Caleb Ewan (born 11 July 1994) is an Australian

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and track bicycle racer who rode for

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. A sprinter, Ewan has a style similar to that of

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, taking an extremely low position that offers him an aerodynamic advantage.

Career

Youth

Caleb Ewan was born in

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to a Korean mother and Australian father. At the age of eight he started bicycle racing, inspired by his father, who was also a competitive cyclist. He started competitive cycling at the age of ten. In 2010 he became the Junior National Road Race Champion. The next year he won multiple disciplines at the Junior National Track Championships and he became World Champion

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at the Junior Track World Championships.

Professional career

In 2013 Ewan started racing for Jayco–AIS World Tour Academy. That year he won the first stage as well as the general classification of the Mitchelton Wines Bay Cycling Classic. He also won the La Côte Picarde installment of the UCI Nations Cup U23, the

Gran Premio Palio del Recioto The Gran Premio Palio del Recioto is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Unio ...

, and stages in the Tour Alsace, Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 and the

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. At the end of the year he finished fourth in the Men's under-23 road race at the

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. Ewan signed pre-contract terms with in October 2013, joining the World Tour team as a stagiaire in August 2014 and as a professional in October. At the beginning of August, before joining , Ewan took part in the road race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, competing for

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. The Australian team tried to control the race for Ewan's sprint, but were unable to do so. After attempting a solo chase of the three leaders, he fell back and was the last man to finish: he finished in 12th place out of 140 who started, over 11 minutes behind the gold medallist Geraint Thomas (

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). His first professional wins came in the second and third stages of the 2015 Herald Sun Tour. A month later, in the

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he then took his second professional win and the lead in general classification. Though he lost the overall lead of the race, Ewan won a second stage (the third victory of his career) and the points classification. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España, where he won stage 5, but he withdrew from the race during stage 10. In 2016, Ewan participated in the

Tour Down Under The Tour Down Under (currently branded as the Santos Tour Down Under for sponsorship reasons) is a cycling race in and around Adelaide, South Australia. It is traditionally the opening event of the UCI World Tour and UCI Women’s WorldTour ...

and won the first stage in a mass sprint. He made it a duo of wins by taking the sixth stage as well. He also was the victor of Stage 2 of the

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 annuall ...

, another race held on Australian soil. He was named in the start list for the

2016 Giro d'Italia The 2016 Giro d'Italia was the 99th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Apeldoorn on 6 May with a individual time trial, followed by two other stages in the Netherlands, both ...

. He raced in the 2017 Giro, winning stage seven in a field sprint. For the 2019 season, Ewan signed with . He started the year at the

, where he headbutted Jasper Philipsen in Stage 5 and was relegated to 83rd place after crossing the finish line first. In July 2019, he participated in the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

, and in Stage 11 he beat Dylan Groenewegen in a tight sprint finish in Toulouse. He won stage 16 in Nîmes, narrowly beating

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, as well as the final stage, crossing the line ahead of Groenewegen on the

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. At the

, he won two more stages, on days three and eleven. That year, he totaled seven wins. The following season, he won stages three and seven of the

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, tallying six total victories for the year. In 2022, he again took seven wins, including the

Grand Prix de Fourmies The Grand Prix de Fourmies is a bicycle race held in the Fourmies commune of France. From 2005 to 2019 it was organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2021, it joined the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's ...

one-day race. He was the " lanterne rouge" of the 2022 Tour de France, having finished over 5 hours down on overall winner Jonas Vingegaard. He only won one race in 2023: the Van Merksteijn Fences Classic. After five seasons with , Ewan left the team due to disagreements with the new team manager Stéphane Heulot. He then joined

on a two-year contract. His first success with the squad was the opening stage of the 2024 Tour of Oman. At the beginning of the 2025 seasons , Ewan sought an early release of his contract. Negotiations with

collapsed, prompting his move to . On 6 May 2025, he announced his retirement from professional cycling.

Major results

''Source:''

Road

;2010 : 1st Road race, National Junior Championships ;2011 : 3rd

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, National Junior Championships ;2012 : National Junior Championships ::1st

::2nd Road race : 1st Gent–Menen : 1st Stage 4 Regio-Tour Juniors : 1st Stage 2b Liège–La Gleize : 2nd Silver medal uci

Road race, UCI World Junior Championships : 2nd Trofeo Comune di Vertova : 2nd Trofeo Emilio Paganessi : 3rd Overall Keizer der Juniores ;2013 : 1st

: 1st La Côte Picarde : Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 4 & 7 :

::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 1st Stage 2 Tour Alsace : 3rd

Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo The Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Un ...

