Editing Robbie McEwen

{{Short description|Australian cyclist (born 1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2011}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name           = Robbie McEwen
| image          = Robbie McEwen, 2013 Tour Down Under (cropped).jpg
| caption        = McEwen at the [[2013 Tour Down Under]]
| fullname       = Robert McEwen
| nickname       = Rocket Robbie
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|6|24}}
| birth_place    = [[Brisbane]], Australia
| height         = {{height|m=1.71}}
| weight         = {{convert|70|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}
| currentteam    = Retired
| discipline     = Road
| role           = Rider
| ridertype      = [[Cycling sprinter|Sprinter]]
| proyears1      = 1996–1999
| proteam1       = {{UCI team code|RAB|1996}}
| proyears2      = 2000–2001
| proteam2       = [[Domo–Farm Frites]]
| proyears3      = 2002–2008
| proteam3       = {{UCI team code|OLO|2002}}
| proyears4      = 2009–2010
| proteam4       = {{UCI team code|KAT|2009}}
| proyears5      = 2011
| proteam5       = {{UCI team code|RSH|2011}}
| proyears6      = 2012
| proteam6       = {{UCI team code|GEC|2012a}}
| manageyears1   = 2012–2013
| manageteam1    = {{UCI team code|GEC|2012b}}
| majorwins      = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
:'''[[Tour de France]]'''
::[[Points classification in the Tour de France|Points classification]] ([[2002 Tour de France|2002]], [[2004 Tour de France|2004]], [[2006 Tour de France|2006]])
::12 individual stages ([[1999 Tour de France|1999]], [[2002 Tour de France|2002]], [[2004 Tour de France|2004]]–[[2007 Tour de France|2007]])
:'''[[Giro d'Italia]]'''
::12 individual stages ([[2002 Giro d'Italia|2002]]–[[2007 Giro d'Italia|2007]])
'''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]'''
:[[Australian National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]] (2002, 2005)
:[[Brussels Cycling Classic|Paris–Brussels]]<br>(2002, [[2005 Paris–Brussels|2005]], 2006, 2007, 2008)
:[[Scheldeprijs]] ([[2002 Scheldeprijs|2002]])
:[[Dwars door Vlaanderen]] ([[2003 Dwars door Vlaanderen|2003]])
:[[Vattenfall Cyclassics]] ([[2008 Vattenfall Cyclassics|2008]])
:[[Grand Prix de Fourmies|GP de Fourmies]] (2005)
| show-medals    = no
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[road bicycle racing]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Road World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[2002 UCI Road World Championships|2002 Zolder]]|[[2002 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]]}}
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'''Robbie McEwen''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (born 24 June 1972) is an Australian former professional road cyclist. He is a three-time winner of the Tour de France [[Points classification in the Tour de France|points classification]] in 2002, 2004 & 2006 and, at the peak of his career, was considered the world's fastest sprinter.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

He last rode for {{UCI team code|GEC|2012b}} on the [[UCI World Tour]].<ref name="McEwen GreenEDGE">{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcewen-and-beppu-to-greenedge|title=McEwen and Beppu to GreenEdge|first=Alex|last=Hinds|date=1 September 2011|access-date=1 January 2012|work=Cycling News|publisher=[[Future Publishing]] Limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|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|work=Cycling News|date=17 May 2012|access-date=2 February 2015}}</ref>

A former Australian [[BMX racing|BMX]] champion, McEwen switched to [[Road bicycle racing|road cycling]] in 1990 at 18 years of age. He raced as a professional from 1996 until 2012.

McEwen retired from the World Tour after riding the [[2012 Tour of California]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Robbie McEwen Retires|url=http://www.robbiemcewen.net/robbie-mcewen-retires/|access-date=20 May 2012|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234455/http://www.robbiemcewen.net/robbie-mcewen-retires/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and is now a cycling broadcast commentator on the [[Tour Down Under]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bicyclingaustralia.com.au/people/after-life-jens-voigt-phil-anderson-and-robbie-mcewen|title=After Life: Jens Voigt, Phil Anderson & Robbie McEwen|author=Maniaty, Peter|work=Bicycling Australia|date=7 December 2015|access-date=4 August 2018}}</ref> the [[Tour de France]],
<ref name="SBS2017"/> the [[Giro d'Italia]] and most of the major races for Warner Brothers Discovery networks like Eurosport, Discovery+ & Max Sports.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/giro-d-italia/2024/giro-d-italia-never-underestimate-the-break-benjamin-thomas-lands-shock-win-as-sprint-teams-squabble_sto10135915/story.shtml}}</ref>

==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.

