Brett Lancaster

Brett Lancaster
	Brett Lancaster (2015)
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Full name	Brett Daniel Lancaster
Date of birth	15th November 1979 ; (age 40)
nation	Australia
discipline	Road / train
End of career	2015
	Last updated: June 24, 2016

Brett Daniel Lancaster (born November 15, 1979 in Shepparton , Victoria ) is a former Australian cyclist and later sports director . He achieved his greatest successes on the track , where he became a two-time world champion and Olympic champion in team pursuit . On the road , he was particularly successful in time trials .

career

At the World Track Championships in 2002 and 2003 , Lancaster won the gold medal in the 4,000 m team pursuit with the Australian four. At the UCI Track World Championships in Stuttgart in 2003 , the Australian team was able to defend the title in the 4,000 m team pursuit with a new world record. Together with Graeme Brown , Peter Dawson and Luke Roberts , the Lancaster team drove a time of 3: 57.185 minutes in the final.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he was together with Graeme Brown , Bradley McGee and Luke Roberts Olympic champion in the 4,000 meter team pursuit. He set a new world record for the team in the semifinals with a time of 3: 56.610 minutes .

On the road, Lancaster won mostly in time trials. He celebrated his greatest success as a road racing driver at the Giro d'Italia in 2005 . He won the prologue in Reggio Calabria and wore the Maglia Rosa of the overall ranking for one day . He needed 1:20 minutes for the 1150-meter route of the shortest prologue in the history of the Giro. He started five times in the Tour de France . With the UCI WorldTeam Orica GreenEdge he won the silver medal at the road world championships in 2013 and 2014 .

Lancaster ended his career as an active player after the 2015 season and became sporting director for Team Sky .

successes

Street

2001

one stage Herald Sun Tour

2002

Ronde van Overijssel

2004

one stage Tour de Langkawi

2005

Prologue Giro d'Italia

2008

Prologue Germany Tour

2010

one stage tour of California

2013

one stage Tour de Slovénie
Tour de France team time trial

World Championship - Team Time Trial

2014

Giro d'Italia team time trial

World Championship - Team Time Trial

2015

Giro d'Italia team time trial

train

1997

World Champion (Juniors) - Team Pursuit (with Graeme Brown , Scott Davis and Michael Rogers )

1998

Commonwealth Games - Team Pursuit (with Bradley McGee , Luke Roberts , Michael Rogers and Timothy Lyons )

2002

World Champion - Team Pursuit (with Peter Dawson , Stephen Wooldridge and Luke Roberts )

2003

World Champion - Team Pursuit (with Graeme Brown , Peter Dawson and Luke Roberts )

2004

Olympic Champion - Team Pursuit (with Peter Dawson , Graeme Brown , Bradley McGee , Luke Roberts and Stephen Wooldridge )

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Giro d'Italia	DNF	124	112	-	115	-	-	-	-	DNF	121	DNF	128
Tour de France	-	-	-	-	DNF	129	127	159	DNF	DNF	154	-	-
Vuelta a España	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DNF	-

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

Web links

Commons : Brett Lancaster - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Brett Lancaster in the Radsportseiten.net database

Brett Lancaster in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Brett Lancaster in the Tour de France database(French / English )

Individual evidence

↑ Australia defends four-man title with world record (August 2, 2003)
↑ Lancaster becomes sporting director at Team Sky. radsport-news.com, December 18, 2015, accessed September 18, 2012 .

personal data
SURNAME	Lancaster, Brett
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lancaster, Brett Daniel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 15, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH	Shepparton

[1] Australia defends four-man title with world record (August 2, 2003)

[2] Lancaster becomes sporting director at Team Sky. radsport-news.com, December 18, 2015, accessed September 18, 2012 .