November 10, 2004- Please join everyone at Hincapie Sportswear, in congratulating George and Melanie on the birth of their beautiful new baby girl, Julia Paris Hincapie. The following announcement is posted on GeorgeHincapie.com and on the HincapieSports.com BLOG page. http://www.georgehincapie.com/story.cfm

George & Melanie: Proud Parents of Baby Girl

America’s premier Classics rider and 8-times Tour de France veteran George Hincapie has a new accolade to add to his palmares dad. Melanie gave birth to the couple s first child, a baby girl named Julia Paris Hincapie.

The baby, weighing 7 pounds, 13 ounces and 20.5 inches long, was born in a Greenville, South Carolina, hospital Wednesday at 5:04 PM. Mother and daughter were said to be doing fine.

George met Melanie, a native of the eastern French city of Dijon, during the 2003 Tour de France where she was one of the models accompanying the race entourage.

“I was mesmerized by her,” Hincapie said. “When I first saw her I thought, ‘Wow, she’s beautiful!’ and I wanted to ask her out on a date to have this beautiful girl with me. But that was it; I didn’t think it would go anywhere.”

Now, nearly a year and a half later the two are the proud parents of a beautiful little girl.

Along with being a new dad at 31, Hincapie is entering the period of his career where many male riders find their peak. He recently signed a contract calling for him to ride with Lance Armstrong’s new Discovery Channel-sponsored team through 2007. And it’s quite possible that he’ll compete in the Beijing Olympics in 2008, in what would be his fifth Olympiad.