Greg Henderson

Gregory Henderson (born 10 September 1976) is a New Zealand former professional track and road racing cyclist, 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 in 2005 and 2008.

Henderson rode in five Olympic Games and completed 11 Grand Tours.

He won gold in the points race and bronze again in the team pursuit at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics he finished fourth in the points race and seventh in the madison.

His best placing in the 2006 Commonwealth Games was 10th in the scratch race. 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. He competed in the 2016 Tour de France.

In August 2017 Henderson announced his retirement from competition, having competed in his last race, the 2017 Colorado Classic, 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 was previously married to the Australian cyclist Katie Mactier. He has a bachelor's degree in Physical Education from the University of Otago.

Major results Road

1996

1997

1998

1999

Tour of Wellington 1st Stages 3 & 10 2000 1st Stage 2 Tour of Wellington National Road Championships 2nd Road race 2nd Time trial 2nd Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden 2001

1st Stage 5 Bay Classic Series 2002 1st Tour de Loveland 10th First Union Invitational 2003 1st Stage 7 Tour of Southland 2004

Tour of Southland

1st Stages 1 (TTT), 8 & 10 2005

1st Wachovia Invitational International Tour de Toona

1st Stages 2 & 7

5th Overall Tour of Southland 1st Stages 1 (TTT), 4, 9 & 10 2006 1st Philadelphia International Championship 1st Reading Classic 1st Stage 7 Tour of Wellington 1st Stage 5 Tour of Southland 2nd Overall Bay Classic Series 1st Stage 1 6th Road race, Commonwealth Games 2007 5th Overall Tour of Qatar 2008 Tour de Georgia

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 1st Stage 3 Ster Elektrotoer 1st Stage 4 Eneco Tour 2nd Overall Bay Classic Series 1st Stage 2 3rd Overall Tour of Britain

1st Stage 2 3rd Overall Tour Down Under 4th Scheldeprijs 2011 1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice 1st Stage 3 Tour of California National Road Championships 2nd Road race 3rd Time trial 3rd Paris–Bourges 2012 1st Stage 1 Bay Classic Series 7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 9th Down Under Classic 2013 2nd Overall Bay Classic Series 3rd Down Under Classic 2014 1st Stage 2 Ster ZLM Toer 3rd Ronde van Limburg 4th Overall World Ports Classic 7th Road race, Commonwealth Games 2015 2nd Overall Bay Classic Series 1st Stage 4 10th Down Under Classic 2016 6th Overall Tour of Turkey

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish

Track

1998 Commonwealth Games

1999 National Championships

UCI World Cup Classics, Mexico City 2nd Team pursuit 3rd Madison 2000

2nd Six Days of Nouméa 2001 Goodwill Games 1st Points race 1st Madison

2002 Commonwealth Games

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

UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney 1st Scratch 3rd Points race

2004

2nd Scratch, UCI World Cup Classics, Aguascalientes 2005 UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney 1st Team pursuit 3rd Scratch

2006 Oceania Games 1st Points race 1st Scratch

2nd Points race, UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney 2007 Oceania Championships

2nd Points race 2nd Scratch 1st Points race, UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney