Bradley John McGee (born 24 February 1976) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He is currently the head coach of the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS). He started cycling in 1986 at the age of ten. He lives in Sydney and in Nice, France.
Career
His greatest success as a road cyclist has been winning the 2003 prologue of the Tour de France, and leading the race for three days in 2003. In 2004, he wore the leader's pink jersey of the Giro d'Italia for one day. In 2005, he wore the leader's golden jersey for four days in the Vuelta a España. He was the first Australian to lead the Tour of Spain, and the first to wear the leader's jersey of all three Grand Tours.
thumb|right|200px|Brad McGee riding for [[Française des Jeux (cycling team)|Française des Jeux during the Stage 20 individual time trial of the 2005 Tour de France.]]
As a track cyclist and Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder he met success in individual and team events. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as a member of the team pursuit (with Graeme Brown, Brett Lancaster, and Luke Roberts) in world record time of 3:58.233. He won a silver medal for the Olympic 4000m pursuit. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in his home town of Sydney, he set an Australian record of 4 minutes 19.25 seconds, and won a bronze medal for the pursuit. In Atlanta at the 1996 Summer Olympics he won two bronze medals, for the individual pursuit and the team pursuit.
At the 1994 Commonwealth Games, he won gold medals in the individual and team pursuit. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games he defended his Commonwealth titles to win gold in both events. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games he won the individual pursuit.
He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the 2005 Australia Day Honours List. Other awards include:
- 1993 Australian Male Cyclist of the year
- 1994 NSW junior male cyclist of the year
- 1995 NSW cyclist of the year
- 2002 Australian Male Track Cyclist of the Year
- 2017 Sport Australia Hall of Fame athlete inductee
Bradley McGee is today a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of 54 famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organisation.
Major results
Track
;1993
: 1st 20px Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships
: National Junior Track Championships
::1st 20px Individual pursuit
::1st 20px Teams pursuit
;1994
: Commonwealth Games
::1st 15px Individual pursuit
::1st 15px Team pursuit
: UCI Junior Track World Championships
::1st 20px Individual pursuit
::1st 20px Team pursuit
: National Junior Track Championships
::1st 20px Elimination race
::1st 20px Individual pursuit
::1st 20px Scratch race
::1st 20px Team pursuit
;1995
: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
: National Track Championships
::1st 20px Individual pursuit
::1st 20px Team pursuit
;1996
: Olympic Games
::3rd 15px Individual pursuit
::3rd 15px Team pursuit
;1997
: National Track Championships
::1st 20px Individual pursuit
::1st 20px Team pursuit
: 1st 15px Individual pursuit – Quartu Sant'Elena, UCI Track World Cup Classics
;1998
: Commonwealth Games
::1st 15px Individual pursuit
::1st 15px Team pursuit
;1999
: Oceania International Grand Prix
::1st 15px Individual pursuit
::1st 15px Team pursuit
;2000
: 3rd 15px Individual pursuit, Olympic Games
;2002
: 1st 20px Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
: 1st 15px Individual pursuit, Commonwealth Games
;2004
: Olympic Games
::1st 15px Team pursuit
::2nd 15px Individual pursuit
: 1st 15px Individual pursuit – Manchester, UCI Track World Cup Classics
;2007
: 3rd 15px Individual pursuit – Manchester, UCI Track World Cup Classics
;2008
: 1st 15px Team pursuit – Los Angeles, UCI Track World Cup Classics
: 3rd 15px Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
Road
;1993
: 1st 20px Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
;1996
: 1st Stage 2 Tour of Cologne
;1998
: 9th Chrono des Nations
;1999
: Tour de l'Avenir
::1st Stages 3 (ITT) & 10
: 1st Prologue Tour de Normandie
: 8th Overall Tour de Wallonie
;2000
: 1st Stage 5 Herald Sun Tour
;2001
: 1st Stage 4 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
: 1st Stage 2b (ITT) Route du Sud
: 4th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
: 7th Paris–Camembert
: 10th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Jacky Durand)
;2002
: 1st Stage 7 Tour de France
: Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
::1st 20px Points classification
::1st Prologue
: 2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
: 2nd Overall GP Erik Breukink
: 10th Overall Critérium International
: 10th Tour de Vendée
;2003
: Tour de France
::1st Prologue
::Held 20px after Stages 1–3
: 1st Stage 8 (ITT) Tour de Suisse
: 2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland
::1st Stage 6
: 3rd Overall Tour de Picardie
: 5th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Baden Cooke)
: 6th Grand Prix du Morbihan
: 8th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
: 8th Grand Prix de Rennes
;2004
: 1st 20px Overall Route du Sud
::1st Stage 3 (ITT)
: 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
::1st Prologue
::Held 20px after Stages 1 & 3–4
: 8th Grand Prix des Nations
: 9th Overall Tour de Romandie
::1st Prologue
;2005
: 1st Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts
: 8th Overall Tour de Suisse
::1st 20px Points classification
::1st Stage 3
: Vuelta a España
::Held 20px after Stages 1–4
;2006
: 8th Overall La Méditerranéenne
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
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! scope="col" | 2004
! scope="col" | 2005
! scope="col" | 2006
! scope="col" | 2007
! scope="col" | 2008
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! scope="row" | 20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=Pink jersey Giro d'Italia
| 127
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| style="background:#ddf;"|8
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| —
| —
| DNF
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| —
| 83
| 109
| 133
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| 105
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|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | 20px|link=General classification in the Vuelta a España|alt=Gold jersey Vuelta a España
| —
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| DNF
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| DNF
| —
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="row" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | DNF
| Did not finish
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