Bradley McGee
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's cycling | |||
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| Bronze | Atlanta 1996 | 4000 m individual pursuit | |
| Bronze | Atlanta 1996 | 4000 m team pursuit | |
| Bronze | Sydney 2000 | 4000 m individual pursuit | |
| Gold | Athens 2004 | 4000 m team pursuit | |
| Silver | Athens 2004 | 4000 m individual pursuit | |
Bradley ("Brad") McGee (born February 24, 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a professional cyclist from Australia, who started cycling in 1986 at ten years of age.
He is a member of Professional cycling Team, Française des Jeux, and also of the Parramatta Cycling Club. He lives in Sydney and in Nice, France.
His greatest success as a road cyclist has been 1st in the 2003 Prologue of the Tour de France, and holding the race leaders yellow jersey (Maillot jaune) for three days in 2003. In 2004 he wore the race leaders pink jersey of the Giro d'Italia for one day. In 2005 he wore the race leaders 'Jersey de Oro' (a Golden Jersey) for four days in the Vuelta a España. He becomes the first Australian cyclist to lead the Tour of Spain, and the first Australian to wear the race leader's jersey from all three Grand Tours.
As a track cyclist he has met with a great deal of success in both 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 breaking time of 3:58.233. He won a silver medal for the Olympic 4000m Individual Pursuit. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in his home town of Sydney, he set a new Australian record of 4 minutes, and a bronze medal for the Individual 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 Pursuit and Team Pursuit. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games he defended his Commonwealth titles to again win gold in both events. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games he won a gold medal for the Individual Pursuit.
He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the 2005 Australia Day Honours List. Other awards include:
- 2002 Australian Male Track Cyclist of the Year
- 1995 NSW Cyclist of the Year
- 1994 NSW Junior Male Cyclist of the Year
- 1993 Australian Male Cyclist of the Year
- 1993 Inducted into Australian Sports Hall of Fame
[edit] Career highlights
2005 1st Points Classification Tour de Suisse SUI; 1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse SUI; 2nd Stage 5 Tour de Romandie SUI; 1st GP de Villers Cotterêts FRA
2004 1st Olympic Team Pursuit GRE - WR; 1st Overall Route du Sud FRA; 1st Prologue Giro d'Italia ITA; 1st Prologue Tour de Romandie SUI; 1st Stage 3 Route du Sud FRA; 1st Individual Pursuit Track World Cup GBR; 2nd Olympic 4000m Individual Pursuit GRE
2003 1st Prologue Tour de France FRA; 1st stage 8 TT Tour de Suisse SUI; Held Yellow Jersey for 3 days in Tour de France
2002 1st Individual Pursuit World Titles DEN; 1st Stage 7 Tour de France; 1st Individual Pursuit Commonwealth Games ENG; 1st Prologue Dauphine Libere FRA; 1st Points Classification Dauphine Libere FRA;
2001 1st Stage 4 Midi Libre FRA; 1st Stage 2B Route de Sud FRA; GC leader on Stage 2 Tour de Romandie SUI; Points leader on Stage 3 Midi Libre FRA;
2000 3rd Olympic Games, Individual Pursuit - New Australian Record 4min; 1st Stage 9 Herald Sun Tour AUS;
1999 1st 5.6km Prologue Tour de Normandie FRA; 1st Individual Pursuit Oceania Intl Grand Prix AUS; 1st Team Pursuit Oceania Intl Grand Prix AUS; 1st 19km TT Prologue Tour de L’Avenir FRA; 1st 132km Stage 10 Tour de L’Avenir FRA;
1998 1st Individual Pursuit Commonwealth Games MAS; 1st Team Pursuit Commonwealth Games MAS;
1997 1st Individual Pursuit Track World Cup ITA; 1st Individual Pursuit Australian Titles TAS; 1st Teams Pursuit Australian Titles TAS; Australian Hour record (C - 50km52m) SA; Australian 4000m Record (C - 4m22.34s) Tas 17.3.97;
1996 1st Stage 2 Tour of Cologne GER; 3rd Individual Pursuit Olympic Games USA; 3rd Team Pursuit Olympic Games USA;
1995 1st Team Pursuit World Titles COL; 1st Individual Pursuit Australian Titles QLD; 1st Teams Pursuit Australian Titles QLD;
1994 1st Individual Pursuit Commonwealth Games CAN; 1st Team Pursuit Commonwealth Games CAN; 1st Individual Pursuit Junior World Titles ECU; 1st Teams Pursuit Junior World Titles ECU; 1st Individual Pursuit U19 Australian Titles SA; 1st Teams Pursuit U19 Australian Titles SA; 1st Scratch Race U19 Australian Titles SA; 1st Elimination Race U19 Australian Titles SA; World Record U19 3000m (C – 3min19.878s) SA;
1993 1st Individual Pursuit World Junior Titles WA; 1st Individual Pursuit U19 Australian Titles NT; 1st Teams Pursuit U19 Australian Titles NT; 1st Road Time Trial U19 Australian Titles TAS;
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| Riders on Française des Jeux |
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Ludovic Auger | Sandy Casar | Sébastien Chavanel | Carlos Da Cruz | Mickael Delage | Christophe Detilloux | Rémy Di Gregorio | Arnaud Gerard | Philippe Gilbert | Timothy Gudsell | Frédéric Guesdon | Lilian Jegou | Sébastien Joly | Mathieu Ladagnous | Johan Lindgren | Thomas Lövkvist | Thierry Marichal | Bradley McGee | Ian Mcleod | Christophe Mengin | Cyrille Monnerais | Francis Mourey | Fabrice Patanchon | Jérémy Roy | Benoît Vaugrenard | Jussi Veikkanen |
| Manager |
| Marc Madiot |
Categories: 1979 births | Australian cyclists | Australian Tour de France stage winners | Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Living people | Olympic competitors for Australia | People from Sydney | Recipients of the Order of Australia Medal | Olympic gold medalists for Australia | Olympic silver medalists for Australia | Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
