George Hincapie
Cyclist
Cycling coach backs Evans' team choice...win the Tour de France. And he believes it will, with BMC having already signed 2008 road race world champion Alessandro Ballan and George Hincapie, who helped Lance Armstrong to his seven Tour de France victories. "They can be a major... In this article: Cadel Evans, Tour de France, Alessandro Ballan, George Hincapie, Silence-Lotto, BMC Racing Team, Lance Armstrong, and Switzerland |
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fresnobee.com | October 22, 2009
Cycling tour invites Visalia along for ride
...Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, three-time Tour of California winner Levi Leipheimer, Dave Zabriskie and George Hincapie as they began their journey to Paso Robles. All four of those cyclists declared their intentions to...
In this article: Visalia, Lance Armstrong, Tour of California, Ansel Adams, Tour de France, Levi Leipheimer, Bakersfield, Dave Zabriskie, and Alberto Contador
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Miami Herald | November 02, 2009
Evans signs with American cycling team BMC Racing
...world championships. Evans, who announced last week he would leave the Silence-Lotto team at the end of the year, will join former Lance Armstrong teammate George Hincapie and former world champion Alessandro Ballan. The Miami Herald is...
In this article: Cadel Evans, Tour de France, Alessandro Ballan, Silence-Lotto, Lance Armstrong, The Miami Herald, Paris, and Australia
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L.A. Times - Sports1 | October 22, 2009
Lance Armstrong to ride in the Tour of California
...via Twitter this morning. Other top American riders including Dave Zabriskie of Garmin-Slipstream and national road champion George Hincapie, who is riding for a new team -- BMC -- are also in the field. Less apparent is which top...
In this article: Lance Armstrong, Tour of California, Levi Leipheimer, Twitter, Tour de France, Dave Zabriskie, Giro, and California
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Roadbike Review | October 22, 2009
2010 Amgen Tour of California Host Cities and Top Competitors Announced via Twitter
...Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and some of America's most accomplished cyclists, including Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer, Dave Zabriskie and George Hincapie. This marked the first time an event of this stature has ever been announced via...
In this article: Amgen Tour of California, Cancer, Levi Leipheimer, Lance Armstrong, Twitter, Amgen, California, Tour de France, and Los Angeles
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Guardian | August 14, 2009
Armstrong to reunite with Hincapie
...with Hincapie Lance Armstrong to reunite with George Hincapie for Team RadioShack • Lance Armstrong teams up with friend George Hincapie for 2010 • 'I think we can have a better team than Astana' guardian.co.uk, Friday 14 August 2009...
In this article: Lance Armstrong, Astana, Tour de France, Outside Magazine, Alberto Contador, Team Columbia-HTC, Andreas Kloden, and Chris Horner
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OrlandoSentinel.com - College Sports | July 18, 2009
Lance Armstrong drops to 4th in Tour de France as race is marred by death of a spectator
...good enough for the No. 2 spot behind Nocentini. Alberto Contador dropped to third and Lance Armstrong, a former teammate of Hincapie's during Armstrong's seven-year Tour reign, fell to fourth. The woman who was killed was trying to cross the...
In this article: Lance Armstrong, Rinaldo Nocentini, Garmin, Tour de France, Alberto Contador, Nicolas Roche, and Hayden Roulston
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NBC | October 22, 2009
Cyclists Atwitter About 2010 Tour of California
...you join us?" The answer is, "Absolutely!" Seven-time Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer, Dave Zabriskie and George Hincapie will be among the cyclists in the 2010 tour. The ride will go through downtown LA and end...
In this article: Tour of California, Lance Armstrong, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Levi Leipheimer, Twitter, Tour de France, California, Big Bear Lake, and Los Angeles
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch | September 06, 2009
Hincapie pedals into next stage of career
...pedals into next stage of career George Hincapie, 36, has captured more cycling accolades than any other U.S. rider, including Lance Armstrong, whom he supported in seven Tour de France victories. (AFP/Getty Images) The inaugural Tour...
In this article: Tour de France, Columbia, Lance Armstrong, United States, Rinaldo Nocentini, Mark Cavendish, Paris, and Tour of Missouri
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New York Daily News | July 18, 2009
Armstrong falls to fourth on tragic day at Tour
...Hincapie. Hincapie, a 36-year-old riding for the Columbia team, moved into second place overall with a second-place stage finish as he made up more than five minutes on the race leaders, including Armstrong who fell to fourth. Italy's...
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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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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