Simon Gerrans

{{short description|Australian road bicycle racer}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Simon Gerrans

| image = Simon Gerrans CD 2011.jpg

| caption = Gerrans at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné

| fullname = Simon Gerrans

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|5|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Melbourne, Australia

| height = {{height|m=1.70}}{{cite web|url=http://www.greenedgecycling.com/team/simon-gerrans|title=Simon Gerrans|work={{UCI team code|OGE|2014}}|publisher=GreenEDGE Cycling|access-date=3 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102215640/http://www.greenedgecycling.com/team/simon-gerrans|archive-date=2 January 2014}}

| weight = {{convert|64|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Puncheur

| amateuryears1 = 2003

| amateurteam1 = Team Ringerike SK

| amateuryears2 = 2003

| amateurteam2 = {{UCI team code|RPB|2003}} (stagiaire)

| amateuryears3 = 2004

| amateurteam3 = {{UCI team code|ALM|2004}} (stagiaire)

| proyears1 = 2005–2007

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|A2R|2005}}

| proyears2 = 2008

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|C.A|2008}}

| proyears3 = 2009

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|CTT|2009}}

| proyears4 = 2010–2011

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|SKY|2010}}

| proyears5 = 2012–2017

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|GEC|2012a}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/greenedge-add-gerrans-to-2012-roster|title=GreenEdge add Gerrans to 2012 roster|first=Alex|last=Hinds|date=18 August 2011|access-date=1 January 2012|website=Cycling News}}

| proyears6 = 2018

| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|BMC|2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bmc-switzerland.com/au-en/experience/the-feedzone/bmc_racing_team_welcomes_simon_gerrans_in_2018|title=BMC Racing Team Welcomes Simon Gerrans in 2018|date=21 September 2017|access-date=1 January 2018|work=BMC Switzerland|publisher=BMC Switzerland AG|archive-date=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141022/https://www.bmc-switzerland.com/au-en/experience/the-feedzone/bmc_racing_team_welcomes_simon_gerrans_in_2018/|url-status=dead}}

| majorwins = Grand Tours

:Tour de France

::2 individual stages (2008, 2013)

::2 TTT stages (2013, 2018)

:Giro d'Italia

::1 individual stage (2009)

::1 TTT stage (2015)

:Vuelta a España

::1 individual stage (2009)

Stage races

:Herald Sun Tour (2005, 2006)

:Danmark Rundt (2011)

:Tour Down Under (2006, 2012, 2014, 2016)

One-day races and Classics

:{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (2012, 2014)}}

:Milan–San Remo (2012)

:Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2014)

:GP Ouest–France (2009)

:GP de Québec (2012, 2014)

:GP de Montréal (2014)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalCountry| {{flagu|Australia}}}}

{{MedalSilver |2014 Ponferrada|Road race}}

}}

Simon Gerrans (born 16 May 1980) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018, for the {{UCI team code|A2R|2007}}, {{UCI team code|C.A|2008}}, {{UCI team code|CTT|2009}}, {{UCI team code|SKY|2011}}, {{UCI team code|GEC|2017}} and {{UCI team code|BMC|2018}} squads. Post-retirement he initially worked as an athlete intern at Goldman Sachs in London,{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gerrans-to-work-for-goldman-sachs-following-retirement/|title=Gerrans to work for Goldman Sachs following retirement|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=16 November 2018|access-date=2 January 2019}} then joined [http://theservicecourse.cc The Service Course], in which he is an investor, as COO and now CEO, in early 2020.{{Cite web |date=23 April 2022 |title=Simon Gerrans |url=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/simongerrans |access-date=23 April 2022 |website=LinkedIn}}{{Cite web |date=16 January 2020 |title=SIMON GERRANS JOINS THE SERVICE COURSE LEADERSHIP TEAM AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER |url=https://theservicecourse.cc/simon-gerrans |access-date=23 April 2022 |website=The Service Course}}{{Cite web |title=2021 PREVIEW: SIMON GERRANS |url=https://theservicecourse.cc/simon-gerrans-1 |access-date=23 April 2022 |website=The Service Course}} He can also be heard commentating road cycling for ASO and SBS.

