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{{Short description|New Zealand cyclist (born 1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name           = Greg Henderson
| image          = UCI Track World Championships 2018 154.jpg
| caption        = Henderson in 2018
| full_name      = Gregory Henderson
| nickname       = ''Hendo''
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|09|10}}
| birth_place    = [[Dunedin]], New Zealand
| height         = 1.81 m
| weight         = 72.5&nbsp;kg
| currentteam    = Retired
| disciplines    = {{ubl|Road|Track}}
| role           = Rider
| ridertype      = {{ubl|Sprinter|Lead-out man}}
| amateuryears1  =
| amateurteam1   =
| proyears1      = 2002–2003
| proteam1       = 7 UP–Maxxis
| proyears2      = 2004–2006
| proteam2       = {{UCI team code|UHC|2004}}
| proyears3      = 2007–2009
| proteam3       = {{UCI team code|THR|2007a}}
| proyears4      = 2010–2011
| proteam4       = {{UCI team code|SKY|2010}}
| proyears5      = 2012–2016
| proteam5       = {{UCI team code|LTB|2012}}
| proyears6      = 2017
| proteam6       = {{UCI team code|UHC|2017}}
| majorwins      = ;Road
'''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
:'''[[Vuelta a España]]'''
::1 individual stage ([[2009 Vuelta a España|2009]])
'''[[Classic cycle races|One day races and Classics]]'''
:{{nowrap|[[New Zealand National Time Trial Championships|National Time Trial Championships]] (1996)}}
;Track
:{{nowrap|[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's scratch|Scratch, World Championships]] (2004)}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[track cycling]]}}
{{MedalCountry| {{NZL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Track World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold  |[[2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2004 Melbourne]]|Scratch}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2003 Stuttgart]]|Madison}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold  | [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]]| Points race}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]]|Points race}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]]|Teams pursuit}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]]| Teams pursuit}}
| show-medals    = no
}}
'''Gregory Henderson''' (born 10 September 1976) is a New Zealand former professional [[Track cycling|track]] and [[Road bicycle racing|road racing cyclist]], who rode professionally between 2002 and 2017. His career includes winning the {{convert|15|km|adj=on|abbr=off}} scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in road cycling, winning the points competition at the [[Tour de Georgia]] in [[2005 Tour de Georgia|2005]] and 2008.

Henderson rode in five [[Olympic Games]] and completed 11 Grand Tours.<ref name=usa /> He also competed in four [[Commonwealth Games]] and was a four-time medallist, including winning gold in the points race in [[Cycling at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002]].<ref name=retirement /> During an important part of his career, he served as [[André Greipel]]'s main lead-out man, and they were colleagues at both {{UCI team code|THR|2007a}} and later {{UCI team code|LTB|2016}}.

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]] Henderson won bronze medals in the [[1998 Commonwealth Games#Track cycling|{{convert|40|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} points race and the {{convert|4|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} team pursuit]].<ref name=CG1998>[https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/sep98/cgtrack.html "1998 Commonwealth Games Track Competition" Malaysia] 16–19 September 1998 cyclingnews.com</ref><ref name=nzo>{{cite web |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/greg-henderson |title=Greg Henderson |website=Olympic.org.nz |publisher=[[New Zealand Olympic Committee]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124130632/http://www.olympic.org.nz/nzolympic/athlete/greg-henderson |archive-date=24 January 2015}}</ref>

He won gold in the {{convert|40|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} points race<ref>{{cite news | first=Gerry | last=McManus | url=https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2002/jul02/commgames02/?id=menpoint | title=2002 Commonwealth Games Men's Points Race | work=[[Cyclingnews.com]] | date=2 August 2002 | access-date=3 July 2016}}</ref> and bronze again in the {{convert|4|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} team pursuit<ref>{{cite news | first=Gerry | last=McManus | url=https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2002/jul02/commgames02/?id=men4000TP | title=2002 Commonwealth Games Men's Team Pursuit | work=[[Cyclingnews.com]] | date=1 August 2002 | access-date=3 July 2016}}</ref> at the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]].<ref name=nzo/>

