Brett Lancaster

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Brett Lancaster : biography

15 November 1979 –

Brett Lancaster (born 15 November 1979) is a professional racing cyclist from Australia, currently riding for UCI ProTeam . Born in Shepparton, Victoria, Lancaster started cycle racing at the age of 14 in 1993. He spent four years riding for before moving to in July 2006. In 2009 and 2010 he rode for , and rode for in 2011.

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. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

Career highlights

1996
1st
1st Teams Pursuit Track World Cup
1999
1st Teams Pursuit Track World Cup
1st Teams Pursuit Track World Cup
2nd
2nd Teams Pursuit Australian Titles
2002
1st
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
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 20px Points classification
1st Stage 4