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Chad Haga
Haga at the 2017 Vuelta a España
Personal information
Full nameChad Haga
NicknameHagasaki[1]
Born (1988-08-26) August 26, 1988 (age 36)
McKinney, Texas
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight71.5 kg (158 lb; 11 st 4 lb)
Team information
Current teamPas Racing Gravel Team
Discipline
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Rouleur
  • Time trialist
Amateur teams
2006–2010Texas A&M University Cycling Team
2009–2011Team Brain and Spine Cycling
2010Super Squadra
2011Rio Grande Cycling
2024–Pas Racing Gravel Team
Professional teams
2011–2013Kelly Benefit Strategies–OptumHealth
2014–2021Giant–Shimano[3][4]
2022–2023Human Powered Health
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2019)
Medal record
Men's road cycling
Representing Team Sunweb
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Innsbruck Team time trial

Chad Haga (/heɪɡə/;[1] born August 26, 1988) is an American professional road and gravel racing cyclist, who currently rides for the Pas Racing Gravel Team.[5]

Career

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He was born in McKinney, Texas[6] and attended Texas A&M University where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 2010.[6] 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,[7] before joining Giant–Shimano in 2014.[8]

On January 23, 2016, while training in Caple, Spain, Haga was one of the six members of the Team Giant–Alpecin hit by a motorist who drove into on-coming traffic. All riders were in stable condition.[9]

Haga started the 2018 season by racing the Tour Down Under. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France.[10] He won the final individual time trial stage of the 2019 Giro d'Italia, his first victory in a Grand Tour.

After eight seasons with Team DSM and its precursors, Haga rejoined his first professional team, renamed as Human Powered Health, for the 2022 season.[11][12]

Major results

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2011
1st Prologue Mount Hood Classic
3rd Overall Tour of Elk Grove
2012
1st Prologue Cascade Cycling Classic
4th Copperas Cove Classic
2013
1st Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
1st Prologue Tour of Elk Grove
2nd Overall Volta ao Alentejo
2nd Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
1st Stage 1
3rd USA Cycling National Racing Calendar
3rd Overall McLane Pacific Classic
3rd Overall Cascade Cycling Classic
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
10th Overall Tour of California
2017
1st Mount Evans Hill Climb
2018
2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2019
1st Stage 21 (ITT) Giro d'Italia
2020
5th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
6th Overall Okolo Slovenska
2021
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2024
2nd Unbound Gravel 200
3rd The Traka 360

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 99 78 82 71 105 69 —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — 72 134 — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 73 — 76 98 — — — 113
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ a b "Interviews - PezCycling News".
  2. ^ Ryan, Barry (August 15, 2023). "Chad Haga to switch to gravel in 2024". Cycling News. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  3. ^ "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. November 23, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  4. ^ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  5. ^ "HUMAN POWERED HEALTH". UCI. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Optum's Chad Haga aims for top time trialing spot in the U.S. - VeloNews.com". February 28, 2013.
  7. ^ "Haga postpones engineering career to pursue pro cycling dreams - Cyclingnews.com".
  8. ^ Rogers, Neal (February 7, 2016). "The aftermath: Giant's Chad Haga keeping spirits high after horrific collision". CyclingTips. Retrieved December 26, 2021. After three seasons with Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies, where he was one of the top riders in North America, he'd joined Giant-Alpecin in 2014.
  9. ^ "John Degenkolb and Warren Barguil among six Giant-Alpecin cyclists hospitalised after being hit by a car". Irish Independent. January 23, 2016.
  10. ^ "2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  11. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (November 4, 2021). "Chad Haga returns to roots with Rally Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  12. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (November 9, 2021). "Rally Cycling to become Human Powered Health". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
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