Gerrans was a two-time winner of the Australian National Road Race Championships, having won the title in 2012,{{cite news|url=http://www.skynews.com.au/sport/article.aspx?id=705083|work=Sky News Australia|publisher=Australian News Channel Pty Ltd.|date=8 January 2012|access-date=8 January 2012|title=Gerrans clinches Aussie cycling title|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230155322/http://www.skynews.com.au/sport/article.aspx?id=705083|archive-date=30 December 2012}} and 2014. Aside from his National Championship successes, his biggest triumphs were winning the Tour Down Under a record four times,{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jan/26/simon-gerrans-wins-tour-down-under|title=Simon Gerrans clinches his third Tour Down Under title|work=The Guardian|agency=Australian Associated Press|date=26 January 2014|access-date=26 January 2014}} and getting the better of one-day races such as the 2009 GP Ouest-France, the 2012 Milan–San Remo, the 2012 and 2014 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec,{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec-2014/results|title=Gerrans wins Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec|work=Cyclingnews.com|date=12 September 2014|access-date=12 September 2014}} the 2014 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, and stage wins in all three Grand Tours. In the 2013 Tour de France, Gerrans claimed the yellow jersey on Stage 4 after being part of the winning team in the Stage 4 team time trial in Nice.

Early life

Gerrans was born in Melbourne, Victoria and grew up in Mansfield, Victoria.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Career

Gerrans took up cycling after injuring his knee and speaking with his neighbour, former Yellow Jersey holder Phil Anderson whom he credits with introducing him to the sport.{{cite web |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/07/road/simon-gerrans-thanks-phil-anderson-for-getting-him-into-the-sport-of-cycling_80484 |title=Simon Gerrans thanks Phil Anderson for getting him into the sport of cycling |date=20 July 2008 |publisher=VeloNews.com |access-date=29 May 2010 |archive-date=9 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009172111/http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/07/road/simon-gerrans-thanks-phil-anderson-for-getting-him-into-the-sport-of-cycling_80484 |url-status=dead }} Gerrans was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics AIS Athletes at the Olympics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606223207/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics |date=6 June 2011 }}

In 2002, he finished fifth in the senior Australian National Road Race Championships, and took the under 23 title. He went on to ride as a trainee with the Carvalhelhos–Boavista team, based in Portugal from 1 September 2003, and then as a trainee for the {{UCI team code|ALM|2004}} team from 1 September 2004. He turned professional in 2005, staying with AG2R Prévoyance, and participated in his first Tour de France in the same year.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Gerrans underwent surgery at a hospital in Nice following a heavy fall in the GP d'Ouverture la Marseillaise in February, 2006. A pin was inserted into his shattered left collarbone and a screw put into his broken right shoulder, and had stitches in his head.{{cite web | title = Gerrans in hospital after race crash in France | publisher = Cycling Tasmania | date = 1 February 2006 | url = http://www.tas.cycling.org.au/default.asp?id=9099 | access-date = 1 July 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120919171443/http://www.tas.cycling.org.au/default.asp?id=9099 | archive-date = 19 September 2012 }}

He resumed training three weeks later and went on to represent Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.{{cite web| url=http://melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=110346| title=Biography: GERRANS Simon| publisher=Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation}}

In 2008, Gerrans rode for the Crédit Agricole team. He won stage 15 of the Tour de France, the high point of his career so far, after being in the four-man breakaway for most of the day. Barely surviving attacks from the other strong climbers in the breakaway, in which the fourth rider was dropped from the group, he eventually sprinted away in the last few dozen metres, without a response from the two remaining contenders.{{cite web| url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/jul08/jul21news2| title=Latest Cycling News : Martínez rues missed opportunity| author=Monika Prell| publisher=cyclingnews.com| date=21 July 2008}}

Following the closure of the Crédit Agricole team Gerrans signed with the UCI Professional Continental {{UCI team code|CTT|2009}} for the 2009 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.cervelo.com/riders.aspx#15 |title=Cervélo TestTeam Riders |website=www.cervelo.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119053505/http://cervelo.com/riders.aspx |archive-date=2009-01-19}} Despite his success of the previous year, he was not included in the squad for the 2009 Tour de France.{{Cite news | last = Jonker | first = Patrick | title = Australians riding tall on back of 'Skippy' | work = The Age| date = 4 July 2009 | url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/australians-riding-tall-on-back-of-skippy/2009/07/03/1246127691787.html?page=2 | access-date = 8 July 2010 | location=Melbourne}}

