Nick Gates is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n professional road bicycle racer.

In 1996, Gates won the Commonwealth Bank Classic.

Gates twice completed in the Tour de France

Tour de France

The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...

, riding for the Lotto-Domo team, but failed to finish either event, pulling out after the 15th stage in 2003 and after the first stage in 2004.

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

Robbie McEwen

Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes...

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Palmares

1996

1st National Road Race Champion

1st Overall Commonwealth Bank Classic

1997

1st Stage 1 Tour of Tasmania

1998

1st Stage 12 Commonwealth Bank Classic

1999

3rd Overall Tour of Japen

1st Stage 3

2000

1st Harsewinkel

2001

1st 1st Gold Coast-Nerang

1st Neuss

2004

1st Burleigh

2006

1st Surfers Paradise

2007

1st Stage 1 part b TTT Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale Coppi-Bartali

2008

1st Nick Gates Classic

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