He won the {{convert|15|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} [[scratch race]] at the [[2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships]].<ref>{{cite news | first=Mal | last=Sawford | url=https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/track/2004/WTC04/?id=scratch | title=2004 World Track Championships Melbourne, Australia, Men's Scratch Race | work=[[Cyclingnews.com]] | date=28 May 2004 | access-date=3 July 2016}}</ref>

At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] he finished fourth in the [[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's points race|points race]] and seventh in the [[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Madison|madison]].<ref name=SR>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/greg-henderson-1.html Greg Henderson] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030113151/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/greg-henderson-1.html |date=30 October 2014 }} sports-reference.com</ref>

His best placing in the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] was 10th in the scratch race.<ref>[http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule%20and%20Results/By%20Sport/Cycling%20Track/Sun%2019%20Mar/Results/Result%20-%20CT001010000001?ScheduleItemID=30176 2006 Commonwealth Games Men's Scratch Race] melbourne2006.com.au</ref><ref name=nzo/>

At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] he finished tenth in the [[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's points race|points race]] and the [[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Madison|madison]].<ref name=SR/>

===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 [[2009 Clásica de Almería|Clásica de Almería]] in Spain, the second stage of Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia, and the [[2009 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 3|third stage of the Vuelta a España]] on his [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]] debut.<ref>{{cite news | first=Les | last=Clarke | date=31 August 2009 | url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-a-espana-2009/stage-3/results | title=Henderson surprise winner in Vuelta's Venlo stage | access-date=3 July 2016}}</ref><ref name=retirement />

In 2010, he won the [[2010 Paris–Nice#Stage 1|first stage of the Paris–Nice]]. In 2011, he won [[2011 Paris–Nice#Stage 2|stage 2 of Paris–Nice]] and [[2011 Tour of California#Stage 3|stage 3 of the Tour of California]].

Henderson left Team Sky at the end of 2011, and joined {{UCI team code|OLO|2012}}, mainly to act as lead-out man for Andre Greipel.<ref name="Henderson Lotto">{{cite news |url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/9777/Henderson-exits-Sky-to-join-former-team-mates-at-Lotto-Ridley.aspx |title=Henderson exits Sky to join former team-mates at Lotto-Ridley |work=VeloNation |publisher=VeloNation LLC |date=14 September 2011 |access-date=5 January 2012 |first=Xylon |last=van Eyck}}</ref> 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, [[Mark Cavendish]] and [[Marcel Kittel]].<ref name=retirement /> In April 2015, he expressed his opinion on [[Twitter]] that [[Fabio Aru]] of rival team {{UCI team code|AST|2015}} missed the [[2015 Giro del Trentino|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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/aru-take-legal-action-over-henderson-tweets-168038 |title=Aru to take legal action over Henderson tweets |work=[[Cycling Weekly]] |publisher=[[IPC Media]] Sports & Leisure network |date=24 April 2015 |access-date=24 April 2015 |first=Stuart | last=Clarke}}</ref> He competed in the [[2016 Tour de France]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Long |first1=David |title=Kiwi cyclist Greg Henderson looks to lead the way again at Tour de France |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/81694786/Greg-Henderson-looking-to-lead-the-way-again-at-Tour-de-France |access-date=3 July 2016 |publisher=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=2 July 2016}}</ref>

