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Thor Hushovd
Personal information
Full nameThor Hushovd
NicknameThe Bull (or Bear) from Grimstad
God of Thunder
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb; 12.8 st)
Team information
Current teamCervélo TestTeam
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Classics Specialist
Major wins
Tour de France: 7 Stages,
Points Classification (2005).
Vuelta a España: 2 Stages,
Points Classification (2006).
Giro d'Italia: 1 Stage.
Gent-Wevelgem (2006)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2009)

Thor Hushovd (born January 18, 1978 in Grimstad) is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer, riding for Cervélo TestTeam. Hushovd is known for sprinting and time trialing. 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.

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.

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.

At the 2008 Tour de France, Hushovd won stage two in a bunched sprint finish.[1]

In 2009, Hushovd rides for the Cervélo TestTeam.[2] He took one of the team's first victories of the season by winning Stage 3 of the Tour of California.

Major achievements

1998
1st Template:FlagiconUCI U23 World Time Trial Champion
2000
7th Summer Olympics ITT
2001
1st Stage 5 — Tour de France Team Time Trial
1st Overall – Tour de Normandie
1st Points Classification
1st Overall – Tour of Sweden (or PostGirot Open)
1st Paris-Corrèze
2002
1st Stage 18 – Tour de France
1st Stage 2 – Tour de l'Ain
2003
1st Stage 2 - Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 1 - Vuelta a Castilla y León
2004
1st  Norway National Time Trial Cycling Champion
1st  Norway National Road Race Cycling Champion
1st Stage 8 – Tour de France
1st (after Stage 2), General Classification – yellow jersey, (first career yellow jersey, 1 day)
1st Stage 1 - Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Overall (Series of 15 races) – Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route
1st, Classic Haribo
1st, Grand Prix de Denain
1st, Tour de Vendée
2005
1st  Norway National Time Trial Cycling Champion
1st Points Classification and Stage 7 – Volta a Catalunya
1st Points Classification – Tour de France
1st Stage 5 and stage 10 – Vuelta a España
Stage 2 – Dauphiné Libéré
2006
1st Prologue - Tour de France
1st Stage 20 - Tour de France
1st (after Prologue), General Classification – yellow jersey (2nd career yellow jersey, 1 day)
1st (after Stage 2), General Classification - yellow jersey (3rd career yellow jersey, 1 day)
1st Stage 6 and Points Classification - Vuelta a España
1st (after Stage 2), General Classification - golden jersey (1st career golden jersey, 3 days)
1st Gent-Wevelgem
1st Stage 7 – Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 4 — Tirreno-Adriatico
1st Points Classification and Stage 3 – Volta a Catalunya
1st Points Classification – Four Days of Dunkirk
2007
1st Stage 7 - Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 4 - Tour de France
2008
1st Prologue Stage 1 - Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 1 - Volta a Catalunya
1st Points classification - Volta a Catalunya
1st Prologue & Points classification - Paris-Nice
1st Stage 1 - Tour Méditerranéen
1st Stage 6 - Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Stage 2 - Tour de France
2009
1st Stage 3 - Tour of California
1st - Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Volta a Catalunya
1st, Stage 1
1st, Stage 6
3rd, Paris-Roubaix
3rd, Milan-San Remo
1st Stage 6 - Tour de France

Footnotes

  1. ^ Hushovd happy after Tour de France win, Aftenposten 07 July 2008
  2. ^ Thor Hushovd has signed with the new Cervelo TestTeam,VeloNews
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