Robbie McEwen

Robbie McEwen

McEwen at the 2013 Tour Down Under
Personal information
Full name	Robert McEwen
Nickname	Rocket Robbie
Born	(1972-06-24) 24 June 1972 (age 52) Brisbane, Australia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
1996–1999	Rabobank
2000–2001	Domo–Farm Frites
2002–2008	Lotto–Adecco
2009–2010	Team Katusha
2011	Team RadioShack
2012	GreenEDGE
Managerial team
2012–2013	Orica–GreenEDGE
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France Points classification (2002, 2004, 2006) 12 individual stages (1999, 2002, 2004–2007) Giro d'Italia 12 individual stages (2002–2007) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2002, 2005) Paris–Brussels (2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) Scheldeprijs (2002) Dwars door Vlaanderen (2003) Vattenfall Cyclassics (2008) GP de Fourmies (2005)
Medal record Representing  Australia Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 2002 Zolder Road race

Robbie McEwen AM (born 24 June 1972) is an Australian former professional road cyclist. McEwen is a three-time winner of the Tour de France points classification and, at the peak of his career, was considered the world's fastest sprinter.^{[citation needed]}

He last rode for Orica–GreenEDGE on the UCI World Tour.^[1][2]

A former Australian BMX champion, McEwen switched to road cycling in 1990 at 18 years of age. He raced as a professional from 1996 until 2012.

McEwen retired from the World Tour after riding the 2012 Tour of California^[3] and is now a cycling broadcast commentator on the Tour Down Under,^[4] the Tour de France, ^[5] and the Giro d’Italia.^[6]