George's Bio

George Hincapie is one of the most recognized riders in the world, with numerous world championships, national championships and professional victories to his credit. This 5-time Olympian started his 2008 season with high hopes and enthusiasm. He rode well in the Tour of California, showing great early-season fitness and aggression with some long breakaway attempts throughout the week, culminating in an impressive victory in the race’s final stage. George is one of the team leaders for Team High Road this season, which should lead to some excellent opportunities in some of his favorite races.

George Hincapie has been hailed as “America’s premier classics rider” following his tremendous second-place finish at Paris-Roubaix in 2005, the highest ever placing for an American rider. An unfortunate equipment failure dashed a promising attempt at Roubaix in 2006, and he missed the 2007 edition with a broken wrist from an early season crash in California. With his new team and new support, 2008 should be his year.

He is also the only American to win the Ghent-Wevelgem and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne classics. An eleven-time Tour de France veteran, George Hincapie is the only teammate to have played a pivotal role in all seven Lance Armstrong victories. Lance and George are the only riders in the history of the sport to win the Tour de France seven times! He’s also the only rider to ever be on a Tour winning team for eight seasons in a row. As one of the most experienced and talented riders on his team, George will play a key role in helping his promising young teammates achieve their potential this season.

Becoming one of the country's best cyclists didn't happen overnight. George had an outstanding career as a junior before taking it to the pros domestically and abroad. As a junior, George won 16 medals, 10 junior national titles and two world medals. He was a member of the 1989 U.S. Junior National Team and two-time winner of the Mary Cappy Award, given annually to the outstanding cyclist at U.S. Junior Nationals (1990-91).

George graduated from Farmingdale High School in New York in 1991. His hobbies include tennis, basketball, mountain biking, music and motorcycling.

Born: June 29, 1973 in Queens, NY
Residence: Greenville, SC
European Residence: Gerona, Spain
Team: High Road
Turned Pro: 1994
Height: 6' 3" Weight: 165 lbs.

Tour de France: 1996-2007
Olympics: 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004
World Road Cycling Championships: 1993, 1998
Junior World Road Cycling Championships: 1990
National Road Cycling champion: 1992 (team time trial)
Junior National Road Cycling champion: 1989 (team time trial)
Junior National Track Cycling champion: 1988-89 (omnium), 1991 (individual pursuit, team pursuit)
U.S. National Team: 1991-93, 1998-99

Palmarès

2008

1st, Stage 7, Tour of California
Most Aggressive Rider, Stage 3, Tour of California
9th, Overall, Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde
4th, Stage 3b TT, Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde
5th, Ronde van Vlaanderen
9th, Paris-Roubaix
3rd, Stage 4 Team Time Trial, Tour de Georgia
3rd, Stage 5, Tour de Georgia
2nd, Prologue, Volta a Catalunya
6th, Stage 3, Volta a Catalunya
1st, Stage 2, Dauphine-Libere

2007

1st, Overall, Tour of Missouri
1st, Stage 2, Tour of Missouri
2nd, USPRO National Championships Road Race
3rd, Stage 6, Tour de Georgia
24th, Overall, Tour de France
3rd, Prologue, Tour de France

2006

1st, US Professional Road Race Championship
1st, Stage 2, Tour of California
1st, Stage 5, Tour of California
Stage 2, Tour of California, Leader's Jersey
Stages 2, 5 & 6, Tour of California, Sprinter's Jersey
1st, Sage 4, Eneco Tour of Benelux
Stage 4, 5, Eneco Tour of Benelux, Leader's Jersey
3rd, Tour of Flanders
3rd, Prologue, Tour of California
4th, Overall, Tour of California
4th, Stage 3, Tour of California
5th, Gent-Wevelgem
5th, Stage 1, Tour of California
8th, Tirreno-Adriatico
9th, Clasica San Sebastian
Stage 1, Tour de France, Yellow Leader's Jersey
32nd, Tour de France

2005

1st, Stage 15, Tour de France
1st, Stage 4 Team Time Trial, Tour de France
1st, Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne
1st, Stage 1, Dauphine Libere
1st, Stage 7, Dauphine Libere
1st, Grand Prix Ouest-France
2nd, Paris-Roubaix
3rd, Overall, Points Classification, Dauphine Libere
6th, GC, Tirreno-Adriatico
7th, Tour of Flanders
14th, Tour de France

