Chris Horner
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Date of Birth: October 23, 1971Height: 6’0”/1.83m.
Weight: 140lbs./64kg./10st.
Place of Birth: Ukenewe, Japan
Hometown: San Diego, California
Residence: Bend, Oregon
Pro Teams: RadioShack-Nissan-Trek (Pres.), Team RadioShack (2010-11), Astana (2008-09), Davitamon-Lotto (2006-07), Saunier Duval-Prodir (2005), Webcor Builders (2004), Saturn (2003), Prime Alliance (2002), (Mercury (2000-01), Française des Jeux (1997-99).
Website: http://www.chrishornerracing.com/
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Olympic Experience/World Championships:
- 8th place — 2004 UCI Road World Championships, Verona, Italy, Road Race
- 76th place - 2003 UCI Road World Championships, Hamilton, Canada
National Championship Experience:
- 4th place — 2010 USA Cycling Professional Road National Championships, Greenville, S.C., road race
- 12th place - 2005 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships, Providence, Rhode Island
Career Highlights
- 1st place — 2011 Amgen Tour of California, Overall
- 8th place — 2012 Amgen Tour of California, Overall
- 2nd place - 2012 Tirreno-Adriatico, Overall
- 1st place - 2010 Vuelta al Pais Vasco (Tour of the Basque Country), Overall
- 10th place — 2010 Tour de France, Overall
- 15th place – 2007 Tour de France, Overall
- 1st place — 2000-04 Redlands Bicycle Classic, Overall
- 1st place - 2003 Tour de Georgia, Overall
- Three-time USA Cycling National Racing Calendar Champion (2002-04)
Points of Interest
- In 2005, Chris scored a pair of top-ten finishes and placed 16th overall at the Setmana-Catalana in Spain…with a broken leg. He suffered the injury a week earlier in a crash at Tirreno-Adriatico but wasn’t diagnosed by a doctor until two weeks later.
- Horner has won 18 stage races (including Tour de Georgia and Tour of the Basque Country) in his career as professional rider.
Personal
Chris Horner’s reputation as an aggressive rider clearly defines why he’s often considered one of the United States’ top European pros who can win any race on any given day. The veteran rider has won virtually every major domestic race at least once and has also made his mark on the international scene with his style of racing.After a breakthrough performance in 1996 when he won a stage of the Tour du Pont, Horner achieved what most aspiring pro bike racers dream of – a roster spot on a major European team. For three years (1997-99), Horner was a member of La Francaise des Jeux squad, a French outfit recognized as one of the top teams in the world. Back in the domestic peloton for the next five years, Horner scored 31 victories in major events, leading to his topping the overall final standings of the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar in 2002, 2003 and 2004. He was unbeatable in major domestic stage races. His second string of success in the U.S. caught the eye of the Spanish Saunier-Duval squad in late 2004 and resulted in a second chance at a European racing career. The next season he earned arguably the biggest victory of his career at that point – a stage win at the 2005 Tour de Suisse. That performance earned him a start in the 2005 Tour de France as a successful four-year European campaign was set into motion.
In 2010, Horner scored fourth-place overall at the Amgen Tour of California, 10th overall at the Tour de France, seventh at La Fleche Wallone and eighth at Liege-Bastogne-Liege before winning the 2011 Amgen Tour of California.
Horner is described by his Radioshack team as bending all the stereotypes of an elite cyclist. He is animated, talkative and certainly easy to like. He has a boyish laugh, chats easily about a wide variety of topics and up to 2011 inhaled junk food like a teenager.
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