Simon Gerrans

Simon Gerrans
Gerrans at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné
Personal information
Full nameSimon Gerrans
Born (1980-05-16) 16 May 1980 (age 44)
Melbourne, Australia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typePuncheur
Amateur teams
2003Team Ringerike SK
2003Carvalhelhos–Boavista (stagiaire)
2004AG2R Prévoyance (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2005–2007AG2R Prévoyance
2008Crédit Agricole
2009Cervélo TestTeam
2010–2011Team Sky
2012–2017GreenEDGE[2]
2018BMC Racing Team[3]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
2 individual stages (2008, 2013)
2 TTT stages (2013, 2018)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2009)
1 TTT stage (2015)
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2009)

Stage races

Herald Sun Tour (2005, 2006)
Danmark Rundt (2011)
Tour Down Under (2006, 2012, 2014, 2016)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2012, 2014)
Milan–San Remo (2012)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2014)
GP Ouest–France (2009)
GP de Québec (2012, 2014)
GP de Montréal (2014)
Medal record
World Championships
Representing  Australia
Silver medal – second place 2014 Ponferrada Road race

Simon Gerrans (born 16 May 1980) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018, for the AG2R Prévoyance, Crédit Agricole, Cervélo TestTeam, Team Sky, Orica–Scott[2] and BMC Racing Team squads.[3] Post-retirement he initially worked as an athlete intern at Goldman Sachs in London,[4] then joined The Service Course, in which he is an investor, as COO and now CEO, in early 2020.[5][6][7] He can also be heard commentating road cycling for ASO and SBS.

Gerrans was a two-time winner of the Australian National Road Race Championships, having won the title in 2012,[8] and 2014. Aside from his National Championship successes, his biggest triumphs were winning the Tour Down Under a record four times,[9] and getting the better of one-day races such as the 2009 GP Ouest-France, the 2012 Milan–San Remo, the 2012 and 2014 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec,[10] the 2014 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, and stage wins in all three Grand Tours. In the 2013 Tour de France, Gerrans claimed the yellow jersey on Stage 4 after being part of the winning team in the Stage 4 team time trial in Nice.

  1. ^ a b "Simon Gerrans". Orica–GreenEDGE. GreenEDGE Cycling. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b Hinds, Alex (18 August 2011). "GreenEdge add Gerrans to 2012 roster". Cycling News. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b "BMC Racing Team Welcomes Simon Gerrans in 2018". BMC Switzerland. BMC Switzerland AG. 21 September 2017. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Gerrans to work for Goldman Sachs following retirement". Cyclingnews.com. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Simon Gerrans". LinkedIn. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  6. ^ "SIMON GERRANS JOINS THE SERVICE COURSE LEADERSHIP TEAM AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER". The Service Course. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  7. ^ "2021 PREVIEW: SIMON GERRANS". The Service Course. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Gerrans clinches Aussie cycling title". Sky News Australia. Australian News Channel Pty Ltd. 8 January 2012. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  9. ^ "Simon Gerrans clinches his third Tour Down Under title". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  10. ^ "Gerrans wins Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec". Cyclingnews.com. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.