Robbie was born on June 24th 1972 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Very early, he showed his temperament being a winner on the bike. He started his career with BMX races and his first team was a little team of his native Gold Coast.

With the BMX, Robbie was Australian Junior Champion. At the age of 18, he switched to road races. Robbie's plans to become a teacher were forgotten, our "Kangaroo of Brakel" had clearly a future as a racer.

Everybody discovered quite soon, that he as an impressive sprint. Four years later, in 1994, Robbie was for the first time selected to the National Australian Road Team.

In 1996, he signed his first professional contract with Holland's Rabobank and found a niche in Brakel, Belgium. Where he would met his future bride, Angélique Pattyn.

Robbie met Angélique when he was buying contact lenses in the Pattyn's family optical shop. He certainly looked deep in her eyes, and they became soon inseparable, so they eventually married.

Professionally, things were running quite well, with Robbie collecting the victories. Robbie was named Australia's Road Racer of the year in 1999 and 2002, and is known as one of the fastest sprinters in the world. In 2002 and 2004, he won the prestigious green jersey in the Tour de France, the first Aussie to achieve it.

In 2002, Robbie was also on the podium of the World Championship in Zolder, with the silver medal on his neck. He has been twice Australian champion, bagged 5 stages in the Tour de France, 8 stages in the Giro d'Italia, Paris-Brussels, Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen, …, just to quote some victories of his great palmares !

In his private life, the birth of his son Ewan, on Mai 10th 2002, was an unforgettable event.

Since then, playing with little Ewan is one of Robbie's favourite pass times, with golf playing and surfing. His favourite music varies from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to a whole range of hip-hop and R & B.

Presently, Robbie is in his tenth professional season, racing for the Belgian Davitamon-Lotto formation. He is personally sponsored by Sidi and Oakley.

Robbie met his wife Angélique and the little Ewan