Brett Lancaster
 Lancaster at the 2009 Gent–Wevelgem | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Brett Daniel Lancaster |
| Nickname | Burt |
| Born |
15 November 1979 Shepparton, Victoria, Australia |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| 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 |
| 2012–2015 | GreenEDGE[1] |
| Managerial team(s) | |
| 2016- | Team Sky |
| 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 24 April 2016 | |
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Brett Lancaster (born 15 November 1979) is a former professional racing cyclist from Australia, who last rode for UCI ProTeam Orica–BikeExchange.[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]
Lancaster retired from cycling after the 2015 season, and moved to become a directeur sportif for Team Sky in 2016.[7]
Major results
- 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
- 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
- Held
- 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
- 1st
- 2nd World Team Time Trial Championships
- 2014
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
- 8th Vuelta a La Rioja
- 2015
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
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 Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Brett Lancaster retires from racing, joins Sky as sport director". VeloNews.com.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brett Lancaster. |
- Brett Lancaster profile at Cycling Archives
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