Tour de France 2009-Stage 6

Thor Hushovd

Stage 6 winner

(born January 18, 1978 in Grimstad) is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer, riding for Cervélo TestTeam. 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 the 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 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, Hushovd won stage two in a bunched sprint finish.

In 2009, Hushovd rides for the Cervélo TestTeam. He took one of the team's first victories of the season by winning Stage 3 of the Tour of California.

2009 Tour de France General Classification After Stage 6: 1. Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank in 19:29:22

2. Lance Armstrong Astana in 19:29:22

3. Alberto Contador Astana in 19:29:41 at 00:19

4. Andréas KlÖden Astana in 19:29:45 at 00:23

5. Levi Leipheimer Astana in 19:29:53 at 00:31

6. Bradley Wiggins Garmin – Slipstream in 19:30:00 at 00:38

7. Tony Martin Team Columbia – Htc in 19:30:14 at 00:52

8. Christian Vande Velde Garmin – Slipstream in 19:30:38 at 01:16

9. Gustav Larsson Team Saxo Bank in 19:30:44 at 01:22

10. Maxime Monfort Team Columbia – Htc in 19:30:51 at 01:29