==Sprinting style==
McEwen was known as a particularly cunning and tactical sprinter. Where many teams would use [[Sprint train|lead-out trains]] to secure a stage win for their selected sprinter, McEwen achieved many of his victories either with one lead-out man, or often none at all, by aggressively and intelligently positioning himself within the peloton in the final kilometres.

Fellow Australian cyclist Stuart O'Grady considers McEwen to be "one of the fastest, most powerful accelerators the planet has ever seen".{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

==Personal life==
McEwen lives in Australia with his Belgian wife, Angélique Pattyn, his son, Ewan, and his daughters, Elena and Claudia. In 2011, McEwen published an autobiography entitled 'One Way Road'. McEwen lived for many years in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] town of [[Everbeek]] and is fluent in Dutch.

==Major results==
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
;1994
: [[Peace Race]]
::1st Stages 3, 6b & 9 
: 1st Stage 1 [[Tour de l'Avenir]]
;1995
: Overall winner - Tour of Wellington
: 1st Stage 4 [[Regio-Tour]]
: 1st Stage 6 [[Tour de l'Avenir]]
;1996
: 1st [[Luk-Cup Bühl]]
: 1st Stage 4 [[1996 Vuelta a Murcia|Vuelta a Murcia]]
: 1st Stage 2 [[Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt]]
: 1st Stage 3b [[Regio-Tour]]
: 1st Stage 4 [[Tour de l'Avenir]]
: 4th Overall [[Herald Sun Tour]]
::1st Stages 1b, 8b & 10b 
;1997
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Geelong Bay Classic Series]]
::1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
: [[1997 Ronde van Nederland|Ronde van Nederland]]
::1st Stages 2 & 3a
: 1st Stage 2 [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
: 1st Stage 3 [[Tour de Luxembourg]]
: 4th [[Vuelta a Mallorca|Trofeo Alcúdia]]
: 5th [[Egmont Cycling Race|GP Stad Zottegem]]
: 10th Overall [[Danmark Rundt]]
;1998
: 1st Stage 1 [[1998 Vuelta a Andalucía|Vuelta a Andalucía]]
: 1st Stage 5 [[Geelong Bay Classic Series]]
: 9th Overall [[1998 Ronde van Nederland|Ronde van Nederland]]
::1st Stages 3a & 5
;1999
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Geelong Bay Classic Series]]
::1st Stages 1, 4 & 5
: 1st Stage 20 [[1999 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 1st Stage 2 [[Tour de Luxembourg]]
: 1st Stage 1a [[Route d'Occitanie|Route du Sud]]
: [[Herald Sun Tour]]
::1st Stages 3 & 6 
: 2nd [[Trofeo Luis Puig]]
: 4th [[Dwars door Gendringen]]
: 9th Overall [[1999 Ronde van Nederland|Ronde van Nederland]]
::1st Stage 2 
;2000
: 1st [[Vuelta a Mallorca|Trofeo Alcúdia]]
: 1st Stage 6 [[2000 Tour Down Under|Tour Down Under]]
;2001
: 1st [[Vuelta a Mallorca|Trofeo Calvià]]
: [[Herald Sun Tour]]
::1st Stages 3 & 4 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) 
: [[Uniqa Classic|International Uniqa Classic]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification
::1st Stages 2 & 3
: 1st Stage 2 [[2001 Ronde van Nederland|Ronde van Nederland]]
: 1st Stage 2 [[La Méditerranéenne|Tour Méditerranéen]]
: 8th Overall [[2001 Tour de la Région Wallonne|Tour de Wallonie]]
::1st Stage 4 
: 8th [[Nokere Koerse]]
;2002
: 1st [[File:MaillotAustralia.PNG|20px]] [[Australian National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 1st [[File:Jersey orange.svg|20px]] Overall [[Étoile de Bessèges]]
::1st Stage 1
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Circuit Franco-Belge]]
::1st Stages 2 & 3
: 1st [[2002 Scheldeprijs|Scheldeprijs]]
: 1st [[Brussels Cycling Classic|Paris–Brussels]]
: 1st [[Delta Profronde]]
: 1st [[RaboRonde Heerlen]]
: [[2002 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] [[Points classification in the Tour de France|Points classification]]
::1st Stages 3 & 20
: [[2002 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
::1st Stages 4 & 10
: [[2002 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
::1st Stages 2 & 7
: [[2002 Tour Down Under|Tour Down Under]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification
::1st Stages 1, 3, 4 & 6
: 2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2002 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[2002 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
: 2nd [[Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen|GP Rik Van Steenbergen]]
: 3rd [[2002 Tour du Haut Var|Tour du Haut Var]]
: 3rd [[Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic|Veenendaal–Veenendaal]]
: 4th [[2002 Omloop Het Volk|Omloop Het Volk]]
;2003
: 1st [[2003 Dwars door Vlaanderen|Dwars door Vlaanderen]]
: [[2003 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
::1st Stages 4 & 11
: 1st Stage 2 [[2003 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
: 1st Stage 3 [[2003 Tour Down Under|Tour Down Under]]
: 1st Stage 4 [[Étoile de Bessèges]]
: 3rd [[Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic|Veenendaal–Veenendaal]]
: 4th [[Grand Prix de Fourmies]]
: 6th Overall [[Circuit Franco-Belge]]
::1st Stage 3
: 7th [[Delta Profronde]]
: [[2003 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::Held [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] after Stages 1–5, 18 & 19 
;2004
: 1st [[Gouden Pijl]]
: 1st [[Le Samyn|Memorial Samyn-Fayt-le-Franc]]
: 1st [[Profronde van Oostvoorne]]
