Heinrich Haussler (born 25 February 1984) is an Australian
road racing cyclist of German heritage, who currently rides for
UCI WorldTeam
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. He has won 2 stages in
Grand Tours
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during his career, one at the
2005 Vuelta a España and another at the
2009 Tour de France
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. He is also a good Classics specialist, registering top results in notable
classic
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races, and was the 2015 Australian national road race champion. He is the winner of the 2022 UAE Al Salam championship.
Biography
Early life
Haussler was born to a German father and Australian mother and raised in the town of
Inverell
Inverell is a large town in northern New South Wales, Australia, situated on the Macintyre River, close to the Queensland border. It is also the centre of Inverell Shire. Inverell is located on the Gwydir Highway on the western slopes of the ...
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New South Wales
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Australia
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, before leaving for Germany in 1998 at age 14 to pursue a dream of being a professional cyclist.
Professional career
Haussler turned professional in 2005 and shot to prominence with a stage win in the
2005 Vuelta a España. Haussler took out five wins in 2006 and has had strong classics campaigns since then. He looked set to be a rider of the future in the classics, in 2009 coming in second in both the
Tour of Flanders
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and
Milan–San Remo, narrowly beaten in the latter by
Mark Cavendish
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in a photo-finish. He also finished a strong 7th in the 2009 edition of
Paris–Roubaix
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. Haussler's biggest victory so far was the win of Stage 13 in 2009
Tour de France
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. Haussler lived in
Cottbus
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starting in 1998, and in 2009 in
Freiburg im Breisgau.
![Giro d'Italia 2015, haussler (17693059403) (cropped)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Giro_d%27Italia_2015%2C_haussler_%2817693059403%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
A dual Australian/German national, Haussler originally raced under a German license. However, in a 2008 interview on ''CyclingNews.com'', he suggested that he would no longer race for Germany as he wished to compete for Australia in the 2010
UCI Road World Championships
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...
in Melbourne. When asked what he would do if chosen to race for Germany in the
2008 UCI Road World Championships or at the
2008 Olympics he stated, "I wouldn't take it. If you start for a country at the worlds there is a three-year ban before you can ride for another."
The UCI, however, insisted that if Haussler wanted to ride for Australia he would have to give up his German citizenship, which the cyclist said in a November 2009 interview "is not open for debate at the moment".
In July 2010, the Cervélo Test Team announced that Haussler would indeed give up his German citizenship and will ride for Australia in the future. However, a nagging knee injury forced Haussler out of what would have been his international cycling debut for his birth country at the 2010 World Championships.
On 26 August 2010, Haussler's employer, Cervélo Test Team, confirmed rumors that it would cease to exist after the end of the current season. On 1 September 2010, it was announced he would be joining the for 2011.
In the
2012 Tour of California, Haussler was denied victory on the four first stages of the race by
Peter Sagan
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of the squad, who beat him to the line each time. He would have to settle for second on every one of those stages.
Haussler left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new team for the 2013 season. In 2015 he won the
Australian National Road Race Championships for the first time in his career.
He also began competing in
cyclo-cross in 2019, and competed in the
2021 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
The 2021 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held from 30 to 31 January 2021 in Ostend, Belgium.
Medal summary
Medals table
References
UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
World Championships
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Major results
;2002
: 1st
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, German National Junior Road Championships
;2005
: 1st Stage 19
Vuelta a España
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: 3rd Overall
Sachsen Tour
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: 7th Overall
Niedersachsen–Rundfahrt
: 7th
Züri-Metzgete
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;2006
:
Vuelta a Murcia
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::1st
![Jersey white](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Jersey_white.svg)
Points classification
::1st Stages 1 & 5
:
Circuit Franco-Belge
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::1st Stages 2 & 4
: 1st Stage 3
Rheinland–Pfalz Rundfahrt
: 3rd
Trofeo Mallorca
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: 6th
Clásica de Almería
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;2007
: 1st Stage 1
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
: 4th Overall
Niedersachsen–Rundfahrt
::1st Stage 5
: 10th
Rund um den Henninger Turm
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* Rand (surname)
Rand ...
;2008
: 1st Stage 1
Bayern–Rundfahrt
: 9th
Gent–Wevelgem
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;2009
: 1st
GP Triberg-Schwarzwald
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:
Tour de France
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::1st Stage 13
::
Combativity award
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Stage 13
:
Volta ao Algarve
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::1st Stages 1 & 5
: 1st Stage 2
Paris–Nice
: 2nd Overall
Tour of Qatar
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::1st
![Jersey white](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Jersey_white.svg)
Sprints classification
::1st
![Jersey blue](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Jersey_blue.svg)
Young rider classification
: 2nd
Milan–San Remo
: 2nd
Tour of Flanders
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: 2nd
Neuseen Classics
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: 3rd
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
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The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town o ...
: 4th
Dwars door Vlaanderen
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: 4th
Sparkassen Giro Bochum
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: 6th Overall
Tour du Poitou-Charentes
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::1st Stage 5
: 6th
Paris–Roubaix
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: 8th
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
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;2010
: 1st Stage 2
Tour de Suisse
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: 2nd
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
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: 3rd
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
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The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town o ...
: 9th Overall
Tour of Qatar
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::1st
![Jersey white](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Jersey_white.svg)
Sprints classification
;2011
: 1st Stage 2
Tour of Beijing
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History
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: 1st
![Jersey green](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Jersey_green.svg)
Points classification
Paris–Nice
: 2nd Overall
Tour of Qatar
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::1st
![Jersey white](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Jersey_white.svg)
Points classification
::1st Stages 2 & 3
: 7th
E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...
;2012
: 3rd
GP Ouest–France
: 4th
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
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: 7th
Vattenfall Cyclassics
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;2013
: 1st Stage 5
Bayern–Rundfahrt
: 4th
Gent–Wevelgem
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: 4th
Paris–Bourges
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: 6th
Tour of Flanders
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: 6th
Paris–Tours
;2014
: 1st Stage 1
Bayern–Rundfahrt
: 3rd
Grand Prix d'Isbergues
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: 5th
Paris–Tours
;2015
: 1st
Road race, Australian National Road Championships
: 5th
Down Under Classic
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: 7th
Paris–Tours
: 8th Overall
Tour of Qatar
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: 9th
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
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The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town o ...
: 10th
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race also known as Great Ocean Road Race or Cadel Road Race is an annual professional one-day road bicycle racing for both men and women starting and finishing in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and routed along th ...
;2016
: 6th
Paris–Roubaix
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: 7th
Milan–San Remo
;2019
: 10th
Dwars door Vlaanderen
Dwars door Vlaanderen ''( en, Across Flanders)'' is a semi-classic road bicycle race in Belgium, held annually since 1945. The race starts in Roeselare and finishes in Waregem, both in West Flanders. Since 2017 the event is included in the UCI ...
;2020
: 5th Overall
Saudi Tour
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;2021
: 4th
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Northwestern Europe, and ...
: 10th
Paris–Roubaix
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;2022
: 10th
Classic Brugge–De Panne
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Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Classics & Monuments results timeline
References
External links
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Palmares on Cycling Base (French)
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1984 births
Living people
Australian people of German descent
German male cyclists
German Tour de France stage winners
German Vuelta a España stage winners
Cyclists from New South Wales
Australian male cyclists
Tour de Suisse stage winners
People from Inverell