Bradley McGee
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| Full name | Bradley John McGee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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24 February 1976 Sydney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road and track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Directeur sportif | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time trialist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1999–2007 | Française des Jeux | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Team CSC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2009–2012 | Saxo Bank–SunGard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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.
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
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.[2]
Career highlights
- 1993
- 1st
Individual Pursuit World Junior Titles - 1st
Individual Pursuit U19 Australian National Track Championships - 1st Teams Pursuit U19 Australian National Track Championships
- 1st U19 Australian National Time Trial Championships
- 1994
- 1st
Individual Pursuit Commonwealth Games - 1st Team Pursuit Commonwealth Games
- 1st Individual Pursuit Junior World Titles
- 1st Teams Pursuit Junior World Titles
- 1st Individual Pursuit U19 Australian National Track Championships
- 1st Teams Pursuit U19 Australian National Track Championships
- 1st Scratch Race U19 Australian Titles
- 1st Elimination Race U19 Australian National Track Championships
- World Record U19 3000m (C – 3min19.878s)
- 1995
- 1st Team Pursuit World Titles
- 1st Individual Pursuit Australian National Track Championships
- 1st Teams Pursuit Australian National Track Championships
- 1996
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Cologne
- 3rd
Individual pursuit Olympic Games - 3rd Team pursuit Olympic Games
- 1997
- 1st Individual pursuit Australian National Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit Australian National Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit, World Cup
- Australian hour record (C – 50km52m)
- Australian 4000m record (C – 4m22.34s) Tas 17.3.97
- 1998
- 1st Individual Pursuit Commonwealth Games
- 1st Team Pursuit Commonwealth Games
- 1999
- 1st Prologue Tour de Normandie
- 1st Individual Pursuit Oceania Intl Grand Prix
- 1st Team pursuit Oceania Intl Grand Prix
- 1st Prologue & Stage 10 Tour de l'Avenir
- 2000
- 1st Stage 9 Herald Sun Tour
- 3rd Olympic Games, Individual Pursuit
- 2001
- 1st Stage 4 Midi Libre
- 1st Stage 2B Route de Sud
- 2002
- 1st Individual Pursuit World Titles
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de France
- 1st Individual Pursuit Commonwealth Games
- 1st Prologue Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 2003
- 1st Prologue Tour de France
- Held Maillot Jaune
from Stages 1–3
- Held Maillot Jaune
- 1st Stage 8 TT Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 6 Ronde van Nederland
- 2004
- 1st
Team Pursuit Olympic - 1st Overall Route du Sud
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Prologue Tour de Romandie
- 1st Individual pursuit World Cup
- 2nd
4000m individual pursuit Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Prologue
- Held Maglia Rosa
from Stages 1 & 3–4
- 2005
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
- 1st GP de Villers Cotterets
- Vuelta a España
- Held
Jersey Oro Stages 1–4
- Held
- 2007
- 3rd Pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 2008
- 1st Team Pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 3rd
Team Pursuit, Track World Championships
References
External links
- Bradley McGee at Trap-Friis.dk. Archive copy at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2011)
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