For other people named Christopher Horner, see Christopher Horner (disambiguation).
Chris Horner
Horner at the 2011 Tour of California
Personal information
Full name
Christopher Brandon Horner
Nickname
The Hornet, The Second Best Climber in the World[1]
Born
(1971-10-23) October 23, 1971 (age 52) Okinawa, Japan
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Weight
70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)[2]
Team information
Current team
Retired
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider
Rider type
All-rounder
Amateur teams
1993
Lite Beer
1994–1996
Nutra Fig
Professional teams
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
2018–2019
Team Illuminate
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)
Christopher Brandon Horner (born October 23, 1971) is an American retired professional road racing cyclist,[3] who rode professionally between 1996 and 2019.
A current resident of Bend, Oregon,[4] Horner dominated the American road racing scene by winning the points standings in the 2002, 2003 and 2004 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar.[5] He won the Vuelta a España in 2013, becoming the oldest winner of any of cycling's grand tours in the process.[6]
^Clarke, Stuart (November 5, 2015). "13 of the strangest nicknames in cycling". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
^ ab"Christopher Horner profile". Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
^"Horner wants to keep racing, says agent". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
^USA Cycling biography Archived July 18, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
^"Tooting his own Horner – Part I". Autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
^"Vuelta a España: Chris Horner, 41, is oldest Grand Tour winner". BBC Sport. September 15, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
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