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Gregory Henderson (born 10 September 1976) is a New Zealand former professional track and road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2017. His career includes winning the scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in road cycling, winning the points competition at the Tour de Georgia in 2005 and 2008. Henderson rode in five
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and completed 11 Grand Tours. He also competed in four
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and was a four-time medallist, including winning gold in the points race in 2002. During an important part of his career, he served as
André Greipel André Greipel (born 16 July 1982) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2021. Since his retirement, Greipel now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . Born in Rostock, Eas ...
's main lead-out man, and they were colleagues at both and later . In addition to 17 New Zealand track and road titles and eight World Cup track golds, Henderson has been New Zealand Track Cyclist of the Year (2001, 2002, 2003) and Athlete of the Year, Otago, New Zealand (2001, 2002, 2003).


Career


Track cycling

At the
1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''( Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unpreceden ...
Henderson won bronze medals in the points race and the team pursuit."1998 Commonwealth Games Track Competition" Malaysia
16–19 September 1998 cyclingnews.comGreg Henderson
olympic.org.nz He won gold in the points race and bronze again in the team pursuit at the
2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...
. He won the
scratch race A scratch race is a track cycling race in which all riders start together and the objective is simply to be first over the finish line after a certain number of laps. UCI regulations specify that a scratch race should be held over 15 km for ...
at the 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. At the 2004 Summer Olympics he finished fourth in the
points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...
and seventh in the madison.Greg Henderson
sports-reference.com His best placing in the 2006 Commonwealth Games was 10th in the scratch race. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he finished tenth in the
points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...
and the madison.


Road cycling

In 2005, he won the points competition at the Tour de Georgia and International Tour de Toona. In 2006, he recovered from early injuries and won the inaugural Pro Cycling Tour (PCT) Reading Classic. In 2009, he won the Clásica de Almería in Spain, the second stage of Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia, and the third stage of the Vuelta a España on his
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debut. In 2010, he won the first stage of the Paris–Nice. In 2011, he won stage 2 of Paris–Nice and stage 3 of the Tour of California. Henderson left Team Sky at the end of 2011, and joined , mainly to act as lead-out man for Andre Greipel. He credited his success in this role to the positioning skills which he developed as a track rider, and having to compete against quicker road sprinters such as Greipel,
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and
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. In April 2015, he expressed his opinion on
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that Fabio Aru of rival team missed the Giro del Trentino not because of illness as it was announced, but because he had an ongoing investigation into his biological passport for doping. Henderson apologised shortly after. He competed in the
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. In August 2017 Henderson announced his retirement from competition, having competed in his last race, the
2017 Colorado Classic The 2017 Colorado Classic was a four-stage 2.HC event on the 2017 UCI America Tour The 2017 UCI America Tour was the thirteenth season of the UCI America Tour. The season began on October 24, 2016 with the Vuelta a Guatemala and ended on Octob ...
, and indicated that he would move into full-time coaching, having trained athletes since 2014. The following month he was announced as Endurance Performance Director for
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.


Personal life

He is married to the Australian cyclist
Katie Mactier Katie Mactier (born 23 March 1975 in Melbourne) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. She began racing in 1999 at 24 and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. She was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne. She is a ...
. He has a
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in Physical Education from the
University of Otago , image_name = University of Otago Registry Building2.jpg , image_size = , caption = University clock tower , motto = la, Sapere aude , mottoeng = Dare to be wise , established = 1869; 152 years ago , type = Public research collegiate ...
.


