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{{Short description|Australian cyclist (born 1976)}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| image          = Bradley Mc Gee - TDR 2012.jpg
| fullname       = Bradley John McGee
| nickname       =
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|02|24}}
| birth_place    = Sydney
| height         = 1.82 m
| weight         = 72 kg
| currentteam    = Retired
| discipline     = Road and track
| role           = Directeur sportif 
| ridertype      = Time trialist
| proyears1      = 1999–2007
| proteam1       = {{UCI team code|FDJ|1999}}
| proyears2      = 2008
| proteam2       = {{UCI team code|CSC|2008a}}
| manageyears1   = 2009–2012
| manageteam1    = {{UCI team code|SAX|2011}}
| majorwins      = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
: '''[[Tour de France]]'''
:: 2 individual stages ([[2002 Tour de France|2002]], [[2003 Tour de France|2003]])
: '''[[Giro d'Italia]]'''
:: 1 individual stage ([[2004 Giro d'Italia|2004]])
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[track cycling]]}}
{{MedalCountry| {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold| [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} 
{{MedalSilver| [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]}} 
{{MedalBronze| [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Individual pursuit]]}} 
{{MedalBronze| [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Team pursuit]]}} 
{{MedalBronze| [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Individual pursuit]]}} 
{{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI Track World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1995 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1995 Bogota]]|Team pursuit}}
{{MedalGold |[[2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2002 Copenhagen]]|Individual pursuit}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold| [[1994 Commonwealth Games|1994 Victoria]] | [[Cycling at the 1994 Commonwealth Games|Individual pursuit]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1994 Commonwealth Games|1994 Victoria]] | [[Cycling at the 1994 Commonwealth Games|Team pursuit]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | [[Cycling at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|Individual pursuit]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | [[Cycling at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|Team pursuit]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | [[Cycling at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Individual pursuit]]}}
| show-medals    = yes
}}
{{Refimprove|date=April 2024}}

'''Bradley John McGee''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (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>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/porte-secures-white-jersey-and-likely-top-eight-finish|title = Porte secures white jersey and likely top-eight finish|date = 29 May 2010}}</ref> He started cycling in 1986 at the age of ten. He lives in Sydney and in [[Nice]], France.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

==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.{{cn|date=April 2024}} 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 Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]].{{cn|date=April 2024}}

[[File:Brad McGee 2005 TdF Stage 20 St Etienne ITT.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Brad McGee riding for [[Française des Jeux (cycling team)|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 [[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Team Pursuit Men|team pursuit]] (with [[Graeme Brown]], [[Brett Lancaster]], and [[Luke Roberts (cyclist)|Luke Roberts]]) in world record time of 3:58.233. He won a [[silver medal]] for the [[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic]] 4000m pursuit. At the [[Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics|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 medal]]s, 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">{{cite web|title=Cycling champion Brad McGee pedals into Hall of Fame|url=https://sahof.org.au/cycling-champion-brad-mcgee-pedals-into-hall-of-fame/|website=Sport Australia Hall of Fame website|date=10 October 2017 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</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>[http://www.peace-sport.org/ Peace and Sport]</ref>

