Bio

Team: Discovery Channel

Hincapie is the only rider who has been with Lance Armstrong in each of his seven Tour de France victories. Hincapie, who is easily distinguished from the pack by his large size (6’ 3") and Oakley sunglasses, won his first Tour de France stage on July 17, 2005 in stage 15 from Lézat-sur-Lèze to Pla d’Adet. It was the first stage won by a teammate of Lance Armstrong since 1999, and it was Hincapie’s first stage win in 10 Tours.

Hincapie placed 32nd in the 2006 Tour de France, finishing one hour, 11 minutes, 14 seconds behind Tour winner Floyd Landis.

In recent years Hincapie has shown a talent for short individual time trials (ITTs), winning the prologue at the 2005 Dauphiné Libéré, placing second three times and third once in prologues in 2006 (including at the Tour de France), and placing second in the short ITT at Three Days of De Panne. He also won the ITT at the Eneco Tour of Benelux in 2006 and placed fourth in two longer ITTs that year.

His father, a Colombian, introduced him to cycling, and his first race training was in New York City’s Central Park. Hincapie is married to former runway model and Tour de France podium girl Melanie Simonneau, and they had their first child, daughter Julia Paris, on November 3, 2004.