009 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen|4]]
| [[2010 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen|DNF]]
| [[2011 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen|52]]
| [[2012 E3 Harelbeke|DNF]]
| [[2013 E3 Harelbeke|DNF]]
| [[2014 E3 Harelbeke|DNF]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Gent–Wevelgem]]
| —
| [[2001 Gent–Wevelgem|11]]
| [[2002 Gent–Wevelgem|70]]
| —
| [[2004 Gent–Wevelgem|DNF]]
| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2005 Gent–Wevelgem|5]]
| style="background:gold;" |[[2006 Gent–Wevelgem|'''1''']]
| [[2007 Gent–Wevelgem|11]]
| [[2008 Gent–Wevelgem|15]]
| —
| —
| [[2011 Gent–Wevelgem|70]]
| [[2012 Gent–Wevelgem|48]]
| [[2013 Gent–Wevelgem|17]]
| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2014 Gent–Wevelgem|9]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Hamburg Cyclassics]]
| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2000 HEW Cyclassics|5]]
| [[2001 HEW Cyclassics|96]]
| [[2002 HEW Cyclassics|23]]
| [[2003 HEW Cyclassics|118]]
| [[2004 HEW Cyclassics|97]]
| —
| —
| [[2007 Vattenfall Cyclassics|82]]
| —
| —
| —
| [[2011 Vattenfall Cyclassics|65]]
| —
| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2013 Vattenfall Cyclassics|8]]
| [[2014 Vattenfall Cyclassics|DNF]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Bretagne Classic|GP Ouest–France]]
| —
| —
| —
| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2003 GP Ouest–France|10]]
| —
| —
| —
| style="background:#C0C0C0;"|[[2007 GP Ouest–France|'''2''']]
| —
| [[2009 GP Ouest–France|DNF]]
| —
| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2011 GP Ouest–France|4]]
| —
| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2013 GP Ouest–France|6]]
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Paris–Tours]]
| [[2000 Paris–Tours|75]]
| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2001 Paris–Tours|4]]
| [[2002 Paris–Tours|28]]
| —
| —
| [[2005 Paris–Tours|23]]
| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2006 Paris–Tours|4]]
| style="background:#ddf;" |[[2007 Paris–Tours|8]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|}

===Major championships timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" colspan=2| Event
! scope="col" | 2000
! scope="col" | 2001
! scope="col" | 2002
! scope="col" | 2003
! scope="col" | 2004
! scope="col" | 2005
! scope="col" | 2006
! scope="col" | 2007
! scope="col" | 2008
! scope="col" | 2009
! scope="col" | 2010
! scope="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012
! scope="col" | 2013
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" rowspan=2| [[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|15px|alt=|link=Gold medal]] [[List of Olympic medalists in cycling (men)|Olympic Games]]
! scope="row" | Time trial
| style="background:#ddf;" |[[Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial|7]]
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3 rowspan=2|Not held
| [[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial|31]]
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3 rowspan=2|Not held
| —
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3 rowspan=2|Not held
| —
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=2|NH
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Road race
| [[Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|DNF]]
| [[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|DNF]]
| —
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" rowspan=2| {{cjersey|rainbow}} [[UCI Road World Championships|World Championships]]
! scope="row"| [[UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|Time trial]]
| [[2000 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|22]]
| —
| [[2002 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|40]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row"| [[UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]]
| [[2000 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|109]]
| —
| [[2002 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|142]]
| —
| —
| [[2005 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|114]]
| [[2006 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|114]]
| [[2007 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|19]]
| —
| [[2009 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|DNF]]
| style="background:gold;" |[[2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|'''1''']]
| [[2011 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|170]]
| —
| [[2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|DNF]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | {{cjersey|norway}} National Championships
! scope="row" |[[Norwegian National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]]
| —
| —
| style="background:gold;" |'''1'''
| —
| style="background:gold;" |'''1'''
| style="background:gold;" |'''1'''
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="background:silver;" |'''2'''
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Norwegian National Road Race Championships|Road race]]
| style="background:#ddf;" |7
| —
| —
| —
| style="background:gold;" |'''1'''
| —
| —
| style="background:silver;" |'''2'''
| —
| style="background:#C9AE5D;"|'''3'''
| style="background:gold;" |'''1'''
| style="background:#C9AE5D;"|'''3'''
| —
| style="background:gold;" |'''1'''
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="row" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did not finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{commons|Thor Hushovd}}
{{Commons category|Thor Hushovd}}
* {{Sports links}}
*[http://www.thor-hushovd.com/ Thor Hushovd's official website]
* {{Sports-Reference}}
*{{trapfriis|norway.Hushovd.htm}}
*[http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=15&idtitle=1 Palmares at Cycling Base]


