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'''Robbie McEwen''' (born [[June 24]], [[1972]] in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]) is an [[Australia]]n professional [[road bicycle racer]], for the [[Team Katusha|Katusha]] team on the [[UCI ProTour]], specializing in sprint finishes. As a triple winner of the [[Tour de France]]'s [[green jersey|sprinters' classification]], at his peak , he was considered one of the fastest [[Cycling sprinter|sprinters]] in the world. |
'''Robbie McEwen''' (born [[June 24]], [[1972]] in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]) is an [[Australia]]n professional [[road bicycle racer]], for the [[Team Katusha|Katusha]] team on the [[UCI ProTour]], specializing in sprint finishes. As a triple winner of the [[Tour de France]]'s [[green jersey|sprinters' classification]], at his peak , he was considered one of the fastest [[Cycling sprinter|sprinters]] in the world. |
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A former junior Australian [[BMX racing|BMX]] champion, McEwen switched to [[Road bicycle racing|road racing]] in 1990 at 18. He was first selected for the Australian national road team in 1994. McEwen lives in [[Brakel]], [[Belgium]] with his wife Angélique Pattyn, his son Ewan, and his daughter |
A former junior Australian [[BMX racing|BMX]] champion, McEwen switched to [[Road bicycle racing|road racing]] in 1990 at 18. He was first selected for the Australian national road team in 1994. McEwen lives in [[Brakel]], [[Belgium]] with his wife Angélique Pattyn, his son Ewan, and his daughter Elena for the 9mths of the European cycling calendar. Robbie spends the remaining months back in Australia for summer on the Gold Coast where he has also recently taken ownership of Piccolo coffee shop at Miami. |
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==Career == |
==Career == |
Revision as of 22:49, 9 October 2009
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Robbie McEwen |
Nickname | Cribbens, Poofo, Frippo, Pocket Rocket |
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st) |
Team information | |
Current team | Katusha |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Major wins | |
Tour de France, Green Jersey (2002, 2004, 2006), 12 stages Giro d'Italia, 12 stages ![]() Paris-Brussels (2002, 2005, 2006, 2007) |
Robbie McEwen (born June 24, 1972 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for the Katusha team on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes. As a triple winner of the Tour de France's sprinters' classification, at his peak , he was considered one of the fastest sprinters in the world.
A former junior Australian BMX champion, McEwen switched to road racing in 1990 at 18. He was first selected for the Australian national road team in 1994. McEwen lives in Brakel, Belgium with his wife Angélique Pattyn, his son Ewan, and his daughter Elena for the 9mths of the European cycling calendar. Robbie spends the remaining months back in Australia for summer on the Gold Coast where he has also recently taken ownership of Piccolo coffee shop at Miami.
Career
McEwen started road cycling in 1992 at the Institute of Sport in Canberra under head coach Heiko Salzwedel. The first signs of his sprinting prowess on the international stage were stage wins in The Peace Race riding for the Australian national team .He competed in the road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics (23rd) and the 2000 Summer Olympics (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 Australia 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.
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Tour de France
McEwen has participated in the Tour de France 11 times, in 1997 (117th), 1998 (89th), 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. He has had 12 stage wins. In 1999 on stage 20 he won the sprint in Paris on the Champs-Elysées. In 2002 he won stage 3: Metz - Reims and stage 20: Melun – Paris. In 2004 he won stages 3 and 9. In 2005, he was relegated in stage 3 by referees after clashing with fellow Australian Stuart O’Grady. He won stage 5 to Montargis, stage 7 to Karlsruhe in Germany and stage 13 to Montpellier.
He started the 2007 Tour with a victorious sprint on stage 1 to Canterbury. The stage win was seen as remarkable as he had crashed with 20km to go. He landed on his wrist and elbow but with the help of his team he clawed his way back to the bunch to win the sprint by over a bike length. The injuries he sustained from this crash did not prevent him from continuing but eventually he was forced out of the race when the Tour entered the Mountains and he failed to finish stage eight within the time limit.
