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No. 21 - George Hincapie

Team: Columbia Highroad
DOB: 6/29/1973
Nationality: USA
Residence(s): Greenville/South Carolina and Girona, Spain
Height: 6'3'' | Weight: 175
Pro Since: 1994
Speciality: Classics, Stage races
Past Pro Teams: Team Columbia-High Road (2008-2009), Discovery (2005-2007), US Postal Service Team (1997-2004), Motorola (1994-1995)
 

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Career Highlights

2008 1st Stage 7, 2nd Stage 4 Amgen Tour of California - 2nd Overall Sprint Classification, 9th Overall & 4th Stage 3b Three days of De Panne - 5th Overall Tour of Flanders - 9th Paris Roubaix 4th Overall Tour of Missouri - 1st Stage 2 Dauphiné Libéré - 4th Stage 3 Tour of Missouri
2007 1st Overall Tour of Missouri - 2nd US PRO Road Race Championships
2006 1st US PRO Road Race Championships
2005 2nd place Paris Roubaix - 1st Stage 15 Tour de France - 1st place Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne - 1st Stages 1 & 7 Dauphine Libere
2004 1st Overall Three Days of DePanne
2001 1st place Ghent-Wevelgem - 1st place San Francisco Grand Prix
1998 US National Champion

Interesting Facts

George Hincape is without a doubt on of the world's most recognized cyclists. This multi-time Tour de France veteran and former US National Champion was the only team member to ride all seven winning Tours with Lance Armstrong. He demonstrated his own ability to win at the Tour when he broke away to win the mountainous stage 15 in 2005. An accomplished classics racer, he has finished second in Paris-Roubaix and won Gent-Wevelgem and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. Hincape is married and has one daughter.