Caleb Ewan (born 11 July 1994) is an Australian road and track bicycle racer who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla.[5] A sprinter, Ewan has a style similar to that of Mark Cavendish, taking an extremely low position[6] that offers him an aerodynamic advantage.[7]
 Ewan at the 2018 Tour of Britain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Caleb Ewan |
| Nickname | The Pocket Rocket |
| Born | 11 July 1994 Sydney, Australia |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Jayco–AlUla |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2013–2014 | Jayco–AIS World Tour Academy |
| 2014 | Orica–GreenEDGE (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2014–2018 | Orica–GreenEDGE |
| 2019–2023 | Lotto–Soudal[2][3][4] |
| 2024– | Team Jayco–AlUla |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Medal record | |
Career
editYouth
editCaleb Ewan was born in New South Wales to a Korean mother and Australian father. At the age of eight he started bicycle racing, inspired by his father, who was also a competitive cyclist.[8] He started competitive cycling at the age of ten.[citation needed] In 2010 he became the Junior National Road Race Champion. The next year he won multiple disciplines at the Junior National Track Championships and he became World Champion omnium at the Junior Track World Championships.
Professional career
editIn 2013 Ewan started racing for Jayco–AIS World Tour Academy. That year he won the first stage as well as the general classification of the Mitchelton Wines Bay Cycling Classic. He also won the La Côte Picarde installment of the UCI Nations Cup U23, the Gran Premio Palio del Recioto, and stages in the Tour Alsace, Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 and the Tour de l'Avenir. At the end of the year he finished fourth in the Men's under-23 road race at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships.
Ewan signed pre-contract terms with Orica–GreenEDGE in October 2013, joining the World Tour team as a stagiaire in August 2014 and as a professional in October.[9][10] At the beginning of August, before joining Orica–GreenEDGE, Ewan took part in the road race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, competing for Australia. The Australian team tried to control the race for Ewan's sprint, but were unable to do so. After attempting a solo chase of the three leaders, he fell back and was the last man to finish: he finished in 12th place out of 140 who started, over 11 minutes behind the gold medallist Geraint Thomas (Wales).[11]
His first professional wins came in the second and third stages of the 2015 Herald Sun Tour. A month later, in the Tour de Langkawi he then took his second professional win and the lead in general classification. Though he lost the overall lead of the race, Ewan won a second stage (the third victory of his career) and the points classification.[12] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España,[13] where he won stage 5,[14] but he withdrew from the race during stage 10.[15]
In 2016, Ewan participated in the Tour Down Under and won the first stage in a mass sprint.[16] He made it a duo of wins by taking the sixth stage as well.[17] He also was the victor of Stage 2 of the Herald Sun Tour, another race held on Australian soil.[18] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[19] He raced in the 2017 Giro, winning stage seven[6] in a field sprint.
For the 2019 season, Ewan signed with Lotto–Soudal. He started the year at the Tour Down Under, where he headbutted Jasper Philipsen in Stage 5 and was relegated to 83rd place after crossing the finish line first.[20] In July 2019, he participated in the Tour de France, and in Stage 11 he beat Dylan Groenewegen in a tight sprint finish in Toulouse.[21][22] He won stage 16 in Nîmes, narrowly beating Elia Viviani, as well as the final stage, crossing the line ahead of Groenewegen on the Champs-Élysées.
At the Tour de France, he won two more stages, on days three and eleven.[23] That year, he totaled seven wins. The following season, he won stages three and seven of the Giro d'Italia, tallying six total victories for the year.[24]
In 2022, he again took seven wins, including the Grand Prix de Fourmies one-day race. He was the "lanterne rouge" of the 2022 Tour de France, having finished over 5 hours down on overall winner Jonas Vingegaard.[25] He only won one race in 2023: the Van Merksteijn Fences Classic.
After five seasons with Lotto–Dstny, Ewan left the team due to disagreements with the new team manager Stéphane Heulot.[26] He then joined UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla on a two-year contract. His first success with the squad was the opening stage of the 2024 Tour of Oman.[27]
Major results
editSource: [28]
Road
edit- 2010
- 1st
Road race, National Junior Championships - 2011
- 3rd Time trial, National Junior Championships
- 2012
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 1st Gent–Menen
- 1st Stage 4 Regio-Tour Juniors
- 1st Stage 2b Liège–La Gleize
- 2nd
Road race, UCI World Junior Championships - 2nd Trofeo Comune di Vertova
- 2nd Trofeo Emilio Paganessi
- 3rd Overall Keizer der Juniores
- 2013
- 1st Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
- 1st La Côte Picarde
- Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 4 & 7
- 1st
- Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Stage 2 Tour Alsace
- 3rd Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo
- 4th Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 8th Trofeo Piva
- 2014
- 1st Road race, National Under-23 Championships
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Avenir
- 2nd Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 2nd Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano
- 6th Trofeo Piva
- 2015 (11 pro wins)
- 1st
Overall Tour de Korea
- 1st
Points classification - 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stages 2, 3, 5 & 7
- 1st
- 1st Vuelta a La Rioja
- Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 3 & 6
- 1st
- Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a España
- 2nd Road race, National Championships
- 2016 (5)
- 1st EuroEyes Cyclassics
- Tour Down Under
- 1st Stages 1 & 6
- 1st Stage 8 Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage 2 Herald Sun Tour
- 2017 (10)
- Tour Down Under
- 1st
Sprints classification - 1st Stages 1, 3, 4 & 6
- 1st
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Stages 1, 3 & 6
- 1st Points classification, Tour de Yorkshire
- 1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 4 Abu Dhabi Tour
- 10th Milan–San Remo
- 2018 (3)
- 1st Clásica de Almería
- 1st Stage 2 Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 8 Tour of Britain
- 2nd Milan–San Remo
- 4th Road race, National Championships
- 2019 (10)
- 1st Brussels Cycling Classic
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 11, 16 & 21
- Held after Stage 1
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 8 & 11
- Tour of Turkey
- 1st Stages 4 & 6
- 1st Stage 4 UAE Tour