On stage 14 of the 2009 Giro d'Italia Gerrans attacked his breakaway companions on the short steep climb of San Luca, near Bologna, to win the stage – the first Grand Tour stage victory for Cervélo TestTeam.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009//giro09/?id=results/giro0914 |title=cyclingnews.com presents the 92nd Giro d'Italia |publisher=Autobus.cyclingnews.com |date=20 July 2008 |access-date=2012-03-17}} After winning 10th stage of the 2009 Vuelta a España Gerrans became the first Australian to win a stage of each of the three Grand Tours.{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/gerranss-vuelta-win-has-him-in-elite-group/2009/09/09/1252201268156.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Gerrans's Vuelta win has him in elite group | date=10 September 2009}}

File:Simon-Gerrans.jpg

He signed with {{UCI team code|SKY|2010}} for season 2010{{cite web|author=Daniel Benson and Susan Westemeyer |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sky-announces-ten-more-riders |title=Sky Announces Ten More Riders |date=10 September 2009 |publisher=Cyclingnews.com |access-date=2012-03-17}} and made the Team Sky selection for the 2010 Tour de France. Gerrans was involved in a large crash on Stage 8 of the race resulting in a broken arm and his withdrawal from the race.{{cite web |url=http://www.simongerrans.com/news/152/ |title=News | Simon Gerrans | Official Website Professional Cyclist | Page 152 |publisher=Simon Gerrans |access-date=2012-03-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203135/http://simongerrans.com/news/152/ |archive-date=3 March 2016}}

In 2011, Gerrans came 3rd in the Amstel Gold Race.{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/8457105/Amstel-Gold-Race-2011-Philippe-Gilbert-becomes-first-Belgian-to-win-back-to-back-titles-in-Holland.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=John | last=MacLeary | title=Amstel Gold Race 2011: Philippe Gilbert becomes first Belgian to win back-to-back titles in Holland | date=17 April 2011}} In August, he won the Danmark Rundt.{{cite web|author=Ellis Bacon |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/529627/gerrans-gallops-home-triumphant-in-denmark.html |title=Gerrans gallops home triumphant in Denmark | Latest News |publisher=Cycling Weekly |date=8 August 2011 |access-date=2012-03-17}} Shortly after that victory, it was announced that Gerrans would join {{UCI team code|GEC|2012a|nolinkyes}} for the team's inaugural season in 2012.

=2012 season=

In January 2012, Gerrans became national road race champion for the first time, out-sprinting {{UCI team code|LAM|2012}}'s Matthew Lloyd and {{UCI team code|SKY|2012}}'s Richie Porte for victory. Later in the month he won the Tour Down Under for the second time. He secured the victory on stage 5, where his second-place finish allowed him to take the ochre jersey ahead of Valverde, who won the stage. Both riders were on the same time, but due to better cumulative stage finishes, Gerrans took the lead and did not relinquish it.{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/climbs-tp-toughen-tour-down-under/story-fn8sc2wz-1226074240419|title=Valverde-Gerrans duel on the hill sets up Tour finale|work=The Australian|first=Peter|last=Kogoy|date=21 January 2012|access-date=30 December 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/tourdownunder/stage-6/results|title=Gerrans crowned Tour Down Under champion in Adelaide|first=Alex|last=Hinds|date=22 January 2012|website=Cycling News|access-date=23 January 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123113125/http://www.cyclingnews.com/tourdownunder/stage-6/results|archive-date=23 January 2012}} On 17 March 2012, Gerrans won Milan–San Remo in a three-man sprint finish, beating {{UCI team code|RNT|2012}}'s Fabian Cancellara and {{UCI team code|LIQ|2012}}'s Vincenzo Nibali to the line in Sanremo.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/milan-san-remo/results|first=Susan|last=Westemeyer|date=17 March 2012|access-date=17 March 2012|website=Cycling News|title=Gerrans wins in Milan–San Remo|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320160139/http://www.cyclingnews.com/milan-san-remo/results|archive-date=20 March 2013}} Later in the season, Gerrans took second place at the Clásica de San Sebastián, dominating the chase group sprint as the lone escapee Luis León Sánchez ({{UCI team code|RAB|2012}}) crossed the line seven seconds before him.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/clasica-ciclista-san-sebastian-2012/results|title=Luis León Sánchez claims second career San Sebastián victory|website=Cycling News|date=14 August 2012|access-date=8 September 2012|author=Daniel Benson}} In September, Gerrans took his third victory in a 2012 UCI World Tour race by being victorious in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec. He countered an attack by {{UCI team code|BMC|2012}}'s Greg Van Avermaet with {{convert|3.5|km}} to race. The pair went up the final difficulties of the day and broke clear of the bunch. Gerrans then out sprinted the Belgian to the finish line while the chasers were closing in at four seconds.{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12822/Simon-Gerrans-takes-breakaway-sprint-victory-in-GP-Quebec.aspx|first=Ben|last=Atkins|title=Simon Gerrans takes breakaway sprint victory in GP Québec|work=VeloNation|date=7 September 2012|access-date=8 September 2012}}

