Bradley McGee
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Full name | Bradley John McGee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney | 24 February 1976|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
Career
His greatest success as a road cyclist has been winning the 2003 prologue of the
As a track cyclist and
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
Track
- 1993
- 1st UCI Junior Track World Championships
- National Junior Track Championships
- 1994
- Commonwealth Games
- UCI Junior Track World Championships
- National Junior Track Championships
- 1995
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
- National Track Championships
- 1996
- Olympic Games
- 1997
- National Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit – Quartu Sant'Elena, UCI Track World Cup Classics
- 1998
- Commonwealth Games
- 2000
- 3rd Individual pursuit, Olympic Games
- 2002
- 1st Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit, Commonwealth Games
- 2004
- Olympic Games
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 1st UCI Track World Cup Classics
- 2007
- 3rd UCI Track World Cup Classics
- 2008
- 1st UCI Track World Cup Classics
- 3rd UCI Track World Championships
Road
- 1993
- 1st 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 (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
- 2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 2nd Overall GP Erik Breukink
- 10th Overall Critérium International
- 10th Tour de Vendée
- 2003
- Tour de France
- 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 Route du Sud
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT)
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 8th Grand Prix des Nations
- 9th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Prologue
- 2005
- 1st Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts
- 8th Overall Tour de Suisse
- Vuelta a España
- 2006
- 8th Overall La Méditerranéenne
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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Giro d'Italia | 127 | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | DNF |
Tour de France | — | 83 | 109 | 133 | — | 105 | — | — | — |
Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | DNF
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— | DNF
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— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ "Porte secures white jersey and likely top-eight finish". 29 May 2010.
- ^ "Cycling champion Brad McGee pedals into Hall of Fame". Sport Australia Hall of Fame website. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ Peace and Sport
External links
- Brad McGee at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
- Brad McGee at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Bradley McGee at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Bradley McGee at trap-friis.dk