David McKenzie (cyclist)

David McKenzie (born August 6, 1974 in Ballarat ) is a retired Australian cyclist .

Athletic career

David McKenzie, nicknamed Macca , was a professional from 1997 to 2005 . McKenzie drove most of the successes in his home country, including the national road championship (1998), eleven stages of the Herald Sun Tour , victory at Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic 2001 and the Bay Criterium Series (1996).

The most sensational success of McKenzie's career was the stage win in Teramo at the Giro d'Italia 2000 , after he had driven 120 kilometers (out of a total of 171 kilometers) alone at the top as a soloist. This stage win by McKenzies was also the greatest success of the Linda McCartney cycling team, which had only existed for two years .

In 2006 McKenzie retired from cycling after winning the Tour of Perth overall standings .

successes

1994

• 1st stage Olympia's Tour

1995

• 4th stage Herald Sun Tour
• 8th stage Herald Sun Tour

1996

• 7th stage Herald Sun Tour
• 10th stage Herald Sun Tour

1997

• 13th stage of the Herald Sun Tour

1998

• Australian road racing champion
• 5th stage Herald Sun Tour
• 10th stage Herald Sun Tour

1999

• 3rd stage Tour de Langkawi

2000

• 7th stage of the Giro d'Italia
• 8th stage Circuito Montañés

2001

• 6th stage Tour Down Under
• 4th stage of the GP de Beauce
• Melbourne-Warrnambool
• 1st stage Herald Sun Tour

2002

• 1st stage Herald Sun Tour
• 6th stage of the Herald Sun Tour

2003

• 4th stage Tour of Qinghai Lake
• 3rd stage Herald Sun Tour
• Tour of Queensland

2004

• 4th stage Tour of Queensland

2005

• 2nd stage Japan tour

Teams

• 1997 Kross - Montanari
• 1998 Kross - Selle Italia
• 1999-2000 Linda McCartney
• 2001 Ficonseils - RCC Conseils Assurances
• 2002 iTeamNova.com
• 2003 Flanders - iTeamNova.com
• 2004 Navigators
• 2005 Wismilak

Web links

• David McKenzie in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gabriella Ekström: Macca wins it for Linda. Cyclingsnews.com, May 20, 2000, accessed December 26, 2013 . 
2. ^ Team 2000. (No longer available online.) Linda McCartney Foods, archived from the original on February 1, 2013 ; Retrieved December 26, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.