=2013 season=

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In 2013, with the help of his team {{UCI team code|OGE|2013}}, he enjoyed much success on the bike. He began the season with a decent Tour Down Under, winning the penultimate stage; after getting in a breakaway with Javier Moreno of Spain and Tom-Jelte Slagter of the Netherlands, Gerrans out-sprinted Slagter for the stage win. However most of his real successes came from Europe. Gerrans enjoyed a third-place finish in the Amstel Gold Race. His participation in the Volta a Catalunya yielded more success, winning the sixth stage in a sprint finish; he did so by a bike length ahead of Gianni Meersman of Belgium. Gerrans began the Tour of the Basque Country well taking out the first stage honours. After a lead-out from teammate Pieter Weening, Gerrans sprinted to his third stage victory of the year ahead of a fast-finishing Peter Velits of {{UCI team code|OPQ|2013}}. He also finished tenth at Liège–Bastogne–Liège. At the Tour de France, Gerrans and his team enjoyed a very successful start to the tour. After avoiding much of the carnage of the first two stages of the tour, Gerrans ended up taking the stage honours for the third stage after a sprint to the line finish where he narrowly edged out Slovakian Peter Sagan. The stage win was the first for {{UCI team code|OGE|2013|nolink=yes}} at the Tour. {{UCI team code|OGE|2013|nolink=yes}} also won the team time trial the following day, beating {{UCI team code|OPQ|2013|nolink=yes}}; as a result, Gerrans donned the race leader's yellow jersey, only the sixth Australian cyclist to do so. He earned plaudits during stage 6 by holding back at the stage finish, allowing his teammate Daryl Impey to take the yellow jersey from him and become its first South African wearer.{{Cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/cycling/sporting-gerrans-hands-yellow-jersey-to-teammate-daryl-impey/news-story/95eef2af7aaad0c24ee9b2bc4ea7f43b?nk=b473becfcf75de76c9a13be48bf81988-1505495020|title = Gerrans gives up yellow jersey for mate|date = 4 July 2013}}

=2014 season=

After winning the Australian National road race, Gerrans went on to win the Tour Down Under for the third time in his career, besting his fellow countryman Cadel Evans by a single second. He also prevailed on the first stage in the process and gained the leader's jersey thanks to time bonuses at intermediate sprints and stage finishes. On 27 April 2014 Gerrans won the cycling monument Liège–Bastogne–Liège in the sprint, becoming the first Australian to win the race.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/simon-gerrans-first-aussie-to-win-liegebastogneliege-race/story-fngr0c3f-1226897821607|first=Ron|last=Reed|work=Herald Sun|date=28 April 2014|access-date=30 April 2014|title=Simon Gerrans first Aussie to win Liege-Bastogne-Liege race}}

