Bradley McGee


































































Bradley McGee
Bradley Mc Gee - TDR 2012.jpg
Personal information
Full name Bradley John McGee
Born
(1976-02-24) 24 February 1976 (age 43)
Sydney
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road and track
Role Directeur sportif
Rider type Time trialist
Professional team(s)
1999–2007 Française des Jeux
2008 Team CSC

Managerial team(s)
2009–2012 Saxo Bank–SunGard

Major wins
Tour de France 2 stages
Giro d'Italia 1 stage


Bradley John McGee OAM (born 24 February 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He is currently the head coach of the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS).[1] He started cycling in 1986 at the age of ten. He lives in Sydney and in Nice, France.




Contents






  • 1 Career


  • 2 Major results


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Career


His greatest success as a road cyclist has been winning the 2003 prologue of the Tour de France, and leading the race for three days in 2003. In 2004 he wore the leader's pink jersey of the Giro d'Italia for one day. In 2005 he wore the leader's golden jersey for four days in the Vuelta a España. He was the first Australian to lead the Tour of Spain, and the first to wear the leader's jersey of all three Grand Tours.




Brad McGee riding for Française des Jeux during the Stage 20 individual time trial of the 2005 Tour de France.


As a track cyclist and Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder he met success in individual and team events. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as a member of the team pursuit (with Graeme Brown, Brett Lancaster, and Luke Roberts) in world record time of 3:58.233. He won a silver medal for the Olympic 4000m pursuit. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in his home town of Sydney, he set an Australian record of 4 minutes, and won a bronze medal for the pursuit. In Atlanta at the 1996 Summer Olympics he won two bronze medals, for the individual pursuit and the team pursuit.


At the 1994 Commonwealth Games he won gold medals in the individual and team pursuit. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games he defended his Commonwealth titles to win gold in both events. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games he won the individual pursuit.


He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the 2005 Australia Day Honours List. Other awards include:



  • 1993 Australian Male Cyclist of the year

  • 1994 NSW junior male cyclist of the year

  • 1995 NSW cyclist of the year

  • 2002 Australian Male Track Cyclist of the Year

  • 2017 Sport Australia Hall of Fame athlete inductee[2]


Bradley McGee is today a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of 54 famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organisation.[3]



Major results




1993

1st Jersey rainbow.svg Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships

1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial, National Junior Road Championships


National Junior Track Championships

1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Individual pursuit

1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Teams pursuit





1994


Commonwealth Games

1st Gold medal blank.svg Individual pursuit

1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit




UCI Junior Track World Championships

1st Jersey rainbow.svg Individual pursuit

1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit




National Junior Track Championships

1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Elimination race

1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Individual pursuit

1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Scratch race

1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Team pursuit





1995

1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships


National Track Championships

1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Individual pursuit

1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Team pursuit





1996

1st Stage 2 Tour of Cologne


Olympic Games

3rd Bronze medal.svg Individual pursuit

3rd Bronze medal.svg Team pursuit





1997


National Track Championships

1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Individual pursuit

1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Team pursuit



1st Gold medal blank.svg Individual pursuit – Quartu Sant'Elena, UCI Track World Cup Classics

1998


Commonwealth Games

1st Gold medal blank.svg Individual pursuit

1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit





1999

Oceania International Grand Prix

1st Gold medal blank.svg Individual pursuit

1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit




Tour de l'Avenir
1st Prologue & Stage 10


1st Prologue Tour de Normandie

2000

1st Stage 9 Herald Sun Tour

3rd Bronze medal olympic.svg Individual pursuit, Olympic Games

2001

1st Stage 4 Grand Prix du Midi Libre

1st Stage 2b Route du Sud

2002

1st Jersey rainbow.svg Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

1st Gold medal blank.svg Individual pursuit, Commonwealth Games

1st Stage 7 Tour de France


Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification


1st Prologue

2003


Tour de France

1st Prologue

Held Jersey yellow.svg after Stages 1–3



1st Stage 8 (ITT) Tour de Suisse

1st Stage 6 Ronde van Nederland

2004


Olympic Games

1st Gold medal olympic.svg Team pursuit

2nd Silver medal olympic.svg Individual pursuit



1st Gold medal blank.svg Individual pursuit – Manchester, UCI Track World Cup Classics

1st Jersey orange.svg Overall Route du Sud
1st Stage 3


1st Prologue Tour de Romandie

8th Overall Giro d'Italia

1st Prologue

Held Jersey pink.svg after Stages 1 & 3–4





2005


Tour de Suisse

1st Jersey green.svg Points classification

1st Stage 3



1st Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts


Vuelta a España
Held Jersey gold.svg after Stages 1–4




2007

3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Individual pursuit – Manchester, UCI Track World Cup Classics

2008

1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit – Los Angeles, UCI Track World Cup Classics

3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships




References





  1. ^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/porte-secures-white-jersey-and-likely-top-eight-finish


  2. ^ "Cycling champion Brad McGee pedals into Hall of Fame". Sport Australia Hall of Fame website. Retrieved 10 October 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ Peace and Sport




External links



  • Bradley McGee at Trap-Friis.dk










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