Simon Gerrans

Featuring Simon Gerrans, Alexis Roche and Abby Mae Parkinson

From working in high finance to announcing the Tour de France, Simon Gerrans has tackled multiple challenges since retiring in 2018.

In our Aussie Week reporting, we heard stories of Australian riders looking out for one another in the cutthroat European racing scene.

Simon Gerrans and other Australian pros explain why the Tour Down Under is such an important race for the home riders.

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Nearly four dozen riders are calling an end to their careers. Here are some of the notables.

The 38-year-old Australian holds four individual grand tour stage wins, along with several other victories.

BMC left the starting line 15 minutes behind Team Sky, and the position allowed the American squad to use Sky as a reference point.

News Roundup: Gerrans out of Sanremo; Quintana decries use of his image in politics; van Aert recons De Ronde; prospect Hodeg wins Handzame Classic

Simon Gerrans, 37, said his role on BMC Racing will be to help Richie Porte try to win the Tour de France this summer.

The 37-year-old Australian will serve in a helper role to the team's GC riders and its young up-and-comers.

With the Tour de France concluding in a few days, news about potential rider transfers is heating up.

As teams ramp up for the Tour de France, a few prominent riders, like Simon Gerrans and Bryan Coquard, will be left home in July.

Here's a quick recap of what took place during the 2012 edition of Milano-Sanremo.

German sprinter Nikias Arndt wins Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race after pipping Australians Simon Gerrans and Cameron Meyer at the line. first UCI WorldTour sanctioned Elite Men’s Race today with a thrilling finish, concluding a successful third edition of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race which was attended by over 100,000 spectators across the weekend.

It's the start of another long year for Australian pros who are fully aware of early season burnout and a form slump in Europe come April.

Simon Gerrans accepts his role on Orica-Scott is now different than "a couple of years ago" when he was still the Aussie team's best winning hope.

The Australian points to the increased infrastructure on European roads as a reason why there are so many crashes.

After five seasons in the peloton, the Australia-based team has become a GC threat in grand tours and other stage races.

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Australia's Simon Gerrans is forced to quit the Tour de France on Thursday after breaking his collarbone in a crash.

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Mining services company Orica announced it will back the team through 2017 before ending its relationship with the Australian squad.

A few riders could upset favorite Alejandro Valverde in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, but the weather could really throw a wrench into the mix.

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Simon Gerrans endured a 2015 season filled with crashes and injuries, but he hopes his Tour Down Under win is a sign of things to come.

Andrew Hood's takeaways from this year's Tour Down Under

Gallery: Tour Down Under Stage 6

Caleb Ewan sprinted to victory in Adelaide, with Simon Gerrans holding the lead

Richie Porte (BMC) kicked away from the field on Willunga as Gerrans fought to retain his overall lead by 8 seconds

Simon Gerrans pads his overall lead at the Tour Down Under with his second win in a row, out-sprinting Ben Swift in stage 4.

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Despite a drop in wins in 2015, Australia’s first WorldTour team sets high expectations for its 25-man roster next season.

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"This season has been full of comebacks," says the Orica rider, who has broken a collarbone, elbow, and wrist this year

Several riders returned to action over the weekend, including Fabian Cancellara at the Vuelta a Espana.

The Australian squad brings a mix of veterans and younger riders to the season's third and final grand tour.

After four stages, Orica is down two riders and has several injuries, but that's not dampening the plucky Australians' optimism.

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Due to a major crash, Tour de France officials temporarily stop the race ahead of stage 3's first notable climb near Huy, Belgium

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The Giant-Alpecin star has eight Tour de France stage wins but will miss this year's race after an illness

The Critérium du Dauphiné kicks off Sunday in Ugina, France, with several challenging ascents along the eight-day route

Both riders wet down in Thursday's wet stage, with Kung hospitalized with a compression fracture of his T9 vertebrae

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After a rough start to 2015, Simon Gerrans can celebrate riding into the Giro's pink leader's jersey on stage 1

Orica-GreenEdge takes a team time trial victory to kick off the 2015 Giro, putting Simon Gerrans into the pink jersey

The Australian-based squad wants to start the race by successfully defending its opening-stage TTT win

Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège could cap the spring classics season in dramatic fashion, pitting young guns against experienced veterans

The Orica-GreenEdge rider has tackled the Giro once before, in 2009, and won a stage

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Simon Gerrans says he'll still aim for the Ardennes classics after he returns to training and racing in the beginning of April

A crash in Saturday's Strade Bianche has jeaparodized Simon Gerrans' plans to defend his Liège title

Several former winners will start Saturday's Strade Bianche, a 200km race in Tuscany that includes 45km on hilly, gravel roads

A crash while mountain biking in December led to Simon Gerrans' longest time away from the bike, but he's back and ready to race Saturday

Gerrans will also miss the Australian national championships because of the injury

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The 2014 season saw fresh faces emerge in the spring classics, worthy grand tour winners, and a revived interest in the "longest hour"

Australia’s Road Cyclist of the Year relishes opportunity to teach team’s young guns, targets Amstel Gold Race and Tour de France in 2015

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Orica-GreenEdge aims for record fourth Tour Down Under title for Simon Gerrans

Ponferrada's world championships served up a tantalizing preview of future one-day battles in the classics and beyond

The Australian comes up just short of winning the rainbow jersey in the road race

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Global Cycling Network breaks down the list of favorites in the men's and women's elite road races in Ponferrada, Spain

Alejandro Valverde has a tough row to hoe if he is to win the rainbow jersey on his home turf, with the Aussies and Belgians gunning for him

Simon Gerrans shows his late-season form with a pair of wins in Canada, indicating that he will be a rider to watch at worlds

Gerrans became the first rider in the event’s five-year history to sweep the Grands Prix Cyclistes Québec et Montréal weekend of WorldTour races

Orica-GreenEdge's Simon Gerrans emerges victorious, out-sprinting Tom Dumoulin at the last moment

Simon Gerrans, winner of the 2012 GP Quebec, wins again, overcoming a late crash to out-sprint Tom Dumoulin

Gerrans went down hard in the opening stage and had been trying to make it to Paris ever since

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Talansky tangled with Simon Gerrans at the finish of stage 7. Who's to blame remains up for debate

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