Gee at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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| Full name | Derek Gee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Birdwatcher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1997-08-03) 3 August 1997 (age 26) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Israel–Premier Tech | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder, Breakaway specialist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010–2015 | Ottawa Bicycle Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Giant Langley–Smart Savvy+ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | RaceClean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2021 | X-Speed United[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Israel Cycling Academy[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Israel–Premier Tech | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Derek Gee (born 3 August 1997 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech.[3]
He rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[4] He qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5][6]
Gee rode in the 2023 Giro d'Italia, which was his first Grand Tour as well as in his first season on the UCI World Tour. Throughout the race, he placed second on four stages and fourth on two others, while having no victories.[7] He also finished second overall in the points classification, the intermediate sprints classification and the mountains classification.[8] He was also awarded the Combativity award on stages 10, 14 and 19, all of which he placed second on, as well as the overall most combative rider award.
In 2024, Gee won stage 3 at the 2024 Critérium du Dauphiné, out-sprinting a small pack in a hilltop finish, and went on to finish third overall in the one-week stage race.[9] He next competed in the Tour de France, his first time entering the race, finishing third on stage nine.[10]
Road race Time trial Time trial, National Championships Time trial, National Championships
Combativity award Stages 10, 14, 19 & Overall| Grand Tour general classification results | ||||||||
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 Giro d'Italia
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22 | — | ||||||
 Tour de France
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 Vuelta a España
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| Race | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||
| Paris–Nice
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 Tirreno–Adriatico
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41 | — | ||||||
 Volta a Catalunya
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| Tour of the Basque Country
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| Tour de Romandie
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 Critérium du Dauphiné
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| Tour de Suisse
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Individual pursuit Team pursuit Individual pursuit Team pursuit Omnium Madison (with Evan Burtnik) Points race Individual pursuit Team pursuit Omnium Madison (with Michael Foley) Points race
Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games Omnium Team pursuit Individual pursuit Omnium Madison (with Michael Foley) Individual pursuit Omnium
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