Robbie McEwen
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Robbie McEwen |
| Nickname | Pocket Rocket |
| Date of birth | June 24, 1972 (age 34) |
| Country |  Australia |
| Height | 1.71 m |
| Weight | 67 kg |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Predictor-Lotto |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1996-1999 2000 2001 2002 2003- |
Rabobank Farm Frites Domo-Farm Frites Lotto-Adecco Lotto-Domo (2003-2004) Davitamon-Lotto (2005-2006) Predictor-Lotto (2007-) |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de France, Green Jersey (2002, 2004, 2006), 11 stages Giro d'Italia, 11 stages Australia Road Race Champion (2002, 2005)Paris-Brussels (2002, 2005, 2006) |
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| December 19, 2006 | |
Robbie McEwen (born June 24, 1972, Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, specializing in fast sprint finishes. He is considered one of the fastest sprinters in the world.
A former junior Australian BMX champion, McEwen switched to road racing in 1990 at the age of 18. He was first selected for the Australian National Road Team in 1994. McEwen lives in Brakel, Belgium with his wife Angélique Pattyn and his son Ewan, and speaks Flemish fluently.
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[edit] Career
McEwen started his road cycling carreer in 1992 at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra under AIS Head Coach Heiko Salzwedel. He previously competed in the Road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics (placed 23rd) and the 2000 Summer Olympics (placed 19th). Also included on the Australian team for the 1994 UCI Road Cycling World Championship in Italy, and the 2002 UCI Road Cycling World Championship in Belgium where he won a silver medal. McEwen was selected for the Australian cycling team at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the road race team of Michael Rogers, Stuart O'Grady, Baden Cooke and Matthew White. He was named 2002 Australian Cyclist of the Year, 2002 Male Road Cyclist of the Year and 1999 Australia Male Road Cyclist of the Year.
[edit] Tour de France
Robbie McEwen has participated in the Tour de France on nine occasions, in 1997 (117th), 1998 (89th), 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. He has had eleven stage wins. In 1999 on Stage 20 he won the sprint finish in Paris on the Champs-Elysées. In 2002 he won Stage 3: Metz - Reims and Stage 20: Melun – Paris. In 2004 he won stage 3 and stage 9. In 2005, he was relegated in stage 3 by race referees after clashing with fellow Australian Stuart O’Grady. He was the victor in stage 5 to Montargis, stage 7 to Karlsruhe in Germany and stage 13 to Montpellier.
As of 2006, McEwen has won the sprinters' green jersey points competition three times in the Tour de France in 2002 and 2004 against rival Australian sprinters, Baden Cooke and Stuart O'Grady, and again in 2006 against Erik Zabel and Thor Hushovd. He was the first Australian to win the overall Sprint Classification of the Tour de France.
In 2002 McEwen won the green jersey with O’Grady third and Cooke fourth in the final sprint rankings. In 2003 Baden Cooke won the green jersey with Robbie McEwen second and Stuart O’Grady seventh in the final sprint rankings.
In 2004 McEwen won the green jersey for a second time defeating Thor Hushovd of Norway 2nd, and Erik Zabel of Germany 3rd, with fellow Australians, O'Grady 4th and Cooke 12th. His win was remarkable when it was revealed that he had suffered fractures to two vertebra early in the Tour and had ridden the rest of the race in serious pain. Three days after the Tour de France he was back in the saddle coming second behind Lance Armstrong in a post-Tour criterium race in the Netherlands.
When asked about his selection for the Australian road team to the 2004 Summer Olympics McEwen said "If I can ride the Pyrenees, the Alps and the Champs Élysées and win the green jersey with a broken back, then one day in Athens is no problem".
