Sergio Henao
Henao at the 2013 Tour of the Basque Country
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya |
| Nickname | El Venao |
| Born |
10 December 1987 Rionegro, Colombia |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Sky |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climbing specialist |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2005–2006 | Orgullo Paisa |
| 2007–2009 | Colombia es Pasión |
| 2010 | Indeportes Antioquia |
| 2011 | Gobernación de Antioquia |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2012– | Team Sky |
| Major wins | |
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Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (born 10 December 1987) is a Colombian racing cyclist, currently riding for Team Sky.
Henao was born in Rionegro in 1987, the same year that the Colombian rider Lucho Herrera won the Vuelta a España.
In 2005 Henao won two stages of the Junior Vuelta del Porvenir, and finished second overall behind Rigoberto Urán. He also finished second in the junior Vuelta a Venezuela. Throughout 2006 he picked up numerous general classification podiums and won the Clasic Norte de Santander. For 2007, he joined the Colombia es Pasión team and started to ride outside of his native South America. He recorded 15th overall in the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid, two stages of the Venezuelan Clasico Ciclistico Banfoandes race, and a second overall in the Norte de Sandander followed. Still just 20 years old he then finished third overall at the Vuelta a Antioquia, his home race, and third in the Colombian National Championships time trial for under-23 riders.
In 2008 he won the under-23 version of the Vuelta a Colombia, picking up two stages along the way; two years later he repeated the feat in the main race, winning two stages and the general classification. In 2011, in one of his last races before moving to Europe, he won the opening prologue of the Tour of Utah, and then extended his lead on the first stage when he was involved in a five-man break with riders including Levi Leipheimer.
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