Chad Haga

Chad Haga
Personal information
Full name	Chad Haga
Nickname	Hagasaki
Born	August 26, 1988 (age 35); McKinney, Texas
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team Sunweb
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur team(s)
2006–2010	Texas A&M University Cycling Team
2009–2011	Team Brain and Spine Cycling
2010	Super Squadra
2011	Rio Grande Cycling
Professional team(s)
2011–2013	Kelly Benefit Strategies–OptumHealth
2014–	Giant–Shimano
Major wins
	Stage races Joe Martin Stage Race, Overall (2013) Tour of Elk Grove, Prologue (2013) One-day races and Classics Redlands Bicycle Classic, Stage 1 (2013) Cascade Classic, Prologue (2012) Mount Hood Cycling Classic, Prologue (2011)
	Infobox last updated on; February 14, 2014

Chad Haga (/heɪɡə/;^[1] born August 26, 1988) is an American professional road racing cyclist, who competes for the Team Sunweb team.^[2]

Career

He was born in McKinney, Texas^[3] and attended Texas A&M University where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 2010.^[3] 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 Kelly Benefit Strategies–OptumHealth.^[4]

On 23 January 2016, he was one of the six members of the Team Giant–Alpecin who were hit by a car which drove into on-coming traffic while they were training in Calpe, Spain. All riders were in stable condition.^[5]