A Ride with George Hincapie

A new documentary about George Hincapie is out and it’s called “A Ride With George Hincapie.” It’s a feature-length film that covers his early cycling years as a junior in NYC all the way up to the 2009 Roubaix. The DVD sells for $29 and you can order here.

Hincapie currently rides for Columbia, but he is best known as Lance’s #1 domestique – the only rider to have ridden on each of Lance’s Tour wins. He also rode for Alberto Contador during his 2007 Tour de France victory. That makes “big George” the only rider to have raced on eight Tour-winning teams. At the end of this year’s tour, he will have raced the Tour 14 times. That’s pretty amazing.

He’s been around cycling all his life and in addition to his Tour wins with Lance, he’s compiled a nice little resume himself:

• Winner Gent-Wevelgem
• Winner Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne
• Winner Dauphiné Libéré, and two stage wins
• 2nd place at Paris-Roubaix
• Stage win Tour de France
• Two stages at the Tour of California
• Stage win at the Tour of Missouri
• Two-time US Professional Road Race champion

The thing about George, besides being one of the great ‘all rounder’ cyclists of our time, is that he’s very quiet and unassuming. Well-respected in the peleton and loved by his teammates, how can you not be a fan of Hincapie?