{{s-start}}
{{s-ach|aw}}
{{succession box
| title = [[Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year]]
| before = [[Petter Northug]]
| after = [[Alexander Dale Oen]]
| years = 2010
}}
{{s-end}}

{{UCI Road World Champions – Men's road race}}
{{UCI Road World Champions – Men's under-23 time trial}}
{{Tour de France Green Jersey}}
{{Tour de France Green Jersey}}
{{Vuelta a España Points Classification}}
{{Cervelo TestTeam}}
{{Norwegian National Road Race Championships (men)}}


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Thor Hushovd
Hushovd at the 2011 Tour of California
Personal information
Full nameThor Hushovd
NicknameThe God of Thunder
The Bull from Grimstad
Born (1978-01-18) 18 January 1978 (age 46)
Grimstad, Norway
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Team information
Current teamUno-X Mobility
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider (retired)
General Manager
Rider typeSprinter
Classic specialist
Professional teams
2000–2008Crédit Agricole
2009–2010Cervélo TestTeam
2011Garmin–Cervélo
2012–2014BMC Racing Team
Managerial team
2024-Uno-X Mobility
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Points classification (2005, 2009)
10 individual stages (2002, 2004, 2006–2011)
2 TTT stages (2001, 2011)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2007)
Vuelta a España
Points classification (2006)
3 individual stages (2005, 2006, 2010)

Single-day races and Classics

World Road Race Championships (2010)
National Road Race Championships
(2004, 2010, 2013)
National Time Trial Championships
(2002, 2004, 2005)
Gent–Wevelgem (2006)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2009)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing  Norway
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Melbourne and Geelong Road race
Hushovd (in yellow) at the 2011 Tour de France. Hushovd held the overall lead of the race from the second to the ninth stage of the race.
Hushovd at the 2006 Tour de France; his win in the prologue was one of two stage wins during the race.

Thor Hushovd (born 18 January 1978) is a Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer.[1] He is known for sprinting and time trialing; Hushovd is a three-time Norwegian national road race champion (2004, 2010, 2013),[2] and was the winner of the 2010 World Road Race Championships. He was the first Norwegian to lead the Tour de France, and first Scandinavian to win the road race in cycling world road championship. He is also the Scandinavian with the most stage wins in Grand Tours. He is widely considered the greatest Norwegian cyclist of all time. He retired in September 2014.[3]

Career

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Born in Grimstad, Aust-Agder, Norway, Thor won the under-23 time trial world championship and the under-23 versions of Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Tours before turning professional in 1998. He was Norwegian time trial champion in 2004 and 2005 and road race champion in 2004 and 2010. In 2006, he won seven UCI ProTour races and two stages of the Tour de France. He won the prologue in Strasbourg and led after the first day despite a cut arm. He continued with stitches and regained the yellow jersey after stage 2 with a third place. He won the last stage, beating Robbie McEwen in a sprint, thus making him the only person to win the first stage or prologue and the last stage of the Tour de France in the same year. In the 2006 Vuelta a España he won stage 6, wore the golden jersey for three stages and won the points classification

At the 2008 Tour de France, Hushovd won stage 2 in a bunch finish.[4]

2009

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In 2009, Hushovd rode for the Cervélo TestTeam.[5] He took one of the team's first victories of the season by winning Stage 3 of the Tour of California. At the Tour de France, he won green jersey for the points classification for the second time, ahead of Mark Cavendish. Typically the sprinter with the most stage victories wins the points classification, though Thor only won one stage, stage 6, while Cavendish won six. After a controversy on stage 14, where Cavendish was relegated to the back of the peloton for impeding Hushovd, Hushovd attacked alone on stage 17, a mountain stage, winning two intermediate sprints.[6][7] Hushovd won stage 3 at the Tour of Missouri – 114 mi (183 km) over rolling hills – in September 2009, in a sprint finish.

