Lara Gillespie

Lara Gillespie

Gillespie in 2025
Personal information
Born	(2001-04-21) 21 April 2001 (age 23) Carlow, Ireland [1]
Team information
Current team	UAE Team ADQ
Disciplines	Road Track Cyclo-cross
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
2018	Cannibal Team
2019	Orwell Wheelers CC
2020	Illi-Bikes Cycling Team
Professional teams
2021	Team Rupelcleaning–Champion Lubricants
2023–2024	UAE Development Team
2024–	UAE Team ADQ
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2020, 2023)
Medal record World Championships 2024 Ballerup Points race European Championships 2025 Heusden-Zolder Elimination Race U23 European Championships 2023 Anadia Points race 2023 Anadia Omnium 2021 Apeldroon Individual Pursiut Junior European Championships 2018 Agile Points Race 2018 Agile Individual Pursiut 2019 Ghent Individual Pursiut 2019 Ghent Scratch 2019 Ghent Points Race Junior World Championships 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. She won the gold medal in the elimination race, or 'devil', at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships.

Career

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.

Track Major Results

Olympic Results

Year	Omnium	Team Pursuit	Madison
2024	10th	9th	11th

World Championship Results

Year	Points Race	Elimination Race	Omnium	Team Pursuit	Madison	Scratch
2020	—	—	—	8th	—	—
2022	—	—	—	9th	—	17th
2023	—	—	9th	9th	12th	—
2024		5th	8th	—	7th	—

European Championship Results

Year	Madison	Team Pursuit	Omnium	Points Race	Elimination Race
2022	9th	—	—	—	—
2023	12th	5th	13th	—	—
2024	6th	4th	4th	4th	—
2025	5th	—	5th	4th

UCI Track Champions League Results

Season	Place	Points
2023	4	123
2024	3	112

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2018

1st National Championships

2nd Belfast

2019

1st National Championships

Road

2018

1st Road race, National Junior Championships

2019

2nd Road race, National Junior Championships

2020

1st Road race, National Championships ^[6]

2022

Rás na mBan

1st Stages 1 & 4 ^{[7] [8]}

2023

1st Road race, National Championships ^[9]

2nd Poreč Trophy Ladies  [ it ] ^[10]

2nd Grand Prix Eco-Struct  [ be ] ^[11]

6th ZLM Omloop der Kempen Ladies

2024

1st Overall Giro Mediterraneo Rosa

1st Stages 2 & 3

1st Antwerp Port Epic

4th Cyclis Classic

2025

1st Sprints classification UAE Tour Women

2nd Omloop van het Hageland

3rd Le Samyn

Track

2018

UEC European Junior Championships

1st Points race

2nd Individual pursuit

National Junior Championships

1st Time trial

1st Individual pursuit

1st Scratch

1st Sprint

2019

National Junior Championships

1st Individual pursuit

1st Scratch

1st Sprint

2nd Time trial

UEC European Junior Championships

2nd Points race

2nd Scratch

2nd Individual pursuit

3rd Individual pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships

2020

National Championships

1st Scratch

2nd Individual pursuit

3rd Sprint

2022

1st Scratch, National Championships

Dublin International ^[12]

1st Scratch

1st Omnium

Troféu Internacional de Pista ^[13]

1st Madison

1st Omnium

2023

UEC European Under-23 Championships

1st Points race

1st Omnium

Dublin International

1st Madison

1st Omnium

GP Presov ^[14]

1st Madison

1st Omnium

1st Elimination

References

1. Gillespie, Lara. "Lara Gillespie - Paris 2024 Olympics". Paris 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
2. "Lara Gillespie powers to historic World Champs medal for Ireland". Sticky Bottle. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
3. "Lara Gillespie claims Ireland's first medal at junior track world championships". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
4. "Women's Team Pursuit: Start List". UCI. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
5. "Lara Gillespie powers to another Gold at European Champs". Sticky Bottle. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
6. "Lara Gillespie (19) comes of age to take Irish elite road race crown Video". Sticky Bottle. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
7. "Gillespie takes opening stage in Callan". Rás na mBan. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
8. "Gillespie doubles up in Piltown". Rás na mBan. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
9. "Lara Gillespie crowned queen at national champs after epic battle video". Sticky Bottle. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
10. "Lara Gillespie takes first big result in pro road race in Europe video". Sticky Bottle. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
11. "Lara Gillespie just beaten by former world champ for first pro win video". Sticky Bottle. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
12. "Dublin Track International". UCI. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
13. "Troféu Internacional de Pista - Alves Barbosa". UCI. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
14. "GP Prešov". UCI. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

External links

• Lara Gillespie at UCI
• Lara Gillespie at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Lara Gillespie at ProCyclingStats
• Lara Gillespie at Cycling Quotient
• Lara Gillespie at CycleBase