Caleb Ewan (born 11 July 1994) is an Australian

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and track bicycle racer who rides for

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. A sprinter, Ewan has a style similar to that of

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, taking an extremely low position that offers him an aerodynamic advantage.

Biography

Caleb Ewan was born in

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to a Korean mother and Australian father. At the age of eight he started bicycle racing, inspired by his father, who was also a competitive cyclist. He 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 An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...

at the

Junior Track World Championships The UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships (named the UCI Juniors Track World Championships before 2016) are a set of world championship events for junior riders, for various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by t ...

. 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

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instalment of the UCI Nations Cup U23, the

Gran Premio Palio del Recioto The Gran Premio Palio del Recioto is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2U. Winners References Cycle races in Italy UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events esta ...

, and stages in the Tour Alsace, Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 and the

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independent ...

. At the end of the year he finished fourth in the Men's under-23 road race at the

2013 UCI Road World Championships The 2013 UCI Road World Championships took place in Tuscany, Italy, between 22 and 29 September 2013. The Championships consisted of 12 events for elite, under-23 and junior cyclists. It was the 86th Road World Championships, the 13th in Italy a ...

. Ewan signed pre-contract terms with in October 2013, joining the World Tour team as a stagiaire in August 2014 and as a professional in October. At the beginning of August, before joining , 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 finish: he finished in 12th place out of 140 who started, over 11 minutes behind the gold medallist

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(

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). His first professional wins came in the second and third stages of the

2015 Herald Sun Tour The 2015 Jayco Herald Sun Tour was the 62nd edition of the Herald Sun Tour road cycling stage race. The race was rated as 2.1 and was part of the 2015 UCI Oceania Tour. The 2015 race consisted of five stages in Victoria, starting in Melbourne on ...

. 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. He was named in the start list for the

2015 Vuelta a España The 2015 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling race. The race was the 70th edition of the Vuelta a España and took place principally in Spain, although two stages took place partly or wholly in Andorra, and was the 22nd race in ...

, where he won stage 5, but he withdrew from the race during stage 10. In 2016, Ewan participated in the

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and won the first stage in a mass sprint. He made it a duo of wins by taking the sixth stage as well. He also was the victor of Stage 2 of the

Herald Sun Tour The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annuall ...

, another race held on Australian soil. He was named in the start list for the

2016 Giro d'Italia The 2016 Giro d'Italia was the 99th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Apeldoorn on 6 May with a individual time trial, followed by two other stages in the Netherlands, both between Nijmegen and ...

. He raced in the 2017 Giro, winning stage seven in a field sprint. In the

2019 Tour Down Under The 2019 Tour Down Under was a road cycling stage race, that took place between 15 and 20 January 2019 in and around Adelaide, South Australia. It was the 21st edition of the Tour Down Under and the first race of the 2019 UCI World Tour. For th ...

, he headbutted

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in Stage 5 and was relegated to 83rd place after crossing the finish line first. In July 2019, he participated in the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consist ...

, and in Stage 11 he beat Dylan Groenewegen in a tight sprint finish in Toulouse. He won stage 16 in Nîmes, narrowly beating

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, as well as the final stage, narrowly beating Groenewegen on the

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. He was the "

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" of the 2022 Tour de France, having finished over 5 hours down on overall winner

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Major results

Road

;2010 : 1st MaillotAustralia

Road race Road racing, road race of road racer may refer to: * Road racing in motorsport * Road running on foot * Road bicycle racing * ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game) * Roadracers (1994 film) * Roadracers (1959 fi ...

, National Junior Road Championships ;2011 : 3rd

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, National Junior Road Championships ;2012 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

::2nd

: 1st Gent–Menen : 1st Stage 4

Regio-Tour The Regio-Tour is a multi-stage road bicycle race held between France, Switzerland and Germany. It was first held in 1985 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Famous riders like Laurent Brochard, Jan U ...

Juniors : 1st Stage 2b Liège–La Gleize : 2nd Silver medal blank

UCI Junior Road World Championships UCI most commonly refers to: * University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States * Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling UCI may also refer to: * Uganda Cancer ...

: 2nd Trofeo Comune di Vertova : 2nd Trofeo Emilio Paganessi : 3rd Overall Keizer der Juniores ;2013 : 1st

: 1st

: Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 ::1st Jersey blue

Points classification ::1st Stages 4 & 7 :

::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 1st Stage 2 Tour Alsace : 3rd

Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo The Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2. Winners References

1988 establishments in Italy Cycle r ...

