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Chris Horner

Chris Horner
Christopher Horner CA 2011.jpg
Personal information
Full name Christopher Lee Horner
Nickname The Hornet, The Second Best Climber in the World
Born (1971-10-23) October 23, 1971 (age 45)
Okinawa, Japan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Team information
Current team Lupus Racing Team
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder
Amateur team(s)
1994 Lite Beer
1995-1996 Nutra Fig
Professional team(s)
1997–1999 Française des Jeux
2000–2001 Mercury
2002 Prime Alliance
2003 Saturn
2004 Webcor Builders
2005 Saunier Duval–Prodir
2006–2007 Davitamon–Lotto
2008–2009 Astana
2010–2011 Team RadioShack
2012–2013 RadioShack–Nissan
2014 Lampre–Merida
2015 Airgas-Safeway
2016– Lupus Racing Team
Major wins

Grand Tours

Vuelta a España
General classification (2013)
Combination classification (2013)
2 individual stages (2013)

Stage races

Tour de Langkawi (2000)
Tour de Georgia (2003)
Tour of the Basque Country (2010)
Tour of California (2011)

Grand Tours

Stage races

Christopher Lee "Chris" Horner (born October 23, 1971) is an American professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Lupus Racing Team. A current resident of Bend, Oregon, Horner has dominated the American road racing scene by winning the points standings in the 2002, 2003 and 2004 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar. He won the Vuelta a España in 2013, becoming the oldest winner of any of cycling's grand tours in the process.

Horner turned pro in 1995 with the PAA-NutraFig team. He captured his first major victory in a stage win of the Tour DuPont in 1996.

He was then asked to ride in Europe with French team Française des Jeux. From 1997 to 1999 he had three frustrating seasons with this team.

In 2000 Horner returned to America to resume a record-setting domestic career, riding with Mercury in 2000, Prime Alliance in 2002, Saturn in 2003 and Webcor Builders in 2004. Horner has won almost every important race in the US racing calendar, with the notable exception of the USPRO National Championships.

Horner decided to move to Saunier Duval–Prodir after his top-ten finish in the 2004 UCI World Road Cycling Championship because he wanted to give the Tour de France a try. After being injured in the beginning of 2005, Horner showed strong performance in the USPRO Championships and won his first major European victory by taking the sixth stage of the 2005 Tour de Suisse. He then earned his place on the 2005 Tour de France team and nearly won the Miramas to Montpellier stage when he and Sylvain Chavanel refused to cooperate in the final kilometers and were caught by the peloton.


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