Bradley McGee
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| Full name | Bradley John McGee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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24 February 1976 Sydney |
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| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road and track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Directeur sportif | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time trialist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1999–2007 | Française des Jeux | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Team CSC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2009–2012 | Saxo Bank–SunGard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tour de France 2 stages Giro d'Italia 1 stage |
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Bradley John McGee OAM (born 24 February 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He is currently the head coach of the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS). 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 and Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder 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.
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