 Ewan at the2018 Tour of Britain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Caleb Ewan |
| Nickname | The Pocket Rocket |
| Born | (1994-07-11)11 July 1994 (age 31) Sydney, Australia |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft5+1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2013–2014 | Jayco–AIS World Tour Academy |
| 2014 | Orica–GreenEDGE(stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2014–2018 | Orica–GreenEDGE |
| 2019–2023 | Lotto–Soudal[2][3][4] |
| 2024 | Team Jayco–AlUla |
| 2025 | Ineos Grenadiers |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Medal record | |
Caleb Ewan (born 11 July 1994) is an Australian former professionalroad andtrack cyclist. Asprinter, Ewan has a style similar to that ofMark Cavendish, taking an extremely low position[5] that offers him an aerodynamic advantage.[6]
Caleb Ewan was born inNew South Wales to a Korean mother and Australian father. At the age of eight he started bicycle racing, inspired by his father, who was also a competitive cyclist.[7] He started competitive cycling at the age of ten.[citation needed] In 2010 he became theJunior National Road Race Champion. The next year he won multiple disciplines at theJunior National Track Championships and he became World Championomnium at theJunior Track World Championships.
In 2013 Ewan started racing forJayco–AIS World Tour Academy. That year he won the first stage as well as the general classification of theMitchelton Wines Bay Cycling Classic. He also won theLa Côte Picarde installment of theUCI Nations Cup U23, theGran Premio Palio del Recioto, and stages in theTour Alsace,Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 and theTour de l'Avenir. At the end of the year he finished fourth in the Men's under-23 road race at the2013 UCI Road World Championships.
Ewan signed pre-contract terms withOrica–GreenEDGE in October 2013, joining the World Tour team as a stagiaire in August 2014 and as a professional in October.[8][9] At the beginning of August, before joining Orica–GreenEDGE, Ewan took part in theroad race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, competing forAustralia. The Australian team tried to control the race for Ewan's sprint, but were unable to do so. After attempting a solo chase of the three leaders, he fell back and was the last man to finish: he finished in 12th place out of 140 who started, over 11 minutes behind the gold medallistGeraint Thomas (Wales).[10]
His first professional wins came in the second and third stages of the2015 Herald Sun Tour. A month later, in theTour de Langkawi he then took his second professional win and the lead in general classification. Though he lost the overall lead of the race, Ewan won a second stage (the third victory of his career) and the points classification.[11] He was named in the start list for the2015 Vuelta a España,[12] where he won stage 5,[13] but he withdrew from the race during stage 10.[14]
In 2016, Ewan participated in theTour Down Under and won the first stage in a mass sprint.[15] He made it a duo of wins by taking the sixth stage as well.[16] He also was the victor of Stage 2 of theHerald Sun Tour, another race held on Australian soil.[17] He was named in the start list for the2016 Giro d'Italia.[18] He raced in the 2017 Giro, winning stage seven[5] in a field sprint.
For the 2019 season, Ewan signed withLotto–Soudal. He started the year at theTour Down Under, where he headbuttedJasper Philipsen in Stage 5 and was relegated to 83rd place after crossing the finish line first.[19] In July 2019, he participated in theTour de France, and in Stage 11 he beatDylan Groenewegen in a tight sprint finish in Toulouse.[20][21] He won stage 16 in Nîmes, narrowly beatingElia Viviani, as well as the final stage, crossing the line ahead of Groenewegen on theChamps-Élysées.
At theTour de France, he won two more stages, on days three and eleven.[22] That year, he totaled seven wins. The following season, he won stages three and seven of theGiro d'Italia, tallying six total victories for the year.[23]
In 2022, he again took seven wins, including theGrand Prix de Fourmies one-day race. He was the "lanterne rouge" of the2022 Tour de France, having finished over 5 hours down on overall winnerJonas Vingegaard.[24] He only won one race in 2023: theVan Merksteijn Fences Classic.
After five seasons withLotto–Dstny, Ewan left the team due to disagreements with the new team managerStéphane Heulot.[25] He then joinedUCI WorldTeamTeam Jayco–AlUla on a two-year contract. His first success with the squad was the opening stage of the2024 Tour of Oman.[26]
At the beginning of the 2025 season, Ewan sought an early release of his contract. Negotiations withUCI WorldTeamXDS Astana Team collapsed, prompting his move toIneos Grenadiers.
On 6 May 2025, he announced his retirement from professional cycling.[27]
Source:[28]
Road race, National Junior ChampionshipsTime trial
Road race,UCI World Junior Championships
Points classificationRoad race, National Under-23 ChampionshipsRoad race,UCI World Under-23 Championships
OverallTour de Korea
Points classification
Young rider classification Points classification
Sprints classification Points classification,Tour de Yorkshire after Stage 1 Points classification
after Stage 7 Points classification| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | — | DNF | DNF | — | DNF | — | DNF | DNF | — | 120 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | 132 | 144 | DNF | 134 | DNF | — |
| Vuelta a España | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Monument | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | 10 | 2 | 29 | 113 | 2 | — | 16 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| Paris–Roubaix | Has not contested during his career | |||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | ||||||||
| Giro di Lombardia | ||||||||
| Classic | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | 101 | — | — | DNF | — | — | 66 |
| Scheldeprijs | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 7 |
| Hamburg Cyclassics | 1 | 34 | — | 2 | Not held | 88 | — | |
| Brussels Cycling Classic | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Milano–Torino | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Paris–Tours | 178 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
| NH | Not held |
OverallMitchelton Wines Bay Classic OverallMitchelton Wines Bay ClassicNational Championships OverallMitchelton Wines Bay ClassicNational ChampionshipsNational ChampionshipsNational Championships
Omnium,UCI World Junior Championships Omnium Points race Madison
Individual pursuit, Oceania Championships
