Sign here if you think Henao is a future star on the european scene.

[Escarabajo]

That Route du Sud has a monster stage on the day they ride the Tourmalet. It will be interesting to see how Thomas and company perform.

 

[pink_jersey]

Hope that Moscon, Poels and Yogi will show some good form and they will be in TdF line-up.
Froome, Poels, Henao, Nieve, Thomas, Kwiatwkowski, Rowe, Stannard, Moscon will be great to see. Or throw in Landa and remove Moscon if you want more climbing power to counter attack Porte superior form.

 

[diego721]

Re:

Change of plans apparently.

Quite a good line-up for that race.
Will be interesting to see how it goes for Poel, Henao and Thomas in the Pyrenees stage.

 

[liamito]

Did he already give some kind of an explanation why he was riding this poor compared to last year?

 

[Escarabajo]

Congratulations on the repeat!
Very strong early in the season. Last year he carried this form into Paris-Nice.

 

[May0maniac]

That was a nice win!
I'd like to see him as the backup plan for the Giro.

 

[staubsauger]

Honestly, I think that's the plan in the making. Henao & Bernal with Rosa, Moscon & Co in the Giro and then probably Froome for the Vuelta if not the Tour already.

 

[DNP-Old]

Re:

Honestly, I think that's the plan in the making. Henao & Bernal with Rosa, Moscon & Co in the Giro and then probably Froome for the Vuelta if not the Tour already.

Bernal ain't going to the Giro.

 

[Nirvana]

I think will be Poels the plan B for the Giro with the addition of Henao, De La Cruz and Rosa as climbing support.

 

[gospina]

Re:

I think will be Poels the plan B for the Giro with the addition of Henao, De La Cruz and Rosa as climbing support.

According to the team, two things:

1) he will make his grand tour debut this year
2) he is in the long list for Vuelta

Conclusion: he will be going to the Vuelta.

 

[Escarabajo]

Well, it didn't say much. I think we already knew that. Or at least we could have assume it.

 

[liamito]

Little bit of a surprise to see Henao won't be racing Itzulia.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Im glad he is racing the Giro instead of being a domestique for Froome. While he was very good in 2016, his main strength isn't being a climbing domestique. Itzulia is surprising, but he probably wants more time for the Ardennes.

Okay, I just forgot Froome will be riding the Giro as well. Doh. Either way, I like him more in Il Giro.

 

[Escarabajo]

Henao says goodbye to the peloton. Happy retirement Sergio. He had good moments and at one point we thought he was the messiah. Very nice person. Everyone liked him. Here is the article about his retirement.

https://www.revistamundociclistico.com/2022/sergio-luis-henao-se-retira-del-ciclismo-profesional-a-los-34-anos-corrio-10-campanas-en-la-elite-europea/

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Sad, little too few years at the top for my liking. Dunno what happened

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Sad…

He was still so good. I hoped he would manage like Clarke or Pozzovivo: nice new contract in the last moment.

He was 54 seconds behind rank 20 (which was Mollema) in last year‘s TdF, and placed 21st.

Maybe if he‘d have done Top 20, it would have been enough for a new contract. No one from the Top 20 of the TdF normally is forced to retire the same year. So this 54 seconds could have been decisive…

 

[Roku]

I don't think he had much left in the tank, to be honest. Maybe a final season, but that's it. His 21st in last year's Tour was nothing to write home about. He infiltrated many breaks in which he was a non-factor and gained lots of time.

Anyways, he had a very good career, winning Paris Nice and coming so close many times at Pais Vasco.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

More than 4 years in this thread between the last comment on his racing participation and his retirement pretty much tell the story.

 

[tobydawq]

Imagine how different things would have been without his crash in Rio. I know people say Nobali would have won, but really it would have been Henao.

Also, three times he was in the leader's jersey in Itzulia on the final stage without ever winning it.

GT wise he was disappointing. A top 10 in his GT debut but then never again.

 

[SafeBet]

Yeah after his debut at the Giro I really thought he would be a contender for a long time.
Good old times when finishing top10 in your first GT was an incredible achievement.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Sergio today won the second ever edition of the Jamaica cycling classic. Still racing well.

Jamaica International Cycling Classic 2025 Stage 3 results

Sergio Henao is the winner of Jamaica International Cycling Classic 2025, before John Borstelmann and Gregory Santiago Zapata Cordoba. John Borstelmann is the winner of the final stage.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Escarabajo]

Gosh, how long ago when this thread was created and I thought he was the Colombian Mesiah!

Wow, he is now 37 years old. Good for him.

 

[Izzyeviel]

He has a cousin you know...

 

[Potomac]

I saw these results on PCS earlier in the day and thought to myself "Hey, I know that name."