By 2006, McEwen had won the sprinters' green jersey points competition three times in the Tour de France in 2002 and 2004 against rival Australians, 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 2003 Baden Cooke won the green jersey with McEwen second and O’Grady seventh.
In 2004 McEwen won the green jersey for a second time defeating Thor Hushovd of Norway, and Erik Zabel of Germany, with O'Grady 4th and Cooke 12th. He had fractured two vertebrae early in the Tour and had ridden the race in pain. Three days after the Tour de France he came second to Lance Armstrong in a criterium in the Netherlands.[1]
Major victories
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2002 Zolder | Elite Men's Road Race |
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- 1996
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia
- 1st Stage 3 part b Regio Tour International
- 1997
- 1st in Noosa International Criterium
- 1st Stage 2 Ronde van Nederland, Haarlem
- 1st in Stage 3 part a Ronde van Nederland
- 1st Overall Geelong Bay Classic Series
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Stage 2 Quatre jours de Dunkerque
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Luxembourg
- 1998
- 1st Stage 3 part a Ronde van Nederland
- 1st Stage 5 Ronde van Nederland
- 1st Trofeo Alcudia
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucia
- 1st Stage 5 Geelong Bay Classic Series
- 1999
- 1st Stage 20 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 2 Ronde van Nederland
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 1 part a Route du Sud
- 1st Overall Geelong Bay Classic Series
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Stage 5
- 2000
- 1st Stage 6 Tour Down Under
- 1st Trofeo Cala Millor
- 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 Méditerranéen
- 1st Stage 3 Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 4 Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 2 International Uniqa Classic
- 1st Stage 3 International Uniqa Classic
- 1st Stage 5 Challenge Mallorca
- 2002
- 1st
Australian National Road Race Championships
- 1st
Sprint Classification Tour de France
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 20
- 1st Stage 4 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 2 Paris-Nice
- 1st Stage 7 Paris-Nice
- 1st Paris-Brussels
- 1st Stage 1 Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 4 Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 6 Tour Down Under
- 1st Sprint Classification
- 1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
- 1st Stages 2
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Grote Scheldeprijs
- 1st Delta Profronde
- 2003
- 1st Stage 4 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse
- 1stStage 4 Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen Waregem
- 1st Stage 3, Tour Down Under
- 2004
- 1st
Sprint Classification Tour de France
- 1st Stage 5, Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 1 Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 4 Tour Down Under
- 1st Sprint Classification
- 1st Aalst Criterium
- 1st Memorial Samyn-Fayt-le-Franc
- 1st Wateringse Wielerdag
- 1st Spektakel van Steenwijk
- 1st Profronde van Ooostvoorne
- 1st Gouden Pijl
- 2005
- 1st
Australian National Road Race Championships
- 1st Paris-Brussels
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 13 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 4, Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1 Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 2 Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 6 Tour Down Under
- 1st GP de Fourmies
- 1st Overall Bay Classic
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Stage 4
- 2006
- 1st
Sprint Classification Tour de France
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Stage 6
- 1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 4 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Paris-Brussels
- 1st Jacobs Creek Classic
- 1st Aalst Criterium BEL
- 2007
- 1st Stage 1, Tour de France
- 1st Stage 5, Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 2, Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1, Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 1, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 1st Stage 5, Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 3, Jayco Bay Classic
- 1st Stage 3, Eneco Tour
- 1st Paris-Brussels
- 2008
- 1st Stage 2, Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 3, Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 4, Tour de Suisse
- 1st Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 1st Paris-Brussels
- 2009
- 1st Down Under Classic
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Mallorca
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Picardie,
References
- ^ Collins, Gerry (2 August 2004). "Robbie McEwen: Too tough to quit". ABC News. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
External links
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- Australian cyclists
- Australian Tour de France stage winners
- Tour de France Champs Elysées stage winners
- Olympic cyclists of Australia
- Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- People from Brisbane
- Giro d'Italia stage winners