George Hincapie

George Hincapié Garcés (born June 29, 1973 in Queens, New York City) is an American professional road bicycle racer currently riding for UCI ProTeam . Hincapie resides in Greenville, South Carolina. He was a graduate of Farmingdale High School in 1991.

Hincapié is most widely known as a key domestique of Lance Armstrong, having been the only rider to assist Armstrong in all seven of his Tour de France victories. Hincapie was also a domestique for Alberto Contador during his 2007 Tour de France victory. And he was a domestique for Cadel Evans during his 2011 Tour de France victory. He is one of only two riders in Tour de France history to have raced on nine Tour-winning teams. As of the end of the 2011 Tour, Hincapie has raced the Tour 16 times, finishing all but the first year.

Hincapie has several important wins of his own, starting with Gent–Wevelgem in 2001 and Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne in 2005. Also in 2005, Hincapie took two stage wins at the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and 2nd place at Paris–Roubaix. In 2005 he also had his first stage win in the Tour de France where, on July 17, he finished seven seconds ahead of Óscar Pereiro to win stage 15 from Lézat-sur-Lèze to Pla d'Adet. More recent victories include two stages at the Tour of California (2006), the overall and a stage at the Tour of Missouri (2007), and another stage win at the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in...
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