Bradley McGee
Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox cyclist Template:Refimprove
Bradley John McGee Template:Post-nominals (born 24 February 1976) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He is currently the head coach of the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He started cycling in 1986 at the age of ten. He lives in Sydney and in Nice, France.Template:Cn
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.Template:Cn 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.Template:Cn
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 19.25 seconds, 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<ref name="sahof">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref>Peace and Sport</ref>
Major results
Track
- 1993
- 1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships
- National Junior Track Championships
- 1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Individual pursuit
- 1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Teams pursuit
- 1994
- Commonwealth Games
- 1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Individual pursuit
- 1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit
- UCI Junior Track World Championships
- 1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Individual pursuit
- 1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit
- National Junior Track Championships
- 1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Elimination race
- 1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Individual pursuit
- 1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Scratch race
- 1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Team pursuit
- 1995
- 1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
- National Track Championships
- 1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Individual pursuit
- 1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Team pursuit
- 1996
- Olympic Games
- 3rd File:Bronze medal.svg Individual pursuit
- 3rd File:Bronze medal.svg Team pursuit
- 1997
- National Track Championships
- 1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Individual pursuit
- 1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Team pursuit
- 1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Individual pursuit – Quartu Sant'Elena, UCI Track World Cup Classics
- 1998
- Commonwealth Games
- 1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Individual pursuit
- 1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit
- 1999
- Oceania International Grand Prix
- 1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Individual pursuit
- 1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit
- 2000
- 3rd File:Bronze medal olympic.svg Individual pursuit, Olympic Games
- 2002
- 1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
- 1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Individual pursuit, Commonwealth Games
- 2004
- Olympic Games
- 1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Individual pursuit – Manchester, UCI Track World Cup Classics
- 2007
- 3rd File:Bronze medal blank.svg Individual pursuit – Manchester, UCI Track World Cup Classics
- 2008
- 1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit – Los Angeles, UCI Track World Cup Classics
- 3rd File:Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
Road
- 1993
- 1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 1996
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Cologne
- 1998
- 9th Chrono des Nations
- 1999
- Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stages 3 (ITT) & 10
- 1st Prologue Tour de Normandie
- 8th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 2000
- 1st Stage 5 Herald Sun Tour
- 2001
- 1st Stage 4 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 1st Stage 2b (ITT) Route du Sud
- 4th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 7th Paris–Camembert
- 10th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Jacky Durand)
- 2002
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de France
- Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st File:Jersey green.svg Points classification
- 1st Prologue
- 2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 2nd Overall GP Erik Breukink
- 10th Overall Critérium International
- 10th Tour de Vendée
- 2003
- Tour de France
- 1st Prologue
- Held File:Jersey yellow.svg after Stages 1–3
- 1st Stage 8 (ITT) Tour de Suisse
- 2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 1st Stage 6
- 3rd Overall Tour de Picardie
- 5th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Baden Cooke)
- 6th Grand Prix du Morbihan
- 8th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 8th Grand Prix de Rennes
- 2004
- 1st File:Jersey orange.svg Overall Route du Sud
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT)
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Prologue
- Held File:Jersey pink.svg after Stages 1 & 3–4
- 8th Grand Prix des Nations
- 9th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Prologue
- 2005
- 1st Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts
- 8th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st File:Jersey green.svg Points classification
- 1st Stage 3
- Vuelta a España
- Held File:Jersey gold.svg after Stages 1–4
- 2006
- 8th Overall La Méditerranéenne
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pink jersey Giro d'Italia | 127 | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | DNF |
| Yellow jersey Tour de France | — | 83 | 109 | 133 | — | 105 | — | — | — |
| Gold jersey Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | DNF | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
External links
- Template:Sport Australia Hall of Fame
- Template:Commonwealth Games Australia
- Template:Australian Olympic Committee
- Template:Trap-friis
Template:Footer Olympic Champions Track Team Pursuit Men Template:UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's individual pursuit Template:UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit
- Pages with broken file links
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Australian Institute of Sport cyclists
- Australian male cyclists
- Australian Tour de France stage winners
- Tour de Suisse stage winners
- Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists for Australia
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Cyclists from Sydney
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
- Olympic silver medalists for Australia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Cyclists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Tour de France prologue winners
- Australian Giro d'Italia stage winners
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games cyclists for Australia
- Olympic gold medalists in cycling
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees
- Australian track cyclists
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- Olympic silver medalists in cycling
- Olympic bronze medalists in cycling
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in cycling