[edit] Major victories
Recent notable career highlights by Robbie McEwen:
- 2007
- 1st, Stage 1, Tirreno-Adriatico ITA
- 1st, Stage 5, Tour Down Under AUS
- 1st, Stage 3, Jayco Bay Classic AUS
- 2006
- 1st, Sprint Classification, Tour de France
- 1st, Stage 6, Tour de France FRA
- 1st, Stage 4, Tour de France BEL/FRA
- 1st, Stage 2, Tour de France FRA
- 1st, Stage 6, Giro d'Italia ITA
- 1st, Stage 4, Giro d'Italia ITA
- 1st, Stage 2, Giro d'Italia ITA
- 1st, Paris-Brussels FRA
- 1st, Jacobs Creek Classic AUS
- 1st, Aalst Criterium BEL
- 2005
- 1st, Paris-Brussels FRA
- 1st Stage 13, Tour de France FRA
- 1st Stage 7, Tour de France FRA
- 1st, Stage 5, Tour de France FRA
- 1st, Stage 4, Tour de Suisse SUI
- 1st, Stage 2, and race leader's pink jersey Giro d'Italia ITA
- 1st, Stage 6, Giro d'Italia ITA
- 1st, Stage 10, Giro d'Italia ITA
- 2nd, Stage 1, Giro d'Italia ITA
- Australia National Road Race Champion
- 1st, Stage 1, Tour Down Under AUS
- 1st, Stage 2, Tour Down Under AUS
- 1st, Stage 6, Tour Down Under AUS
- 1st, Overall, Bay Classic VIC
- 1st, Round 1, Bay Classic VIC
- 1st, Round 4, Bay Classic VIC
- 2nd, Australian Criterium Championship VIC
- 2nd, Stage 4, Tour Down Under AUS
2004
- 1st, Sprint Classification, Tour de France
- 1st, Stage 2,Tour de France BEL
- 1st, Stage 9, Tour de France FRA
- 1st, Stage 5, Giro d'Italia ITA
- 1st, Stage 2, Tour de Suisse SUI
- 1st, Stage 4, Tour de Suisse SUI
- 1st, Sprint Classification, Tour Down Under AUS
- 1st, Stage 1, Tour Down Under AUS
- 1st, Stage 4, Tour Down Under AUS
- 1st, Aalst Criterium BEL
- 1st, Memorial Samyn-Fayt-le-Franc BEL
- 1st, Wateringse Wielerdag NED
- 1st, Spektakel van Steenwijk NED
- 1st, Profronde van Ooostvoorne NED
- 1st, Gouden Pijl NED
- 2003
- 1st, Stage 4, Giro d'Italia ITA
- 1st, Stage 11, Giro d'Italia ITA
- 1st, Stage 2, Tour de Suisse SUI
- 1st, Stage 4, Etoile de Besseges FRA
- 1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen Waregem BEL
- 1st, Stage 3, Tour Down Under AUS
- 2nd, Sprint Classification, Tour de France
- 2002
- Australia National Road Race Champion
- 1st, Sprint Classification, Tour de France
- 1st, Stage 3, Tour de France
- 1st, Stage 20, Tour de France
- 1st, Stage 4, Giro d'Italia ITA
- 1st, Stage 10, Giro d'Italia ITA
- 1st, Stage 2, Paris-Nice FRA
- 1st, Stage 7, Paris-Nice FRA
- 1st, Paris-Brussels BEL
- 1st, Sprint Classification, Tour Down Under AUS
- 1st, Stage 1, Tour Down Under AUS
- 1st, Stage 3, Tour Down Under AUS
- 1st, Stage 4, Tour Down Under AUS
- 1st, Stage 6, Tour Down Under AUS
- 1st Overall, Etoile de Besseges FRA
- 1st, Stage 1, Etoile de Besseges FRA
- 1st Overall, Circuit Franco-Belge BEL
- 1st, Stage 2, Circuit Franco-Belge BEL
- 1st, Stage 3, Circuit Franco-Belge BEL
- 1st Overall, Grote Scheldeprijs BEL
- 1st Overall, Delta Profronde NED
- 2001
- 1st, Trofeo Palmanova-Palmanova
- 1st, Circuit de Brabant Wallon
- 1st, Stage 2, Ronde Van Nederland
- 1st, Stage 4, Tour de la Region Wallonne
- 1st, Stage 2, Tour Mediterraneen
- 1st, Stage 3, Herald Sun Tour AUS
- 1st, Stage 4, Herald Sun Tour AUS
- 1st, Stage 2, International Uniqa Classic
- 1st, Stage 3, International Uniqa Classic
- 1st, Stage 5, Challenge Mallorca ESP
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Categories: 1972 births | Living people | Australian cyclists | Australian Tour de France stage winners | Tour de France Champs Elysées stage winners | Olympic competitors for Australia | Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics | People from Brisbane
