Category: ManGame (Tour Down Under 2008, Continental Tour)
The Tour Down Under 2008 was the ManGame's first Continental Tour event ever and the traditional early season stage race couldn't have seen a more special first stage-winner: Kiwi Gregory Henderson kicked off the second ManGame season with a bang. Racing for the local team 'Southaustralia.com - AIS', the sprinter made the crowd go crazy when he went to take out the first stage in a bunch sprint.
Beating Bobby Traksel (Designa Kokken) and Max Van Heeswijk (Discover Channel) quite easily, Henderson made history to become the first Continental Tour's stage winner. Down Under, not far from home. It would be his only victory in the TdU, as the locals had to wait another year for the next Aussie/Kiwi to grab a stage (Mitch Docker/Credit Lyonnaise - held as a ProTour race for once).
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