Sergio Henao

Sergio Henao

Henao at the 2013 Tour of the Basque Country
Personal information
Full name	Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Nickname	El Venao[1]
Born	(1987-12-10) 10 December 1987 Rionegro, Colombia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team Sky
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Amateur team(s)
2005–2006 2010	Orgullo Paisa Indeportes Antioquia
Professional team(s)
2007–2009 2011 2012–	Colombia es Pasión Gobernación de Antioquia-Indeportes Antioquia Team Sky[2]
Major wins
Vuelta a Colombia (2010)
Infobox last updated on 4 January 2014

Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (born 10 December 1987) is a Colombian racing cyclist, currently riding for Team Sky.^[3]

Early life

Henao was born in Rionegro in 1987, the same year that the Colombian rider Lucho Herrera won the Vuelta a España.

Career

Early years

In 2005 Henao won two stages of the Junior Vuelta del Porvenir, and finished second overall behind Rigoberto Urán. He also finished second in the junior Vuelta a Venezuela. Throughout 2006 he picked up numerous general classification podiums and won the Clasic Norte de Santander. For 2007, he joined the Colombia es Pasión team and started to ride outside of his native South America. He recorded 15th overall in the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid, two stages of the Venezuelan Clasico Ciclistico Banfoandes race, and a second overall in the Norte de Sandander followed. Still just 20 years old he then finished third overall at the Vuelta a Antioguia, his home race, and third in the Colombian National Championships time trial for under-23 riders.

In 2008 he won the under-23 version of the Vuelta a Colombia, picking up two stages along the way; two years later he repeated the feat in the main race, winning two stages and the general classification. In 2011, in one of his last races before moving to Europe, he won the opening prologue of the Tour of Utah, and then extended his lead on the first stage when he was involved in a five-man break with riders including Levi Leipheimer.

2012

In 2012 he made his European professional debut, joining compatriot and friend Rigoberto Urán at Team Sky after signing a two-year contract.^[4][5] Henao finished 13th overall in the Vuelta al Pais Vasco in April, and also rode the Ardennes Classics, recording 21st place in Amstel Gold, 14th place in La Flèche Wallonne and 29th in Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Henao in the opening time trial of the 2012 Giro d'Italia

In May, Henao was selected to be part of Team Sky's Giro d'Italia squad. He performed strongly in his first grand tour, with two top ten stages finishes (4th on Stage 15, 9th on Stage 20), he also wore the White Jersey of the best young rider for two days, taking the jersey over from, and relinquishing it to teammate and eventual classification winner Rigoberto Uran. Henao performed strongly in the final time trial moving up two places on the overall classification to finish ninth overall, and second on the Young Rider Classification. Following the Giro, Henao rode the Tour de Pologne, where he finished third overall after finishing second on Stage 6. He represented Colombia in the Olympic Road Race and finished 16th. He then went on to finish second overall in the Vuelta a Burgos. Henao also rode then Vuelta a España in support of Chris Froome, and finished 14th overall. He then participated in the UCI Road World Race Championships, finishing ninth in the Road Race. Henao rounded off an impressive season with fifth place in the 2012 Giro di Lombardia.

2013

Henao's 2013 season began at the Mallorca Challenge races, where he placed second in the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana and ninth in the Trofeo Platja de Muro. He then rode the Volta ao Algarve, and won stage 3 to finally take his first victory in Sky colours. Henao also won the third stage of the Tour of the Basque Country. The victory put Henao into the lead of both the general classification and points classification. Henao could not, however, hold his lead through the final time trial stage, but managed to confirm his place on the podium in third place overall, behind fellow Colombian cyclist Nairo Quintana of the Movistar Team, and teammate Richie Porte.

2014

For the 2014 season Henao was joined at Team Sky by his cousin Sebastián Henao.^[6]

Major results

Grand Tour General Classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2012	2013
Giro	9	16
Tour	-	-
Vuelta	14	28

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sergio Henao.

• Sergio Henao profile at Team Sky
• Sergio Henao profile at Cycling Archives