2010

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On 9 May 2010, Hushovd broke his collarbone on a training ride after colliding with a young girl.[8] At the Tour de France, Hushovd won the third stage, which was an unusual one for the Tour since it featured 13 km (8.1 mi) of cobblestones. He prevailed in the sprint involving five other riders.[9] That victory netted him the Green jersey, but he ultimately lost it to Alessandro Petacchi of the Lampre–Farnese Vini team.

On 3 October 2010, Thor won the road world championship, which started in Melbourne and finished in Geelong, Australia. He was the first Norwegian to win the rainbow jersey.[10][11] VeloNews said: "Hushovd...dominated a bunch sprint at the end of a thrilling 267 km race, beating Denmark's Matti Breschel and Australia's Allan Davis." The favorite, Philippe Gilbert, was caught with three kilometers to go.[12]

2011

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During the 2011 Tour de France Hushovd took the lead in the general classification and surprised many by keeping it through several hilly stages that were not expected to suit him and second placed Cadel Evans could not over turn the 1 second advantage that Hushovd held. Thor surprised his fans again on stage 13 by being one of the first riders over the hors catégorie Col d'Aubisque and using his superior descending skills (he was clocked at 69 mph at one point) to catch and pass the leaders David Moncoutié and Jérémy Roy to take the stage. He used his descending skills again on stage 16 when he, Edvald Boasson Hagen and teammate Ryder Hesjedal went clear on the descent of the Col de Manse (a descent that overall runner up Andy Schleck deemed too dangerous for the tour) and beat Boasson Hagen in the final sprint to take his second stage of the tour.

2012

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In 2012, Hushovd joined BMC Racing Team on a three-year contract.[13] Suffering from a then unknown medical condition, he had to abandon the Giro d'Italia and cancelled his scheduled participation to the Tour de France and Olympic road race.[14] The medical impairment was later identified as a "virus and muscle inflammation" by team doctors.[15] Thor hardly achieved any notable result in the season except fourteenth at Paris–Roubaix. In October, he said that he hoped to put the bad year and the virus that ruined it behind him and that he was optimistic and motivated about the 2013 season.[16]

2013

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Hushovd earned his first win since the 2011 Tour of Britain with a sprint victory over Tom-Jelte Slagter of Blanco Pro Cycling on stage 1 of the Tour du Haut Var in February. It was also his first victory with BMC Racing Team.[17]

Retirement

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In June 2014, Hushovd announced that he would retire after the 2014 UCI Road World Championships after struggling with Infectious mononucleosis since 2012.[18][19] However, after a hard crash suffered at the Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Hushovd said he would not participate in the World Championships.[20] His last race was the GP Impanis-Van Petegem in September.[3]

In 2015 Thor announced that he had started working on organizing an all-Norwegian UCI WorldTeam, with a plan to launch in the 2017 season to coincide with the hosting of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in the Norwegian city of Bergen.[21] The plans were put on hold due to lack of funding,[22] although Hushovd never abandoned them.[23]

In the meantime, the Norwegian cycling team Uno-X was established. The team achieved UCI ProTeam status in 2020. Hushovd was initially not affiliated with Uno-X, although he used his legendary status in the world of cycling to help influence the ASO in Uno-X's mission for a Wild Card to the 2023 Tour de France.[24] In January 2024, Uno-X announced that Hushovd would become their new General Manager.[25]

Personal life

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Thor currently resides in Monte Carlo, Monaco,[26][27] with his wife Susanne,[28] and their daughter Isabel (b. 2009).[29] The Hushovds also maintain an offseason residency in Grimstad, Aust-Agder, Norway.[30]