: 4th Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships : 8th Trofeo Piva ;2014 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Championships : 1st Stage 2

: 2nd

Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships : 2nd

Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano The Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano is an under-23 one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2U. Winners References

Cycle races in Italy UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events esta ...

: 6th Trofeo Piva ;2015 (11 pro wins) : 1st Overall Tour de Korea ::1st Points classification ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stages 2, 3, 5 & 7 : 1st Vuelta a La Rioja :

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 3 & 6 :

::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 1st Stage 5

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, 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'Ital ...

: 2nd Road race, National Championships ;2016 (5) : 1st EuroEyes Cyclassics :

::1st Stages 1 & 6 : 1st Stage 8

Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after th ...

: 1st Stage 2

;2017 (10) :

::1st Sprints classification ::1st Stages 1, 3, 4 & 6 :

::1st Stages 1, 3 & 6 : 1st Points classification, Tour de Yorkshire : 1st Stage 7

: 1st Stage 4

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...

: 1st Stage 4

Abu Dhabi Tour The Abu Dhabi Tour was a men's Road bicycle racing#Stage races, cycling stage race that took place in the United Arab Emirates, held annually between 2015 Abu Dhabi Tour, 2015 and 2018 Abu Dhabi Tour, 2018. In 2019, the Abu Dhabi Tour merged with ...

: 10th

Milan–San Remo Milan–Sanremo (in italian language, Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance ...

;2018 (3) : 1st Clásica de Almería : 1st Stage 2

: 1st Stage 8

: 2nd

: 4th Road race, National Championships ;2019 (10) : 1st

Brussels Cycling Classic The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first ...

::1st Stages 11, 16 & 21 ::Held after Stage 1 :

::1st Stages 8 & 11 : Tour of Turkey ::1st Stages 4 & 6 : 1st Stage 4 UAE Tour : 1st Stage 4 ZLM Tour : 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race : 2nd EuroEyes Cyclassics ;2020 (7) : 1st Scheldeprijs :

::1st Stages 3 & 11 :

::1st Stages 2 & 4 : UAE Tour ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Stage 1

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 in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a ...

: 2nd

Milano–Torino Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The ...

: 7th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race ;2021 (6) :

::1st Stages 5 & 7 ::Held after Stage 7 : Tour of Belgium ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 3 & 4 : 1st Stage 5 Benelux Tour : 1st Stage 7 UAE Tour : 2nd

;2022 (7) : 1st

: Tour of Turkey ::1st Stages 1 & 6 : 1st Stage 3

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...

: 1st Stage 1 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var : 1st Stage 1

Saudi Tour The AlUla Tour, formerly known as the Saudi Tour and the Tour of Saudi Arabia, is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race first held in Saudi Arabia in 1999. It has been held intermittently since its creation, and in 202 ...

: 1st Stage 1

Deutschland Tour The Deutschland Tour (English: ''Tour of Germany'' and sometimes ''Deutschland-Rundfahrt'' in German) is the most important Race stage, multi-stage road bicycle racing, road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June, but fro ...

: 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 2nd Elfstedenronde : 2nd

Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom ...

;2023 (1) : 1st Van Merksteijn Fences Classic : 2nd Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré : 2nd Ronde van Limburg : 2nd Elfstedenronde : 6th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race : 7th Scheldeprijs ;2024 (3) : 1st Vuelta a Castilla y León : 1st Stage 1 Tour of Oman : 1st Stage 2

Vuelta a Burgos Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos (province), Burgos province of Spain. The men's Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour since 2005. In ...

;2025 (2) : 1st Stage 2 Tour of the Basque Country : 1st Stage 1 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classic results timeline

Critériums

;2012 : 2nd Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic ::1st Stages 2 & 4 ;2013 : 1st Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic ::1st Stage 1 ;2014 : 3rd Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic ::1st Stage 4 : 3rd Down Under Classic ;2015 : 1st Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 : 2nd

National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...

;2016 : 1st

: 1st Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 4 : 1st Down Under Classic ;2017 : 1st

: 1st Down Under Classic : 3rd Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic ::1st Stage 3 ;2018 : 1st

: 3rd Down Under Classic ;2019 : 1st Down Under Classic : 2nd Overall Bay Classic Series ::1st Stages 2 & 3 ;2020 : 1st Down Under Classic ;2023 : 1st Down Under Classic ;2024 : 1st

Track

;2011 : 1st Omnium, UCI World Junior Championships : National Junior Championships ::1st Omnium ::1st Points race ::1st Madison ::2nd Team pursuit ::3rd Scratch ;2012 : 2nd Silver medal Oceania

Individual pursuit, Oceania Championships : National Junior Championships ::2nd Madison ::2nd Points race ::3rd Scratch ::3rd Team pursuit ;2013 : 2nd Team pursuit,

References

External links

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