Brett Lancaster (born 15 November 1979) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2016. Born in Shepparton, Victoria, Lancaster started cycle racing at the age of 14 in 1993. He spent four years riding for before moving to in July 2006. In 2009 and 2010 he rode for , and rode for in 2011.

His greatest successes as a road cyclist were winning the prologue of the Giro d'Italia, and thus wearing the race general classification leader's pink jersey. He set a time of 1' 20" for the race against the clock, the shortest prologue in the 88-year history of the event. Brett Lancaster is the first member of the Italian registered team, , to ever claim the pink jersey.

He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as a member of the team pursuit (with Graeme Brown, Bradley McGee, and Luke Roberts) in world record-breaking time of 3:58.233.

He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the 2005 Australia Day Honours List. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

Lancaster retired from cycling after the 2015 season, and moved to become a directeur sportif for in 2016.

Major results

Road

1. 1996

2. 1st Junior race, National Criterium Championships

3. 1997

4. National Junior Road Championships

   1. 1st Time trial

   2. 2nd Criterium

   2001

5. 1st Stage 9 Herald Sun Tour

6. 2002

7. 1st Ronde van Overijssel

8. 4th Mi-Août 4

9. 2003

10. 6th Overall International Tour of Rhodes

11. 2004

12. 1st Stage 3 Tour de Langkawi

13. 2005

14. 1st Prologue Giro d'Italia

15. 2nd Paris–Camembert

16. 3rd Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico

17. 8th Overall Circuit de Lorraine

18. 2006

19. 4th Grand Prix de Rennes

20. 2007

21. 3rd Eindhoven Team Time Trial

22. 6th Down Under Classic

23. 2008

24. 1st Prologue Deutschland Tour

25. 9th Firenze–Pistoia

26. 2009

27. 2nd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes

28. 2010

29. 1st Stage 2 Tour of California

30. 2013

31. 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France

32. Tour of Slovenia

    1. 1st Points classification

    2. 1st Stage 4

    2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

33. 2014

34. 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia

35. 2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

36. 8th Vuelta a La Rioja

37. 2015

38. 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia

Track

1. 1997

2. 1st Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships

3. National Junior Track Championships

   1. 1st Individual pursuit

   2. 1st Track time trial

   3. 2nd Team pursuit

   4. 2nd Team sprint

   1998

4. 1st Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games

5. UCI Track World Cup Classics, Victoria

   1. 1st Team pursuit

   2. 3rd Individual pursuit

   1999

6. Team pursuit, UCI Track World Cup Classics

   1. 1st Frisco

   2. 1st Cali

   2nd Individual pursuit, National Track Championships

7. 2000

8. National Track Championships

   1. 2nd Individual pursuit

   2. 2nd Team pursuit

   2001

9. 2nd Team pursuit, National Track Championships

10. 2002

11. 1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

12. 2003

13. 1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

14. 2nd Madison, National Track Championships

15. 2004

16. 1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games

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