Thor Hushovd

Thor Hushovd
	Hushovd at the 2011 Tour of California
Personal information
Full name	Thor Hushovd
Nickname	The God of Thunder; The Bull from Grimstad
Born	18 January 1978; Grimstad, Norway
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Captain
Rider type	Sprinter; Classic specialist
Professional teams
2000–2008	Crédit Agricole
2009–2010	Cervélo TestTeam
2011	Garmin–Cervélo
2012–2014	BMC Racing Team
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France Points classification (2005, 2009) 10 individual stages (2002, 2004, 2006–2011) 2 TTT stages (2001, 2011) Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2007) Vuelta a España Points classification (2006) 3 individual stages (2005, 2006, 2010) Single-day races and Classics World Road Race Championships (2010) National Road Race Championships; (2004, 2010, 2013) National Time Trial Championships; (2002, 2004, 2005) Gent–Wevelgem (2006) Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2009)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing Norway
World Championships

Thor Hushovd (born 18 January 1978) is a Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer. He is known for sprinting and time trialing; Hushovd is a three-time Norwegian national road race champion (2004, 2010, 2013), and was the winner of the 2010 World Road Race Championships. He was the first Norwegian to lead the Tour de France, and first Scandinavian to win the road race in cycling world road championship. He is also the Scandinavian with the most stage wins in Grand Tours. He is widely considered the greatest Norwegian cyclist of all time. He retired in September 2014.

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