Gordon "Gord" Fraser (born November 19, 1968) is a Canadian former professional

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most comm ...

. As a rider he specialised in

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. Fraser is a three-time Olympian and four-time Commonwealth Games participant and has over 200 career wins including becoming the 2004 Canadian national road race champion. He also rode in the

1997 Tour de France The 1997 Tour de France was the 84th edition of the Tour de France and took place from 5 to 27 July. Jan Ullrich's victory margin of 9:09 was the largest margin of victory since Laurent Fignon won the 1984 Tour de France by 10:32. Since 1997 no r ...

and won the US National Race Calendar series twice. He retired from professional cycling at the end of the 2006 season after racing four seasons for the Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis. He went on to be a

directeur sportif A ''directeur sportif'' (, ) is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event. It is seen as the equivalent to a field manager in baseball, or a head coach in football. At professional level, a directeur sportif follows t ...

with Team Type 1 in 2009, and joined UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis as a directeur sportif in 2010. In 2011 became DS for the US Continental team, Realcyclist.com. Whilst there he guided

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to the top of the National Race Calendar individual standings in 2011 and again in 2012 (under the team's new name of Competitive Cyclist Racing Team). However he left the team when it merged with Kenda-5 Hour Energy ahead of the 2013 season. Subsequently he was approached by to work for them in 2013, however this fell through when Exergy withdrew its sponsorship of the team. In 2014 he worked for at the

USA Pro Cycling Challenge The USA Pro Cycling Challenge, also known as USA Pro Challenge, was an annual multi-day professional road bicycle racing stage race that first took place in Colorado in 2011. Originally announced on August 4, 2010 by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter ...

, and took the directeur sportif role at the for several races on a part-time basis, before signing a two-year deal with the squad in September of that year. After it emerged that Silber would disband at the end of the 2018 season,

Floyd Landis Floyd Landis (born October 14, 1975) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. At the 2006 Tour de France, he would have been the third non-European winner in the event's history, but was disqualified after testing positive for p ...

announced that Fraser would serve as manager of his new UCI Continental team, Floyd's of Leadville. After leaving the scene for two years, Fraser was announced to become the head

of the team for the 2022 season, replacing

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. Fraser resides in

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and has two sons named Angus and Axel.

Major results

;1992 : 1st Stage 5 Niederösterreich Rundfahrt ;1994 : 1st

Paris–Troyes Paris–Troyes is an annual single-day road bicycle race in France between Paris and Troyes. First held in 1959, since 2005 it has been a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competit ...

: 1st

Paris–Chauny Paris–Chauny is a one-day cycling race held in France. It was first held in 1922 and has been part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union C ...

: 1st Stages 2, 4 & 5

Tour de Normandie Tour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandy, France. The race started in 1939, but was not held in the periods of 1940–1955 and 1960–1980. It was originally a race for amateurs, but was opened for professi ...

: 1st Stages 2 & 5 Tour du Vaucluse ;1995 : 5th

Trofeo Luis Puig The Trofeo Luis Puig is a single-day road bicycle race held in Valencian Community, Spain. Originally named the Gran Premio Valencia, it was held annually (except for 1980) from the first edition in 1969 until 2005, in which year it was promoted ...

;1997 : 1st Stage 4

Grand Prix du Midi Libre The Grand Prix du Midi Libre (referred to as just Midi Libre) was a multiple-stage road cycling course in the south of France. The race, named after the newspaper that organized it, was first organized in 1949 and was an important preparation co ...

: 5th Paris–Mantes : 10th

Le Samyn Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In ...

;1998 : 1st Stage 2

Vuelta a Asturias Vuelta Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early May each year. The event was first run in 1925 but has not been held consistently until 1968 to present. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI ...

: 1st Stages 1 & 4

Redlands Bicycle Classic The Redlands Bicycle Classic is the longest continuous running invitational, professional cycle sport, cycling stage race in American bike racing, located in Redlands, California, United States. The race began in 1985 after the 1984 Summer Olympic ...

: 1st Stage 1

Killington Stage Race There are 2 places named Killington in England, and 1 in the US. * Killington, Cumbria, a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England ** Killington Beck, the location of Killington Lake (or Killington Reservoir) in Cumbria ** Killington Lake servi ...

: 1st Stage 1

Tour de Beauce Tour de Beauce is a men's elite professional road bicycle racing multi-day event held each June in the Beauce region of Quebec, Canada since 1986. It is the oldest stage-race in North America, and is a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)-rated 2. ...

: 1st Stage 4

Tour de Toona The International Tour de Toona was a stage bicycle race held in Central Pennsylvania in July from 1987 until 2011. The event became the largest pro-am cycling event in North America and had stages spanning Blair, Cambria, Bedford, and Somerset C ...

: 2nd Overall

Sea Otter Classic The Sea Otter Classic is a bicycling and outdoor sports festival and exposition held each spring since 1991 at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. The four-day event is considered the world's largest cycling festival, ...