2004

1st, Overall, Three Days of the Panne
1st, Stage 4 Team Time Trial, Tour de France
3rd, T-Mobile International
4th, Gent-Wevelgum
4th, Luk Challenge
5th, Overall, Paris-Nice
5th, GP Eddy Merckx
8th, Paris-Roubaix
8th, Champoinship of Zurich
10th, Ronde van Vlaanderen
33rd, Tour de France

2003

2nd Stage 7 and points clasification, Volta a Catalunya
7th GC, Tour of Belgium
47th, Tour de France

2002

2nd, Classic Haribo
2nd, Stage 3B, Trois Jours de la Panne
3rd, US Championship
3rd, Gent - Wevelgem
3rd, Trois Jours de la Panne
3rd, Volta Ao Algarve
4th, Ronde Van Vlaanderen
6th, Paris - Roubaix
7th, World Cup
59th, Tour de France

2001

1st, Gent - Wevelgem
1st, BMC San Francisco Grand Prix
3rd, First Union USPRO Championships
3rd, Trofeo Luis Puig
3rd, First Union Invitational
3rd, Stage 2, Vuelta Valenciana
4th, Paris - Roubaix
10th, Meisterschaft Von Zürich
71st, Tour de France

2000

2nd, US Championship
3rd, First Union Classic
3rd, Stage 8, Paris - Nice
3rd, Stage 3, Vuelta Valenciana
6th, Paris - Roubaix
65th, Tour de France

1999

1st, First Union Classic
1st, Points Competition, Tour de Luxembourg
1st, Stage 6, Prutour
2nd, Stage 4, Volta a Catalunya
2nd, Stage 1 & 2A, Prutour
3rd, First Union Invitational
3rd, Stage 1, 2 & 5, Volta a Catalunya
3rd, Stage 5, Tour de Luxembourg
4th, Paris - Roubaix
4th, Gent - Wevelgem
78th, Tour de France

1998

1st, US Championship
2nd, First Union Classic
3rd, Christiana Care Cup
3rd, Stage 3, Tour de France
3rd, Stage 1, Ruta del Sol
53rd, Tour de France

1997

1st, Stage 1, Setmana Catalana
46th, Milan-San Remo
59th, Paris-Roubaix
104th, Tour de France

1996

9th, Tour of Mallorca
29th, Paris-Roubaix
76th, Olympic Road Race
Tour de France participant

1995

1st, 8 of Chaam (Holland)
3rd, Thrift Drug Classic
3rd, CoreStates NJNB Classic
8th, First Union Grand Prix
10th, CoreStates USPRO Championships
11th, Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne
21st, Paris-Roubaix
27th, Het Volk

1994

2nd, Tour of Luxembourg - two stage wins
3rd, West Virginia Classic - one stage win
3rd, K-Mart Classic -one stage win

1993

World Road Cycling Championships (Hamar, Norway): 14th, amateur road race
Union Bank Road Race: first
Fresca National Championships (Dublin, Ohio): second, criterium; 13th, road race
U.S. Olympic Festival-’93 (San Antonio, Texas): first, criterium; second, road race; fourth, team time trial
Korbel Champagne Cup Series: fifth overall, amateur

1992

Olympic Games (Barcelona, Spain): 16th, team time trial
U.S. Olympic Road Trials and National Championships (Altoona, Pa.): first, team time trial; 11th, individual time trial

1991

Junior World Road Cycling Championships (Colorado Springs, Colo.): second, team time trial; third, individual pursuit; 35th, road race
USCF Junior National Road Cycling Championships (San Antonio, Texas): first, individual pursuit (17-18), individual time trial

1990

Junior World Road Cycling Championships (Cleveland, England): seventh, road race
USCF Junior National Track Cycling Championships (San Diego, Calif.): first, individual pursuit (17-18), team pursuit, points race, kilometer time trial

1989

USCF Junior National Track Cycling Championships (Colorado Springs, Colo.): first, omnium (15-16)
USCF Junior National Road Cycling Championships (Colorado Springs, Colo.): first, team time trial; second, criterium; fifth, individual time trial

1988

USCF Junior National Track Cycling Championships (Allentown, Pa.): first, omnium (14-15) USCF Junior National Road Championships (Trexlertown, Pa.): first, road race; second, individual time trial, criterium USCF Junior National Cyclo-Cross Championships (Boston, Mass.): fifth

1987

Junior National Track Cycling Championships (Trexlertown, Pa.): fourth, omnium (14-15)