On Stage 1 of the 2014 Tour de France, Mark Cavendish collided with Gerrans in the final 500 metres, with both crashing heavily to the ground. The crash happened as the front of the peloton overtook lone escapee Fabian Cancellara. Having failed to get the inside line on the left-hand curve, with his Omega-Pharma team out of the picture, Cavendish was pushing with his head and shoulders in a desperate attempt to move Australia's Simon Gerrans to the left. Cavendish wanted to get a clear run to the line, but Gerrans did not yield because the Frenchman Bryan Coquard was to his left. Cavendish lost control of his front wheel and fell heavily on his right shoulder, with Gerrans, a stage winner and yellow jersey wearer last year, hitting the deck simultaneously.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/05/mark-cavendish-crashes-marcel-kittel-tour-de-france-stage-one|title = Mark Cavendish's Tour de France in doubt after crash on stage one|website = TheGuardian.com|date = 5 July 2014}} Gerrans went back to his winning ways in Quebec City, coming back from a mechanical with 20 km left to win the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec after surging past Tom Dumoulin on the slightly uphill finish. He is the first cyclist to take two victories in the Canadian World Tour event. Two days later, Gerrans realised another first: he became the first rider to win the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and Montreal back-to-back in the same year as he won the sprint in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal.{{cite news|url=http://www.mykawartha.com/sports-story/4860068-gerrans-wins-montreal-cycling-grand-prix/|title=Gerrans wins Montreal cycling Grand Prix|work=MetrolandMedia|publisher=METROLAND 2014|date=14 September 2014|access-date=14 September 2014}} Those two wins announced very good form just ahead of the World Championships in Ponferrada, in which he came in second place after his select group failed to reach lone escapee Michał Kwiatkowski.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/michal-kwiatkowski-wins-road-world-title-1.2780563|title=Michał Kwiatkowski wins road world title|agency=Associated Press|publisher=CBC|date=28 September 2014|access-date=30 September 2014}}

=2015 season=

Gerrans had an unlucky start to the season, as he broke his collarbone in January while he was training for the Tour Down Under. His first race back was the Strade Bianche, but he fractured his elbow in another crash during the Italian event.{{cite news|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/04/news/gerrans-to-race-giro-ditalia-after-injury-filled-start-to-2015_366891|title=Gerrans to race Giro d'Italia after injury-filled start to 2015|work=VeloNews|publisher=Competitor Group, Inc.|date=16 April 2015|access-date=26 April 2015|author=Gregor Brown|archive-date=23 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723072634/http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/04/news/gerrans-to-race-giro-ditalia-after-injury-filled-start-to-2015_366891|url-status=dead}} He was looking for a result as he came back to racing, but his bad luck continued as he crashed twice in Liège–Bastogne–Liège and abandoned.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/alejandro-valverde-wins-liege-bastogne-liege-2015-168251|title=Alejandro Valverde wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2015|work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=IPC Media Sports & Leisure network|date=26 April 2015|access-date=26 April 2015|author=Nigel Wynn}} However, he did not sustain any serious injuries in the latter crashes. He participated to the Giro d'Italia and crashed again on the rainy twelfth stage, forcing him to abandon.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gerrans-to-abandon-giro-ditalia-following-stage-12-crash|title=Gerrans to abandon Giro d'Italia following stage 12 crash|work=Cyclingnews.com|date=21 May 2015|access-date=21 May 2015}} In the Tour de France, Gerrans was involved in a massive, high-speed crash on stage 3 and he had to quit the race due to a broken wrist.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-de-france-stage-3-paused-as-cancellara-caught-up-in-mass-crash|title=Tour de France stage 3 paused as Cancellara caught up in mass crash|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=6 July 2015|access-date=6 July 2015}}

