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DOB: May 22, 1976
Hometown: Lemont, IL
Residence:  
Height: 5'11"    
Weight: 152 lbs
Strengths: Time Trialing
Pro Since: 1998
Hobbies:

Career Highlights:
(2007) 2nd Overall Tour de Georgia
(2006) 1st Overall Tour of Luxembourg
(2005) Member U.S. World Championship Road Team
(2005) 1st KOM Tour of Benelux
(1999) 1st Redlands Bicycle Classic (Redlands, CA)
(1999) 1st World Cup, Individual Pursuit (Frisco, TX)
(1999) 1st Best Young Rider Competition Four Days of Dunkerque
(1999) 3rd Four Days of Dunkerque

2008
1st Pirates Week Invitational
1st Stage #3 Tour of Missouri
1st Overall Tour of Missouri
1st Stage #1 TTT Giro d'Italia
1st Stage #4 TTT Tour de Georgia
1st Stage #2b Circuit de la Sarthe
2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
2nd Overall Tour of Bahamas
3rd Stage #5 Amgen Tour of California
3rd Overall Amgen Tour of California
3rd USPRO Time Trial Championships
3rd Stage #3 Tour of Bahamas
4th Stage #4 Tour of Missouri
4th Stage #20 Tour de France
4th Overall Tour de France
5th Stage #21 Giro d’Italia
6th Stage #1 Vuelta a Castilla y León
7th Stage #1 Tour of Bahamas
7th Overall Tour de Georgia
8th Stage #4 Tour de France
9th Stage #7 Tour de France
9th Stage #17 Tour de France
9th Stage #6 Tour de Georgia
9th Stage #5 Vuelta a Castilla y León
10th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
10th Stage #6 Tour of Missouri
10th Stage #10 Tour de France
10th Stage #15 Tour de France
12th Stage #3 Circuit de la Sarthe
12th Stage #4 Circuit de la Sarthe
15th Stage #10 Giro d'Italia
19th Stage #6 Tour de France

2007
2nd Overall Tour de Georgia
4th Stage #3 Tour de Georgia
6th Overall Amgen Tour of California
7th Stage #1 Volta a Catalunya
7th Stage #5 Amgen Tour of California
8th Stage #14 Vuelta a España
8th Stage #15 Tour de France
9th Stage #5 Tour de Georgia
12th Stage #4 Tour de Georgia
13th Stage #3 Amgen Tour of California
14th Stage #20 Vuelta a España
15th Clásica San Sebastián
16th Stage #13 Vuelta a España
17th Stage #11 Tour de France
19th Stage #11 Tour de France
22nd Stage #4 Vuelta a Castilla y Leon
25th Overall Tour de France

2006
1st Overall Tour of Luxembourg
2nd Tour of Elk Grove
3rd Stage #14 Tour de France
3rd Stage #2 Tour of Luxembourg
6th Stage #9 Tour de Suisse
8th Stage #3 Tour of Luxembourg
9th Overall Tour of California
11th Stage #2 Tour of California
13th Stage #2 Tour of California
13th Stage #5 Tour of California
13th Overall Tour de Suisse
15th Overall Volta a Catalunya
15th Stage #20 Tour de France
24th Overall Tour de France

2005
10th Stage #6 Dodge Tour de Georgia
12th Overall Dodge Tour de Georgia

2004
56th Overall Tour de France

2002
9th Stage #10 Vuelta a España
11th Stage #16 Vuelta a España
16th Overall Ronde van Nederland
25th Overall Vuelta a España

2001
4th Overall Three Days of the Panne
4th Driedaagse van de Panne
5th Overall Tour of Velencia
17th Tour of Flanders

2000
9th GP Eddy Merckx Time Trial (Belgium)
12th Olympic Games Individual pursuit (Sydney, AUS)
17th Gran Premio Miguel Indurain (Spain)
18th Liege-Bastogne-Liege: Top placed U.S. rider
32nd La Fleche  Wallonne: Top placed U.S. rider

Notes: Christian is only the second American in history to wear the leaders jersey in the Giro d'Italia since
Andy Hampsten won the event in 1988.

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