Tour de France, 6 stages, points classification (2005) Vuelta a España, 2 stages, points classification (2006) Giro d'Italia, 1 stage Gent-Wevelgem (2006)
Infobox last updated on:
July 11, 2007
Thor Hushovd (born January 18, 1978 in Grimstad) is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer, riding for Crédit Agricole. Hushovd is known for sprinting and time trialing. He is a former Norwegian time trial champion. He is the first Norwegian to wear the yellow jersey in 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 is a member of Crédit Agricole. He 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, Thor won stage two in a bunch sprint finish.
As of the 2009 season Hushovd will begin riding the Cervélo TestTeam.
Major achievements
2005 – Crédit Agricole
2006 – Crédit Agricole
2007 – Crédit Agricole
2008 – Crédit Agricole
Footnotes
^ Hushovd happy after Tour de France win, Aftenposten 07 July 2008
^ Thor Hushovd has signed with the new Cervelo TestTeam,VeloNews
External links
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Thor Hushovd
Thor Hushovd's official website
Palmarès at Trap-Friis.dk
Sporting positions
Preceded by Robbie McEwen
Tour de France Maillot Vert Holder 2005
Succeeded by Robbie McEwen
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Tour de France Maillot vert (Green jersey) winners
1953 Fritz Schär ·1954 Ferdinand Kübler ·1955-1956 Stan Ockers ·1957 Jean Forestier ·1958 Jean Graczyk ·1959 André Darrigade ·1960 Jean Graczyk ·1961 André Darrigade ·1962 Rudi Altig ·1963 Rik van Looy ·1964-1965 Jan Janssen ·1966 Willy Planckaert ·1967 Jan Janssen ·1968 Franco Bitossi ·1969 Eddy Merckx ·1970 Walter Godefroot ·1971-1972 Eddy Merckx ·1973 Herman van Springel ·1974 Patrick Sercu ·1975 Rik Van Linden ·1976 Freddy Maertens ·1977 Jacques Esclassan ·1978 Freddy Maertens ·1979 Bernard Hinault ·1980 Rudy Pevenage ·1981 Freddy Maertens ·1982-1983 Seán Kelly ·1984 Frank Hoste ·1985 Seán Kelly ·1986 Eric Vanderaerden ·1987 Jean-Paul van Poppel ·1988 Eddy Planckaert ·1989 Seán Kelly ·1990 Olaf Ludwig ·1991 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov ·1992 Laurent Jalabert ·1993-1994 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov ·1995 Laurent Jalabert ·1996-2001 Erik Zabel ·2002 Robbie McEwen ·2003 Baden Cooke ·2004 Robbie McEwen ·2005 Thor Hushovd ·2006 Robbie McEwen ·2007 Tom Boonen ·2008 Óscar Freire
2007-03-17 Good lead up to Milan-San Remo After stage 4 in Tirreno-Adriatico, Thor said: "It was a hard race today with another uphill finish and another win by Ricardo Ricco.
February 14, 2007 Tour of California rosters released. Amgen Tour of California | 2007 Rider Roster Announced. I am going to hate missing the Tour of California.
Erik Zabel has been on a bad streak of second place finishes for a long time. Today he finally broke out of the slump and showed flashes of classic Erik Zabel.
Tour de France Maillot vert (Green jersey) winners