: [[2004 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] [[Points classification in the Tour de France|Points classification]]
::1st Stages 2 & 9
::Held [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] after Stage 3
: [[2004 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
::1st Stage 5 
::Held [[File:Jersey violet.svg|20px]] after Stage 5
: [[2004 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
::1st Stages 2 & 4
: 2nd Overall [[2004 Tour Down Under|Tour Down Under]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification
::1st Stages 1 & 4
: 2nd Overall [[Tour of Qatar]]
: 2nd [[2004 Scheldeprijs|Scheldeprijs]]
: 2nd [[Delta Profronde]]
: 2nd [[Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic|Veenendaal–Veenendaal]]
: 4th Overall [[Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)|Circuit de la Sarthe]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification 
: 8th [[Sparkassen Giro Bochum]]
;2005
: 1st [[File:MaillotAustralia.PNG|20px]] [[Australian National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Bay Classic Series|Bay Classic]]
::1st Stages 1 & 4
: 1st [[2005 Paris–Brussels|Paris–Brussels]]
: 1st [[Grand Prix de Fourmies]]
: [[2005 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stages 5, 7 & 13
: [[2005 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
::1st Stages 2, 6 & 10
::Held [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] after Stage 2
::Held [[File:Jersey violet.svg|20px]] after Stages 2–3, 6 & 10–12
: [[2005 Tour Down Under|Tour Down Under]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification 
::1st Stages 1, 2 & 6
: 1st Stage 4 [[2005 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
: 1st Stage 5 [[Tour of Qatar]]
: 1st Stage 4 [[Niedersachsen Rundfahrt]]
: 3rd [[Grand Prix d'Isbergues]]
: 4th [[2005 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]]
;2006
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Grande Prémio Internacional Costa Azul]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification 
::1st Stage 1 
: 1st [[Brussels Cycling Classic|Paris–Brussels]]
: 1st [[Down Under Classic]]
: [[2006 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] [[Points classification in the Tour de France|Points classification]]
::1st Stages 2, 4 & 6
: [[2006 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
::1st Stages 2, 4 & 6
::Held [[File:Jersey violet.svg|20px]] after Stages 4–12
: 1st Stage 1 [[2006 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
: 1st Stage 7 [[Herald Sun Tour]]
: 2nd Overall [[Dwars door West-Vlaanderen|Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen]]
::1st Stage 2 
: 2nd [[Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen]]
: 3rd Overall [[2006 Tour Down Under|Tour Down Under]]
: 4th [[Grand Prix de Fourmies]]
: 5th [[2006 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[2006 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
;2007
: 1st [[Brussels Cycling Classic|Paris–Brussels]]
: [[2007 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stage 1
::Held [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] after Stage 1
: [[2007 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
::1st Stage 2
::Held [[File:Jersey violet.svg|20px]] after Stages 2 & 4
: 1st Stage 2 [[2007 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
: 1st Stage 1 [[2007 Tirreno–Adriatico|Tirreno–Adriatico]]
: 1st Stage 5 [[2007 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
: 1st Stage 5 [[2007 Tour Down Under|Tour Down Under]]
: 1st Stage 3 [[2007 Bay Classic Series|Jayco Bay Classic]]
: 1st Stage 3 [[2007 Eneco Tour of Benelux|Eneco Tour]]
: 2nd [[2007 Scheldeprijs|Scheldeprijs]]
: 3rd [[Schaal Sels]]
: 4th [[2007 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
: 6th [[2007 Gent–Wevelgem|Gent–Wevelgem]]
: 6th [[2007 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]]
: 8th Overall [[Circuit Franco-Belge]]
: 9th [[2007 Omloop Het Volk|Omloop Het Volk]]
;2008
: 1st [[2008 Vattenfall Cyclassics|Vattenfall Cyclassics]]
: 1st [[Brussels Cycling Classic|Paris–Brussels]]
: [[2008 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
::1st Stages 3 & 4
: 1st Stage 2 [[2008 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
: 3rd [[2008 Scheldeprijs|Scheldeprijs]]
: 6th [[2008 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]]
;2009
: 1st [[Down Under Classic]]
: 1st [[Vuelta a Mallorca|Trofeo Cala Millor]]
: 1st Stage 3 [[Tour de Picardie]]
;2010
: 1st [[Vuelta a Mallorca|Trofeo Palma de Mallorca]]
: 1st Stage 1 [[2010 Eneco Tour|Eneco Tour]]
: 2nd [[2010 Scheldeprijs|Scheldeprijs]]
: 2nd [[Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen]]
: 4th Overall [[2010 Tour Down Under|Tour Down Under]]
: 6th [[Grand Prix de Fourmies]]
: 7th [[2010 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens|Grote Prijs Jef Scherens]]
;2011
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour de Wallonie-Picarde]]
::1st Stages 1 & 4
: 1st Stage 4 [[2011 Tour de Wallonie|Tour de Wallonie]]
: 2nd [[Mumbai Cyclothon|Tour de Mumbai]]
: 4th [[Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen]]
: 5th [[2011 Scheldeprijs|Scheldeprijs]]
: 8th [[Grand Prix de Fourmies]]
{{div col end}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

