Greg Henderson confirms retirement
(Cyclingnews.com)

Greg Henderson has formalised his retirement, bringing down the curtains on a career that started on the track. Henderson`s last race as a professional came at the Colorado Classic having made the moved to UnitedHealthcare for the final year of his career. A four-time Commonwealth Games medallist on the track, including gold in the 2002 points race, Henderson also won the world Scratch Race title in 2004. By the early 2000`s, the New Zealander was focusing more on the road having signed for 7 UP-Maxxis. He moved into the top tier of the sport with T-Mobile before stints with Highroad, Team Sky, and Lotto-Soudal. It was at Lotto-Soudal that Henderson announced himself as one of the best lead out men in the business, helping Andre Greipel numerous Grand Tour stage wins. Henderson will now move into full-time coaching as he announced on his personal website.ADVERTISEMENT `I`m not going to drag this out and go on and on about my cycling career. Instead I`m just going to take the time to thank everyone that made this dream a reality,` Henderson wrote. `I would never have thought I would be racing my bike professionally at the highest level in the World for so long. Actually there is no way to predict that and I believe that by ticking boxes each year and striving to be that little bit better every year gave me the drive to keep pushing my level higher and higher. `I can honestly say I wouldn`t have got where I am today without the support of Mum and Dad. Every weekend we had the BMX bikes on the Bike Rack from the age of 5 and we were off racing for the next 11yrs. To have parents that invested that much time into the sport that I loved was instrumental. So thanks Mum and Dad. Henderson added that he was forever grateful for the opportunity provided to me to transform into a road rider and enjoy the long career that he has had. `The next Chapter was basically when I decided I needed to see what this Pro Cycling was all about. I had not even heard of the T ...