Adam Hansen (born 11 May 1981) is an Australian Ironman triathlete and former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2020, for the and teams.

Career

Hansen was born in Southport, Queensland, and turned professional in 2007, working with Dr. Lothar Heinrich of the

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. In 2012, Hansen became the second Australian to complete all three Grand Tours – the Giro d'Italia, the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

and the

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the ...

– in a calendar year. He was the only rider to accomplish that feat in 2012, and the 32nd in cycling history. It was after Stage 12 of the Giro that he discovered he had broken his

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approximately two weeks previous, however since it was healing; he continued racing.Birnie, L. (2012). The Grand Slam. In E. Bacon & L. Birnie (Eds.), ''The Cycling Anthology Volume One'' (pp. 148-161). London: Yellow Jersey Press. While he had free rein at the Giro, for the Tour he had work for

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(to win sprints) and

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(to achieve a good General Classification position). In 2013, Hansen broke away early in the seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia, a stage featuring numerous short and steep climbs. Hansen shed his breakaway companions and won in solo fashion in

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in pouring rain, more than a minute in advance of the chasing group. In stage 19 of the

2014 Vuelta a España The 2014 Vuelta a España took place between 23 August and 14 September 2014 and was the 69th edition of the race. It featured eight mountain stages, five hill stages, five flat stages, and three time trials (one team and two individual), two of ...

, Hansen attacked the peloton with to go and resisted the disorganised chase to win solo. In completing the

2015 Vuelta a España The 2015 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling race. The race was the 70th edition of the Vuelta a España and took place principally in Spain, although two stages took place partly or wholly in Andorra, and was the 22nd race in ...

, his thirteenth grand tour in a row, he broke

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's 57-year-old record for consecutive grand tours completed. By completing the

2018 Giro d'Italia The 2018 Giro d'Italia was the 101st edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The race started in Jerusalem on 4 May, with a individual time trial followed by two additional stages within Israel. After a rest day, there ...

, he extended his own record becoming the only rider to complete 20 consecutive Grand Tours. The streak ended at 20, as Hansen did not take part in the

2018 Tour de France The 2018 Tour de France was the 105th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 7 July in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, in western France, and concluding on 29 July with the ...

. As an engineer Hansen has designed his own shoes and ridden with them on numerous occasions. He has also written software for his team, which manages their logistics. After Lotto–Soudal opted not to extend Hansen's contract beyond the end of 2020, in October of that year he announced that he would focus on Ironman Triathlons in 2021, having previously competed in Ironman Florida in 2019. He ended his World Tour cycling career having finished 26 Grand Tours of the 29 he started. In 2022, Hansen signed for Austrian Continental team WSA KTM Graz.

Personal life

He has been living in

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since 2005. Hansen is a

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."We speak to the vegan Grand Tour cyclist who makes his own salad dressings on the road"
gq-magazine.co.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

Major results

;2004 : 1st Overall Crocodile Trophy : 1st Burgenland Rundfahrt : 1st Grosser Preis um den Deutschlandsberg ;2005 : 1st Overall Crocodile Trophy : 1st Wien-Lassnitzhöhe ;2006 : 1st

Grand Prix Bradlo The Grand Prix Bradlo was a cycling race held annually in Slovakia. It was part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primaril ...

: 1st Lavanttaler Radsporttage : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Salzkammergut Giro : 2nd

Giro del Mendrisiotto Giro del Mendrisiotto is a road bicycle race held annually around Mendrisio, in the canton of Ticino of Switzerland. The race was an amateur competition until 1996. Since 2005, it is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Conti ...

: 10th Overall

Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia The Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia is a professional cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycli ...

;2007 : 6th

Le Samyn Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1 ...

;2008 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

::2nd Road race : 2nd

Hel van het Mergelland Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road ...

;2009 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2010 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Ster Elektrotoer The ZLM Tour is a cycling race held over five stages, held in the southern Netherlands and Belgium as a 2.Pro race on the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The serie ...

::1st Stage 4 ;2012 : 4th Road race, National Road Championships ;2013 : 1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia ;2014 : 1st Stage 19

: 9th Overall

Tour Down Under The Tour Down Under (branded as the Santos Tour Down Under under a partnership arrangement) is a cycling race in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and is traditionally the opening event of the UCI World Tour and features all 19 UCI World ...

::1st

Mountains classification : 9th Overall

Tour of Turkey The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ( tr, Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu) is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey since 1963. In 2005 the race became part of the UCI Europe Tour, rated as a 2.2 even ...

;2015 : 9th Overall

;2016 : 5th Overall

Presidential Tour of Turkey The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ( tr, Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu) is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey since 1963. In 2005 the race became part of the UCI Europe Tour, rated as a 2.2 even ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Adam 1981 births Living people Australian male cyclists Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland Australian Giro d'Italia stage winners Australian Vuelta a España stage winners 2014 Vuelta a España stage winners