Career achievements

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Major results

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1995
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
1996
National Junior Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1998
UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
1st Time trial
5th Road race
1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
1st Paris–Tours Espoirs
5th Overall Tour of Sweden
1999 (1 pro win)
1st Overall Ringerike GP
1st Stages 2, 4 & 5
1st Tour du Loir-et-Cher
1st Stage 5 Tour of Sweden
6th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
6th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
2000 (1)
1st Stage 1 Tour de Picardie
1st Prologue Tour de l'Ain
2nd Overall Ringerike GP
1st Stages 3, 4 & 5
2nd Grand Prix de Denain
4th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
4th Giro della Provincia di Siracusa
5th HEW Cyclassics
7th Time trial, Olympic Games
2001 (4)
1st Overall Tour de Normandie
1st Points classification
1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 4
1st Overall Tour of Sweden
1st Stages 1a (ITT) & 3
1st Overall Paris–Corrèze
1st Stage 5 (TTT) Tour de France
4th Paris–Tours
9th Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts
2002 (3)
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race
1st Stage 18 Tour de France
1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Ain
5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
6th Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
8th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Anthony Morin)
2003 (3)
1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla y León
3rd Overall Tour du Limousin
5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
7th Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
10th GP Ouest–France
2004 (10)
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Overall French Road Cycling Cup
1st Grand Prix de Denain
1st Classic Haribo
1st Tour de Vendée
1st Stage 8 Tour de France
1st Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 2
3rd Grand Prix de Cholet – Pays de Loire
3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
5th Overall Critérium International
7th Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
8th Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts
8th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
9th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1st Stage 3
2005 (5)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
Volta a Catalunya
1st Points classification
1st Stage 7
1st Stage 5 Vuelta a España
1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 4 Tour du Limousin
1st Points classification, Tour de France
3rd Milan–San Remo
5th Gent–Wevelgem
6th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Stage 1
9th Paris–Roubaix
2006 (7)
1st Gent–Wevelgem
Tour de France
1st Prologue & Stage 20
Held after Stages 1 & 3
Vuelta a España
1st Points classification
1st Stage 6
Held after Stages 2–4
Volta a Catalunya
1st Points classification
1st Stage 3
1st Stage 7 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Points classification, Four Days of Dunkirk
2nd Classic Haribo
4th Paris–Tours
2007 (2)
1st Stage 4 Tour de France
1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd GP Ouest–France
3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie
4th Paris–Bourges
5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
8th Paris–Tours
8th Paris–Brussels
2008 (6)
1st Stage 2 Tour de France
1st Stage 1 Tour Méditerranéen
1st Stage 6 Four Days of Dunkirk
Volta a Catalunya
1st Points classification
1st Prologue & Stage 1
Paris–Nice
1st Points classification
1st Prologue
3rd Omloop Het Volk
9th Milan–San Remo
2009 (7)
1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Tour de France
1st Points classification
1st Stage 6
Combativity award Stage 17
Volta a Catalunya
1st Stages 1 & 6
Tour of Missouri
1st Points classification
1st Stage 3
1st Stage 3 Tour of California
1st Stage 4 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Paris–Roubaix
3rd Milan–San Remo
4th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
2010 (5)
1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stage 3 Tour de France
1st Stage 6 Vuelta a España
2nd Paris–Roubaix
6th Milan–San Remo
6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
2011 (4)
Tour de France
1st Stages 2 (TTT), 13 & 16
Held from Stage 2–9
1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 4 Tour of Britain
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
4th GP Ouest–France
8th Paris–Roubaix
2013 (9)
National Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
1st Overall Arctic Race of Norway
1st Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 4
Tour de Pologne
1st Stages 3 & 5
1st Stage 3 Tour of Austria
1st Stage 1 Tour of Beijing
4th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
5th Overall Tour du Haut Var
1st Stage 1
6th GP Ouest–France
8th Vattenfall Cyclassics
2014
9th Gent–Wevelgem

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — — — — DNF — — — — DNF — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France DNF 112 118 104 116 120 138 96 106 111 68 — — —
A red jersey/A red jersey Vuelta a España — — — — DNF 82 — — — DNF — — — —

Classics results timeline

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Monument 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Milan–San Remo — 48 73 — — 3 13 — 9 3 6 127 — DNF 56
Tour of Flanders — 46 81 — 38 31 14 60 27 — 57 53 55 DNF 90
Paris–Roubaix 63 DNF 33 — 17 9 — 43 DNF 3 2 8 14 35 19
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Did not contest during his career
Giro di Lombardia — — — — — — — — — — DNF — — — —
Classic 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad DNF 51 18 38 — DNF 12 — 3 1 32 33 29 77 DNF
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 41 20 41 — 11 DNF DNF — 34 — 6 — — NH —
E3 Harelbeke — — — — — DNF — DNF DNF 4 DNF 52 DNF DNF DNF
Gent–Wevelgem — 11 70 — DNF 5 1 11 15 — — 70 48 17 9
Hamburg Cyclassics 5 96 23 118 97 — — 82 — — — 65 — 8 DNF
GP Ouest–France — — — 10 — — — 2 — DNF — 4 — 6 —
Paris–Tours 75 4 28 — — 23 4 8 — — — — — — —