- 1st Stage 4 ZLM Tour
- 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 2nd EuroEyes Cyclassics
- 2020 (7)
- 1st Scheldeprijs
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 3 & 11
- Tour Down Under
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
- UAE Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie
- 2nd Milano–Torino
- 7th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 2021 (6)
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 5 & 7
- Held
after Stage 7
- Tour of Belgium
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 3 & 4
- 1st
- 1st Stage 5 Benelux Tour
- 1st Stage 7 UAE Tour
- 2nd Milan–San Remo
- 2022 (7)
- 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
- Tour of Turkey
- 1st Stages 1 & 6
- 1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 1 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
- 1st Stage 1 Saudi Tour
- 1st Stage 1 Deutschland Tour
- 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2nd Elfstedenronde
- 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 2023 (1)
- 1st Van Merksteijn Fences Classic
- 2nd Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
- 2nd Ronde van Limburg
- 2nd Elfstedenronde
- 6th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 7th Scheldeprijs
- 2024 (3)
- 1st Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Oman
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | DNF | DNF | — | DNF | — | DNF | DNF | — | 120 |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | 132 | 144 | DNF | 134 | DNF | |
 Vuelta a España
|
DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Classic results timeline
edit| Monument | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | 10 | 2 | 29 | 113 | 2 | — | 16 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| Paris–Roubaix | Has not contested during his career | |||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | ||||||||
| Giro di Lombardia | ||||||||
| Classic | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | 101 | — | — | DNF | — | — | 66 |
| Scheldeprijs | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 7 |
| Hamburg Cyclassics | 1 | 34 | — | 2 | Not held | 88 | — | |
| Brussels Cycling Classic | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Milano–Torino | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Paris–Tours | 178 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
| NH | Not held |
Critériums
edit- 2012
- 2nd Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 2013
- 1st Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic
- 1st Stage 1
- 2014
- 3rd Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic
- 1st Stage 4
- 3rd Down Under Classic
- 2015
- 1st Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
- 2nd National Championships
- 2016
- 1st National Championships
- 1st Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
- 1st Down Under Classic
- 2017
- 1st National Championships
- 1st Down Under Classic
- 3rd Overall Mitchelton Wines Bay Classic
- 1st Stage 3
- 2018
- 1st National Championships
- 3rd Down Under Classic
- 2019
- 1st Down Under Classic
- 2nd Overall Bay Classic Series
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 2020
- 1st Down Under Classic
- 2023
- 1st Down Under Classic
- 2024
- 1st National Championships
Track
edit- 2011
- 1st
Omnium, UCI World Junior Championships - National Junior Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Points race
- 1st Madison
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 3rd Scratch
- 1st
- 2012
- 2nd Individual pursuit, Oceania Championships
- National Junior Championships
- 2nd Madison
- 2nd Points race
- 3rd Scratch
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 2013
- 2nd Team pursuit, National Championships
References
edit- ^ a b "Caleb Ewan | Lotto Dstny". Lotto–Dstny. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ "Lotto-Soudal". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Lotto Soudal". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Team Jayco-Alula". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ a b "A tiny 22-year-old Aussie bike racer has the most extreme sprinting position in pro cycling". Business Insider. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ "Getting low: Caleb Ewan explains his super-aero sprinting position". CyclingTips. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Korean-Australian Cyclist Caleb Ewan (16) won Australian Track Championship : Korea.net : The official website of the Republic of Korea". www.korea.net.
- ^ "Caleb Ewan Signs With ORICA-GreenEDGE". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "Caleb Ewan signs for Australian team Orica-GreenEdge on pre-contract agreement". skysports.com. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh (4 August 2014). "Tough day for Ewan at Commonwealth Games". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ "Caleb Ewan". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ Windsor, Richard (1 September 2015). "Caleb Ewan takes maiden Grand Tour victory on Vuelta a España stage five". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Ewan pulls out of Vuelta a Espana on stage 10". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ^ Woodpower, Zeb (19 January 2016). "Tour Down Under: Ewan wins stage 1". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ Migliaccio, Val (24 January 2016). "Tour Down Under 2016: Caleb Ewan wins Stage 6". The Advertiser. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ Wynn, Nigel (5 February 2016). "Caleb Ewan wins stage two of Herald Sun Tour as Peter Kennaugh retains lead". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Caleb Ewan relegated for headbutting Philipsen at Tour Down Under - Video". cyclingnews.com. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ Official Tour de France site. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (9 September 2020). "Tour de France: Caleb Ewan wins stage 11 as Peter Sagan is relegated for dangerous sprint". CyclingNews. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ Benson, Daniel; Ostanek, Daniel (14 May 2021). "Giro d'Italia: Caleb Ewan storms to victory on stage 7". CyclingNews. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Caleb Ewan has locked down the Tour de France Lanterne Rouge classification". 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Caleb Ewan on his messy Lotto exit - "I was warned about the new manager"". stickybottle.com. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (10 February 2024). "Tour of Oman: Caleb Ewan sprints to stage 1 victory". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Caleb Ewan career achievements". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
External links
edit
- Caleb Ewan at UCI
- Caleb Ewan at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Caleb Ewan at ProCyclingStats
- Caleb Ewan at CQ Ranking
- Caleb Ewan at CycleBase
- Caleb Ewan at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Caleb Ewan at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
