George Hincapie is an American former professional cyclist and the founder and team lead of Modern Adventure Pro Cycling. He started 17 Tours de France from 1996 to 2012 — a participation record when he retired — and represented the United States at five Olympic Games from 1992 to 2008. His career also sits inside the US Postal doping record: Hincapie admitted using banned drugs and blood transfusions, provided sworn evidence to USADA and accepted the disqualification of results obtained from 31 May 2004 through 31 July 2006. Roadman's interviews preserve his first-person accounts of the Armstrong era, Paris-Roubaix positioning and changing tyre technology; official records, rather than interview recollection, establish the sanctions and results.
Official record facts are separated from what Hincapie told Roadman in his own words.
Identity, career and credential facts are checked against the records below. Podcast observations remain attributed to George Hincapie.
01. USADA — US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team investigation
Hosts Hincapie's sworn affidavit, the reasoned decision and the accepted sanction record.
02. USADA — George Hincapie affidavit
Primary-source testimony on doping, US Postal and when Hincapie says he stopped using banned products.
03. Team USA — George Hincapie Olympic profile
Lists his five Olympic appearances from 1992 through 2008 and core career milestones.
04. Modern Adventure Pro Cycling — leadership
Confirms Hincapie's current founder and team-lead role and 17 Tour appearances.
05. Hincapie — Experience Domestique biography
Hincapie's organisation records 17 Tour appearances and three US national road titles.
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George Hincapie started 17 Tours de France from 1996 through 2012. USADA's reasoned decision described 17 appearances as a record when he retired.
Yes. In sworn evidence published by USADA, Hincapie admitted using banned drugs and blood transfusions and said he stopped using banned products after 2006. He accepted the disqualification of results obtained from 31 May 2004 through 31 July 2006.
Team USA lists George Hincapie at five Olympic Games: Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.
George Hincapie is founder and team lead of Modern Adventure Pro Cycling, an American UCI ProTeam launched for the 2026 season.
Roadman has four Hincapie appearances covering the US Postal and Lance Armstrong era, Paris-Roubaix, Peter Sagan, Tom Boonen, cobbled-race positioning and tyre technology.
Every appearance by George Hincapie on The Roadman Cycling Podcast — 4 episodes in total.
Roadman blog articles that reference George Hincapie’s work.
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“You could even see it on the sections of Flanders like the Koppenberg. You don't see that many guys walking anymore. Back when we used 25mm tyres, one lapse of focus and you were walking.”
“It's not even the watts. It's more the danger and the risk. If there's a crash at 20th wheel, the whole peloton is blocked.”
“In all those 17 years, I pretty much always entered the Arenberg in at least the top 10. That's a small victory in itself because it's one of the most stressful sectors in all of cycling to arrive at the front.”
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