Nick Gates

Australian road champion in 1996

Nicholas "Nick" Gates (* March 1, 1972 in Sydney) is a former sports director and Australian racing cyclist.

Nick Gates began his career in 1996 at the Australian cycling team Giant - Australian Institute of Sport from 1997 ZVVZ - Giant - Australian Institute of Sport.

Gates won earlier in the season, the Australian road Radmeisterschaft as well as the then most important Australian stage race: the Commonwealth Bank Cycle Classic before the German cyclist Jens Voigt. In 1998 he moved for two years to Continentale Olympics and also drove the next three years for the smaller German teams Hohenfelder - Concorde, Agro -Adler -Brandenburg and Wiesenhof. As of 2003, Gates went for the Belgian team Lotto. In 2003 and 2004 he took part in the Tour de France, but could not finish both times. After the 2008 season, he finished his career at the Nick Gates Classic race dedicated to him, which he also won. In 2010, he was sports director of the Danish team Saxo Bank SunGard, which he left in late 2012.

Achievements

  • Australian road champion
  • Winner Commonwealth Bank Cycle Classic
Race stage Hubert Opperman Russell Mockridge Warwick Dalton Barry Waddell Clyde Sefton Damian McDonald Robbie McEwen Henk Vogels Matthew Wilson (cyclist) Darren Lapthorne Matthew Lloyd (cyclist) Peter McDonald (cyclist) Travis Meyer (cyclist) Luke Durbridge
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