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George Hincapie

Key Stats

Nationality: American
Born: June 29, 1973
Hometown: Queens, New York
Residence: Greenville, South Carolina; Gerona, Spain
Height: 6-foot-3
Weight: 175 pounds
Strengths: all around
Turned Pro: 1994
Hobbies: mountain biking, music

Palmares

Career Highlights:

leader, Tour de France, stage 1 2006
two-time U.S. road champion (1998 and 2006)
1st, Ghent-Wevelgem 2005
1st, GP Ouest-France 2005
1st, Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne 2005
2nd, Paris-Roubaix 2005

2008
1st, stage 7, Tour of California
9th, Paris-Roubaix

2007
2nd, U.S. road championship
3rd, prologue, Tour de France
4th, prologue, Dauphiné Libéré
5th, stage 5, Tour of California
6th, stage 8, Giro d’Italia
6th, stage 5, Tour de France
9th, prologue, Tour of California
10th, stage 2, Giro d’Italia

2006
1st, U.S. road championship
1st, stages 2 and 5, Tour of California
1st, stage 4, Eneco Tour of Benelux
3rd, Tour of Flanders
3rd, prologue, Tour of California
4th overall, Tour of California
4th, stage 3, Tour of California
5th, Ghent-Wevelgem
5th, stage 1, Tour of California
8th, Tirreno-Adriatico
9th, Clasica San Sebastian

2005
1st, stage 15, Tour de France
1st, stage 4, team time trial, Tour de France
1st, Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne
1st, stages 1 and 7, Dauphiné Libéré
1st, Grand Prix Ouest-France
2nd, Paris-Roubaix
6th overall, Tirreno-Adriatico
7th, Tour of Flanders

2004
1st overall, Three Days of the Panne
1st, stage 4, team time trial, Tour de France
3rd, T-Mobile International
4th, Ghent-Wevelgum
4th, Luk Challenge
5th overall, Paris-Nice
5th, GP Eddy Merckx
8th, Paris-Roubaix
8th, Championship of Zurich
10th, Tour of Flanders

2003
2nd, stage 7, Volta a Catalunya
7th overall, Tour of Belgium

2002
2nd, Classic Haribo
2nd, stage 3B, Three Days of the Panne
3rd, U.S. road championship
3rd, Ghent - Wevelgem
3rd, Three Days of the Panne
3rd, Volta Ao Algarve
4th, Tour of Flanders
6th, Paris-Roubaix
7th, World Cup

2001
1st, Ghent-Wevelgem
1st, BMC San Francisco Grand Prix
3rd, U.S. road championship
3rd, Trofeo Luis Puig
3rd, First Union Invitational
3rd, stage 2, Vuelta Valenciana
4th, Paris-Roubaix
10th, Meisterschaft Von Zürich

2000
2nd, U.S. road championship
3rd, First Union Classic
3rd, stage 8, Paris-Nice
3rd, stage 3, Vuelta Valenciana
6th, Paris-Roubaix

1999
1st, First Union Classic
1st, points competition, Tour de Luxembourg
1st, stage 6, Prutour
2nd, stage 4, Volta a Catalunya
2nd, stage 1 and 2A, Prutour
3rd, First Union Invitational
3rd, stage 1, 2 and 5, Volta a Catalunya
3rd, stage 5, Tour de Luxembourg
4th, Paris-Roubaix
4th, Ghent-Wevelgem

1998
1st, U.S. road championship
2nd, First Union Classic
3rd, Christiana Care Cup
3rd, stage 3, Tour de France
3rd, stage 1, Ruta del Sol

1997
1st, stage 1, Setmana Catalana

1996
9th, Tour of Mallorca

1995
1st, stage 8, Chaam
3rd, Thrift Drug Classic
3rd, CoreStates NJNB Classic
8th, First Union Grand Prix
10th, U.S. road championship

1994
2nd overall, Tour of Luxembourg
3rd overall, West Virginia Classic
3rd overall, K-Mart Classic