Steve Bauer won the first Olympic medal in road cycling for Canada and until 2022 he was the only Canadian to win an individual stage of the Tour de France.
12 Facts About Steve Bauer
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Steve Bauer would remain on the national team for seven years, winning the national road race championship in 1981,1982, and 1983, competing in the Commonwealth Games, the Pan American Games.
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Steve Bauer capped his amateur career with a silver medal in the men's cycling road race at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
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Steve Bauer turned professional following the Olympics, and in his second professional race, won the bronze medal at the world cycling championship road race in Barcelona.
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Steve Bauer finished fourth in the 1988 Tour, winning the first stage and wearing the yellow jersey for five days, the second Canadian to wear the jersey.
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At the 1988 world championship, Steve Bauer disputed the final sprint with Belgium's Claude Criquielion, world champion in 1984, and Italy's Maurizio Fondriest.
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Steve Bauer failed to make the top ten and never rode that bike again.
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In 1996, with professionals allowed in the Olympics, Steve Bauer became a member of the Canadian team for the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing 41st in the road race.
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Steve Bauer announced his retirement later that year at 37.
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In 2005 Steve Bauer was inducted to the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame and the Canadian Sport Hall of Fame.
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Steve Bauer participated in the Red Bull Road Rage held on Tuna Canyon, Malibu, California.
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In September 2007, Steve Bauer co-founded Cycle Sport Management which developed and owned a UCI Continental men road cycling team from 2008 to 2010 and a UCI Pro Continental men road cycling team in 2011 and 2012.