Editing Robbie McEwen (section)

==Career==
[[File:Robbie McEwen 2006 Bay Cycling Classic 1.jpg|thumb|left|McEwen at the 2006 [[Bay Classic Series|Bay Cycling Classic]]]]
McEwen was born in [[Brisbane]]. After four years of moving through the regional, state and national levels of cycling, he started at the [[Australian Institute of Sport]] in Canberra under road cycling coach [[Heiko Salzwedel]]. The first signs of his sprinting prowess on the international stage were at the [[Peace Race]], winning three stages for the Australian national team.

McEwen competed in the road race at the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta Olympic Games]] (23rd) and the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Olympic Games]] (19th).<ref>{{cite web|title=Robbie McEwen|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/robbie-mcewen-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025831/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/robbie-mcewen-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|access-date=28 August 2011}}</ref> He was also included on the Australian team for the 1994 [[UCI Road Cycling World Championship]] in Italy, and the 2002 [[UCI Road Cycling World Championship]] in Belgium, where he won a silver medal. McEwen was again selected for Australia at the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympic Games]] (11th) as part of the road race team.

McEwen was named 2002 Australian Cyclist of the Year, 2002 Male Road Cyclist of the Year and 1999 Male Road Cyclist of the Year. After spending 16 seasons racing for foreign teams (Dutch: Rabobank & Farm Frites; Belgian: Lotto; Russian: Katusha; USA: RadioShack), McEwen signed for the new Australian {{UCI team code|GEC|2012a|nolink=yes}}<ref name="McEwen GreenEDGE"/> team in September 2011 after it gained a ProTeam licence for the 2012 season.

===Tour de France===
McEwen participated in the [[Tour de France]] on 12 occasions: 1997 (117th), 1998 (89th), 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010. Over the years, he has won 12 stages. In 1999, McEwen won the final stage sprint in Paris on the [[Champs-Élysées]]. In 2002, McEwen won stage 3 (Metz–Reims) and stage 20 (Melun–Paris). In 2004, McEwen won stages 3 and 9. In 2005, McEwen won stage 5 to Montargis, stage 7 to Karlsruhe in Germany, and stage 13 to Montpellier. In 2006, McEwen won stages 2, 4 and 6 to Esch-sur-Alzette, St Quentin and Vitré respectively.

He started the 2007 Tour with a victorious sprint on stage 1 to Canterbury. The stage win was seen as remarkable as he had crashed with {{convert|20|km|mi}} to go. He injured his knee and wrist but with the help of his team he clawed his way back to the bunch to win the sprint by over a bike length. The injuries he sustained from this crash did not prevent him from continuing but eventually he was forced out of the race when the Tour entered the Mountains, his knee injury became worse and he failed to finish stage eight within the time limit.

In 2002, McEwen became the first Australian to win the [[Points classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France points classification]]. By 2006, McEwen had won the Tour de France green points jersey three times in this race – in 2002, 2004 and, again, in 2006 – defeating rivals such as fellow Australians [[Baden Cooke]] and [[Stuart O'Grady]], and international competitors like [[Erik Zabel]] of Germany, [[Tom Boonen]] of Belgium and [[Thor Hushovd]] of Norway.

McEwen's first win in the [[2002 Tour de France]] saw him win the green jersey from German legend Erik Zabel, with O'Grady third and Cooke fourth. In [[2004 Tour de France|2004]], McEwen won the points classification for a second time, defeating Hushovd and Erik Zabel. McEwen had fractured two transverse process (vertebrae) in a mass pile up on stage 6 and continued the race in extreme pain, making his stage 9 win in Guéret all the more remarkable.

McEwen won his third and final Points classification in the [[2006 Tour de France]], this time with Zabel second and Hushovd third.

In 2012, he announced that the [[2012 Tour of California|Tour of California]] would be the last professional race of his career. He struggled to reach the finishing line of the mountain stages in the [[Autobus (cycling)|gruppetto]]. He humorously said after his arrival on the final stage in Los Angeles: "This was a good race to pick as my last because I suffered so much this week I won't miss it." He was awarded the "Most Courageous Rider" jersey at the end of the race to commemorate his last day of professional cycling.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/sagan-355090-leg-finished.html|title=Robert Gesink: From broken leg to Tour of California win|agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=[[Orange County Register]]|date=21 May 2012|access-date=2 March 2015}}</ref> After retiring from racing, McEwen remained with Orica–GreenEDGE as a technical adviser and sprint coach.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcewens-career-comes-full-circle-from-tour-dupont-to-los-angeles/ |title=McEwen's career comes full circle – from Tour DuPont to Los Angeles |last1=Weislo |first1=Laura |date=17 May 2016 |website=[[cyclingnews.com]] |access-date=21 April 2016}}</ref>

===Commentating===

In 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, Robbie McEwen commentated on the Tour de France's world feed in English, alongside fellow Australian [[Matthew Keenan (commentator)|Matthew Keenan]].<ref name="SBS2017">{{cite web|title=It's a new era for SBS and the Tour de France|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog/2017/06/15/its-new-era-sbs-and-tour-de-france|website=sbs.com.au|publisher=Special Broadcasting Service|access-date=1 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SBS makes changes to Tour de France coverage|url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/cycling/sbs-makes-changes-to-tour-de-france-coverage/news-story/eabb9283c5b984227dff101783953b1e|website=news.com.au|access-date=1 July 2017}}</ref>

In 2021 he featured on SBS Australia's coverage of a number of cycling races,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Tour de France returns to SBS from Saturday June 26th|url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/the-tour-de-france-returns-to-sbs-from-saturday-june-26th/|website=mediaweek.com.au|date=27 May 2021 |publisher=Mediaweek|access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref> but his contract was not renewed for 2022.

He commentated on the Santos Festival of Cycling for the 7 Network Australia,<ref>{{cite web|title=Robbie McEwen joins Seven after being cut from SBS Cycling commentary|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/01/robbie-mcewen-joins-seven-after-being-cut-from-sbs-cycling-commentary.html|website=tvtonight.com.au|date=21 January 2022 |publisher=TV Tonight|access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref> and joined GCN (Global Cycling Network) in March 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=Robbie McEwen Joins GCN+ As WorldTour Commentator|url=https://bicyclingaustralia.com.au/news/robbie-mcewen-joins-gcn-as-worldtour-commentator/|website=Bicycling Australia|date=4 March 2022 |publisher=Yaffa Media|access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref>

McEwen co-hosted the [[Seven Network]] broadcast of the 2023 & 2024 Santos Men's [[Tour Down Under]] used by [[Peacock (streaming service)| Peacock]] in the US alongside [[Anna Meares]] and [[Phil Liggett]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tourdownunder.com.au/blog-articles/all-star-broadcast-team-for-2023 | title=All star broadcast team for 2023 &#124; Santos Tour Down Under | date=9 January 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://tourdownunder.com.au/blog-articles/phil-liggett-to-lead-broadcast | title=Phil Liggett To Lead Broadcast &#124; Santos Tour Down Under | date=10 January 2024 }}</ref> He then went on to feature on [[Eurosport]]'s coverage of the [[2024 Tour de France]] as both a pundit on The Breakaway<ref>{{cite web |title=Tour de France: Primoz Roglic's Latest Crash on Stage 12 an 'Absolute Disaster' - Robbie McEwen" |date= 11 July 2024 |url=https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/tour-de-france/2024/tour-de-france-primoz-roglic-s-latest-crash-on-stage-12-an-absolute-disaster-robbie-mcewen_vid2178835/video.shtml}}</ref> and as a race commentator.