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No. 43 - Stuart O'Grady


Stuart O'Grady
Team: CSC
DOB: 8/6/1973
Nationality: Australia
Residence(s): Adelaide, Australia
Height: 5'9" |  Weight: 161
Pro Since: 1995
Website: teamogrady.com.au
Past Pro Teams: CSC (2006-2007), Cofidis (2004-2005), Crédit Agricole (1998-2003), GAN (1995-1997)
 

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Career Highlights

  • 2008 10th Overall & 6th Stages 1,3,5 Tour Down Under
  • 2007 1st Paris-Roubaix - 3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen - 5th Overall Tour of California
  • 2006 2nd Post Danmark Rundt - 2nd Züri Metzgete - 3rd Stage 3 Vuelta a España - 3rd Stage 20 Tour de France - 6th World Championshipa
  • 2005 2nd Points competition & Stage 13 Tour de France
  • 2004 1st Stage 7 &5, 1st Points Competition Dauphiné Libéré - 3rd Danmark Rundt - 1st Stage 5, 2nd Stage 6, 3rd Stage 9 Tour de France - 2nd Stages 3&10, 3rd Stage 6&11 Vuelta a Espana - 4th World Championships
  • 2003 1st Australian Championship - 1st Stage 6 Tour de Langkawi - 1st Stage 8 Tour de Langkawi - 3rd Paris-Tours

Interesting Facts

Not many professional cyclists have a resume like Stuart O'Grady, as he has won stages in Grand Tours and consistently placed well in top tier races throughout his long career. He started the sport in track cycling, and his first major result was his silver medal in the Men's Team Pursuit (4000m) of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In the 2007 Tour de France, O'Grady was forced to abandon on Stage 8 after crashing on a descent and fracturing five ribs, his right shoulder blade, right collar bone, three vertebrae and puncturing his right lung. He has recovered from this horrendous set back, posting three stage wins at the Tour Down Under already this season. O'Grady has also set up and financially supports an Australian junior cycling development team, CSC Team O'Grady.