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| Bradley McGee |
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Country: Australia
Born: 24.02.1976
Height: 182cm
Weight: 72kg
After numerous injuries during the latter part of his career Bradley McGee decided in autumn 2008 to accept the offer of becoming a sports director at Team Saxo Bank - IT Factory starting from 2009.
McGee was given the choice between continuing with the team as a rider for another year or taking on a new role as a sports director and after having suffered numerous injuries he opted for the latter.
McGee was not entirely unfamiliar with the job as a sports director as he'd already tried it once with Francaise des Jeux during Herald Sun Tour – where his team even took the overall victory.
"It was the most exhausting experience in my entire career because I wasn't prepared for all the hard work making sure everything was in place and taken care of. It'll be different once I get the hang of it I'm sure," says McGee.
McGee was a pro rider from 1998 to 2008 and apart from the final year he was with Francaise des Jeux the entire time.
He won two stages in Tour de France during his career: In 2002 he won a sprinter stage, where he beat guys like Jaan Kirsipuu, Pedro Horillo, Robbie McEwen, Erik Zabel and Stuart O'Grady on the up-hill sprint in Avranches and in 2003 he won the prologue resulting in three days in Yellow.
McGee was a true expert in prologues in those days and he took the leader's jersey in races like Tour de Normandie, Dauphiné Libéré, Tour de Romandie not to mention Giro d'Italia in 2004, where he had two days in pink after winning the prologue – he lost the jersey to sprinter Olaf Pollack during the first stage, but later regained it by sprinting his way to a second place in stage two.
17 UCI victories was the end result for McGee – most of them stage wins but he also won Route du Sud in 2004 and he finished eight in Giro d'Italia in 2004.
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| Bradley McGee - Fan Club Wallpapers |
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Herald Sun Tour 2008
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Training Camp, Mallorca 2008
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| Most important results |
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| 2006 |
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| 2005 |
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GP de Villers Cotterêts |
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Points competition, Tour de Suisse |
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Stage 3, Tour de Suisse |
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Stage 2, Vuelta a España |
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Stage 21, Tour de France |
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| 3 |
Stage 1, Vuelta a España |
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| 2004 |
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Points competition, Tour de Romandie |
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Prologue, Giro d'Italia |
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Prologue, Tour de Romandie |
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Stage 13, Giro d'Italia |
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Stage 17, Giro d'Italia |
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| 2003 |
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Prologue, Tour de France |
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Stage 8, Tour de Suisse |
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Stage 6, Ronde Van Nederland |
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| 2002 |
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Points competition, Dauphiné Libéré |
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Stage 7, Tour de France |
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Prologue, Dauphiné Libéré |
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Grote Prijs Erik Breukink |
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Criterium International |
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| 2001 |
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Stage 2 (B), Route du Sud |
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Stage 16, Tour de France |
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Stage 9, Tour de France |
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| 2000 |
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Stage 7, Herald Sun Tour |
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Prologue, Giro d'Italia |
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| 1999 |
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Stage 3, Tour de l'Avenir |
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Stage 10, Tour de l'Avenir |
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Prologue, Tour de Normandie |
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