Gregory Henderson (born 10 September 1976) is a New Zealand former professional

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, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2017. His career includes winning the scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in road cycling, winning the points competition at the

Tour de Georgia The Tour de Georgia was a U.S. professional road cycling stage race across the state of Georgia. The race began in 2003 and was contested six times until 2008. It was one of the three events in North America ranked as Hors Classe (2.HC) stage rac ...

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and 2008. Henderson rode in five Olympic Games and completed 11 Grand Tours. He also competed in four Commonwealth Games and was a four-time medallist, including winning gold in the points race in

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. During an important part of his career, he served as André Greipel's main lead-out man, and they were colleagues at both and later . 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).

Career

Track cycling

At the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...

Henderson won bronze medals in the points race and the team pursuit."1998 Commonwealth Games Track Competition" Malaysia
16–19 September 1998 cyclingnews.comGreg Henderson
olympic.org.nz He won gold in the points race and bronze again in the team pursuit at the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

. He won the scratch race at the

2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship set of events for track cycling. Both men's and women's events took place, with nine men's events and six women's events. They took place in Melbourne, Australia from 2 ...

. At the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

he finished fourth in the points race and seventh in the madison.Greg Henderson
sports-reference.com His best placing in the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

was 10th in the scratch race. At the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

he finished tenth in the points race and the madison.

Road cycling

In 2005, he won the points competition at the

and International Tour de Toona. In 2006, he recovered from early injuries and won the inaugural Pro Cycling Tour (PCT)

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. 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 on his Grand Tour debut. 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 , mainly to act as lead-out man for Andre Greipel. He credited his success in this role to the positioning skills which he developed as a track rider, and having to compete against quicker road sprinters such as Greipel, Mark Cavendish and Marcel Kittel. In April 2015, he expressed his opinion on Twitter that

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of rival team missed the

Giro del Trentino The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...

not because of illness as it was announced, but because he had an ongoing investigation into his biological passport for doping. Henderson apologised shortly after. He competed in the

2016 Tour de France The 2016 Tour de France was the 103rd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 2 July in Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, and concluding on 24 July with the Champs-Élysées sta ...

. In August 2017 Henderson announced his retirement from competition, having competed in his last race, the

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, and indicated that he would move into full-time coaching, having trained athletes since 2014. The following month he was announced as Endurance Performance Director for USA Cycling.

Personal life

He is married to the

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n cyclist Katie Mactier. He has a bachelor's degree in Physical Education from the University of Otago.

Major results

Road

;1996 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Time trial, National Road Championships ;1997 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;1998 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;1999 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

National Criterium Championships :

Tour of Wellington The New Zealand Cycle Classic (previously known as the Tour of Wellington) is a road cycling race held in and around the Wairarapa near Wellington, New Zealand. The race is a men's competition over five stages and part of the UCI Oceania Tour. ...

::1st Stages 3 & 10 ;2000 : 1st Stage 2

: National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd Time trial : 2nd Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden ;2001 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

National Criterium Championships : 1st Stage 5

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;2002 : 1st Tour de Loveland : 10th First Union Invitational ;2003 : 1st Stage 7 Tour of Southland ;2004 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

National Criterium Championships : Tour of Southland ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stages 1 ( TTT), 8 & 10 ;2005 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

National Criterium Championships : 1st

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: International Tour de Toona ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 7 : 1st Jersey green

Sprints classification

: 5th Overall Tour of Southland ::1st Stages 1 ( TTT), 4, 9 & 10 ;2006 : 1st Philadelphia International Championship : 1st

: 1st Stage 7

: 1st Stage 5 Tour of Southland : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 1 : 6th Road race, Commonwealth Games ;2007 : 5th Overall Tour of Qatar ;2008 :

::1st

Sprints classification ::1st Stages 3 & 7 : 7th Scheldeprijs ;2009 : 1st Clásica de Almería : 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a España : 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Murcia : 1st Stage 7 Volta a Catalunya : 2nd Philadelphia International Championship : 5th Overall Three Days of De Panne ;2010 : 1st Down Under Classic : Tour of Southland ::1st Stages 1 ( TTT), 4 & 9 : 1st Stage 1

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...

: 1st Stage 3 Ster Elektrotoer : 1st Stage 4 Eneco Tour : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Overall Tour Down Under : 3rd Overall Tour of Britain ::1st Jersey blue

Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 4th Scheldeprijs ;2011 : 1st Stage 2

: 1st Stage 3 Tour of California : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::3rd Time trial : 3rd Paris–Bourges ;2012 : 1st Stage 1

: 7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 9th Down Under Classic ;2013 : 2nd Overall

: 3rd Down Under Classic ;2014 : 1st Stage 2 Ster ZLM Toer : 3rd Ronde van Limburg : 4th Overall

World Ports Classic The World Ports Classic was a European two-day cycle race held between the port cities of Rotterdam and Antwerp, organized by ASO as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was held between 2012 and 2015. In all years except for 2013, the r ...

: 7th Road race, Commonwealth Games ;2015 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 10th Down Under Classic ;2016 : 6th Overall Presidential Tour of Turkey

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Track

;1998 : Commonwealth Games ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Points race ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Team pursuit ;1999 : National Championships ::1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Team pursuit ::1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Points race : UCI World Cup Classics, Mexico City ::2nd Team pursuit ::3rd Madison ;2000 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Team pursuit, National Championships : 2nd Six Days of Nouméa ;2001 :

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::1st Points race ::1st Madison : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Points race, National Championships ;2002 : Commonwealth Games ::1st Gold medal blank

Points race ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Team pursuit : UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney ::1st Team pursuit ::1st Madison ::3rd Points race ;2003 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Madison, National Championships : UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney ::1st Scratch ::3rd Points race : 2nd Madison, UCI World Championships ;2004 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Scratch, UCI World Championships : UCI World Cup Classics, Aguascalientes ::2nd Scratch ;2005 :

2004–05 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2004–2005 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycl ...

, Sydney ::1st Team pursuit ::3rd Scratch : 2nd Scratch, UCI World Championships ;2006 : Oceania Games ::1st Points race ::1st Scratch : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Points race, National Championships :

2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2006–2007 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bic ...

, Sydney ::2nd Points race ;2007 : Oceania Championships ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Madison ::2nd Points race ::2nd Scratch :

2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2007–2008 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics was a multi race competition over a season of track cycling. The season began on 30 November 2007 and ended on 17 February 2008. The World Cup is organised by the UCI. The 2007–2008 ...

, Sydney ::1st Points race

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Henderson, Greg 1976 births Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics People educated at Otago Boys' High School Living people New Zealand male cyclists New Zealand Vuelta a España stage winners Olympic cyclists of New Zealand University of Otago alumni Sportspeople from Dunedin UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling New Zealand track cyclists Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games