Major championships timeline

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Event 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Olympic Games Time trial 7 Not held 31 Not held — Not held — NH
Road race DNF DNF — —
World Championships Time trial 22 — 40 — — — — — — — — — — —
Road race 109 — 142 — — 114 114 19 — DNF 1 170 — DNF
National Championships Time trial — — 1 — 1 1 — — — — — — — 2
Road race 7 — — — 1 — — 2 — 3 1 3 — 1
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "World champion Thor Hushovd signs three-year deal with BMC Racing Team". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Norway". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Gallery: Thor Hushovd's career in photos". Cyclingnews.com. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  4. ^ Hushovd happy after Tour de France win, Aftenposten 7 July 2008
  5. ^ "Thor Hushovd has signed with the new Cervelo TestTeam" (9 Sep. 2008) VeloNews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2010
  6. ^ "Embarrassed Cavendish apologises for outburst". BBC Sport. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  7. ^ Gregor Brown (23 July 2009). "Hushovd attacks solo for green jersey respect". Cycling News. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
  8. ^ Hushovd sidelined with broken collarbone VeloNews.
  9. ^ "Tour de France: Hushovd wins but Thomas into second". BBC Sport. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  10. ^ "Thor Hushovd wins world road racing title" (3 Oct. 2010) VeloNews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2010
  11. ^ King Thor roars to Worlds victory CyclingNews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  12. ^ "Thor Hushovd wins the rainbow jersey for Norway". Cycling Weekly. 3 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  13. ^ Brian Holcombe (9 August 2013). "Hushovd joins new BMC super team". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  14. ^ "London 2012 Olympics: Thor Hushovd ruled out of Games". The Daily Telegraph. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  15. ^ "BMC doc blames virus, muscle inflammation for Hushovd's poor season". Velo News. 2012 Competitor Group, Inc. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  16. ^ "Hushovd motivated for future after lost 2012 season". Cycling News. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  17. ^ "Hushovd wins Tour du Haut Var opener". Cyclingnews. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  18. ^ "Hushovd, winner of 10 Tour de France stages, quits". Yahoo! Sports. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  19. ^ "Hushovd to retire at season's end". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  20. ^ "Hushovd rules himself out of Worlds". Cyclingnews.com. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  21. ^ "News shorts: Hushovd aiming to create Norwegian WorldTour team". Cyclingnews.com. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  22. ^ Gørbitz, Peter Andreas Prydz (23 June 2016). "Norsk profflag satt på vent" [Norwegian pro team put on hold]. Landevei (in Norwegian). I dag annonsert [sic] Thor Hushovd på sin Instagram-profil at han har skrinlagt planene om et norsk profflag i 2017. Mannen med 10 etappeseire i Tour de France skriver videre at han har jobbet hardt for at prosjektet skulle bli en realitet, men at det dessverre ikke har gått i orden likevel. [Today, Thor Hushovd announced on his Instagram account that he has scrapped the plans for a Norwegian pro team in 2017. The man with 10 stage wins in the Tour de France explains that he has worked hard for the project to become a reality, but that unfortunately it did not work out.]
  23. ^ Markussen, Erik Rustad (7 July 2017). "Thor Hushovd drømmer fortsatt om norsk profflag" [Thor Hushovd still dreams of Norwegian pro team] (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  24. ^ Olsen, Sindre J. (1 April 2023). "Slik hjalp Hushovd Uno-X til Tour de France" [This is how Hushovd helped Uno-X to the Tour de France]. TV 2 Sport (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  25. ^ "Thor Hushovd becomes General Manager of Uno-X Mobility Cycling". Uno-X Mobility. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  26. ^ "Page not found – NBC Olympics". {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  27. ^ Tingve, Pål Marius (3 June 2011). "Hushovd frustrert over Contador-avgjørelse".
  28. ^ Hushovd flytter til Monaco Archived 2 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  29. ^ "A daughter for Hushovd – Cyclingnews.com".
  30. ^ "Sykkelfrue og hjelperytter – mamma". Archived from the original on 3 March 2014.
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