Robbie McEwen

Robbie McEwen says Giro d'Italia sprinters won't have it easy: 'Organizers are making the sprint stages harder.'

Sprinter-turned-commentator McEwen says he's surprised at lack of support for Cavendish: 'Everything has to go perfectly to pull it off.'

Former pro Robbie McEwen: ‘Stick him in there to see how he gets on, just in case he can survive.’

McEwen claims he 'unintentionally' used an offensive phrase, yet liked a tweet that found his comment funny.

‘I’m genuinely sorry for the language I used,’ says Australian of stage 10 incident.

'I think that it’s important for them to not only look after Carapaz but to keep Richie Porte on board as a GC contender,' says Australian.

Ex-pro wants fans to contact broadcaster: 'I want them to feel the wrath of the people they are letting down'

Top TV pundit and retired sprint-great 'axed' from role at SBS as broadcaster 'explores a different approach.'

McEwen's tweets about his departure sparked a flurry of confused and angry responses.

From London's Olympic velodrome to the top of Old Willunga Hill, there are a lot of great moments in Australian pro cycling. Here are the five moments that we think stand top of the list.

If you lined up 10 of the greatest sprinters from the last 30 years, who would win? Would it be thanks to their own power, or the kind of team that led them out?

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At 5-foot-7 and 148 pounds, Robbie McEwen wasn’t the most powerful sprinter, but what he may have given up in watts he more than made up in tactical positioning and acceleration

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What if history's greatest sprinters got together for seven or eight hot stages in July? Since they can’t, we picked our 10 favorites

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Aussie sprinter says cycling has given him so much

On the eve of his final racing days, Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen held a press conference where he fielded questions about a remarkable career that began in 1996

McEwen to advise at GreenEdge after California; Niki Terpstra selected for Olympics; Boonen to race California; Haedo to lead at Giro

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GreenEdge, the first-ever Australian team to be granted a WorldTour license, was introduced to the public on Saturday in Melbourne.

Veteran sprinter Robbie McEwen is looking at a few early season racing goals before retiring for good to become a stage scout for GreenEdge later next season.

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Though he's nearly 40, Robbie McEwen still can win a race.

Robbie McEwen will get his dream by finishing up his pro career with an Australian team.

The Australian is reporting that veteran Australian Stuart O'Grady, now with the Leopard-Trek team, will join the new Australian GreenEdge squad for the 2012 season. The paper also is reporting that sprinter Robbie McEwen, currently with RadioShack, is set to join the team as well.

CAP FREHEL, France (AFP) - Australian Robbie McEwen said he is concerned about what he feels is a recent trend to reduce victory opportunities to sprinters on the world's biggest cycling races.

Pros left India after a promising weekend that saw India’s first-ever elite international road stage and opened the door for future expansion of the sport in what’s considered one of cycling’s final frontiers.

MUMBAI, India (VN) – Robbie McEwen and Robbie Hunter – aka the “Two Robbies” – delivered a big thank you to RadioShack with top racing over the weekend in a pair of one-day races in India.

Robbie McEwen is “95 percent sure” that this year will be his last among the pro ranks and hinted that the 2012 Tour Down Under could be a perfect way to bow out of the sport.

NASHIK, India (VN) – India made history Friday by hosting its first-ever international road race, with Italian up-and-comer Elia Viviani (Liquigas-Cannondale) kicking to victory ahead of pre-race favorite Robbie McEwen (RadioShack) in wild ride across the rugged hill country of Maharashtra.

The “two Robbies” – Hunter and McEwen – of RadioShack headline the field for a pair of one-day races in northern India set for Friday and Sunday this weekend.

Why are the marquee sprinters at the Santos Tour Down Under not in winning form?

Australian sports stars Mat Rogers and Robbie McEwen kept their wits when they inhaled poisonous gas on a motor yacht, jumping into the sea to rescue a fellow passenger, reports said Thursday

Robbie McEwen may not have got picked for Australia's worlds team, but he did ride the course for the cameras.

Robbie McEwen may not have got picked for Australia's worlds team, but he did ride the course for the cameras.

Luke Roberts and Trent Lowe join Robbie McEwen and Svein Tuft on the would-be ProTour team.

Svein Tuft will leave Garmin for 2011 and join the new, still-unnamed Australian team

Robbie McEwen confirmed that he will join the new Australian team set to join the European peloton next season.

'I'm absolutely gutted,' the Aussie speedster says after learning he will not be on the team for the worlds in his home country.

Katusha's Robbie McEwen won a field sprint into Rhenen in the Netherlands to win the first stage of the sixth of the Eneco Tour of Benelux on Wednesday. Canadian Svein Tuft remains in the lead.

But Robbie McEwen (Katusha) is still steaming after colliding with a video cameraman after finishing Friday's stage.

The already-injured Robbie McEwen hits the deck again, this time after the finish.

Rodríguez and McEwen in, Pozzato out of Katusha's Tour squad

Australia's Tour Down Under last month attracted record crowds, visitor numbers and income, the South Australian state government said Friday.

Robbie McEwen's back in the winner's circle after taking Sunday's Trofeo Palma, the kickoff to the five-day Mallorca Challenge in Spain.

Katusha riders will be scattered across three continents as the Russian squad opens the 2010 season.

Defending champion Graeme Brown (Urban) wins the opening stage of the 2010 Jayco Bay Cycling Classic in Geelong, Australia.