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Born | Carlow, Ireland [1] | 21 April 2001||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | UAE Team ADQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 | Cannibal Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Orwell Wheelers CC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Illi-Bikes Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2021 | Team Rupelcleaning–Champion Lubricants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | UAE Development Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | UAE Team ADQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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One-day races and Classics
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Medal record
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Lara Gillespie (born 21 April 2001) is an Irish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam UAE Team ADQ. She won the gold medal in the elimination race, or 'devil', at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships.
At the 2018 UEC European Junior Track Championships Gillespie won Gold in the Points race. At the 2019 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships, Gillespie won a bronze medal in the individual pursuit. [2] [3] She rode in the women's team pursuit event at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin, Germany. [4]
In 2023, she won Gold medals for both the Points race and Omnium at the UEC European U23 Track Championships [5]
Gillespie won her first senior medal after winning a Bronze medal for Ireland at the 2024 World Track Championships in the Points Race
Lara Gillespie won the Elimination Race in round 4 of the 2024 UCI Track Champions League in London.
Gillespie is a multiple Irish National Champion on the Road, on the Track and for Cyclo Cross.
Year | Omnium | Team Pursuit | Madison |
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2024 | 10th | 9th | 11th |
Year | Points Race | Elimination Race | Omnium | Team Pursuit | Madison | Scratch |
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2020 | — | — | — | 8th | — | — |
2022 | — | — | — | 9th | — | 17th |
2023 | — | — | 9th | 9th | 12th | — |
2024 | ![]() | 5th | 8th | — | 7th | — |
Year | Madison | Team Pursuit | Omnium | Points Race | Elimination Race |
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2022 | 9th | — | — | — | — |
2023 | 12th | 5th | 13th | — | — |
2024 | 6th | 4th | 4th | 4th | — |
2025 | 5th | — | 5th | 4th | ![]() |
Season | Place | Points |
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2023 | 4 | 123 |
2024 | 3 | 112 |