Bradley John McGee OAM (born 24 February 1976 in Sydney,

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) is an Australian former professional

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. He is currently the head coach of the

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(NSWIS). He started cycling in 1986 at the age of ten. He lives in Sydney and in

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, France.

Career

His greatest success as a road cyclist has been winning the 2003 prologue of the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

, 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 The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the ...

. He was the first Australian to lead the

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, and the first to wear the leader's jersey of all three

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Brad McGee 2005 TdF Stage 20 St Etienne ITT

As a track cyclist and

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scholarship holder he met success in individual and team events. He won a

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at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens as a member of the

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(with

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, and

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) in world record time of 3:58.233. He won a

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for the

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4000m pursuit. At the

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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

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at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

he won two

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s, for the individual pursuit and the team pursuit. At the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games (French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling ...

he won gold medals in the individual and team pursuit. At the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''( Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unpreceden ...

he defended his Commonwealth titles to win gold in both events. At the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

he won the individual pursuit. He was awarded the

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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 The Sport Australia Hall of Fame was established on 10 December 1985 to recognise the achievements of Australian sportsmen and sportswomen. The inaugural induction included 120 members with Sir Don Bradman as the first inductee and Dawn Fraser t ...

athlete inductee 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

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, a

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Major results

Track

;1993 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Individual pursuit,

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: National Junior Track Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Individual pursuit ::1st MaillotAustralia

Teams pursuit ;1994 :

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::1st

Individual pursuit ::1st Gold medal blank

Team pursuit :

::1st

Individual pursuit ::1st Jersey rainbow

Team pursuit : National Junior Track Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Elimination race ::1st MaillotAustralia

Individual pursuit ::1st MaillotAustralia

Scratch race ::1st MaillotAustralia

Team pursuit ;1995 : 1st Jersey rainbow

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 ...

: National Track Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Individual pursuit ::1st MaillotAustralia

Team pursuit ;1996 :

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::3rd

Individual pursuit ::3rd Bronze medal

Team pursuit ;1997 : National Track Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Individual pursuit ::1st MaillotAustralia

Team pursuit : 1st Gold medal blank

Individual pursuit – Quartu Sant'Elena, UCI Track World Cup Classics ;1998 :

::1st

Individual pursuit ::1st Gold medal blank

Team pursuit ;1999 : Oceania International Grand Prix ::1st Gold medal blank

Individual pursuit ::1st Gold medal blank

Team pursuit ;2000 : 3rd Bronze medal olympic

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;2002 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Individual pursuit,

: 1st

;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 ...

::2nd

: 1st

– Manchester, UCI Track World Cup Classics ;2007 : 3rd Bronze medal blank

– Manchester, UCI Track World Cup Classics ;2008 : 1st Gold medal blank

– Los Angeles, UCI Track World Cup Classics : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Road

;1993 : 1st MaillotAustralia

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, National Junior Road Championships ;1996 : 1st Stage 2 Tour of Cologne ;1998 : 9th

Chrono des Nations Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée is a single-day individual time trial road bicycle race held annually in October in Les Herbiers, Vendée, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was orig ...

;1999 :

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independen ...

::1st Stages 3 (

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) & 10 : 1st Prologue

Tour de Normandie Tour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandy, France. The race started in 1939, but was not held in the periods of 1940–1955 and 1960–1980. It was originally a race for amateurs, but was opened for profess ...

: 8th Overall

Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northw ...

;2000 : 1st Stage 5

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 ...

;2001 : 1st Stage 4

Grand Prix du Midi Libre The Grand Prix du Midi Libre (referred to as just Midi Libre) was a multiple-stage road cycling course in the south of France. The race, named after the newspaper that organized it, was first organized in 1949 and was an important preparation co ...

: 1st Stage 2b (

)

Route du Sud The Route d'Occitanie is a road bicycle race with 4 stages held annually in Southern France. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually held a week before the Tour de France ...

: 4th Overall

Circuit de la Sarthe The Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans, also known as Circuit de la Sarthe (after the 1906 French Grand Prix triangle circuit) located in Le Mans, Sarthe, France, is a semi-permanent motorsport race course, chiefly known as the venue for the 24 H ...

: 7th Paris–Camembert : 10th

Grand Prix Eddy Merckx Grand Prix Eddy Merckx was a cycle race around Brussels, where Eddy Merckx was born. It was held between 1980 and 2004, disappearing after the creation of the UCI ProTour in 2005. The race was initially an individual time trial, becoming a Team ti ...

(with

Jacky Durand Jacky Durand (born 10 February 1967 in Laval, Mayenne) is a French former professional road bicycle racer. Durand had an attacking style, winning the Tour of Flanders in 1992 after a breakaway, and three stages in the Tour de France. Durand tu ...

) ;2002 : 1st Stage 7

: Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Prologue : 2nd Overall

: 2nd Overall GP Erik Breukink : 10th Overall

Critérium International The Critérium International was a two-day bicycle stage race held in France every spring from 1932 until 2016, typically the last weekend of March. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in 1932. For many years ...

: 10th

Tour de Vendée Tour of Vendée is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in October (Previously May) in the region of Vendée, France, finishing in a circuit inside La Roche-sur-Yon town. From 2005 until 2009, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on th ...

;2003 :

::1st Prologue ::Held Jersey yellow

after Stages 1–3 : 1st Stage 8 (

) Tour de Suisse : 2nd Overall

Ronde van Nederland The Tour of the Netherlands ''(Dutch: Ronde van Nederland)'' was a road bicycle racing stage-race in the Netherlands, founded in 1948. It's an annual race since 1975. Because of the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005, it was replaced by the Eneco ...

::1st Stage 6 : 3rd Overall

Tour de Picardie The Tour de Picardie was a professional multi-stage cycle road race that was held between 1936 and 2016 in Picardy Picardy (; Picard and french: Picardie, , ) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 Ja ...

: 5th

(with

Baden Cooke Baden Cooke (born 12 October 1978) is an Australian retired professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2000 and 2013. Early life Born in Benalla, Victoria, Benalla, Victoria, Cooke began competitive cycling at 11. He comp ...

) : 6th

Grand Prix du Morbihan Grand Prix du Morbihan is a single-day men's road bicycle race held annually in May around Plumelec, in the region of Brittany, France. Since 2020, the race is organised as a 1.Pro event on the UCI ProSeries, also being part of the French Road Cy ...

: 8th Overall

: 8th Grand Prix de Rennes ;2004 : 1st Jersey orange

Overall

::1st Stage 3 (

) : 8th Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Prologue ::Held Jersey pink

after Stages 1 & 3–4 : 8th

Grand Prix des Nations The Grand Prix des Nations was an individual time trial (against the clock) for both professional and amateur racing cyclists. Held annually in Cannes, France, it was instituted in 1932 and often regarded as the unofficial time trial championship ...

: 9th Overall

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

::1st Prologue ;2005 : 1st

Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts The Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in the commune of Villers-Cotterêts, France from 1998 until 2008. In 2005 and 2006, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Con ...

: 8th Overall Tour de Suisse ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stage 3 :

::Held

after Stages 1–4 ;2006 : 8th Overall

La Méditerranéenne La Méditerranéenne, previously known as Tour Méditerranéen, is a professional road bicycle racing event held in Spain, France and Italy, close to the Mediterranean Seaside. Run over four days, it holds a 2.1 rating on the UCI Europe Tour. The ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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