Robbie McEwen
McEwen at the 2013 Tour Down Under | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Robert McEwen | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Rocket Robbie | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 June 1972 Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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Robbie McEwen AM (born 24 June 1972) is an Australian former professional road cyclist. He is a three-time winner of the Tour de France points classification in 2002, 2004 and 2006 and, at the peak of his career, was considered the world's fastest sprinter.
He last rode for Orica–GreenEDGE on the UCI World Tour.
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 and is now a cycling broadcast commentator on the Tour Down Under, the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and most of the major races for Warner Brothers Discovery networks like Eurosport, Discovery+ and Max Sports.