Greg Henderson

Greg Henderson

Henderson at the 2008 Four Days of Dunkirk.
Personal information
Full name	Greg Henderson
Nickname	Hendo
Born	(1976-09-10) 10 September 1976 Dunedin, New Zealand[1]
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72.5 kg (160 lb; 11.42 st)
Team information
Current team	Lotto-Belisol
Discipline	Road and track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter Lead-out man
Professional team(s)
2002–2003 2004–2006 2007–2009 2010–2011 2012–	7 UP-Maxxis Health Net-Maxxis T-Mobile Team Team Sky Lotto-Belisol
Major wins
Vuelta a España, 1 stage Paris–Nice, 2 stages Philadelphia International Championship (2006) Scratch Race World Champion (2004) National Criterium Championships (1999, 2001, 2004, 2005) Sprint classification Tour de Georgia (2005, 2008)
Medal record Competitor for  New Zealand Track cycling UCI Track World Championships Silver 2003 Stuttgart Madison Gold 2004 Melbourne Scratch Race Commonwealth Games Bronze 1998 Kuala Lumpur Points Race Bronze 1998 Kuala Lumpur Teams Pursuit Gold 2002 Manchester Points Race Bronze 2002 Manchester Teams Pursuit
Infobox last updated on 2 January 2014

Gregory "Greg" Henderson (born 10 September 1976) is a professional track and road racing cyclist who rides for Lotto-Belisol.^[2] His career includes winning the 15 km scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in road cycling, winning the points competition at the 2005 Tour de Georgia. He repeated this feat in 2008.

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

In addition to 17 New Zealand track and road titles and eight World Cup track golds, Henderson has been New Zealand Track Cyclist of the Year (2001, 2002, 2003) and Athlete of the Year, Otago, New Zealand (2001, 2002, 2003).

He is married to the Australian cyclist Katie Mactier.

Track cycling

Henderson won bronze medals in the 40 km points race and the 4000 m team pursuit at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.^[3]

He won gold in the 40 km points race and again bronze in the 4000 m team pursuit at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.^[4]

He won the 15km scratch race at the 2004 world championships.

He finished fourth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the points race. He finished seventh in the madison.^[5]

His best placing in the 2006 Commonwealth Games was 10th.^[6]

He finished tenth at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the points race. He finished tenth in the madison.^[7]

Road cycling

In 2005, he won the points competition at the Tour de Georgia and International Tour de 'Toona. In 2006, he from early injuries and won the inaugural Pro Cycling Tour (PCT) Reading Classic. In 2009, he won the Clásica de Almería in Spain, the second stage of Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia, and the third stage of the Vuelta a España. In 2010, he won the first stage of the Paris–Nice. In 2011, he won stage 2 of Paris–Nice and stage 3 of the Tour of California.

Henderson left Team Sky at the end of 2011, and joined Lotto-Belisol.^[2]

Accomplishments (track and road)

References

External links

• Media related to Greg Henderson at Wikimedia Commons