One of the taller professional riders at 6鈥3鈥, Hincapie is known as 鈥Big George鈥 by the peloton. Long a key domestique on Lance Armstrong鈥檚 US Postal squad, George Hincapie is riding in his 16th Tour de France 鈥 tying the record for the most number of Tours ridden by one cyclist. He鈥檚 not a yellow jersey contender, but will be a workhorse for Cadel Evans, BMC鈥檚 Australian team leader.
Hincapie is also a five-time Olympian and was rocking the global cycling scene even as a junior in the '80s, when some of today's best cyclists were barely out of diapers. You can read his full bio on his .