Lara Gillespie

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Lara Gillespie
2019 UCI Juniors Track World Championships 007.jpg
Gillespie in 2019
Personal information
Born (2001-04-21) 21 April 2001 (age 23)
Team information
Current team UAE Team ADQ
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
  • Cyclo-cross
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2018Cannibal Team
2019Orwell Wheelers CC
2020 Illi-Bikes Cycling Team
Professional teams
2021 Team Rupelcleaning–Champion Lubricants
2023–2024UAE Development Team
2024– UAE Team ADQ
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2020, 2023)
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Ballerup Points race
U23 European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Anadia Points race
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Anadia Omnium
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Apeldroon Individual Pursiut
Junior European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Agile Points Race
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Agile Individual Pursiut
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Ghent Individual Pursiut
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Ghent Scratch
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Ghent Points Race
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Frankfurt Individual Pursiut

Lara Gillespie (born 21 April 2001) is an Irish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam UAE Team ADQ.

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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. [1] [2] She rode in the women's team pursuit event at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin, Germany. [3]

In 2023, she won Gold medals for both the Points race and Omnium at the UEC European U23 Track Championships [4]

Gillespie is a multiple Irish National Champion on the Road, on the Track and for Cyclo Cross.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2018
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG National Championships
2nd Belfast
2019
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG National Championships

Road

2018
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Road race, National Junior Championships
2019
2nd Road race, National Junior Championships
2020
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Road race, National Championships [5]
2022
Rás na mBan
1st Stages 1 & 4 [6] [7]
2023
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Road race, National Championships [8]
2nd Poreč Trophy Ladies  [ it ] [9]
2nd Grand Prix Eco-Struct  [ be ] [10]
6th ZLM Omloop der Kempen Ladies
2024
1st Jersey violet.svg Overall Giro Mediterraneo Rosa
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Antwerp Port Epic
4th Cyclis Classic

Track

2018
UEC European Junior Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Points race
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Individual pursuit
National Junior Championships
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Time trial
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Individual pursuit
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Scratch
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Sprint
2019
National Junior Championships
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Individual pursuit
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Scratch
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Sprint
2nd Time trial
UEC European Junior Championships
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Points race
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Scratch
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Individual pursuit
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Individual pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships
2020
National Championships
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Scratch
2nd Individual pursuit
3rd Sprint
2022
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Scratch, National Championships
Dublin International [11]
1st Scratch
1st Omnium
Troféu Internacional de Pista [12]
1st Madison
1st Omnium
2023
UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Points race
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Omnium
Dublin International
1st Madison
1st Omnium
GP Presov [13]
1st Madison
1st Omnium
1st Elimination

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