Tour du Haut Var in February. It was also his first victory with . Retirement In June 2014 Thor announced that he would retire after the 2014 UCI Road World Championships after struggling with Infectious mononucleosis since 2012. However, after a hard crash suffered at the Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Hushovd said he would not participate in the World Championships. His last race was the GP Impanis-Van Petegem in September. 2015 Thor announced that he had started working on organizing an all-Norwegian UCI WorldTeam, with a plan to launch in the 2017 season to coincide with the hosting of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in the Norwegian city of Bergen. Personal life Thor currently resides in Monte Carlo, Monaco, with his wife Susanne, and their daughter Isabel (b. 2009). The Hushovds also maintain an offseason residency in Grimstad, Aust-Agder, Norway. Career achievements Major results 1995 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 1996 National Junior Road Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial 1998 UCI Road World Under-23 Championships 1st Time trial 5th Road race 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs 1st Paris–Tours Espoirs 5th Overall Tour of Sweden 1999 1st Overall Ringerike GP 1st Stages 2, 4 & 5 1st Tour du Loir-et-Cher 1st Stage 5 Tour of Sweden 6th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships 6th Overall Ronde de l'Isard 2000 1st Stage 1 Tour de Picardie 1st Prologue Tour de l'Ain 2nd Overall Ringerike GP 1st Stages 3, 4 & 5 2nd Grand Prix de Denain 4th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt 4th Giro della Provincia di Siracusa 5th HEW Cyclassics 6th Time trial, Olympic Games 7th Road race, National Road Championships 2001 1st Overall Tour de Normandie 1st Points classification 1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 4 1st Overall Tour of Sweden 1st Stages 1a (ITT) & 3 1st Overall Paris–Corrèze 1st Stage 5 (TTT) Tour de France 4th Paris–Tours 9th Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts 2002 National Road Championships 1st Time trial 3rd Road race 1st Stage 18 Tour de France 1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Ain 5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges 6th Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne 8th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Anthony Morin) 2003 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Castilla y León 3rd Overall Tour du Limousin 5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen 7th Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne 10th