In August 2017 Henderson announced his retirement from competition, having competed in his last race, the [[2017 Colorado Classic]], and indicated that he would move into full-time coaching, having trained athletes since 2014.<ref name=retirement>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/greg-henderson-confirms-retirement/ |title=Greg Henderson confirms retirement|date=16 August 2017 |website=[[cyclingnews.com]] |access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref> The following month he was announced as Endurance Performance Director for [[USA Cycling]].<ref name=usa>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/greg-henderson-joins-usa-cycling-as-endurance-performance-director/ |title=Greg Henderson joins USA Cycling as Endurance Performance Director|date=14 September 2017 |website=[[cyclingnews.com]]|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He is married to the [[Australia]]n cyclist [[Katie Mactier]]. He has a [[bachelor's degree]] in Physical Education from the [[University of Otago]].<ref name=usa />

==Major results==
===Road===
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
;1996
: 1st [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] [[New Zealand National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Championships
;1997
: 1st [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] [[New Zealand National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Under-23 Championships
;1998
: 1st [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] [[New Zealand National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Under-23 Championships
;1999
: 1st [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] National Criterium Championships
: [[New Zealand Cycle Classic|Tour of Wellington]]
::1st Stages 3 & 10
;2000
: 1st Stage 2 [[New Zealand Cycle Classic|Tour of Wellington]]
: National Road Championships
::2nd [[New Zealand National Road Race Championships|Road race]]
::2nd [[New Zealand National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]]
: 2nd [[Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden]]
;2001
: 1st [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] National Criterium Championships
: 1st Stage 5 [[Bay Classic Series]]
;2002
: 1st [[Loveland Bike Trail|Tour de Loveland]]
: 10th [[Lancaster Classic|First Union Invitational]]
;2003
: 1st Stage 7 [[Tour of Southland]]
;2004
: 1st [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] National Criterium Championships
: [[Tour of Southland]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification
::1st Stages 1 ([[Team time trial|TTT]]), 8 & 10
;2005
: 1st [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] National Criterium Championships
: 1st [[Lancaster Classic|Wachovia Invitational]]
: [[International Tour de Toona]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification
::1st Stages 2 & 7
: 1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Sprints classification, [[Tour de Georgia]]
: 5th Overall [[Tour of Southland]]
::1st Stages 1 ([[Team time trial|TTT]]), 4, 9 & 10
;2006
: 1st [[Philadelphia International Cycling Classic|Philadelphia International Championship]]
: 1st [[Reading Classic]]
: 1st Stage 7 [[New Zealand Cycle Classic|Tour of Wellington]]
: 1st Stage 5 [[Tour of Southland]]
: 2nd Overall [[Bay Classic Series]]
::1st Stage 1
: 6th [[Cycling at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's road race|Road race]], [[Cycling at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
;2007
: 5th Overall [[2007 Tour of Qatar|Tour of Qatar]]
;2008
: [[Tour de Georgia]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Sprints classification
::1st Stages 3 & 7
: 7th [[Scheldeprijs]]
;2009
: 1st [[2009 Clásica de Almería|Clásica de Almería]]
: 1st Stage 3 [[2009 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
: 1st Stage 2 [[2009 Vuelta a Murcia|Vuelta a Murcia]]
: 1st Stage 7 [[2009 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]]
: 2nd [[Philadelphia International Cycling Classic|Philadelphia International Championship]]
: 5th Overall [[Three Days of Bruges–De Panne|Three Days of De Panne]]
;2010
: 1st [[Down Under Classic]]
: [[Tour of Southland]]
::1st Stages 1 ([[Team time trial|TTT]]), 4 & 9
: 1st Stage 1 [[2010 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 1st Stage 3 [[Ster ZLM Toer|Ster Elektrotoer]]
: 1st Stage 4 [[2010 Eneco Tour|Eneco Tour]]
: 2nd Overall [[Bay Classic Series]]
::1st Stage 2
: 3rd Overall [[2010 Tour of Britain|Tour of Britain]]
::1st [[File:Jersey blue.svg|20px]] Points classification
::1st Stage 2
: 3rd Overall [[2010 Tour Down Under|Tour Down Under]]
: 4th [[2010 Scheldeprijs|Scheldeprijs]]
;2011
: 1st Stage 2 [[2011 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 1st Stage 3 [[2011 Tour of California|Tour of California]]
: National Road Championships
::2nd [[New Zealand National Road Race Championships|Road race]]
::3rd [[New Zealand National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]]
: 3rd [[Paris–Bourges]]
;2012
: 1st Stage 1 [[Bay Classic Series]]
: 7th [[Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen]]
: 9th [[Down Under Classic]]
;2013
: 2nd Overall [[Bay Classic Series]]
: 3rd [[Down Under Classic]]
;2014
: 1st Stage 2 [[Ster ZLM Toer]]
: 3rd [[Ronde van Limburg (Belgium)|Ronde van Limburg]]
: 4th Overall [[2014 World Ports Classic|World Ports Classic]]
: 7th [[Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's road race|Road race]], [[Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
;2015
: 2nd Overall [[Bay Classic Series]]
::1st Stage 4
: 10th [[Down Under Classic]]
;2016
: 6th Overall [[2016 Presidential Tour of Turkey|Tour of Turkey]]
{{div col end}}

