24 Facts About Sergio Henao

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Sergio Luis Henao Montoya was born on 10 December 1987 and is a Colombian racing cyclist, who rides for the Denver Disruptors.

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Sergio Henao previously competed for Team Sky, UAE Team Emirates and Team Qhubeka NextHash.

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In 2005 Sergio Henao won two stages of the Junior Vuelta del Porvenir, and finished second overall behind Rigoberto Uran.

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Sergio Henao finished second in the junior Vuelta a Venezuela.

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Sergio Henao 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.

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Sergio Henao performed strongly in his first grand tour, with two top ten stage finishes, he wore the White Jersey of the best young rider for two days, taking the jersey over from, and relinquishing it to teammate and eventual classification winner Uran.

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Sergio Henao performed strongly in the final time trial moving up two places on the overall classification to finish ninth, and second in the young rider classification.

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Sergio Henao represented Colombia in the Olympic Road Race and finished 16th.

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Sergio Henao then went on to finish second overall in the Vuelta a Burgos.

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Sergio Henao rode then Vuelta a Espana in support of Chris Froome, and finished 14th overall.

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Sergio Henao then participated in the UCI Road World Race Championships, finishing ninth in the Road Race.

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Sergio Henao rounded off an impressive season with fifth place in the Giro di Lombardia.

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Sergio Henao then rode the Volta ao Algarve, and won stage 3 to finally take his first victory in Sky colours.

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Sergio Henao won the third stage of the Tour of the Basque Country.

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Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford noted that the team's ability to interpret Sergio Henao's results was hampered by a lack of research into the physiology of "altitude natives" who grew up in high-altitude environments and that the team would commission independent research to shed light on the situation.

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However, whilst reconnoitering the time trial course with teammates, Sergio Henao was hit by a car, suffering a fractured knee cap and ruling him out for the rest of the 2014 season.

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Sergio Henao made his comeback at the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, where he helped teammate Ben Swift finish second overall.

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Sergio Henao then rode the Tour of the Basque Country where he finished second on Stage 3 to take the race lead.

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Sergio Henao held the lead until the final time trial on Stage 6, where his fourth place was not enough to deny Joaquim Rodriguez overall victory by 13 seconds over Henao.

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Sergio Henao started his 2016 season at the Tour Down Under, where he finished third overall and won the mountains classification, going on to finish as runner up in the Colombian National Road Race Championships.

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On 20 April, it was announced that Sergio Henao had been withdrawn from racing after the UCI opened a biological passport investigation against him, relating to the same readings as had caused his withdrawal in 2014.

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Sergio Henao was named in the start list for the Tour de France.

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Sergio Henao was one of Chris Froome's key mountain domestiques as he won the race for the third time.

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Sergio Henao started the year by winning the Colombian National Road Race Championships.