Brad McGee, a five-time Olympic Games medallist, two-time world champion, and wearer of all three Grand Tour leader's jerseys, will be inducted into the Cycling Australia Hall of Fame later this month. McGee and Jack Hoobin join Katie Mactier and Julie Speight as the inductees for 2017.
"People congratulate me and I say 'hold on, I haven't done anything apart from get a bit older and lose some hair'," said McGee on his induction to the Cycling Australia Hall of Fame. "I was in Melbourne the other week for the Sport Australia Hall of Fame and I'll use that experience to look through the list of existing members of the Cycling Australia Hall of Fame and spend time reflecting."
"Then it starts to display its full weight, I'll allow myself a day or two to step out of my current roles and go back in that space because these are once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to stop and reflect."
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McGee announced himself onto the world cycling scene at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, winning the first of his five career gold medals in the individual and team pursuit. McGee continued to enjoy success on the track and in 1999, signed with the French Française des Jeux squad. A year later, he won bronze in the Olympic games individual pursuit just 18 days after breaking a collarbone.
McGee would balance a road and track programme for the majority of his career with success on both fronts. At the Tour de France, McGee won two stages and enjoyed a stint in yellow during 2003 after success in the prologue. He added the Giro d'Italia prologue to his palmares the following year and with the win, two stints in the pink jersey. He would finish the Italian Grand Tour in eighth place overall. In 2005, McGee then completed the Grand Tour set of leader's jersey at the Vuelta a España.
The 41-year-old moved to Team CSC for one final season on the road in 2008 before moving into a sports director role with the team at the age of 32. He has since left the WorldTour for coaching roles with the NSW Institute of Sport and Cycling Australia where he is the head road director.
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