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! scope="col" | 2003
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! scope="col" | 2010
! scope="col" | 2011
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! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
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| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2000 Giro d'Italia|DSQ]]
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| style="text-align:center;"| [[2002 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2003 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2004 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2005 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2006 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2007 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2008 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2010 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2011 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1997 Tour de France|117]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1998 Tour de France|89]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1999 Tour de France|122]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2000 Tour de France|114]]
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2002 Tour de France|130]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2003 Tour de France|143]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2004 Tour de France|122]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2005 Tour de France|134]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2006 Tour de France|114]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2007 Tour de France|DNF]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2008 Tour de France|119]]
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2010 Tour de France|165]]
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]]/[[File:Jersey gold.svg|20px|link=|alt=Gold jersey]]/[[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=]] [[General classification in the Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1998 Vuelta a España|DNF]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1999 Vuelta a España|DNF]]
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2001 Vuelta a España|139]]
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2006 Vuelta a España|DNF]]
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="row" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did not finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|-
! scope="row" | DSQ
| Disqualified
|}

==Recognition==
In 2015, he was an inaugural [[Cycling Australia Hall of Fame]] inductee.<ref name=inugural>{{cite web|title=Inaugural Cycling Australia Hall of Fame inductees|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/inaugural-cycling-australia-hall-of-fame-inductees|website=Cycling Australia|access-date=12 November 2015}}</ref>
In 2019, inducted into [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame Awards|Sport Australia Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sahof.org.au/robbie-mcewen-am-set-to-wheel-into-sport-australia-hall-of-fame/|title=Robbie McEwen AM set to wheel into Sport Australia Hall of Fame|website=Sport Australia Hall of Fame|date=28 July 2019 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|last1=McEwen|last2=Pickering|first1=Robbie|first2=Edward|title=One Way Road: The Autobiography of Three Time Tour de France Green Jersey Winner Robbie McEwen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PB6XCCFSxDgC|year=2011|publisher=[[Random House]]|location=Sydney|isbn=978-1-86471-258-2}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Robbie McEwen}}
* [https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120424231901/http://www.cycling.org.au/default.asp?id=8899 Australian Cycling Federation profile]
* [http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=47&idtitle=1 Robbie McEwen's profila at Cycling Base]
* {{Cycling Archives}}
* {{AOC}}
* {{Olympics.com|robbie-mcewen}}
* {{Olympedia}}

{{Tour de France Green Jersey}}
{{Australian National Road Race Championships (men)}}

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