Steve Bauer

Steve Bauer

Personal information
Full name	Steve Bauer
Born	(1959-06-12) June 12, 1959 (age 64) St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Team information
Current team	Israel–Premier Tech
Discipline	Road & Track
Role	Rider (retired) Sporting director
Amateur teams
1977–1979	SCCC
1980	AMF Racing
1981–1984	GS Mengoni
Professional teams
1985–1987	La Vie Claire
1988–1989	Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster
1990–1995	7-Eleven
1996	Saturn Cycling Team
Managerial teams
2008–2012	Team R.A.C.E. Pro
2019–2020	CCC Team
2021	Astana–Premier Tech
2022–	Israel–Premier Tech
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1988) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (1981, 1982, 1983) Züri-Metzgete (1989)
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing  Canada Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Individual Road Race Commonwealth Games 1982 Brisbane Individual Road Race World Championships 1984 Barcelona Elite Men's Road Race Disqualified 1988 Ronse Elite Men's Road Race

Steven Todd Bauer,

Bauer joined the Canadian national cycling team in 1977, competing in team pursuit. He would remain on the national team for seven years, winning the national road race championship in 1981, 1982, and 1983, competing in the Commonwealth Games (1978, 1982), the Pan American Games (1979).

He capped his amateur career with a silver medal in the men's cycling road race at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.^[1] This was the first medal in road cycling for Canada at the Olympics.^[2]

Bauer turned professional following the Olympics, and in his second professional race, won the bronze medal at the

At the 1988 world championship, Bauer disputed the final sprint with Belgium's Claude Criquielion, world champion in 1984, and Italy's Maurizio Fondriest. As Criquielion tried to pass against the barriers, Bauer sent him crashing into the barriers. Meanwhile, Fondriest passed and won the race. Bauer was immediately disqualified, even if once Criquielion sued Bauer for assault and battery, the municipal court of Oudenaarde ruled in Bauer's favour. The ruling was upheld in both the Appeal Court and the Supreme court, at which stage Criquielion was fined for bringing the case a third time in a process that lasted for more than five years.^[4][5]

In 1989 Bauer won the Züri-Metzgete. In 1990, he took second place in Paris–Roubaix to Belgian Eddy Planckaert. The finish was so close that the officials had to study the photo-finish for more than ten minutes before Planckaert was finally declared the winner. After 266 kilometers of racing, Planckaert had just edged Bauer by less than a centimeter, making it the closest finish of the race's history.^[6]

Riding for 7-Eleven, Bauer wore the Yellow Jersey for nine stages during the

In 1996, with professionals allowed in the Olympics, Bauer became a member of the Canadian team for the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing 41st in the road race. He announced his retirement later that year at 37. The following year, he co-founded Steve Bauer Bike Tours.

In 2005 Steve was inducted to the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame^[10] and the Canadian Sport Hall of Fame.^[11] Bauer also participated in the Red Bull Road Rage held on Tuna Canyon, Malibu, California.

In 2013, Bauer raced in the Canadian Cycling Championships in the Men's 50-59 road race and finished fourth.^[12]

In 2015, Bauer raced in the Canadian Track Championships in the Men's 50-59 and finished 1st in the Scratch race, 1st in the Individual Pursuit and 2nd in the Points Race.

Team management

In September 2007, Bauer co-founded Cycle Sport Management which developed and owned a UCI Continental men road cycling team from 2008 to 2010 and a UCI Pro Continental men road cycling team in 2011 and 2012.^{[citation needed]}

Bauer was the co-owner and head directeur sportif of the team, which raced under a UCI Continental licence as Team R.A.C.E. Pro in 2008, Planet Energy in 2009 and SpiderTech–Planet Energy in 2010, before it stepped up to UCI Professional Continental status for 2011 and 2012 under the name SpiderTech–C10. ^{[citation needed]}

In 2021 he joined

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Giro d'Italia	—	45	10	—	—	—	—	92	89	—	—
Tour de France	10	23	74	4	15	27	97	DNF	101	DNF	101
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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