Nick Gates (cyclist)
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 Gates in 2007 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nick Gates |
| Born | 10 March 1972 Sydney, Australia |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Domestique |
| Professional team | |
| 1996–1997 | Giant–Australian Institute of Sport |
| 1998–1999 | Die Continentale–Olympia |
| 2000 | Team Hohenfelder–Concorde |
| 2001 | Agro–Adler–Brandenburg |
| 2002 | Team Wiesenhof |
| 2003–2008 | Lotto–Domo |
| Major wins | |
| 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]