=2016 season=

Gerrans started the year well by winning two stages of an Australian World Tour race, the Tour Down Under.{{cite news|title=Tour Down Under: Simon Gerrans wins sprint in Victor Harbor|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=22 January 2016|last=Woodpower|first=Zeb}} Thanks to the bonus seconds on offer for placing highly in the individual stages, he won the general classification for the fourth time in his career.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/tourdownunder/stage-6/results/|title=Simon Gerrans wins the 2016 Tour Down Under|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=24 January 2016|access-date=24 January 2016|last=Woodpower|first=Zeb|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127002323/http://www.cyclingnews.com/tourdownunder/stage-6/results/|archive-date=27 January 2016}} This sent Gerrans to the top of the new UCI World Ranking, which was starting fresh from January 2016,{{cite web|last1=Wynn|first1=Nigel|title=Simon Gerrans clings on to top spot in UCI World Ranking, Kennaugh out of top 1|date=29 February 2016|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/simon-gerrans-clings-on-to-top-spot-in-uci-world-ranking-kennaugh-out-of-top-10-213899|publisher=Cycling Weekly|access-date=2 August 2016}} a position he held for 7 weeks.{{cite web|title=Porte moves to top of WorldTour rankings|date=14 March 2016|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/porte-moves-to-top-of-worldtour-rankings/|work=Cycling News|access-date=2 August 2016}}

He broke his collarbone on Stage 12 of the Tour de France.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gerrans-out-of-tour-de-france-with-broken-collarbone-news-shorts/|title=Gerrans out of Tour de France with broken collarbone – News Shorts|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=15 July 2016|access-date=15 July 2016}}

=2017 season=

Gerrans endured a winless 2017, and was not selected for any of the Grand Tours.{{cite web |url=https://www.velonews.com/2017/09/news/gerrans-joins-bmc-for-final-chapter-of-career_448630 |title=Gerrans joins BMC for final chapter of career |last=Hood |first=Andrew |date=21 September 2018 |website=Velonews|access-date=13 October 2018}} In September 2017 it was announced that he would join the {{UCI team code|BMC|2018}} for 2018, with a role as a road captain and key domestique for Richie Porte and Greg Van Avermaet.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/simon-gerrans-signs-for-bmc-racing/ |title=Simon Gerrans signs for BMC Racing|date=21 September 2017 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=13 October 2018}} Gerrans subsequently revealed that he had been considering retirement before being personally approached by Porte after the Tour de France to join BMC.{{cite news |url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/cycling/simon-gerrans-reveals-a-midyear-phone-call-from-richie-porte-talked-him-out-of-retirement/news-story/cb485843e117af10d32a6df8b58ee933|title=Simon Gerrans reveals a midyear phone call from Richie Porte talked him out of retirement |last=Edmund |first=Sam |date=28 November 2017 |website=news.com.au |access-date=13 October 2018}}

=2018 season=

Gerrans was selected for the 2018 Tour de France, his 12th participation in the race.{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cycling/simon-gerrans-putting-bmc-and-porte-success-before-individual-glory-20180707-p4zq3j.html |title=Simon Gerrans putting BMC and Porte success before individual glory |last=Guinness |first=Rupert |date=7 July 2018 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=13 October 2018}} In August 2018, he announced in an open letter published by the {{UCI team code|BMC|2018}} that he would retire from competition at the end of the season, stating that his "passion for the sport is not what it used to be", but indicating that he wanted to remain involved in cycling in some capacity after spending more time with his family.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/simon-gerrans-calls-time-on-his-professional-career/ |title=Simon Gerrans calls time on his professional career|date=7 August 2018 |website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=13 October 2018}}

Major results

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;2002

: 1st {{cjersey|australia}} Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour of Tasmania

::1st Stage 3

: 7th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell

::1st Stage 2

;2003

: 1st Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic

: 1st Stage 3 Tour of Tasmania

: 4th Overall Herald Sun Tour

;2004 (1 pro win)

: 2nd Overall Ringerike GP

: 2nd Overall Paris–Corrèze

: 3rd Overall Ruban Granitier Breton

: 4th Archer Grand Prix

: 7th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne

: 8th Overall Herald Sun Tour

::1st Stage 9

;2005 (4)

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Herald Sun Tour

::1st Stage 3

: 1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese

: 1st Tour du Finistère

: 4th Overall Circuit des Ardennes

: 6th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

: 7th Overall Tour Down Under

: 8th Brabantse Pijl

;2006 (3)

: 1st {{cjersey|orange}} Overall Tour Down Under

::1st Stage 1

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Herald Sun Tour

: 6th GP Triberg-Schwarzwald

;2007 (1)

