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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.

Bradley McGee

Personal information
Full name	Bradley John McGee
Born	(1976-02-24) 24 February 1976 (age 46) Sydney
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road and track
Role	Directeur sportif
Rider type	Time trialist
Professional teams
1999–2007	Française des Jeux
2008	Team CSC
Managerial team
2009–2012	Saxo Bank–SunGard
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 2 individual stages (2002, 2003) Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2004)
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team pursuit 2004 Athens Individual pursuit 1996 Atlanta Individual pursuit 1996 Atlanta Team pursuit 2000 Sydney Individual pursuit UCI Track World Championships 1995 Bogota Team pursuit 2002 Copenhagen Individual pursuit Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria Individual pursuit 1994 Victoria Team pursuit 1998 Kuala Lumpur Individual pursuit 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team pursuit 2002 Manchester Individual pursuit

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 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[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

Road

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Giro d'Italia	127	—	—	—	8	—	—	—	DNF
Tour de France	—	83	109	133	—	105	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	—	DNF	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

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

На других языках

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- [en] Bradley McGee

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[es] Bradley McGee

Bradley John McGee (Sídney, 24 de febrero de 1976) es un deportista australiano que compitió en ciclismo en las modalidades de pista, especialista en las pruebas de persecución, y ruta, perteneciendo al equipo francés FDJ entre 1999 y 2007.

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[fr] Bradley McGee

Bradley McGee, né le 24 février 1976 à Sydney, est un ancien coureur cycliste australien. Professionnel de 1998 à 2008, il est champion olympique de poursuite par équipes aux Jeux olympiques de 2004 à Athènes, champion du monde de cette discipline en 1995 et champion du monde de poursuite individuelle en 2002. Sur route, il est vainqueur de la Route du Sud, d'étapes du Tour de France et du Tour d'Italie, porteur du maillot de leader du classement général des trois grands tours. Il dirige actuellement un centre d'entraînement de jeunes coureurs en Australie.

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[it] Bradley McGee

Bradley John McGee (Sydney, 24 febbraio 1976) è un dirigente sportivo, ex ciclista su strada e pistard australiano. Su pista ha vinto cinque medaglie olimpiche, tra cui quella d'oro nell'inseguimento a squadre ai Giochi di Atene 2004, e due titoli mondiali nell'inseguimento, uno a squadre e uno individuale. Professionista su strada dal 1998 al 2008, vinse due tappe al Tour de France e una al Giro d'Italia, vestendo la maglia di leader in tutti e tre i Grandi Giri.[1] Dopo il ritiro è stato direttore sportivo del team Saxo Bank-Sungard.

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[ru] Макги, Брэдли

Брэ́дли Макги́ (англ. Bradley McGee; 24 февраля 1976, Сидней, Австралия) — австралийский велогонщик, олимпийский чемпион и призёр Олимпийских игр. Победитель этапов Тур де Франс и Джиро д’Италия.

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