![]() McEwen at the 2013 Tour Down Under | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Robert McEwen | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Rocket Robbie | ||||||||||||||
Born | Brisbane, Australia | 24 June 1972||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||
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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]
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