: 1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan

: 2nd Overall Bay Classic Series

::1st {{cjersey|green}} Sprints classification

::1st Stage 5

: 2nd Tour du Haut Var

: 5th Grand Prix de Fourmies

: 9th Boucles de l'Aulne

;2008 (3)

: 1st Stage 15 Tour de France

: 1st Stage 2 Critérium International

: 4th Overall Route du Sud

::1st Stage 1

: 5th Road race, National Road Championships

;2009 (3)

: 1st GP Ouest–France

: 1st Stage 14 Giro d'Italia

: 1st Stage 10 Vuelta a España

: 1st Stage 1 Bay Classic Series

: 3rd Gran Premio di Lugano

: 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

: 7th Amstel Gold Race

: 8th Overall Volta ao Algarve

: 8th La Flèche Wallonne

: 10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

;2011 (1)

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Danmark Rundt

: 2nd GP Ouest–France

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships

: 3rd Amstel Gold Race

: 5th Coppa Sabatini

: 10th Overall Volta ao Algarve

: 10th Clásica de San Sebastián

;2012 (4)

: 1st {{cjersey|australia}} Road race, National Road Championships

: 1st {{cjersey|orange}} Overall Tour Down Under

: 1st Milan–San Remo

: 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

: 2nd Clásica de San Sebastián

: 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

: 6th UCI World Tour

;2013 (4)

: Tour de France

::1st Stages 3 & 4 (TTT)

::Held {{cjersey|yellow}} after Stages 4–5

: 1st Stage 5 Tour Down Under

: 1st Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya

: 1st Stage 1 Tour of the Basque Country

: 3rd Amstel Gold Race

: 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

;2014 (6)

: 1st {{cjersey|australia}} Road race, National Road Championships

: 1st {{cjersey|orange}} Overall Tour Down Under

::1st {{cjersey|blue}} Sprints classification

::1st Stage 1

: 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège

: 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

: 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

: 2nd 15px Road race, UCI Road World Championships

: 3rd UCI World Tour

: 3rd Amstel Gold Race

: 3rd Vattenfall Cyclassics

: 7th Overall Herald Sun Tour

;2015

: Giro d'Italia

::1st Stage 1 (TTT)

::Held {{cjersey|pink}} after Stage 1

: 6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

;2016 (3)

: 1st {{cjersey|orange}} Overall Tour Down Under

::1st {{cjersey|blue}} Sprints classification

::1st Stages 3 & 4

: 5th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

: {{cjersey|red number}} Combativity award Stage 14 Vuelta a España

;2017

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships

: 2nd Overall Tour of Norway

: 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

;2018

: 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Tour de France

: 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de Suisse

: 5th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

{{div col end}}

= Grand Tour general classification results timeline =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" | Grand Tour

! scope="col" | 2005

! scope="col" | 2006

! scope="col" | 2007

! scope="col" | 2008

! scope="col" | 2009

! scope="col" | 2010

! scope="col" | 2011

! scope="col" | 2012

! scope="col" | 2013

! scope="col" | 2014

! scope="col" | 2015

! scope="col" | 2016

! scope="col" | 2017

! scope="col" | 2018

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | {{cjersey|pink}} Giro d'Italia

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 43

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| DNF

| —

| —

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de France

| 126

| 77

| 94

| 77

| —

| DNF

| 96

| 79

| 80

| DNF

| —

| DNF

| —

| 107

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | {{cjersey|red}} Vuelta a España

| —

| —

| —

| —

| DNF

| DNF

| —

| —

| DNF

| —

| 114

| 86

| —

| —

= Classics results timeline =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
Monument

! scope="col" | 2005

! scope="col" | 2006

! scope="col" | 2007

! scope="col" | 2008

! scope="col" | 2009

! scope="col" | 2010

! scope="col" | 2011

! scope="col" | 2012

! scope="col" | 2013

! scope="col" | 2014

! scope="col" | 2015

! scope="col" | 2016

! scope="col" | 2017

! scope="col" | 2018

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Milan–San Remo

| —

| —

| —

| 147

| —

| —

| —

| style="background:gold;" |1

| 68

| —

| —

| —

| 36

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Tour of Flanders

| 92

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Paris–Roubaix

| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=14 |Did not contest during career

