Bradley McGee

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Bradley McGee


fullname = Bradley John McGee
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|df=yes|1976|02|24
country = AUS
height = height|m=1.82
weight = convert|72|kg|lb|lk=on|abbr=on
currentteam = Team CSC
discipline = Road and track
role = Rider
ridertype = Time trialist
amateuryears =
amateurteams =
proyears = 1999–2007
2008–
proteams = Française des Jeux
Team CSC
majorwins = Gold, Team Pursuit, 2004 Olympics
Prologue, 2003 Tour de France
updated = 18 January 2008

Bradley John McGee OAM (born 24 February 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam Team CSC. He started cycling in 1986 at the age of ten. He lives in Sydney and in Nice, France.

His greatest success as a road cyclist has been winning the 2003 prologue of the Tour de France, 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. He was the first Australian to lead the Tour of Spain, and the first to wear the leader's jersey of all three Grand Tours.

As a track cyclist he met success in 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 time of 3:58.233. He won a silver medal for the Olympic 4000m pursuit. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in his home town of Sydney, he set an Australian record of 4 minutes, and won a bronze medal for the 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 and team pursuit. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games he defended his Commonwealth titles to win gold in both events. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games he won the individual pursuit.

He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the 2005 Australia Day Honours List. Other awards include:
*1993 Australian Male Cyclist of the year
*1993 Inducted into Australian Sports Hall of Fame
*1994 NSW junior male cyclist of the year
*1995 NSW cyclist of the year
*2002 Australian Male Track Cyclist of the Year

Career highlights

;1993:1st Individual Pursuit World Junior Titles WA:1st Individual Pursuit U19 Australian National Track Championships NT:1st Teams Pursuit U19 Australian National Track Championships NT:1st U19 Australian National Time Trial Championships TAS

;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 National Track Championships SA:1st Teams Pursuit U19 Australian National Track Championships SA:1st Scratch Race U19 Australian Titles SA:1st Elimination Race U19 Australian National Track Championships SA:World Record U19 3000m (C – 3min19.878s) SA

;1995:1st Team Pursuit World Titles COL:1st Individual Pursuit Australian National Track Championships QLD:1st Teams Pursuit Australian National Track Championships QLD

;1996:1st stage 2 Tour of Cologne GER:3rd individual pursuit Olympic Games USA:3rd team pursuit Olympic Games USA

;1997:1st Individual pursuit, World Cup ITA:1st individual pursuit, Australian National Track Championships TAS:1st Team pursuit Australian National Track Championships TAS:Australian hour record (C - 50km52m) SA:Australian 4000m record (C - 4m22.34s) Tas 17.3.97

;1998:1st Individual Pursuit Commonwealth Games MAS:1st team pursuit Commonwealth Games MAS

;1999:1st 5.6km prologue Tour de Normandie FRA:1st individual pPursuit Oceania Intl Grand Prix AUS:1st team pursuit Oceania Intl Grand Prix AUS:1st 19km prologue Tour de l’Avenir FRA:1st 132km stage 10 Tour de l’Avenir FRA

;2000:3rd Olympic Games, Individual Pursuit - New Australian Record 4min:1st Stage 9 Herald Sun Tour AUS

: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;2002:1st Individual Pursuit World Titles DEN:1st stage 7 Tour de France:1st individual pursuit Commonwealth Games ENG:1st prologue Dauphiné Libéré FRA:1st points classification Dauphiné Libérée FRA

;2003:1st prologue Tour de France FRA1st stage 8 TT Tour de Suisse SUIHeld Yellow Jersey for 3 days in Tour de France

;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 World Cup, GBR:2nd Olympic 4000m individual pursuit GRE

;2005:1st Points classification Tour de Suisse:2nd Stage 2, Tour de Suisse :1st Stage 3, Tour de Suisse:2nd Stage 5 Tour de Romandie:1st GP de Villers Cotterets FRA:2nd Stage 21, Tour de France, Champs Elysees, Paris:3rd Stage 1, Vuelta a España, La Alhambra:2nd Stage 2, Vuelta a España, Córdoba

;2006:3rd Prologue, Paris - Nice, Issy-les-Moulineaux (Hauts-de-Seine) (FRA):3rd Prologue, Tour de Romandie, Genève:2nd Stage 1, Giro d'Italia, Seraing

;2007:3rd Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester:3rd Stage 3, Deutschland Tour, Offenburg

;2008:1st Team Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Los Angeles, with Jack Bobridge, Mark Jamieson, Peter Dawson:3rd Team Pursuit, Track World Championships

External links

*Official|http://www.bradleymcgee.com
* [http://www.cycling.org.au/Content/NavigationMenu/H_P_/Rider_Profiles/Male_Riders/Bradley_McGee.htm Australian Cycling Federation Profile]
*trapfriis|australia.McGee.htm
* [http://www.team-csc.com/person_profiles.asp?p_id=151 Profile at Team CSC official website]

Persondata
NAME= McGee, Bradley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=McGee, Bradley John
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH= 1976-02-24
PLACE OF BIRTH=Sydney, Australia
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=