Nick Gates | |
Fullname: | Nick Gates |
Birth Date: | 1972 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Sydney, Australia |
Height: | 1.830NaN0 |
Weight: | 71kg (157lb) |
Currentteam: | Retired |
Discipline: | Road |
Role: | Domestique |
Proyears1: | 1996–1997 |
Proteam1: | Giant–Australian Institute of Sport |
Proyears3: | 1998–1999 |
Proteam3: | Die Continentale–Olympia |
Proyears4: | 2000 |
Proteam4: | Team Hohenfelder–Concorde |
Proyears5: | 2001 |
Proteam5: | Agro–Adler–Brandenburg |
Proyears6: | 2002 |
Proyears7: | 2003–2008 |
Majorwins: | Australian National Road Race Champion (1996) Commonwealth Bank Cycle Classic (1996) |
Nick Gates (born 10 March 1972 in Sydney) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer.
In 1996 Gates won the Commonwealth Bank Classic[1] and the Australian national road race title.[2]
Gates twice competed in the Tour de France, riding for the Lotto-Domo team, but failed to finish either event, pulling out after the 15th stage in 2003[3] and after the first stage in 2004.[4]
His career ended with a fairytale victory in his self-named event, the Nick Gates Classic, in Townsville in 2008, where he won with the assistance of long-time teammate, Robbie McEwen.[5]