Rider Profile
Thor Hushovd
BMC Racing Team
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Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2014 - BMC Racing Team
- 2013 - BMC Racing Team
- 2012 - BMC Racing Team
- 2011 - Garmin - Cervelo
- 2011 - Team Garmin-Cervelo
- 2010 - Cervelo Test Team
- 2009 - Cervelo Test Team
- 2008 - Crédit Agricole
- 2007 - Crédit Agricole
- 2006 - Crédit Agricole
- 2005 - Crédit Agricole
- 2004 - Crédit Agricole
- 2003 - Crédit Agricole
- 2002 - Crédit Agricole
- 2001 - Crédit Agricole
- 2000 - Crédit Agricole
Biography:
Key Results
1st Tour de France stages 5 (TTT), 2001; 18, 2002; 8, 2004; prologue & 20, 2006; 4, 2007; 2, 2008; 6, 2009; 3, 2010; 2 (TTT), 13 & 16, 2011
1st Vuelta a España stages 5, 2005; 6, 2006; 6, 2010
1st Giro d'Italia stage 7, 2007
UCI World Road Race Champion 2010
Norweigan national road race champion 2004, '10, '13
Norweigan national time trial champion 2002, '04-05
1st Gent–Wevelgem 2006
1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2009
1st overall Tour de Normandie 2001
1st overall Tour of Sweden 2001
1st overall Paris–Corrèze 2001
1st overall Arctic Race of Norway 2013
1st Grand Prix de Denain 2004
1st Classic Haribo 2004
1st Tour de Vendée 2004
Tour de France points classification 2005, '09
Vuelta a España points classification 2006
2nd Paris–Roubaix 2010
3rd Paris–Roubaix 2005, '09
3rd Milan–San Remo 2009
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