| # 21 George HINCAPIE
Team:THR DOB:6/29/1973 Age on 4/21/08:34 Nationality:USA Residence(s)Greenville/South Carolina and Girona, Spain Height: 6'3'' Weight:175 Pro Since:1994 Specialty:Classics, stage races Website:www.georgehincapie.com Past Pro Teams:Discovery (2005-2007) US Postal Service Team (1997-2004) Motorola (1994-1995) |
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2008 Highlights:2008 1st Stage 7, 2nd Stage 4 Amgen Tour of California - 2nd Overall Sprint Classification, 9th Overall & 4th Stage 3b Three days of De Panne - 5th Overall Tour of Flanders - 9th Paris-Roubaix
Career Highlights:2007 1st Overall Tour of Missouri - 2nd US PRO Road Race Championships 2006 1st US PRO Road Race Championships 2005 2nd place Paris Roubaix - 1st Stage 15 Tour de France - 1st place Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne - 1st Stages 1 & 7 Dauphine Libere 2004 1st Overall Three Days of DePanne 2001 1st place Ghent-Wevelgem - 1st place San Francisco Grand Prix 1998 US National Champion
Interesting Facts:George Hincape is without a doubt on of the world's most recognized cyclists. This 12-time Tour de France veteran and former US National Champion was the only team member to ride all seven winning Tours with Lance Armstrong. He demonstrated his own ability to win at the Tour when he broke away to win the mountainous stage 15 in 2005. An accomplished classics racer, he has finished second in Paris-Roubaix and won Gent-Wevelgem and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. Hincape is married and has one daughter.
Career Highlights:2007 1st Overall Tour of Missouri - 2nd US PRO Road Race Championships 2006 1st US PRO Road Race Championships 2005 2nd place Paris Roubaix - 1st Stage 15 Tour de France - 1st place Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne - 1st Stages 1 & 7 Dauphine Libere 2004 1st Overall Three Days of DePanne 2001 1st place Ghent-Wevelgem - 1st place San Francisco Grand Prix 1998 US National Champion
Interesting Facts:George Hincape is without a doubt on of the world's most recognized cyclists. This 12-time Tour de France veteran and former US National Champion was the only team member to ride all seven winning Tours with Lance Armstrong. He demonstrated his own ability to win at the Tour when he broke away to win the mountainous stage 15 in 2005. An accomplished classics racer, he has finished second in Paris-Roubaix and won Gent-Wevelgem and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. Hincape is married and has one daughter.