Simon Gerrans

Simon Gerrans (born 16 May 1980) is an Australian former professional road racing cyclist who rode professionally from 2005 to 2018. He grew up in Mansfield, Victoria, took up the sport after a knee injury, and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder before turning professional with AG2R Prevoyance. He later rode for Credit Agricole, Cervelo TestTeam, Team Sky, Orica-GreenEDGE (later Orica-Scott) and BMC Racing Team. Gerrans won the Tour Down Under a record four times and took the Australian national road race title in 2012 and 2014. His biggest one-day victories were Milan-San Remo in 2012 and Liege-Bastogne-Liege in 2014, when he became the first Australian to win that race, alongside the Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec in 2012 and 2014. He won a stage in each of the three Grand Tours and wore the yellow jersey at the 2013 Tour de France after his team won the stage 4 team time trial. He retired at the end of 2018 and has since worked in business and as a cycling commentator.