Caleb Ewan
 Ewan at the 2016 Tour of Britain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Caleb Ewan |
| Nickname | The Pocket Rocket |
| Born |
11 July 1994 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Orica–BikeExchange |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2013–2014 | Jayco-AIS World Tour Academy |
| 2014 | Orica–GreenEDGE (stagiaire) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2014– | Orica–GreenEDGE |
| Major wins | |
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Medal record
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Infobox last updated on 7 September 2016 | |
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Caleb Ewan (born 11 July 1994) is an Australian road and track bicycle racer who rides for Orica–BikeExchange. He is a sprinter. He has a style similar to that of Mark Cavendish, with an extremely low position giving him a significant aero advantage.[2]
Biography
Caleb Ewan started competitive cycling at the age of ten. In 2010 he became the Junior National Road Race Champion. The next year he won multiple disciplines at the Junior National Track Championships and he became World Champion omnium at the Junior Track World Championships.
In 2013 Ewan started racing for Jayco-AIS World Tour Academy. That year he won the first stage as well as the general classification of the Mitchelton Wines Bay Cycling Classic. He also won the La Côte Picarde installment of the UCI Nations Cup U23, the Gran Premio Palio del Recioto, and stages in the Tour Alsace, Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 and the Tour de l'Avenir. At the end of the year he finished fourth in the Men's under-23 road race at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships.
Ewan signed pre-contract terms with Orica–GreenEDGE in October 2013, joining the World Tour team as a stagiaire in August 2014 and as a professional in October.[3][4] At the beginning of August, before joining Orica–GreenEDGE, Ewan took part in the road race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, competing for Australia. The Australian team tried to control the race for Ewan's sprint, but were unable to do so. After attempting a solo chase of the three leaders, he fell back and was the last man to cross the finish line: he finished in 12th place, over 11 minutes behind the gold medallist Geraint Thomas (Wales).[5]
His first professional wins came in the second and third stages of the 2015 Herald Sun Tour. A month later, in the Tour de Langkawi he then took his second professional win and the lead in general classification. Though he lost the overall lead of the race, Ewan won a second stage (the third victory of his career) and the points classification.[6] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España,[7] where he won stage 5,[8] but he withdrew from the race during stage 10.[9]
In 2016, Ewan participated in the Tour Down Under and won the first stage in a mass sprint.[10] He made it a duo of wins by taking the sixth stage as well.[11] He also was the victor of Stage 2 of the Herald Sun Tour, another race disputed on Australian soil.[12]
He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[13]
Career achievements
Road
- 2010
- 1st
National Junior Road Race Championships - 2011
- 1st National Junior Criterium Championships
- 2012
- 1st National Junior Time Trial Championships
- 1st Stage 4 Rothaus Regio-Tour International
- 1st Stage 2b Liège–La Gleize
- 1st Gent–Menen
- 2nd
World Junior Road Race Championships - 2nd Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 2nd Trofeo Comune di Vertova
- 2nd Trofeo Emilio Paganessi
- 3rd Overall Keizer der Juniores
- 2013
- 1st Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st GP Palio del Recioto
- 1st La Côte Picarde
- Thüringen-Rundfahrt
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 4 & 7
- Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Stage 2 Tour Alsace
- 3rd GP Industrie del Marmo
- 4th World Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 2014
- 1st Under-23 National Criterium Championships
- 1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Avenir
- 2nd World Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 2nd Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano
- 3rd Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic
- 1st Stage 4
- 3rd People's Choice Classic
- 6th Trofeo Piva
- 2015
- 1st Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
- 1st Stages 2 & 3 Herald Sun Tour
- Tour de Langkawi
1st, Points classification- 1st Stages 3 & 6
- 1st Vuelta a La Rioja
- 1st Under 23 classification
- 1st Overall Tour de Korea
- 1st Stages 2, 3, 5 & 7
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a España
- 2nd National Criterium Championships
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 2016
- 1st National Criterium Championships
- 1st Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
- Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 1 & 6
- 1st EuroEyes Cyclassics
- 1st People's Choice Classic
- 1st Stage 8 Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage 2 Herald Sun Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|
 Giro |
- | WD |
 Tour |
- | - |
 Vuelta |
WD | - |
WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress
Track
- 2011
- 1st
World Junior Omnium Championships - National Junior Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Points race
- 1st Madison
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 3rd Scratch race
- 1st
- 2012
- National Junior Championships
- 2nd Madison
- 2nd Points race
- 3rd Scratch race
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 2nd Oceania Individual Pursuit Championships
- 2013
- 2nd National Team Pursuit Championships
References
- 1 2 "Rider Biography – Cycling Australia".
- ↑ "Getting low: Caleb Ewan explains his super-aero sprinting position". CyclingTips. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ "Caleb Ewan Signs With ORICA-GreenEDGE".
- ↑ "Caleb Ewan signs for Australian team Orica-GreenEdge on pre-contract agreement". skysports.com. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ↑ O'Shea, Sadhbh (4 August 2014). "Tough day for Ewan at Commonwealth Games". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ "Caleb Ewan". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ↑ Windsor, Richard (1 September 2015). "Caleb Ewan takes maiden Grand Tour victory on Vuelta a España stage five". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ "Ewan pulls out of Vuelta a Espana on stage 10". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Woodpower, Zeb (19 January 2016). "Tour Down Under: Ewan wins stage 1". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ↑ Migliaccio, Val (24 January 2016). "Tour Down Under 2016: Caleb Ewan wins Stage 6". The Advertiser. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ↑ Wynn, Nigel (5 February 2016). "Caleb Ewan wins stage two of Herald Sun Tour as Peter Kennaugh retains lead". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ↑ "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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