Greg Henderson

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Greg Henderson

Personal information
Full name	Greg Henderson
Date of birth	October 9, 1976 (1976-10-09) (age 31)
Country	New Zealand
Team information
Current team	Team High Road
Discipline	Road, track
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
2002–2003 2004–2006 2007–	7 UP-Maxxis HealthNet T-Mobile/High Road
Major wins
Scratch world champion (2004)
Infobox last updated on:
April 25, 2008

Gregory Henderson (born October 9, 1976 in Dunedin, New Zealand) is a professional track and road racing cyclist. His career highlights include becoming the 2004 world champion by winning the 15 km Scratch Race at the World Track Cycling Championships and (in road cycling) winning the points competition at the 2005 Tour de Georgia. He repeated this feat in 2008

In 2007, he rides for the T-Mobile Team. Henderson received a Bachelor of Physical Education from the University of Otago.

In addition to his 17 New Zealand national track and road titles and eight World Cup track gold medals, Henderson has been awarded numerous accolades including: New Zealand Track Cyclist of the Year (2001, 2002, 2003) and Athlete of the Year, Otago, New Zealand (2001, 2002, 2003).

[edit] Track cycling

At the 2004 World Track Cycling Championshps, Henderson became a world champion at the men's 15 km Scratch Race.

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Henderson won the gold medal in the Men's 40 km Points Race. In the same event, he won bronze at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He also participated in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, he narrowly missed a medal and finished fourth in the men's points race. He finished seventh in the men's Madison.

[edit] Road cycling

In 2005, he captured the points competition at the Tour de Georgia and International Tour de 'Toona. In 2006, Henderson recovered from early season injuries and convincely won the inaugural Pro Cycling Tour (PCT) Reading Classic. For 2007 he will ride for T-Mobile.

[edit] Major accomplishments (track and road)

v • d • e Riders on Team High Road Michael Barry | Marcus Burghardt | Mark Cavendish | Gerald Ciolek | Scott Davis | John Devine | Bernhard Eisel | Linus Gerdemann | Bert Grabsch | André Greipel | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Roger Hammond | Adam Hansen | Greg Henderson | George Hincapie | Kim Kirchen | Andreas Klier | Servais Knaven | Craig Lewis | Thomas Lövkvist | Tony Martin | Marco Pinotti | Morris Possoni | František Raboň | Vicente Reynès | Michael Rogers | Marcel Sieberg | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Bradley Wiggins | Manager: Bob Stapleton

Persondata
NAME	Henderson, Greg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1976-10-09
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dunedin, New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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