{{short description|American cyclist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Chad Haga | image = Lavuelta-2017-caravaca-elpozo-11 (36515346700).jpg | image_size = | caption = Haga at the 2017 Vuelta a España | fullname = Chad Haga | nickname = Hagasaki<ref name="PEZ Talk: Chad Haga">{{cite web|url=http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/page/interviews/?id=110767#.UmIFknDbOSq|title=Interviews - PezCycling News|publisher=}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|08|26}} | birth_place = McKinney, Texas | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.91 m | weight = {{convert|71.5|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}} | currentteam = Pas Racing Gravel Team | discipline = {{ubl|Road|Gravel<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/chad-haga-to-switch-to-gravel-in-2024/ | title=Chad Haga to switch to gravel in 2024 | work=Cycling News | date=15 August 2023 | accessdate=18 January 2024 | author=Ryan, Barry}}</ref>}} | role = Rider | ridertype = {{ubl|Rouleur|Time trialist}} | amateuryears1 = 2006–2010 | amateurteam1 = Texas A&M University Cycling Team | amateuryears2 = 2009–2011 | amateurteam2 = Team Brain and Spine Cycling | amateuryears3 = 2010 | amateurteam3 = Super Squadra | amateuryears4 = 2011 | amateurteam4 = Rio Grande Cycling | amateuryears5 = 2024– | amateurteam5 = Pas Racing Gravel Team | proyears1 = 2011–2013 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|KBS|2011}} | proyears2 = 2014–2021 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|GIA|2014}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-sunweb-confirm-2019-mens-and-womens-rosters/|title=Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=November 23, 2018|accessdate=January 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13995/1000596/260|title=Team Sunweb|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=January 3, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103143329/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13995/1000596/260|archivedate=January 3, 2020}}</ref> | proyears3 = 2022–2023 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|HPM|2022}} | majorwins = '''Grand Tours''' :'''Giro d'Italia''' ::1 individual stage (2019) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's road cycling}} {{MedalCountry| {{nowrap|{{UCI team code|SUN|2018}}}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Innsbruck|Team time trial}} }} '''Chad Haga''' ({{IPAc-en|h|ei|g|ə}};<ref name="PEZ Talk: Chad Haga"/> born August 26, 1988) is an American professional road and gravel racing cyclist.
==Career== He was born in McKinney, Texas<ref name="Velo News Ari Baquet article">{{cite web|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/02/news/optums-chad-haga-aims-for-top-time-trialing-spot-in-the-u-s_276211|title=Optum's Chad Haga aims for top time trialing spot in the U.S. - VeloNews.com|date=February 28, 2013|publisher=}}</ref> and attended Texas A&M University where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 2010.<ref name="Velo News Ari Baquet article"/> While there he raced collegiately with the Texas A&M Cycling Team and as an amateur with Team Brain and Spine Cycling and Super Squadra. After Graduation he joined the Rio Grande Cycling squad. He began racing professionally in 2011 after joining {{UCI team code|KBS|2011}},<ref name="Cycling News Pat Malach article">{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/haga-postpones-engineering-career-to-pursue-pro-cycling-dreams|title=Haga postpones engineering career to pursue pro cycling dreams - Cyclingnews.com|publisher=}}</ref> before joining {{UCI team code|GIA|2014}} in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|first=Neal|last=Rogers|url=https://cyclingtips.com/2016/02/the-aftermath-giants-chad-haga-keeping-spirits-high-after-horrific-collision/|title=The aftermath: Giant's Chad Haga keeping spirits high after horrific collision|work=CyclingTips|publisher=|date=February 7, 2016|accessdate=December 26, 2021|quote=After three seasons with Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies, where he was one of the top riders in North America, he'd joined Giant-Alpecin in 2014.}}</ref>
On January 23, 2016, while training in Caple, Spain, Haga was one of the six members of the {{UCI team code|SUN|2016}} hit by a motorist who drove into on-coming traffic. All riders were in stable condition.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Irish Independent|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/john-degenkolb-and-warren-barguil-among-six-giantalpecin-cyclists-hospitalised-after-being-hit-by-a-car-34390916.html|title=John Degenkolb and Warren Barguil among six Giant-Alpecin cyclists hospitalised after being hit by a car|date=January 23, 2016}}</ref>
Haga started the 2018 season by racing the Tour Down Under. In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France.<ref name="TDF18">{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2018/startlist |title=2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List |accessdate=July 5, 2017 |work=Pro Cycling Stats}}</ref> He won the final individual time trial stage of the 2019 Giro d'Italia, his first victory in a Grand Tour.
After eight seasons with {{UCI team code|DSM men|2021|nolink=yes}} and its precursors, Haga rejoined his first professional team, renamed as {{UCI team code|RLY|2022}}, for the 2022 season.<ref>{{cite news|first=Kirsten|last=Frattini|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/chad-haga-returns-to-roots-with-rally-cycling/|title=Chad Haga returns to roots with Rally Cycling|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=November 4, 2021|accessdate=December 26, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Kirsten|last=Frattini|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rally-cycling-to-become-human-powered-health/|title=Rally Cycling to become Human Powered Health|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=November 9, 2021|accessdate=December 26, 2021}}</ref>
==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;2011 : 1st Prologue Mount Hood Classic : 3rd Overall Tour of Elk Grove ;2012 : 1st Prologue Cascade Cycling Classic : 4th Copperas Cove Classic ;2013 : 1st 20px Overall Joe Martin Stage Race : 1st Prologue Tour of Elk Grove : 2nd Overall Volta ao Alentejo : 2nd Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd USA Cycling National Racing Calendar : 3rd Overall McLane Pacific Classic : 3rd Overall Cascade Cycling Classic : 5th Time trial, National Road Championships : 10th Overall Tour of California ;2017 : 1st Mount Evans Hill Climb ;2018 : 2nd 15px Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships ;2019 : 1st Stage 21 (ITT) Giro d'Italia ;2020 : 5th Overall Czech Cycling Tour : 6th Overall Okolo Slovenska ;2021 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships ;2024 : 2nd Unbound Gravel 200 : 3rd The Traka 360 {{div col end}}
===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia |— | 99 | 78 | 82 | 71 | 105 | 69 |— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France |— |— |— |— | 72 | 134 |— |— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España | 73 |— | 76 | 98 |— |— |— | 113 |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{official website|https://chadhaga.com/}} *{{Blogspot|chadhaga|Official page}} *{{sports links}} *[http://legacy.usacycling.org/results/index.php?compid=248479 USA Cycling rider results]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Haga, Chad}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:American male cyclists Category:American Giro d'Italia stage winners Category:Sportspeople from McKinney, Texas Category:Cyclists from Texas