Derek Gee
 Gee at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Derek Gee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Birdwatcher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 August 1997 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Israel–Premier Tech | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder, Breakaway specialist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010–2015 | Ottawa Bicycle Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Giant Langley–Smart Savvy+ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | RaceClean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | X-Speed United[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Israel Cycling Academy[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Israel–Premier Tech | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Derek Gee (born 3 August 1997 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech.[3]
Career
[edit]He rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[4] He qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5][6]
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Gee rode in the 2023 Giro d'Italia, which was his first Grand Tour as well as in his first season on the UCI World Tour. Throughout the race, he placed second on four stages and fourth on two others, while having no victories.[7] He also finished second overall in the points classification, the intermediate sprints classification and the mountains classification.[8] He was also awarded the Combativity award on stages 10, 14 and 19, all of which he placed second on, as well as the overall most combative rider award.
In 2024, Gee won stage 3 at the 2024 Critérium du Dauphiné, out-sprinting a small pack in a hilltop finish, and went on to finish third overall in the one-week stage race.[9] He next competed in the Tour de France, his first time entering the race, finishing third on stage nine.[10] He ultimately finished 9th overall.
Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]- 2015
- National Junior Championships
- 1st
Road race - 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Ronde des Vallées
- 7th Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
- 2017
- Challenge du Prince
- 5th Trophée Princier
- 7th Trophée de l'Anniversaire
- 2019
- 4th Time trial, National Championships
- 2021
- National Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 2022 (1 pro win)
- 1st Time trial, National Championships
- 8th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
- 2023 (1)
- 1st Time trial, National Championships
- 10th Brussels Cycling Classic
- 10th Chrono des Nations
- Giro d'Italia
Combativity award Stages 10, 14, 19 & Overall
- 2024 (1)
- 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Stage 3
- 9th Overall Tour de France
General classification results timeline
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| Grand Tour | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||
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 Giro d'Italia
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22 | — | ||||||
 Tour de France
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— | 9 | ||||||
 Vuelta a España
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— | |||||||
| Major stage race general classification results | ||||||||
| Race | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||
| Paris–Nice
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— | — | ||||||
 Tirreno–Adriatico
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41 | — | ||||||
 Volta a Catalunya
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— | — | ||||||
| Tour of the Basque Country
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— | — | ||||||
| Tour de Romandie
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— | — | ||||||
 Critérium du Dauphiné
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— | 3 | ||||||
| Tour de Suisse
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— | — | ||||||
Track
[edit]- 2016
- 2nd Omnium, National Championships
- 2017
- Pan American Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Madison (with Evan Burtnik)
- 1st Points race
- 1st
- 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Milton
- 2018
- National Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Madison (with Michael Foley)
- 1st Points race
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 3rd
Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games - 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Berlin
- 2019
- Pan American Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Madison (with Michael Foley)
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Cambridge
- 2020
- National Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Omnium
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 1st
References
[edit]- ^ "XSpeed United Continental". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Israel Cycling Academy". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Riders - Israel–Premier Tech Pro Cycling Team". Israel–Premier Tech. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ Start list
- ^ "Derek Gee". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Csepio, Simone (29 July 2020). "The first athletes officially nominated to Team Canada for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games include 13 track cyclists and four road cyclists". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee (COC). Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ "Canadian Derek Gee's remarkable run continues with 4th 2nd-place finish at Giro d'Italia". CBC.ca. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ "Rankings in the Giro d'Italia 2023". Giro d'Italia. RCS Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (4 June 2024). "Derek Gee produces late surge to win Critérium du Dauphiné stage 3". CyclingNews. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ Fratttini, Kirsten (7 July 2024). "Tour de France: Anthony Turgis wins choatic and captivating stage 9". Cycling News. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
External links
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Canadian male cyclists
- Sportspeople from Ottawa
- Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
- Olympic cyclists for Canada
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen