Personal information | |
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Born | 9 November 1986 |
Team information | |
Current team | Movistar Team |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
2020–2022 | Sopela Women's Team |
2023 | Israel Premier Tech Roland |
2024– | Movistar Team |
Claire Steels (born 9 November 1986) is a British professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team.
Steels grew up in the market town of Bourne, Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom. After completing education at Bourne Grammar School and University of Hull. Steels became a British professional racing cyclist, [1] [2] [3] who currently rides for UCI Women's World Tour Team, Roland Cycling. [4]
In 2019, Steels took the overall classification, and a time trial stage win, at Rás na mBan.
Steels competed in the 2023 edition of the British National Road Race Championships. After finding herself in a front group of nine riders, she attacked on Skelton Green to reduce the selection to seven. When eventual winner Pfeiffer Georgi attacked from the group on the final descent of the race, Steels was able to move away from the remaining riders, finishing as runner-up. [5]
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