Baden Cooke
 Cooke at the 2009Four Days of Dunkirk | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Baden Cooke | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Cookie" | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 October 1978 Benalla,Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Mercury | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Française des Jeux | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Unibet | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Barloworld | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Vacansoleil | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Team Saxo Bank | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | GreenEDGE[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
Grand Tours
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Baden Cooke(born 12 October 1978) is an Australian retired professionalracing cyclist,who competed professionally between 2000 and 2013.[2]
Early life
[edit]Born inBenalla,Victoria, Cooke began competitive cycling at 11.[3]He completed secondary school at Galen College inWangaratta, Victoria,and was anAustralian Institute of Sportscholarship holder.[4]
Career
[edit]His professional career began with the Mercury team in 2000, though he found racing in Europe to be more challenging than initially expected. Nevertheless, he adapted. He was more successful during that debut season in Australia and America, where he won stages of the Herald Sun Tour and the Sea Otter Classic, respectively.[3]Having moved to the French teamFrançaise des Jeuxin 2002, Cooke competed in theCommonwealth Gamesthat year, finishing third behind fellow AustraliansStuart O'GradyandCadel Evans.He also participated in theTour de Francein2002,2003,2004,2005,2008and2012.In 2003 he won theGreen jerseywhich is thePoints classification in the Tour de Franceby two points in a tight finish onStage 20on the Champs-Élysées with fellow Australian sprinterRobbie McEwensecond and O'Grady seventh in the final points classification. In 2004 Cooke came 12th in the points classification.
Cooke represented Australia in theroad raceat the2004 Summer Olympicsalong with McEwen,Michael Rogers,O'Grady andMatt White.
Cooke raced 2006 and 2007 forUnibet.He joinedBarloworldfor 2008 but in 2009 moved to Dutch cycling team Vacansoleil.[5]Cooke announced on his website that he would ride for Team Saxo Bank in 2010[6]– he continued with that team in 2011, before moving to the new GreenEDGE team for the 2012 season.[1]After the 2013 season, Cooke retired.[2]
After retiring, Cooke announced that he was moving into rider management.[7]In January 2014 he became the agent of former team-mate and winner of the2013 Vuelta a EspañaChris Horner.[8]He subsequently also became agent forMichael Matthews,Gert SteegmansandJanez Brajkovič.[9]
He recently purchased a stake in Factor bikes and Black Inc wheels.
Television appearances
[edit]In 2021, Cooke competed onAustralian Survivor: Brains V Brawn.[10]
Career highlights
[edit]Major results
[edit]- 1996
- 1st
National Junior Points Race Championships - 1st Bendigo Tour
- 1st Criterium Bike SA Race
- 2000
- 1stNational Madison Championships
- 1st Prix de Bles d'Or
- Rapport Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 7
- Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stages 2, 5 & 9
- 1st Criterium competition
- 2001
- Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 6 & 10
- 1st Stage 4Sea Otter Classic
- 2002
- 1st
OverallHerald Sun Tour
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 1stOverallParis–Corrèze
- 1st Stages 1
- 1stDwars door Vlaanderen
- 1stTro-Bro Léon
- 1st Stage 1GP du Midi Libre
- 1st Stage 8Circuit des Mines
- 3rd
Road race,Commonwealth Games - 3rdGP Ouest France-Plouay
- 5thParis–Brussels
- 9th Road race,UCI Road World Championships
- 2003
- 1stKampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 1stGrand Prix de Fourmies
- Tour de France
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- Tour Down Under
- 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 1st Stage 9Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 3Tour Méditerranéen
- 2ndDwars door Vlaanderen
- 4thParis–Tours
- 7thParis–Bourges
- 2004
- 1stOverallBay Classic Series
- 1stGrand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stages 2, 3 & 5
- Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st Stage 2Three Days of De Panne
- 3rd OverallTour Down Under
- 1st Stage 6
- 2005
- Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stages 4 & 5
- 1st Stage 1Tour of Poland
- 5thDwars door Vlaanderen
- 6thGent–Wevelgem
- 2006
- 1stGrand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 1stHalle–Ingooigem
- 1st Stage 1Course de la Paix
- 1st Stage 5Tour de Wallonie
- 5th OverallTour of Denmark
- 6thParis–Tours
- 10thE3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 2007
- 1stKampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 1st Stage 3Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 2Étoile de Bes sắc ges
- 4thParis–Brussels
- 6thOmloop Het Volk
- 8thGent–Wevelgem
- 2008
- 1st Stage 2 Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas y Villalba
- 1st Stage 1Geelong Bay Classic Series
- 1st Stage 3Herald Sun Tour
- 2009
- 1st Stage 4Herald Sun Tour
- 2010
- 1st Stage 4Bay Classic Series
- 2011
- 2ndParis–Bourges
- 5thDwars door Vlaanderen
- 10thGent–Wevelgem
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — |
| Tour de France
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127 | 140 | 139 | 142 | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | 117 | — |
 / Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^abFarrand, Stephen (27 August 2011)."Baden Cooke and Matt Wilson to ride for GreenEdge in 2012".Cycling News.Future Publishing Limited.Retrieved1 January2012.
- ^ab"Baden Cooke announces retirement".Cyclingnews.Future plc.27 November 2013.Retrieved27 November2013.
- ^abGabriella Ekstrom (2001)."Cyclingnews talks with Baden Cooke".cyclingnews.
- ^AIS Athletes at the OlympicsArchived6 June 2011 at theWayback Machine
- ^"Baden Cooke naar Nederlandse ploeg Vacansoleil".sportweek.nl. 2008.
- ^"Team Saxo Bank for 2010".badencooke.au. 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 6 July 2011.
- ^Woodpower, Zeb (6 December 2013)."Interview with Baden Cooke".cyclingnews.Retrieved18 January2014.
- ^Quénet, Jeff (10 January 2014)."Chris Horner appoints Baden Cooke as his new representative".cyclingnews.Retrieved18 January2014.
- ^Benson, Daniel (16 October 2014)."Cooke in discussions with two new teams over Horner".cyclingnews.Retrieved30 October2014.
- ^"Survivor Australia 2021 cast revealed".The Advertiser.12 July 2021.Retrieved14 July2021.
External links
[edit]
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Australian male cyclists
- Australian Tour de France stage winners
- Tour de Suisse stage winners
- Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists for Australia
- Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- People from Benalla
- Cyclists from Victoria (state)
- Australian Institute of Sport cyclists
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
- Survivor (franchise) contestants
- Participants in Australian reality television series