Simon Gerrans: Rider Profile

• Tuesday, 8 September 2009
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Simon Gerrans on podium, Tour Down Under 2012, stage five

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SIMON GERRANS
Date of birth: 16/05/1980

From: Jamieson, Australia
Team: GreenEdge
Previous teams: Sky (2010-2011); Cervélo Test Team (2009); Credit Agricole (2008); Ag2r Prevoyance (2005-2007)

Simon Gerrans career profile
Simon Gerrans is an Australian hilly Classics specialist and an increasingly adept all-rounder capable of winning races an every type of terrain.

Turning professional with the Ag2r team in 2005, the Australian won two major European races in his debut season, Tour du Finistere and the GP Industria e Commercio, quickly making a name for himself.

A move to Crédit Agricole followed, after a string of wins including an overall win at the Tour Down Under, for what proved to be a highly successful year.

A stage win at Prato Nevoso was Gerrans' crowning achievement, in which he demonstrated his tactical nous, riding within himself against better climbers before out-sprinting them at the finish.

Moving to Cervélo in 2009, Gerrans won another mountain stage, this time in the Giro d'Italia, although bizarrely, this performance did not merit him a ride in the Tour de France. A major Classic win at the GP Ouest France Plouay topped yet another fine year for the Australian. 

After two relatively lean years at the British-based Team Sky from 2010 to 2011, Gerrans jumped ship to Australian outfit GreenEdge for 2012 and immediately won the season's first WorldTour race, the Tour Down Under, followed by Milan-San Remo.

Simon Gerrans results
2012
Tour Down Under; overall
Milan-San Remo

2011
Jayco Bay Cycling Classic; sprint classification
Tour of Denmark; overall

2009
Giro d'Italia; stage 14
Vuelta a Espana; stage ten
Jayco Bay Cycling Classic; stage one
GP Ouest France Plouay

2008
Tour de France; stage 15
Criterium International; stage two
Criterium International; king of the mountains
Route du Sud; stage one

Route du Sud; intermediate sprint jersey

2007
GP de Plumelec-Morbihan

2006
Tour Down Under; stage one
Tour Down Under; overall
Herald Sun Tour; overall

2005
Herald Sun Tour; stage three
Herald Sun Tour; overall
Tour du Finistere
GP Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnahese

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EXTERNAL LINKS
Simon Gerrans' website: www.simongerrans.com