Brett Lancaster
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| Lancaster in January 2007 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Brett Lancaster |
| Date of birth | November 15, 1979 |
| Country |  Australia |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2003–2005 2006 |
Ceramica Panaria-Navigare Team Milram |
| Infobox last updated on: | |
| 12 April 2008 | |
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| Competitor for Australia |
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| Gold | Athens 2004 | 4000 m team pursuit | |
Brett Lancaster (born November 15, 1979 in Shepparton, Victoria) is a professional racing cyclist from Australia, who started cycle racing at the age of 14 in 1993. He spent four years riding for Ceramica Panaria-Navigare before moving to Team Milram in July 2006.
His greatest successes as a road cyclist has been placing 1st in the 2005 Prologue of the Giro d'Italia, and thus wearing the race leader's pink jersey (maglia rosa). He set a time of 1min20sec for the 1150m 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, Ceramiche Panaria, to ever claim the maglia rosa.
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.
[edit] Career highlights
- 1995
- 2nd Road Time Trial U17 Australian Titles
- 2nd Ind Pursuit U17 Australian Titles
- 2nd Teams Pursuit U17 Australian Titles
- 1996
- 1st Criterium U19 Australian Titles
- 1997
- 1st Teams Pursuit World Jnr Titles
- 1st Ind Pursuit U19 Australian Titles
- 1st Time Trial U19 Australian Titles
- 1st Road Time Trial U19 Australian Titles
- 2nd Criterium U19 Australian Titles
- 2nd Teams Pursuit U19 Australian Titles
- 2nd Olympic Sprint U19 Australian Titles
- 1998
- 1st Teams Pursuit 1998 Commonwealth Games
- 1st Teams Pursuit Track World Cup
- 1999
- 1st Teams Pursuit Track World Cup
- 1st Teams Pursuit Track World Cup
- 2nd Teams Pursuit World Titles
- 2nd Ind Pursuit Australian Titles
- 2000
- 2nd Ind Pursuit Australian Titles
- 2nd Teams Pursuit Australian Titles
- 2001
- 2nd Teams Pursuit Australian Titles
- 2002
- 1st Teams Pursuit World Titles
- 2003
- 1st Team Pursuit World Titles
- 2nd Prologue Tour of Rhodes
- 2nd Australian Madison Title (with L Roberts)
- 2004
- 1st 2004 Summer Olympics Team Pursuit
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Langkawi
- 2nd Stage 2 Volta a Portugal
- 2005
- 1st Prologue Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Paris-Camembert Lepetit
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| NAME | Lancaster, Brett |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Racing cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1979-11-15 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shepparton, Victoria, Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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