Lucy Garner
 Garner racing in the Oxford round of the 2012 Halfords Tour Series | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lucy Garner |
| Born |
20 September 1994 Leicester, England[1] |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1][2] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Wiggle High5 |
| Discipline | Road and Track |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2011–2012 | Node4 Pro Cycling |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2013–2015 | Team Argos-Shimano |
| 2016– | Wiggle High5 |
|
Infobox last updated on 22 July 2013 | |
Lucy Garner (born 20 September 1994) is a British racing cyclist. She races professionally with Wiggle High5 and is a double junior world road race champion.
Early life and amateur career
Garner grew up in Cosby, Leicestershire. Her first cycling club was the Leicestershire Road Club.[3] Competing with them from 2004 to 2012, she won many National Awards from both the British Schools Cycling Association and British Cycling. She remained in full-time education until 2012, when she left Countesthorpe Community College having completed her AS-levels.[4]
Garner won her first junior world title at the 2011 road world championships in Copenhagen. She was part of a late six-woman breakaway from the peloton and won the race comfortably in a sprint for the line.[5] A year later, she retained her title in a bunch sprint finish of 19 riders at the championships in Valkenburg, Netherlands,[6] having had a lead-out from Elinor Barker.
Professional career
Garner signed a professional contract with UCI Women's Team Team Argos-Shimano in October 2012,[7][8] turning professional at the start of the 2013 season.[9][10] In May 2013, she claimed her first professional victory on the opening stage of the Tour of Chongming Island in Shanghai, China.[11] In September 2015 Garner announced she would be riding for Wiggle High5 in 2016.[12]
Palmarès
Source:[13]
- 2012
- 1st
UCI Road World Championships – Junior women's road race - 1st European Road Championships – Junior women's road race
- 1st European Junior Track Championships – Team pursuit (with Amy Roberts and Elinor Barker)
- 2nd European Junior Track Championships – Team sprint (with Dannielle Khan)
- 2013 – Team Argos-Shimano 2013 season
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Chongming Island
- 2014 – Team Giant-Shimano 2014 season
- 2nd Drentse 8
- 3rd Grand Prix de Dottignies
- 2015
- 2nd Ronde van Gelderland
- 1st Stage 1 La Route de France
References
- 1 2 "The Node4 Pro Cycling Ladies Team". Node4 Pro Cycling. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ↑ Richardson, Simon (6 December 2011). "Lucy Garner: Rider Profile". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media.
- ↑ "Cycling: Lucy Garner joins 'dream team'". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ Myatt, Brian (October 2012). "Message from the Principal" (PDF). Countesthorpe Community College Connect.
- ↑ "UCI Road Cycling World Championships 2011: Great Britain's Lucy Garner wins gold medal in junior road race". Daily Telegraoh. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ "Britain's Lucy Garner retains junior world road race title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ "Cycling: Lucy Garner joins 'dream team'". Leicester Mercury. 11 October 2012.
- ↑ Atkins, Ben (9 October 2012). "Lucy Garner launches pro career at Argos-Shimano in 2013". VeloNation.
- ↑ "Lucy Garner signs professional deal with Argos-Shimano". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ Been, Jose. "Double junior world champion Lucy Garner on turning senior – 'I have to start all over again". Velo Nation. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ Bull, Nick (8 May 2013). "Lucy Garner takes first professional victory at the Tour of Chongming Island". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ↑ "Lucy Garner Joins Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling For Two Years | Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling". wigglehonda.com. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
- ↑ Lucy Garner profile at Cycling Archives. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
External links
- Lucy Garner profile at Argos-Shimano website