Thor Hushovd (born January 18, 1978 in Grimstad) is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer, riding for Crédit Agricole. Hushovd is known for sprinting and time trialing. He is a former Norwegian time trial champion. He is the first Norwegian to wear the yellow jersey in Tour de France.

Before turning professional in 1998, Hushovd won the under-23 time trial world championship and the under-23 versions of Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Tours.

Hushovd is a member of Crédit Agricole. He was Norwegian time trial champion in 2004 and 2005 and road race champion in 2004. In 2006, Hushovd won seven UCI ProTour races and two stages of the Tour de France. Hushovd won the prologue in Strasbourg and wore the maillot jaune after the first day despite a cut arm. He continued with stitches and regained the maillot jaune after stage 2 with a third place finish. As the Tour started with Hushovd, it ended with his winning the last stage, beating Robbie McEwen in a sprint. In the 2006 Vuelta a España he won stage 6, wore the golden jersey for three stages and won the points classification.

At the 2008 Tour de France, Thor won stage two in a bunch sprint finish.

As of the 2009 season Hushovd will begin riding the Cervélo TestTeam.

Major achievements

U23 World Time Trial Champion2001 – Crédit Agricole

Stage 5 — Tour de France Team Time Trial

Overall and Points Classification – Tour de Normandie

Overall – Tour of Sweden (or PostGirot Open)

Paris-Corrèze2002 – Crédit Agricole

Stage 18 – Tour de France

Stage 2 – Tour de l'Ain2003 – Crédit Agricole

4th, Points Classification – Tour de France

Stage 2 - Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

Stage 1 - Vuelta a Castilla y Leon2004 – Crédit Agricole

National Time Trial Cycling Champion

National Road Race Cycling Champion

Stage 8 and 2nd, Points Classification – Tour de France

1st (after Stage 2), General Classification – maillot jaune (or yellow jersey), (first career yellow jersey, 1 day)

Stage 1 - Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

Overall (Series of 15 races) – Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route

Classic Haribo

Grand Prix de Denain

Tour de Vendée

3rd – Cholet-Pays de Loire

1st, Tour de Vendée2005 – Crédit Agricole

Finished 34th in UCI ProTour 2005

National Time Trial Cycling Champion

Points Classification and Stage 7 – Volta a Catalunya

Points Classification and 2nd, Stage 18 – Tour de France

Stage 5 – Vuelta a España

1st (stages 5-10), Points Classification - fish jersey

Stage2 – Dauphiné Libéré2006 – Crédit Agricole

Finished 11th in UCI ProTour 2006

Prologue and Stage 20 - Tour de France

1st (after Prologue), General Classification – maillot jaune (2nd career yellow jersey, 1 day)

1st (after Stage 2), General Classification - maillot jaune (3rd career yellow jersey, 1 day)

3rd, points classification

Stage 6 and Points Classification - Vuelta a España

1st (after Stage 2), General Classification - golden jersey (1st career golden jersey, 3 days)

2nd on five stages

Gent-Wevelgem

Stage 7 – Dauphiné Libéré

Stage 4 — Tirreno-Adriatico

3rd on Stage 1

2nd, Points Classification

Points Classification and Stage 3 – Volta a Catalunya

2nd on Stage 6, and 3rd on Stage 2

Points Classification – Four Days of Dunkirk2007 – Crédit Agricole

Stage 7 - Giro d'Italia

2nd on Stage 5

4th, Points Classification

Stage 4 - Tour de France

2nd on Stage 2 and Stage 20

4th, Points Classification

2nd on Stage 4, 3rd on Stage 3 - Eneco Tour of Benelux

2nd in GP Ouest-France2008 – Crédit Agricole

Prologue, Stage 1 & Points classification- Volta a Catalunya

Prologue & Points classification - Paris-Nice

Stage 1 - Tour Méditerranéen

3rd in Omloop Het Volk

Stage 6 - Four Days of Dunkirk

Stage 2 - Tour de France

Footnotes

External links

• Thor Hushovd's official website