Brett Lancaster
Lancaster at the 2009 Gent–Wevelgem | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Brett Daniel Lancaster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia | 15 November 1979||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Orica-GreenEDGE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Prologue specialist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Professional team(s) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Team Milram | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Cervélo TestTeam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Garmin-Cervélo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012– | GreenEDGE[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Major wins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deutschland Tour, 1 Stage Tour of California, 1 Stage Teams Pursuit World Championships (2002–2003) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Infobox last updated on 11 May 2014 |
Brett Lancaster (born 15 November 1979) is a professional racing cyclist from Australia, currently riding for UCI ProTeam Orica-GreenEDGE.[2] 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 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 1' 20" 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.[5] He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[6]
Career highlights
- 1996
- 1st Junior National Criterium Championships
- 1997
- 1st Team pursuit, Junior Track Cycling World Championships
- Junior National Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Track time trial
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2nd Team sprint
- 1st Junior National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd Junior National Criterium Championships
- 1998
- 1st Teams Pursuit 1998 Commonwealth Games
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 1999
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 2nd Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2nd Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
- 2000
- National Track Championships
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2001
- 1st Stage 9b, Herald Sun Tour
- 2nd Team pursuit, National Track Championships
- 2002
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 1st Ronde van Overijssel
- 4th Mi-Août 4
- 2003
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2nd Madison, National Track Championships
- 6th Overall, Tour of Rhodes
- 2004
- 1st Team Pursuit, 2004 Summer Olympics
- 1st Stage 3, Tour de Langkawi
- 2005
- 1st Prologue, Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Paris–Camembert Lepetit
- 3rd GP Citta 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
- Held Leaders Jersey for Stage 1
- 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 Points classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd World Team Time Trial Championships
- 2014
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
- 8th Vuelta a La Rioja
References
- ↑ "Lancaster to ride for GreenEdge". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 21 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Orica-GreenEDGE (OGE) - AUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ Gerrans out as Lancaster named to help Sastre defend title
- ↑ Ryan, Barry (1 September 2010). "Garmin confirm six more signings from Cervelo for 2011". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ It's an honour
- ↑ AIS Athletes at the Olympics
External links
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