Derek Gee (born 3 August 1997 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian

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, who currently rides for

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Career

He rode in the men's team pursuit event at the

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. He qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Gee rode in the

2023 Giro d'Italia The 2023 Giro d'Italia was the 106th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a three-week Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour cycling stage race. The race started on 6 May in Fossacesia and finished on 28 May in Rome. There were 3 individual time trial stage ...

, which was his first Grand Tour as well as in his first season on the

UCI World Tour The UCI WorldTour is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an annual ranking system based upon perfor ...

. Throughout the race, he placed second on four stages and fourth on two others, while having no victories. He also finished second overall in the points classification, the intermediate sprints classification and the mountains classification. He was also awarded the

Combativity award The combativity award is a prize given in road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, ...

on stages 10, 14 and 19, all of which he placed second on, as well as the overall most combative rider award. In 2024, Gee won stage 3 at the

2024 Critérium du Dauphiné The 2024 Critérium du Dauphiné was a road cycling stage race that took place between 2 and 9 June in the Dauphiné region of southeastern France. It was the 76th edition of Critérium du Dauphiné and the 23rd race of the 2024 UCI World Tour. ...

, out-sprinting a small pack in a hilltop finish, and went on to finish third overall in the one-week stage race. He next competed in the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

, his first time entering the race, finishing third on stage nine. He ultimately finished 9th overall. Gee later was out for two months after breaking his collarbone in a crash.

Major results

Road

;2015 : National Junior Championships ::1st Road race ::1st

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

: 2nd Overall Ronde des Vallées : 7th Overall

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;2017 :

Challenge du Prince The Challenge du Prince is a series of one-day races held annually since 2010 in Morocco. It consists of three races: Trophée de l'Anniversaire, Trophée de la Maison Royale and Trophée Princier, with each rated as a 1.2 event on the UCI Afr ...

::5th Trophée Princier ::7th Trophée de l'Anniversaire ;2019 : 4th

, National Championships ;2021 : National Championships ::3rd Road race ::3rd

;2022 (1 pro win) : 1st

, National Championships : 8th

Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers is a road bicycle race held annually near Lillers, a commune in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. The editions 1964–1995 were reserved for amateurs. Since 2005, it is rated 1.2 on the UCI Europe Tour. ...

;2023 (1) : 1st

, National Championships : 10th

Brussels Cycling Classic The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first ...

: 10th

Chrono des Nations Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée is a single-day individual time trial road bicycle race held annually in October in Les Herbiers, Vendée, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was origi ...

Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...

Stages 10, 14, 19 & Overall ;2024 (1) : 3rd Overall

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycle sport, cycling road bicycle racing, road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during ...

::1st Stage 3 : 9th Overall

;2025 (2) : 1st Overall

O Gran Camiño O Gran Camiño ''(English: The Great Way)'', also known as Gran Camiño and the International Galician Tour, is a road cycling stage race held in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. The race is rated as a category 2.1 eve ...

::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 3 (

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) : 3rd Overall

Tour of the Alps The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino () until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...

: 4th Overall

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...

General classification results timeline

Track

;2016 : 2nd Omnium, National Championships ;2017 : Pan American Championships ::1st Gold medal america

Individual pursuit ::1st Gold medal america

Team pursuit : National Championships ::1st Individual pursuit ::1st Team pursuit ::1st Omnium ::1st Madison (with Evan Burtnik) ::1st Points race : 2nd Team pursuit,

UCI World Cup The UCI World Cups are the World Cups for cycling disciplines organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale: * UCI Road World Cup The UCI Road World Cup was a season-long Road bicycle racing, road cycling competition held from 1989 until 2004 ...

, Milton ;2018 : National Championships ::1st Individual pursuit ::1st Team pursuit ::1st Omnium ::1st Madison (with Michael Foley) ::1st Points race ::2nd Team pursuit : 3rd

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ...

: 3rd Team pursuit,

, Berlin ;2019 : Pan American Championships ::1st Gold medal america

Omnium ::1st Gold medal america

Team pursuit : National Championships ::1st Individual pursuit ::1st Omnium ::1st Madison (with Michael Foley) ::2nd Team pursuit : 2nd Team pursuit,

, Cambridge ;2020 : National Championships ::1st Individual pursuit ::1st Omnium ::3rd Team pursuit

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gee, Derek 1997 births Living people Canadian male cyclists Cyclists from Ottawa Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Olympic cyclists for Canada Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Canadian sportsmen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in cycling