====Grand Tour general classification results timeline====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 2007
! scope="col" | 2008
! scope="col" | 2009
! scope="col" | 2010
! scope="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012
! scope="col" | 2013
! scope="col" | 2014
! scope="col" | 2015
! scope="col" | 2016
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
| [[2007 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
| —
| —
| [[2010 Giro d'Italia|88]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2015 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2012 Tour de France|124]]
| [[2013 Tour de France|162]]
| [[2014 Tour de France|DNF]]
| [[2015 Tour de France|DNF]]
| [[2016 Tour de France|155]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] [[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Vuelta a España]]
| —
| —
| [[2009 Vuelta a España|123]]
| —
| —
| —
| [[2013 Vuelta a España|DNF]]
| [[2014 Vuelta a España|133]]
| —
| —
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="row" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did not finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|}

===Track===
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
;1998
: [[1998 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
::3rd [[File:Bronze medal blank.svg|15px]] Points race
::3rd [[File:Bronze medal blank.svg|15px]] Team pursuit
;1999
: National Championships
::1st [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] Team pursuit
::1st [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] Points race
: [[1999 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|UCI World Cup Classics]], Mexico City
::2nd Team pursuit
::3rd Madison
;2000
: 1st [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] Team pursuit, National Championships
: 2nd Six Days of Nouméa
;2001
: [[Goodwill Games]]
::1st Points race
::1st Madison
: 1st [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] Points race, National Championships
;2002
: [[2002 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
::1st [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px]] Points race
::3rd [[File:Bronze medal blank.svg|15px]] Team pursuit
: [[2002 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|UCI World Cup Classics]], Sydney
::1st Team pursuit
::1st Madison
::3rd Points race
;2003
: 1st [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] Madison, National Championships
: [[2003 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|UCI World Cup Classics]], Sydney
::1st Scratch
::3rd Points race
: 2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] Madison, [[2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]] (with [[Hayden Roulston]])
;2004
: 1st [[File:Rainbow Jersey Track.svg|20px]] Scratch, [[2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]]
: 2nd Scratch, [[2004 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|UCI World Cup Classics]], Aguascalientes
;2005
: [[2004–05 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|UCI World Cup Classics]], Sydney
::1st Team pursuit
::3rd Scratch
: 2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] Scratch, [[2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]]
;2006
: Oceania Games
::1st Points race
::1st Scratch
: 1st [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] Points race, National Championships
: 2nd Points race, [[2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|UCI World Cup Classics]], Sydney
;2007
: Oceania Championships
::1st [[File:OceaniaChampionJersey.png|20px]] Madison
::2nd Points race
::2nd Scratch
: 1st Points race, [[2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|UCI World Cup Classics]], Sydney
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{commons category-inline|Greg Henderson}}
* {{sports links}}

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{{2004 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{2006 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{2008 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{2010 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{2012 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{2014 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
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