Robbie McEwen
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Robbie McEwen is an Australian cyclist born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on June 24, 1972.
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.
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Cycling Career
He 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. 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.
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.
Tour de France
Robbie McEwen has participated on the Tour de France in 1997 (117th), 1998 (89th), 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2004. He has had five 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.
Green jersey
As of 2005, McEwen has twice won the sprinters' green jersey points competition in the Tour de France in 2002 and 2004 against rival Australian sprinters, Baden Cooke and Stuart O'Grady. 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 on the seat 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 McEwan said "If I can ride the Pyrenees, the Alps and the Champs Elysees and win the green jersey with a broken back, then one day in Athens is no problem,".
Career Highlights
Recent notable career highlights by Robbie McEwen:
2005 1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse SUI; 2nd Stage 1 Giro d'Italia ITA; 1st Stage 2 and race leaders pink jersey Giro d'Italia ITA; 1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia ITA; 1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia ITA; 1st Australian Road Race Title, VIC; 1st Stage 1 Tour Down Under AUS; 1st Stage 2 Tour Down Under AUS; 1st Stage 6 Tour Down Under AUS; 1st Round 1 Bay Series Criterium VIC; 1st Round 4 Bay Series Criterium VIC; 1st Overall Bay Series Criteriums VIC; 2nd Australian Criterium Title 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 Stage 1 Tour Down Under AUS; 1st Stage 4 Tour Down Under AUS; 1st Aalst Criterium BEL; 1st Sprint Classification Tour Down Under AUS; 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 2 Tour de Suisse SUI; 1st Stage 4 Giro d'Italia ITA; 1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia ITA; 1st Stage 4 Etoile de Besseges FRA; 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen Waregem BEL; 1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under AUS;
2002 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 Stage 2 Circuit Franco-Belge BEL; 1st Stage 3 Circuit Franco-Belge BEL; 1st Stage 1 Etoile de Besseges FRA; 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 Sprint Classficiation Tour Down Under AUS; 1st Overall Paris-Brussels BEL; 1st Overall Etoile de Besseges FRA; 1st Overall Circuit Franco-Belge BEL; 1st Overall Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen BEL; 1st Overall Delta Profronde NED; 1st Road Race Australia Titles VIC.
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;
External Links
- Official website (http://ww.robbie-mcewen.be.tf)
- Australian Cycling Federation profile (http://www.cycling.org.au/Content/NavigationMenu/H_P_/Rider_Profiles/Male_Riders/Robbie_McEwen.htm)fr:Robbie McEwen
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Categories: 1972 births | Australian cyclists | Competitors at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Competitors at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
