Steve Bauer

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Steve Bauer

Steve Bauer (born June 12, 1959 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a former professional road bicycle racer from Canada.

Steve Bauer won the Silver medal in the Men's cycling road race at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He turned professional following the Olympic Games, and later that year won the Bronze Medal at the World Cycling Championship road race in Barcelona. Bauer is also a 3 time Canadian Road Champion.

Bauer was very successful in the Tour de France including a fourth place finish in the 1988 Tour de France. Bauer was a La Vie Claire cycling team member in the 1985 Tour de France when Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond finished first and second. He was a La Vie Claire-Wonder-Radar cycling team member in the 1986 Tour de France when LeMond and Hinault, repeated the first-second. As of 2005, Bauer is one of two Canadians to ever wear The Yellow Jersey in the Tour de France. The other is Alex Stieda, who won a stage in 1986. Bauer was also a member of the 7-Eleven Cycling Team.

In 1989 Bauer won the Züri-Metzgete.

In 1994, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (civil division) for having "paved the way for Canada's coming generations of cycling enthusiasts". ^[1]

[edit] Tour de France

Participated in 11 Tours
Won the first stage of the 1988 Tour.
14 days in Yellow Jersey.

Year of Tour and Overall Classification

1985 10th Wore White Jersey for most of the Tour. 6th fastest in individual time trials
1986 23rd
1987 74th
1988 4th Stage 1 Victory from Pontchateau to Machecoul and 5 days in Yellow Jersey
1989 15th
1990 27th Led the Tour, 9 consecutive days in Yellow Jersey
1991 97th
1993 101st
1995 101st