==Major results==

===Track===
{{colbegin|colwidth=25em}}
;1993
: 1st [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] Individual pursuit, [[UCI Junior Track World Championships]]
: [[Australian National Track Championships|National Junior Track Championships]]
::1st [[File:MaillotAustralia.PNG|20px]] Individual pursuit
::1st [[File:MaillotAustralia.PNG|20px]] Teams pursuit
;1994
: [[1994 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
::1st [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px]] Individual pursuit
::1st [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px]] Team pursuit
: [[UCI Junior Track World Championships]]
::1st [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] Individual pursuit
::1st [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] Team pursuit
: [[Australian National Track Championships|National Junior Track Championships]]
::1st [[File:MaillotAustralia.PNG|20px]] Elimination race
::1st [[File:MaillotAustralia.PNG|20px]] Individual pursuit
::1st [[File:MaillotAustralia.PNG|20px]] Scratch race
::1st [[File:MaillotAustralia.PNG|20px]] Team pursuit
;1995
: 1st [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] Team pursuit, [[1995 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI Track World Championships]]
: [[Australian National Track Championships|National Track Championships]]
::1st [[File:MaillotAustralia.PNG|20px]] Individual pursuit
::1st [[File:MaillotAustralia.PNG|20px]] Team pursuit
;1996
: [[1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
::3rd [[File:Bronze medal.svg|15px]] Individual pursuit 
::3rd [[File:Bronze medal.svg|15px]] Team pursuit
;1997
: [[Australian National Track Championships|National Track Championships]]
::1st [[File:MaillotAustralia.PNG|20px]] Individual pursuit
::1st [[File:MaillotAustralia.PNG|20px]] Team pursuit
: 1st [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px]] Individual pursuit – Quartu Sant'Elena, [[1997 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|UCI Track World Cup Classics]]
;1998
: [[1998 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
::1st [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px]] Individual pursuit
::1st [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px]] Team pursuit
;1999
: Oceania International Grand Prix
::1st [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px]] Individual pursuit
::1st [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px]] Team pursuit
;2000
: 3rd [[File:Bronze medal olympic.svg|15px]] [[Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]], [[2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
;2002
: 1st [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] Individual pursuit, [[2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI Track World Championships]]
: 1st [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px]] [[Cycling at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Individual pursuit]], [[2002 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
;2004
: [[2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
::1st [[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|15px]] [[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]
::2nd [[File:Silver medal olympic.svg|15px]] [[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]
: 1st [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px]] [[2004 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|Individual pursuit]] – Manchester, [[UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|UCI Track World Cup Classics]]
;2007
: 3rd [[File:Bronze medal blank.svg|15px]] [[2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|Individual pursuit]] – Manchester, [[UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|UCI Track World Cup Classics]]
;2008
: 1st [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px]] [[2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|Team pursuit]] – Los Angeles, [[UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|UCI Track World Cup Classics]]
: 3rd [[File:Bronze medal blank.svg|15px]] [[2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]], [[2008 UCI Track World Championships|UCI Track World Championships]]
{{colend}}

===Road===
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
;1993
: 1st [[File:MaillotAustralia.PNG|20px]] [[Australian National Time Trial Championships|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 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) & 10
: 1st Prologue [[Tour de Normandie]]
: 8th Overall [[1999 Tour de la Région Wallonne|Tour de Wallonie]]
;2000
: 1st Stage 5 [[Herald Sun Tour]]
;2001
: 1st Stage 4 [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
: 1st Stage 2b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) [[Route du Sud]]
: 4th Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
: 7th [[Paris–Camembert]]
: 10th [[Grand Prix Eddy Merckx]] (with [[Jacky Durand]])
;2002
: 1st Stage 7 [[Tour de France]]
: [[2002 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification
::1st Prologue
: 2nd Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
: 2nd Overall [[GP Erik Breukink]] 
: 10th Overall [[Critérium International]]
: 10th [[Tour de Vendée]]
;2003
: [[2003 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Prologue
::Held [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] after Stages 1–3
: 1st Stage 8 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) [[2003 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
: 2nd Overall [[2003 Ronde van Nederland|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 (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
: 8th [[Grand Prix de Rennes]] 
;2004
: 1st [[File:Jersey orange.svg|20px]] Overall [[Route du Sud]]
::1st Stage 3 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 8th Overall [[2004 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
::1st Prologue
::Held [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] after Stages 1 & 3–4
: 8th [[Grand Prix des Nations]] 
: 9th Overall [[2004 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
::1st Prologue 
;2005
: 1st [[Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts]]
: 8th Overall [[2005 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification
::1st Stage 3 
: [[Vuelta a España]]
::Held [[File:Jersey gold.svg|20px]] after Stages 1–4
;2006
: 8th Overall [[La Méditerranéenne]] 
{{div col end}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 2000
! scope="col" | 2001
! scope="col" | 2002
! scope="col" | 2003
! scope="col" | 2004
! scope="col" | 2005
! scope="col" | 2006
! scope="col" | 2007
! scope="col" | 2008
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey]] [[Giro d'Italia]]
| [[2000 Giro d'Italia|127]]
| —
| —
| —
| style="background:#ddf;"|[[2004 Giro d'Italia|8]]
| —
| —
| —
| [[2008 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=Yellow jersey]] [[Tour de France]]
| —
| [[2001 Tour de France|83]]
| [[2002 Tour de France|109]]
| [[2003 Tour de France|133]]
| —
| [[2005 Tour de France|105]]
| —
| —
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey gold.svg|20px|link=General classification in the Vuelta a España|alt=Gold jersey]] [[Vuelta a España]]
| —
| — 
| —
| —
| —
| [[2005 Vuelta a Espana|DNF]]
| —
| [[2007 Vuelta a Espana|DNF]]
| —
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="row" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did not finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Sport Australia Hall of Fame|brad-mcgee|Brad McGee}}
* {{Commonwealth Games Australia|brad-mcgee|Brad McGee}}
* {{Australian Olympic Committee|bradley-mcgee}}
* {{trap-friis|australia.McGee}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions Track Team Pursuit Men}}
{{UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's individual pursuit}}
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