George Hincapie
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Evans to race with second-tier team...he said. At BMC, Evans will join Italy's 2008 world champion, Alessandro Ballan, US road champion George Hincapie and Marcus Burghardt from Columbia-HTC, Karsten Kroon (Saxo Bank) and Steve Morabito and Michael Schar from Astana. BMC... In this article: Cadel Evans, Silence-Lotto, Tour de France, Phonak, Astana, Marc Sergeant, Steve Morabito, Marcus Burghardt, and Saxo Bank |
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boston.com - Latest sports news | September 01, 2009
US cyclist Hincapie signs with BMC Racing Team
...Team THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING SANTA ROSA, Calif. -American cyclist George Hincapie has signed a two-year contract with the BMC Racing Team. The American-Swiss BMC team also announced Tuesday that it had signed world...
In this article: BMC Racing Team, US, All rights reserved, Alessandro Ballan, Lance Armstrong, California, Italy, and Australia
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SignOnSanDiego.com RSS Feeds Sports | March 22, 2009
Armstrong to take on Contador, Sastre in Spain
...CIARAN GILES, The Associated Press Lance Armstrong of the United States, pedals with fellow-countryman George Hincapie, left, during the Milan-San Remo cycling classic, Italy, Saturday, March 21, 2009. Armstrong, riding the first European...
In this article: Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador, Tour de France, Milan-San Remo, Carlos Sastre, Astana, Spain, Italian Olympic Committee, and Giro d'Italia
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Washington Times | July 19, 2009
Armstrong drops into fourth
...to swipe the leader's yellow shirt. Instead, as Armstrong and his Astana team claimed, the U.S. squad Garmin-Slipstream pressed the pace in a way that helped the Italian hold a slim lead over Hincapie. Armstrong, on his Twitter feed, took...
In this article: Lance Armstrong, Garmin, Rinaldo Nocentini, Tour de France, Serguei Ivanov, Astana Team, Twitter, and U.S.
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New York Daily News | July 18, 2009
Armstrong falls to fourth on tragic day at Tour
...on the race leaders, including Armstrong who fell to fourth. Italy's Rinaldo Nocentini holds the leader's jersey for another day with a narrow five-second cushion on Hincapie. The Astana teammates and rivals - Spain's Alberto Contador and...
In this article: Lance Armstrong, Tour de France, Rinaldo Nocentini, Serguei Ivanov, Tom Watson, Alps, Astana, Steve Phillips, and British Open
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USATODAY.com | July 18, 2009
Ivanov wins Stage 14, Hincapie misses yellow jersey at Tour
...other fans were injured. Columbia rider Hincapie finished the 124-mile stage from Colmar to Besancon in an eight-man group 16 seconds after the Russian and 5 minutes, 36 seconds ahead of the main race contenders. Starting the stage as the...
In this article: Lance Armstrong, Serguei Ivanov, Astana, Rinaldo Nocentini, Johan Bruyneel, Mark Cavendish, Garmin, Cadel Evans, and Carlos Sastre
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George Hincapié Garcés (born June 29 1973 in Queens, New York City) is an American professional road bicycle racer currently riding for UCI ProTour . Hincapie resides in Greenville, South Carolina.
Hincapié is most widely known as a key domestique of Lance Armstrong, having been the only rider to assist Armstrong in all seven of his Tour de France victories. Hincapie was also a domestique for Alberto Contador during his 2007 Tour de France victory. Thus, he is the only rider to have raced on eight Tour-winning teams. As of the end of the 2008 Tour, Hincapie has raced the Tour 13 times, finishing all but the first year.
However, Hincapie does have several important wins of his own, starting with Gent-Wevelgem in 2001 and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne in 2005. Also in 2005, Hincapie took two stage wins at the Dauphiné Libéré and 2nd place at Paris-Roubaix. In 2005 he also had his first stage win in the Tour de France where, on July 17, he finished seven seconds ahead of Óscar Pereiro to win stage 15 from Lézat-sur-Lèze to Pla d'Adet. More recent victories include two stages at the Tour of California (2006), the overall and a stage at the Tour of Missouri (2007), and another stage win at the Dauphiné Libéré in 2008. He is a two-time US Professional Road Race champion (1998, 2006).
Throughout his career Hincapie has targeted the cobbled classics of April, specifically the week that begins with the Ronde van Vlaanderen, continues mid-week with Gent-Wevelgem, and ends with Paris-Roubaix. Since 2001 he has always been a threat to win, although only achieving the highest position on the podium with his 2001 victory in Gent-Wevelgem.
- Full Name:
- George Hincapié Garcés
- Also Known As:
- Big George
- Birth Date:
- June 29, 1973
- Birthplace:
- Queens, New York City, United States
- Weight:
- 79 kg
- Discipline:
- Road
- Wins:
- Gent-Wevelgem (2001)
- Pro Years:
- 2008–
- Role:
- Rider
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