Thor Hushovd Biography

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Thor Hushovd was born on the 18th of January in the year 1978. He is a professional bicycle racer from Norway and participates in the road events. Thor Hushovd is mainly known for his time trailing and his sprinting. He became the 2010 Norwegian and the World Road Champion. Thor Hushovd also became the first Norwegian to have led the Tour de France. He was also the first Scandinavian to have won the World Road Championship in the road race cycling event. Another remarkable feat achieved by Thor Hushovd is that he is also the Scandinavian with the highest number of stage wins in the Grand Tours.

Thor Hushovd is nicknamed as the Bull from Grimstad and the God of Thunder. He weighs eighty three kilos and stands tall at 6 feet. He is currently a part of the Garmin-Cervelo and is a specialist at road race events.

Thor Hushovd was the winner of the under twenty three World Championship in the event time trial. He also won the under twenty three version of Paris-Tour and Paris-Roubaix. He then turned professional in the sport of cycling in the year 1998. Thor Hushovd then went on to become the Norwegian champion in time trial in the years 2004 and 2005. He also became the road race champion in the year 2004 and 2010. In the year 2006, Thor Hushovd won seven UCI ProTour races in total and also won two stages of the 2006 Tour de France. He was the winner at the prologue and led despite a cut arm. He continued to race with stitches on my body and then regained the famous yellow jersey after the second stage. He then went on to win the last stage of the tour by beating Robbie McEwen. In the Vuelta a Espana, he continued his good form and won the sixth stage and wore the golden coloured jersey for a total of three stages. The year 2008 was also good for Thor Hushovd as he won the second stage of the Tour de France in a bunch finish.

In the 2009 season, Thor Hushovd raced for the Cervelo Test Team and got one of the first wins for the team by winning the third stage of the prestigious Tour of California. The same year at the Tour de France, he won the much coveted green jersey for the second time. He also won the third stage at the Tour of Missouri in the month of September with a sprint finish. The next season did not begin so favourably for Thor Hushovd as he broke his collarbone after colliding with a little girl during his training. He however made a fast recovery and came back to win the Road World Championship in the month of October. In doing so, he became the first Norwegian ever to win the title. This championship began in Melbourne and ended at Geelong in Australia. He beat Denmark’s Matti Breschel, Allan Davis of Australia and the favourite Philippe Gilbert. Thor Hushovd is one of the most successful and recognized faces in the world of competitive cycling.

Hushovd Might Take Part In Tour

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Thor Hushovd, the 35 year old Norwegian recently told the press that he will try his best to be a part of the Tour de France, given that he recovers from his respiratory problems soon and on time.

He was the first Scandinavian cycling professional to take part in cycling world road championship and was also the first ever Norwegian to lead the Tour de France. Because of his records, he is also known as the best Norwegian cyclists of all time. He is also the only Scandinavian with most number of grand tours. Hushovd is a part of the BMC Racing Team.

After the Tour of Britain in 2011, he did not have many significant wins but he made his breakthrough in 2013, in the month of February by winning the Tour du Haut Var. this was his first victory as a part of the BMC Racing Team. He beat Tom-Jelte Slagter from the Blanco Pro Cycling in this win of his at the Tour du Haut Var.

After a respiratory tract infection, there were questions about his ability to take part in the Tour de France. But he is recovering now, according to reports. He also said that he is looking forward to take part in the Ronde Van Vlaandere which is very important to him.

In the year 2010, he had passed many stages of the Tour de France in even the most difficult terrains and that is one of the strong points which Hushovd possesses. He is looking forward to win at Flanders too. He said that it’s always been his dream to be up on the podium and he hasn’t been able to do that yet but this year looks promising for that opportunity as well.

Hushovd ends victory doubt

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Norwegian road racing ace Thor Hushovd ended his frustrating victory drought, winning the pole position at stage one of Tour du Haut Var in France. This was the 35 year old rider’s first win after he won the stage four of Tour of Britain in the year 2011.

Though a lot was said, written and expected after Hushovd moved to BMC in 2012, the 2010 world champion was brought down by virus and muscle inflammation which kept him out of action for much of the season; Hushvod raced for a total of 28 days during the 2012 season. The best he could do in 2012 was winning the fifth position in stage 7 at Paris-Nice.

However, during his win in the BMC colours, Hushovd showed that he was back with a bang, hitting a line ahead in La Croix Valmer and taking home the winner’s jersey.

Hushovd defeated Tom Jelte Slagter of Blanco Pro Cycling, the winner of Santos Tour Down Under, Arthur Vichot of FDJ and Samuel Dumoulin of Ag2r La Mondiale, among others, to win the 152 km race.

After the win, Hushovd said, “This is a big win for me, especially after the last year which was so frustrating and depressing. It was hard on me mentally as well. I am not sure what went wrong last year and saying no to the Olympics, Tour de France and the Worlds and not being able to do anything for the team was definitely not a good feeling at all”. Hushvod added that he was grateful to the team for supporting him the whole while and helping him to come out at top during the Tour du Haut Var. He also thanked the other riders of BMC for their effort.

Though this was Hushovd’s first win for the American team, he said that he hoped to clock up a few more this season with Paris-Roubaix as his prime target.