;1999 : 1st Overall

Tucson Bicycle Classic The Tucson Bicycle Classic is a multi-day cycling race held in Tucson, Arizona Tucson (; ; ) is a city in Pima County, Arizona, United States, and its county seat. It is the second-most populous city in Arizona, behind Phoenix, Arizona, P ...

::1st Stages 1 & 2 : Tour Trans Canada ::1st Stages 2, 3, 6, 8 & 9 ::1st Points classification : 1st Stages 3 & 5

: 1st Stages 2 & 7

International Cycling Classic The International Cycling Classic, also known as Superweek, was a multi-day cycling race held around Milwaukee, Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the Uni ...

: 1st Stage 5

: 1st Stage 4

: 1st Stage 2

Fitchburg Longsjo Classic Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, also known as the Longsjo Classic, was an annual road bicycle racing, bicycle stage race, race held in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. The race began in 1960 as the Arthur M. Longsjo Jr ...

: 2nd

Road race,

Pan American Games The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of th ...

: 2nd

Road race,

Pan American Road Championships The Pan American Road Championships are the continental cycling championships for road bicycle racing held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation. Riders competing in the Pan American Cycling Championships are sel ...

: 2nd Overall

: 3rd Athens Twilight Criterium : 7th First Union Classic ;2000 : 1st Athens Twilight Criterium : 1st

GP de la Ville de Rennes Grand Prix Cycliste de la Ville de Rennes was a professional cycle road race held in Rennes, France until 2008 when it was last organised, with the organisers citing financial difficulties as the reason. Since 2005 the race was organized as a 1.1 ...

: 1st Stage 1

Critérium International The Critérium International was a two-day Stage (bicycle race), bicycle stage race held in France every spring from 1932 until 2016, typically the last weekend of March. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in ...

: 1st Overall Valley of the Sun Stage Race ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Overall

::1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4 : 1st Prologue & Stage 3

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd First Union Classic : 8th Philadelphia International Cycling Classic ;2001 : 1st Stage 1

Tour de Langkawi The Tour de Langkawi is a stage race, multiple stage bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Malaysia. It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily ...

: 1st Stage 2

: 1st Prologue & Stage 3

: 2nd Clarendon Cup ;2002 : 1st First Union Classic : 1st Overall

::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 : 1st Athens Twilight Criterium : 1st Manhattan Beach Grand Prix : 1st Stage 1 Valley of the Sun Stage Race : 1st Stage 2

: 1st Stage 6b

: 3rd Overall

USA Cycling National Racing Calendar The USA Cycling National Racing Calendar (NRC) is an annual competition of road bicycle racing events held in the United States and sponsored by USA Cycling. The NRC includes a men's and women's individual and team rankings based on points awar ...

;2003 : 1st Gastown Grand Prix : 1st Stages 1 & 3

Tour of the Gila The Tour of the Gila is a cycling stage race for both men and women located in New Mexico, United States. It is sponsored by the component maker SRAM. The "Gila" began in 1987. Beginning in 2012, the men's Gila has been added to the UCI Americ ...

: 1st Stage 3

: 1st Stage 1

: 1st Stages 2, 3 & 4 Pomona Valley Stage Race : 3rd Manhattan Beach Grand Prix ;2004 : 1st MaillotCan

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stages 1 & 7

Tour de Georgia The Tour de Georgia was a U.S. professional road cycling stage race across the state of Georgia. The race began in 2003 and was contested six times until 2008. It was one of the three events in North America ranked as Hors Classe ( 2.HC) stage ra ...

: 1st Points classification,

: 1st Stage 4

Cascade Cycling Classic The Cascade Cycling Classic was the longest running elite road bicycle racing stage race in the United States (1980–2019), with 2018 being the only year the race was not held. The race was held again in 2019, but then canceled due to Covid in 20 ...

: 2nd Overall

: 2nd CSC Invitational : 2nd Wachovia Classic : 3rd Philadelphia International Championship ;2005 : 1st Wachovia Classic : 1st Gastown Grand Prix : 1st Stage 6

: 1st : 1st Stage 1

: 1st Stage 4 Nature Valley Grand Prix : 2nd Overall

San Dimas Stage Race The San Dimas Stage Race is a stage race, stage cycling race held annually in the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California. It was called the Pomona Valley Stage Race until 2004. Winners Men Women References

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::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Overall Tour de Delta ::1st Stage 3 ;2006 : 1st Overall

Joe Martin Stage Race Joe Martin Stage Race was a road cycling stage race held annually in Fayetteville, Arkansas between 1978 and 2023. It was part of the UCI America Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were intr ...

::1st Stages 1, 2 & 4 : 1st : 1st Stage 3

: 1st Stage 3 Tour de Delta : 1st Stage 3 Central Valley Classic : 3rd Overall Tour of Elk Grove : 3rd Athens Twilight Criterium

References

External links

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Interview on Cycling NewsInterview on BMC
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2005 Pezcyclingnews interview of Gord Fraser by Matt Wood
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fraser, Gordon Canadian male cyclists 1968 births Living people Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1999 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Canada Cyclists from Ottawa Pan American Games silver medalists in cycling Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games cyclists for Canada Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games 20th-century Canadian sportsmen