Major results


Road

;1996 : 1st
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 ...
, National Road Championships ;1997 : 1st
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 ...
, National Under-23 Road Championships ;1998 : 1st
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 ...
, National Under-23 Road Championships ;1999 : 1st National Criterium Championships : Tour of Wellington ::1st Stages 3 & 10 ;2000 : 1st Stage 2 Tour of Wellington : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd
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
Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in the municipality of Kruibeke, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a ...
;2001 : 1st National Criterium Championships : 1st Stage 5 Bay Classic Series ;2002 : 1st Tour de Loveland : 10th
First Union Invitational The Tom Bamford Lancaster Classic was a professional road bicycle racing, road bicycle race held in late May or early June between 1992 and 2007 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. With the exception of the first race, which was , the Lancaster Clas ...
;2003 : 1st Stage 7 Tour of Southland ;2004 : 1st National Criterium Championships : Tour of Southland ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1 ( TTT), 8 & 10 ;2005 : 1st National Criterium Championships : 1st Wachovia Invitational : International Tour de Toona ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 7 : 1st Sprints classification Tour de Georgia : 5th Overall Tour of Southland ::1st Stages 1 ( TTT), 4, 9 & 10 ;2006 : 1st
Philadelphia International Championship The Philadelphia International Championship was an annual bicycle race held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was described as "America's top international cycling classic, and one of the richest and most prestigious one day races outside of Euro ...
: 1st Reading Classic : 1st Stage 7 Tour of Wellington : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Southland : 2nd Overall Bay Classic Series ::1st Stage 1 : 6th Road race,
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
;2007 : 5th Overall
Tour of Qatar The Tour of Qatar was an annual professional cycling stage race held in Qatar. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the UCI Asia Tour until 2016. The 2017 edition was to have seen the event upgraded to the UCI World Tour for the firs ...
;2008 : Tour de Georgia ::1st Sprints classification ::1st Stages 3 & 7 : 7th
Scheldeprijs The Scheldeprijs is a cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a 1.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour, ...
;2009 : 1st Clásica de Almería : 1st Stage 3
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 ...
: 1st Stage 2
Vuelta a Murcia The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia ( en, Tour of Murcia) is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs. Originally the race was held in early March and consisted of five stages. However, d ...
: 1st Stage 7
Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of ...
: 2nd
Philadelphia International Championship The Philadelphia International Championship was an annual bicycle race held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was described as "America's top international cycling classic, and one of the richest and most prestigious one day races outside of Euro ...
: 5th Overall
Three Days of De Panne 3 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 3, three, or III may also refer to: * AD 3, the third year of the AD era * 3 BC, the third year before the AD era * March, the third month Books * '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 ...
;2010 : 1st
Down Under Classic The Down Under Classic (currently known as the Schwalbe Classic, and previously known as the People's Choice Classic and Cancer Council Helpline Classic for sponsorship reasons), is a criterium around Rymill Park in Adelaide, South Australia, A ...
: Tour of Southland ::1st Stages 1 ( TTT), 4 & 9 : 1st Stage 1 Paris–Nice : 1st Stage 3
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
Eneco Tour The Benelux Tour (previously known as the Eneco Tour and the BinckBank Tour) is a road bicycle racing stage-race that is part of the UCI World Tour. The race was established in 2005 and was originally known as the Eneco Tour, named after the orig ...
: 2nd Overall Bay Classic Series ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd 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 ...
: 3rd Overall
Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...
::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 4th
Scheldeprijs The Scheldeprijs is a cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a 1.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour, ...
;2011 : 1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice : 1st Stage 3
Tour of California The Tour of California (officially sponsored as the Amgen Tour of California) was an annual professional road cycling stage race on the UCI World Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour that ran from 2006 to 2019. It was the only event on the ...
: National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::3rd
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 ...
: 3rd
Paris–Bourges Paris–Bourges is a French road bicycle racing, road bicycle race. The race originally started in Paris and ran to the town of Bourges in the Centre (French region), Région Centre. However, in recent year with the length of races shortened it ha ...
;2012 : 1st Stage 1 Bay Classic Series : 7th
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a ...
: 9th
Down Under Classic The Down Under Classic (currently known as the Schwalbe Classic, and previously known as the People's Choice Classic and Cancer Council Helpline Classic for sponsorship reasons), is a criterium around Rymill Park in Adelaide, South Australia, A ...
;2013 : 2nd Overall Bay Classic Series : 3rd
Down Under Classic The Down Under Classic (currently known as the Schwalbe Classic, and previously known as the People's Choice Classic and Cancer Council Helpline Classic for sponsorship reasons), is a criterium around Rymill Park in Adelaide, South Australia, A ...
;2014 : 1st Stage 2
Ster ZLM Toer 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 ...
: 3rd Ronde van Limburg : 4th Overall World Ports Classic : 7th Road race,
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
;2015 : 2nd Overall Bay Classic Series ::1st Stage 4 : 10th
Down Under Classic The Down Under Classic (currently known as the Schwalbe Classic, and previously known as the People's Choice Classic and Cancer Council Helpline Classic for sponsorship reasons), is a criterium around Rymill Park in Adelaide, South Australia, A ...
;2016 : 6th 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


Track

;1998 :
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
::3rd Points race ::3rd Team pursuit ;1999 : National Championships ::1st Team pursuit ::1st Points race : UCI World Cup Classics, Mexico City ::2nd Team pursuit ::3rd Madison ;2000 : 1st Team pursuit, National Championships : 2nd Six Days of Nouméa ;2001 : Goodwill Games ::1st Points race ::1st Madison : 1st Points race, National Championships ;2002 :
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
::1st Points race ::3rd Team pursuit : UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney ::1st Team pursuit ::1st Madison ::3rd Points race ;2003 : 1st Madison, National Championships : UCI World Cup Classics, Sydney ::1st Scratch ::3rd Points race : 2nd Madison,
UCI World Championships The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
;2004 : 1st Scratch,
UCI World Championships The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
: UCI World Cup Classics, Aguascalientes ::2nd Scratch ;2005 :
2004–05 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2004–2005 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicy ...
, Sydney ::1st Team pursuit ::3rd Scratch : 2nd Scratch,
UCI World Championships The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
;2006 : Oceania Games ::1st Points race ::1st Scratch : 1st Points race, National Championships : 2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Sydney ::2nd Points race ;2007 : Oceania Championships ::1st Madison ::2nd Points race ::2nd Scratch : 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Sydney ::1st Points race


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Henderson, Greg 1976 births Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics People educated at Otago Boys' High School Living people New Zealand male cyclists New Zealand Vuelta a España stage winners Olympic cyclists of New Zealand University of Otago alumni Sportspeople from Dunedin UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling New Zealand track cyclists Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games