Brett Lancaster (born 15 November 1979) is an Australian former professional
racing cyclist
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, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2016. Born in
Shepparton
Shepparton () ( Yortayorta: ''Kanny-goopna'') is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria, Australia, approximately north-northeast of Melbourne. As of the 2021 census, the estimated population of Shepparton, ...
,
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
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* Victoria, Seychelle ...
, Lancaster started cycle racing at the age of 14 in 1993. He spent four years riding for before moving to in July 2006. In 2009 and 2010 he rode for , and rode for in 2011.
His greatest successes as a road cyclist were winning the prologue of the
Giro d'Italia, and thus wearing the race
general classification
The general classification (or the GC) in road bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for riders in multi-stage races. Each stage will have a stage winner, but the overall winner in the GC is the rider who has the fastest cumulati ...
leader's pink jersey. He set a time of 1' 20" for the race against the clock, the shortest prologue in the 88-year history of the event. Brett Lancaster is the first member of the Italian registered team, , to ever claim the pink jersey.
He won a
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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in
Athens
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as a member of the
team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
(with
Graeme Brown
Graeme Allen Brown Order of Australia, OAM (born 9 April 1979) is an Australian former professional cycle sport, cyclist, who competed professionally between 2002 and 2016 for the , and teams.
A former Australian Institute of Sport scholarsh ...
,
Bradley McGee, and
Luke Roberts
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Born in Adelaide, South Australia, he resides both in Adelaide and in Cologne, G ...
) in world record-breaking time of 3:58.233.
He was awarded the
Order of Australia
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Medal (OAM) in the 2005 Australia Day Honours List. He was an
Australian Institute of Sport
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scholarship holder.
Lancaster retired from cycling after the 2015 season, and moved to become a
directeur sportif
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for in 2016.
Major results
Road
;1996
: 1st
![MaillotAustralia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/MaillotAustralia.PNG)
Junior race,
National Criterium Championships
;1997
: National Junior Road Championships
::1st
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::2nd
Criterium
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Overview
Race length can be determined by a number of laps or total time ...
;2001
: 1st Stage 9
Herald Sun Tour
The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annually ...
;2002
: 1st
Ronde van Overijssel
Ronde van Overijssel ( en, Tour of Overijssel) is an elite men's road bicycle racing event held annually in Overijssel, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union.
The event is UCI 1.2 rated, and is part of the UCI Europe Tou ...
: 4th
Mi-Août 4
;2003
: 6th Overall
International Tour of Rhodes
The International Tour of Rhodes is an annual professional cycling stage race held in Rhodes, Greece. It was first held in 1987, but the second edition only took place in 1995. Between 2001 and 2003 it became a professional race. Fabian Cancellara ...
;2004
: 1st Stage 3
Tour de Langkawi
The Tour de Langkawi is a multiple stage bicycle race held in Malaysia. It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily in February. It usually con ...
;2005
: 1st Prologue
Giro d'Italia
: 2nd
Paris–Camembert
Paris–Camembert (also Paris–Camembert Trophée Lepetit or Paris–Camembert Lepetit) is a semi classic held annually in April. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The route of the race has varied over th ...
: 3rd
Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico
The Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico (also known as Memorial Viviana Manservisi) was a single-day road bicycle race held annually between Sant'Agostino, Italy, Sant'Agostino and Comacchio, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy from 2004 ...
: 8th Overall
Circuit de Lorraine
The Circuit de Lorraine is a multi-stage road bicycle racing event held annually in Lorraine, France. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competi ...
;2006
: 4th
Grand Prix de Rennes
Grand Prix Cycliste de la Ville de Rennes was a professional cycle road race held in Rennes, France until 2008 when it was last organised, with the organisers citing financial difficulties as the reason. Since 2005 the race was organized as a 1.1 ...
;2007
: 3rd
Eindhoven Team Time Trial
The UCI ProTour Eindhoven Team Time Trial was an annual road bicycle race held in Eindhoven, Netherlands. It was approximately . Each team had six riders. In 2006, team size expanded to eight.
Conceived as part of the UCI ProTour in 2005, it was o ...
: 6th
Down Under Classic
The Down Under Classic (currently known as the Schwalbe Classic, and previously known as the People's Choice Classic and Cancer Council Helpline Classic for sponsorship reasons), is a criterium around Rymill Park in Adelaide, South Australia, Au ...
;2008
: 1st Prologue
Deutschland Tour
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: 9th
Firenze–Pistoia
The Firenze–Pistoia was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. It was an individual time trial between Prato and Quarrata, in the Province of Pistoia. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe T ...
;2009
: 2nd Overall
Tour du Poitou-Charentes
Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a road bicycle race held annually in the former region of Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France. It was first held in 1987 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI E ...
;2010
: 1st Stage 2
Tour of California
The Tour of California (officially sponsored as the Amgen Tour of California) was an annual professional road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race on the UCI World Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour that ran from 2006 to 2019. It was the ...
;2013
: 1st Stage 4 (
TTT)
Tour de France
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:
Tour of Slovenia
Tour of Slovenia is a stage race cycling race held in Slovenia. Between 2005 and 2018, it was organised as a 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The 2019 edition was classified as a 2.HC race. It became part of the UCI ProSeries in 2020.
Winners
...
::1st
![Jersey green](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Jersey_green.svg)
Points classification
::1st Stage 4
: 2nd
Team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events).
The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
,
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay.
Events
...
;2014
: 1st Stage 1 (
TTT)
Giro d'Italia
: 2nd
Team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events).
The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
,
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay.
Events
...
: 8th
Vuelta a La Rioja
The Vuelta a La Rioja ( en, Tour of La Rioja) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race held in La Rioja. From 2005 to 2008, it was a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competi ...
;2015
: 1st Stage 1 (
TTT)
Giro d'Italia
Track
;1997
: 1st
![Jersey rainbow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Jersey_rainbow.svg)
Team pursuit,
UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
The UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships (named the UCI Juniors Track World Championships before 2016) are a set of world championship events for junior riders, for various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by t ...
:
National Junior Track Championships
::1st
![MaillotAustralia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/MaillotAustralia.PNG)
Individual pursuit
::1st
![MaillotAustralia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/MaillotAustralia.PNG)
Track time trial
::2nd Team pursuit
::2nd Team sprint
;1998
: 1st
![Gold medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Gold_medal_blank.svg)
Team pursuit,
Commonwealth Games
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:
UCI Track World Cup Classics, Victoria
::1st
![Gold medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Gold_medal_blank.svg)
Team pursuit
::3rd
![Bronze medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Bronze_medal_blank.svg)
Individual pursuit
;1999
: Team pursuit,
UCI Track World Cup Classics
::1st
![Gold medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Gold_medal_blank.svg)
Frisco
::1st
![Gold medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Gold_medal_blank.svg)
Cali
: 2nd Individual pursuit,
National Track Championships
;2000
:
National Track Championships
::2nd Individual pursuit
::2nd Team pursuit
;2001
: 2nd Team pursuit,
National Track Championships
;2002
: 1st
![Jersey rainbow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Jersey_rainbow.svg)
Team pursuit,
UCI Track World Championships
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
;2003
: 1st
![Jersey rainbow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Jersey_rainbow.svg)
Team pursuit,
UCI Track World Championships
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: 2nd Madison,
National Track Championships
;2004
: 1st
Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
,
Olympic Games
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References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
Australian male cyclists
Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Australian Giro d'Italia stage winners
Olympic cyclists of Australia
Olympic gold medalists for Australia
Cyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
People from Shepparton
Cyclists from Victoria (Australia)
Australian Institute of Sport cyclists
Olympic medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Australian track cyclists