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Liège–Bastogne–Liège

| DNF

| —

| DNF

| 54

| style="background:#ddf;" |6

| 11

| 12

| 19

| style="background:#ddf;" |10

| style="background:gold;" |1

| DNF

| 33

| 139

| 77

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Giro di Lombardia

| —

| —

| —

| —

| DNF

| —

| —

| DNF

| —

| —

| DNF

| —

| —

| DNF

Classic

! scope="col" | 2005

! scope="col" | 2006

! scope="col" | 2007

! scope="col" | 2008

! scope="col" | 2009

! scope="col" | 2010

! scope="col" | 2011

! scope="col" | 2012

! scope="col" | 2013

! scope="col" | 2014

! scope="col" | 2015

! scope="col" | 2016

! scope="col" | 2017

! scope="col" | 2018

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Great Ocean Road Race

| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=10 |Race did not exist

| —

| style="background:#ddf;" |5

| style="background:silver;" |2

| style="background:#ddf;" |5

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Brabantse Pijl

| style="background:#ddf;" |8

| —

| —

| —

| 53

| DNF

| —

| —

| —

| 46

| —

| —

| 52

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Amstel Gold Race

| —

| —

| 37

| 12

| style="background:#ddf;" |7

| 63

| style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3

| 20

| style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3

| style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3

| 70

| 11

| DNF

| 79

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | La Flèche Wallonne

| 66

| —

| 74

| —

| style="background:#ddf;" |8

| 54

| 21

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 86

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Clásica de San Sebastián

| —

| 53

| 93

| —

| —

| —

| style="background:#ddf;" |10

| style="background:silver;" |2

| 34

| —

| —

| —

| 75

| DNF

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Hamburg Cyclassics

| —

| DNF

| 58

| DNF

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3

| —

| —

| 76

| 57

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | GP Ouest–France

| 52

| 18

| 62

| —

| style="background:gold;" |1

| 101

| style="background:silver;" |2

| 12

| —

| 51

| —

| —

| 95

| 47

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=5 rowspan=2 |Race did not exist

| —

| 32

| style="background:gold;" |1

| —

| style="background:gold;" |1

| —

| —

| 58

| 90

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

| —

| 71

| style="background:#ddf;" |4

| —

| style="background:gold;" |1

| —

| —

| 66

| 92

=Major championships timeline=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
colspan="2" scope="col" | Event

! scope="col" | 2000

! scope="col" | 2001

! scope="col" | 2002

! scope="col" | 2003

! scope="col" | 2004

! scope="col" | 2005

! scope="col" | 2006

! scope="col" | 2007

! scope="col" | 2008

! scope="col" | 2009

! scope="col" | 2010

! scope="col" | 2011

! scope="col" | 2012

! scope="col" | 2013

! scope="col" | 2014

! scope="col" | 2015

! scope="col" | 2016

! scope="col" | 2017

! scope="col" | 2018

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row"| File:Gold medal olympic.svg Olympic Games

! scope="row"| Road race

| —

| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3|Not held

| —

| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3|Not held

| 36

| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3|Not held

| 83

| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3|Not held

| —

| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=2|Not held

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | File:Jersey rainbow.svg World Championships

! scope="row" | Road race

| —

| —

| —

| —

| DNF

| 86

| 89

| 66

| DNF

| style="background:#ddf;" |10

| DNF

| 79

| 20

| —

| style="background:silver;" |2

| style="background:#ddf;" |6

| —

| —

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | File:MaillotAustralia.PNG National Championships

! scope="row" | Road race

| style="background:#ddf;" |6

| —

| —

| 19

| —

| style="background:#ddf;" |8

| DNF

| —

| style="background:#ddf;" |5

| —

| —

| style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3

| style="background:gold;" |1

| style="background:#ddf;" |9

| style="background:gold;" |1

| —

| style="background:#ddf;" |6

| style="background:silver;" |2

| DNF

class="wikitable"

|+ Legend

scope="row" | —

| Did not compete

scope="row" | DNF

| Did not finish

scope="row" | NH

| Event not held

References

{{reflist|30em}}