Brett Lancaster
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Brett Lancaster OAM (born 15 November 1979) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2016. Born in Shepparton, Victoria, Lancaster started cycle racing at the age of 14 in 1993. He spent four years riding for Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo before moving to Team Milram in July 2006. In 2009 and 2010 he rode for Cervélo TestTeam,[3] and rode for Garmin–Cervélo in 2011.[4]
His greatest successes as a road cyclist were winning the prologue of the Giro d'Italia, and thus wearing the race general classification leader's pink jersey. He set a time of 1' 20" for the 1.15-kilometre (0.71-mile) race against the clock, the shortest prologue in the 88-year history of the event. Brett Lancaster is the first member of the Italian registered team, Ceramica Panaria–Navigare, to ever claim the pink jersey.
He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as a member of the team pursuit (with Graeme Brown, Bradley McGee, and Luke Roberts) in world record-breaking time of 3:58.233.
He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the 2005 Australia Day Honours List.[5] He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[6]
Lancaster retired from cycling after the 2015 season, and moved to become a directeur sportif for Team Sky in 2016.[7]
Major results
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[edit | edit source]- 1996
- 1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Junior race, National Criterium Championships
- 1997
- National Junior Road Championships
- 2001
- 1st Stage 9 Herald Sun Tour
- 2002
- 1st Ronde van Overijssel
- 4th Mi-Août 4
- 2003
- 6th Overall International Tour of Rhodes
- 2004
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Langkawi
- 2005
- 1st Prologue Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Paris–Camembert
- 3rd Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico
- 8th Overall Circuit de Lorraine
- 2006
- 4th Grand Prix de Rennes
- 2007
- 3rd Eindhoven Team Time Trial
- 6th Down Under Classic
- 2008
- 1st Prologue Deutschland Tour
- 9th Firenze–Pistoia
- 2009
- 2nd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2010
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of California
- 2013
- 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France
- Tour of Slovenia
- 1st File:Jersey green.svg Points classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd File:Silver medal blank.svg Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 2014
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
- 2nd File:Silver medal blank.svg Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 8th Vuelta a La Rioja
- 2015
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
Track
[edit | edit source]- 1997
- 1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
- National Junior Track Championships
- 1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Individual pursuit
- 1st File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Track time trial
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2nd Team sprint
- 1998
- 1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
- UCI Track World Cup Classics, Victoria
- 1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit
- 3rd File:Bronze medal blank.svg Individual pursuit
- 1999
- Team pursuit, UCI Track World Cup Classics
- 1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Frisco
- 1st File:Gold medal blank.svg Cali
- 2nd Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
- 2000
- National Track Championships
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2001
- 2nd Team pursuit, National Track Championships
- 2002
- 1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
- 2003
- 1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
- 2nd Madison, National Track Championships
- 2004
- 1st File:Gold medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games
References
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External links
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Australian male cyclists
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Australian Giro d'Italia stage winners
- Olympic cyclists for Australia
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
- Cyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Sportspeople from Shepparton
- Cyclists from Victoria (state)
- Australian Institute of Sport cyclists
- Olympic gold medalists in cycling
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games cyclists for Australia
- Australian track cyclists
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in cycling