Personal information | |
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Full name | Chad Haga |
Nickname | Hagasaki |
Born |
McKinney, Texas |
August 26, 1988
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Team Sunweb |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | All-rounder |
Amateur team(s) | |
2006–2010 | Texas A&M University Cycling Team |
2009–2011 | Team Brain and Spine Cycling |
2010 | Super Squadra |
2011 | Rio Grande Cycling |
Professional team(s) | |
2011–2013 | Kelly Benefit Strategies–OptumHealth |
2014– | Giant–Shimano |
Chad Haga (/heɪɡə/; born August 26, 1988) is an American professional road racing cyclist, who competes for the Team Sunweb team.
He was born in McKinney, Texas and attended Texas A&M University where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 2010. While there he raced collegiately with the Texas A&M Cycling Team and as an amateur with Team Brain and Spine Cycling and Super Squadra. After Graduation he joined the Rio Grande Cycling squad. He began racing professionally in 2011 after joining Kelly Benefit Strategies–OptumHealth.
On 23 January 2016, he was one of the six members of the Team Giant–Alpecin who were hit by a car which drove into on-coming traffic while they were training in Calpe, Spain. All riders were in stable condition.