: 4th

, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships : 8th Trofeo Piva ;2014 : 1st MaillotAustralia

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Stage 2

: 2nd

, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships : 2nd Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano : 6th Trofeo Piva ;2015 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour de Korea ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification ::1st Stages 2, 3, 5 & 7 : 1st

Vuelta a La Rioja The Vuelta a La Rioja ( en, Tour of La Rioja) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race held in La Rioja. From 2005 to 2008, it was a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing compet ...

: Tour de Langkawi ::1st Jersey blue

Points classification ::1st Stages 3 & 6 :

::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 1st Stage 5

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the ...

: 2nd

, National Road Championships ;2016 : 1st EuroEyes Cyclassics :

::1st Stages 1 & 6 : 1st Stage 8

Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...

: 1st Stage 2

;2017 :

::1st

Sprints classification ::1st Stages 1, 3, 4 & 6 :

::1st Stages 1, 3 & 6 : 1st Jersey green

Points classification, Tour de Yorkshire : 1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia : 1st Stage 4

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stage ...

: 1st Stage 4 Abu Dhabi Tour : 10th

Milan–San Remo Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is ...

;2018 : 1st

Clásica de Almería The Clásica de Almería ( en, Classic of Almería) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February or March in Almería, Spain, starting and finishing in Almería itself. Established in 1986, the race was run as an amateur event ...

: 1st Stage 2

: 1st Stage 8

: 2nd

: 4th

, National Road Championships ;2019 : 1st Brussels Cycling Classic :

::1st Stages 11, 16 & 21 ::Held Jersey white

after Stage 1 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 8 & 11 :

Tour of Turkey The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ( tr, Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu) is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey since 1963. In 2005 the race became part of the UCI Europe Tour, UCI race classificat ...

::1st Stages 4 & 6 : 1st Stage 4 UAE Tour : 1st Stage 4 ZLM Tour : 2nd

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race also known as Great Ocean Road Race or Cadel Road Race is an annual professional one-day road bicycle racing for both men and women starting and finishing in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and routed along ...

: 2nd EuroEyes Cyclassics ;2020 : 1st

Scheldeprijs The Scheldeprijs is a cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a 1.HC race on the UCI Europe Tou ...

::1st Stages 3 & 11 :

::1st Stages 2 & 4 : UAE Tour ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie : 2nd

Milano–Torino Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The ev ...

: 7th

;2021 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 5 & 7 ::Held Jersey violet

after Stage 7 :

Tour of Belgium The Tour of Belgium ( nl, Ronde van België; french: Tour de Belgique) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries. It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Be ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 3 & 4 : 1st Stage 5 Benelux Tour : 1st Stage 7 UAE Tour : 2nd

;2022 : 1st

Grand Prix de Fourmies The Grand Prix de Fourmies is a bicycle race held in the Fourmies commune of France. Since 2005 it has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which wer ...

::1st Stages 1 & 6 : 1st Stage 3

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important pre ...

: 1st Stage 1 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var : 1st Stage 1 Saudi Tour : 1st Stage 1 Deutschland Tour : 2nd

Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne is an annual single-day road cycling race in Belgium. It is held one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, on the last Sunday of February or the first of March, and completes the opening weekend of the Belgian cycling season ...

: 2nd

Elfstedenronde The Elfstedenronde is a one-day road cycling race held annually in Belgium. It was held originally from 1943 until 1989, and returned in 2017 as the Bruges Cycling Classic. The race has also been called the Tour des Onze Villes and the Circuit des ...

: 2nd

Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classic results timeline

Critériums

;2012 : 2nd Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic ::1st Stages 2 & 4 ;2013 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic ::1st Stage 1 ;2014 : 3rd Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic ::1st Stage 4 : 3rd Down Under Classic ;2015 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 : 2nd

National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, i ...

;2016 : 1st MaillotAustralia

: 1st

Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 4 : 1st Down Under Classic ;2017 : 1st MaillotAustralia

: 1st Down Under Classic : 3rd Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic ::1st Stage 3 ;2018 : 1st MaillotAustralia

: 3rd Down Under Classic ;2019 : 1st Down Under Classic : 2nd Overall Bay Classic Series ::1st Stages 2 & 3

Track

;2011 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Omnium,

UCI Junior Track World Championships The UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships (named the UCI Juniors Track World Championships before 2016) are a set of world championship events for junior riders, for various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by ...

: National Junior Track Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Omnium ::1st MaillotAustralia

Points race ::1st MaillotAustralia

Madison ::2nd Team pursuit ::3rd Scratch ;2012 : 2nd Silver medal blank

Individual pursuit, Oceania Track Championships : National Junior Track Championships ::2nd Madison ::2nd Points race ::3rd Scratch ::3rd Team pursuit ;2013 : 2nd Team pursuit,

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