Derek Gee (born 3 August 1997 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian
racing cyclist, who currently rides for
UCI ProTeam .
Career
He rode in the
men's team pursuit event at the
2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2018. They took place in the Netherlands at the Omnisport Apeldoorn from 28 February to 4 March 2018.
Schedule
The schedule of events was as follows ...
. He qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Gee is well known for his performance in the
2023 Giro d'Italia
The 2023 Giro d'Italia was the 106th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race. The race started on 6 May in Fossacesia and finished on 28 May in Rome. There were 3 individual time trial stages and 6 stages longer ...
, which was his first
Grand Tour
The Grand Tour was the principally 17th- to early 19th-century custom of a traditional trip through Europe, with Italy as a key destination, undertaken by upper-class young European men of sufficient means and rank (typically accompanied by a tuto ...
as well as in his first season on the
UCI World Tour. Throughout the race, he placed second on four stages and fourth on two others, while having no victories. He also finished second overall in the points classification, the intermediate sprints classification and the mountains classification.
He was also awarded the
Combativity award
The combativity award is a prize given in road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, professional form of ...
on stages 10, 14 and 19, all of which he placed second on, as well as the overall most combative rider award.
Major results
Road
;2015
: National Junior Championships
::1st
Road race
::1st
Time trial
: 2nd Overall Ronde des Vallées
: 7th Overall
Tour de l'Abitibi
The ''Tour de l'Abitibi'' is a junior bicycle stage race taking place in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. The race was first held in 1969 and had only Canadian teams. It has since become an international competition part of ...
;2017
:
Challenge du Prince
The Challenge du Prince is a series of one-day races held annually since 2010 in Morocco. It consists of three races: Trophée de l'Anniversaire, Trophée de la Maison Royale and Trophée Princier, with each rated as a 1.2 event on the UCI Afr ...
::5th Trophée Princier
::7th Trophée de l'Anniversaire
;2019
: 4th
Time trial, National Championships
;2021
: National Championships
::3rd
Road race
::3rd
Time trial
;2022
(1 pro win)
: 1st
Time trial, National Championships
: 8th
Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
;2023
(1)
: 1st
Time trial, National Championships
: 10th
Brussels Cycling Classic
The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a semi classic European bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar.
History
Paris–Brussels was first run on 12 August 1893 as an amateur even ...
: 10th
Chrono des Nations
:
Giro d'Italia
::
Combativity award
The combativity award is a prize given in road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, professional form of ...
Stages 10, 14, 19 & Overall
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Track
;2016
: 2nd Omnium, National Championships
;2017
:
Pan American Championships A Pan American Championship is a top level international sports competition between athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs in the Americas. Typically these championships are recurring, the most ...
::1st
Individual pursuit
::1st
Team pursuit
: National Championships
::1st
Individual pursuit
::1st
Team pursuit
::1st
Omnium
::1st
Madison (with
Evan Burtnik)
::1st
Points race
: 2nd Team pursuit,
UCI World Cup The UCI World Cups are the World Cups for cycling disciplines organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale:
* UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004)
* UCI Women's Road World Cup (1998–2015)
* UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
* UCI Track Cycling World Cup
...
, Milton
;2018
: National Championships
::1st
Individual pursuit
::1st
Team pursuit
::1st
Omnium
::1st
Madison (with
Michael Foley)
::1st
Points race
::2nd Team pursuit
: 3rd
Team pursuit,
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
;2019
:
Pan American Championships A Pan American Championship is a top level international sports competition between athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs in the Americas. Typically these championships are recurring, the most ...
::1st
Omnium
::1st
Team pursuit
: National Championships
::1st
Individual pursuit
::1st
Omnium
::1st
Madison (with
Michael Foley)
;2020
: National Championships
::1st
Individual pursuit
::1st
Omnium
::3rd Team pursuit
References
External links
*
1997 births
Living people
Canadian male cyclists
Sportspeople from Ottawa
Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
Olympic cyclists for Canada
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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