Lucy Kennedy (cyclist)

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Lucy Kennedy
2018 UCI Road World Championships Innsbruck IMG 5736 (45081832851).jpg
Kennedy at the start of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships in Innsbruck
Personal information
Full nameLucy Kennedy
NicknameGoose [1]
Born (1988-07-11) 11 July 1988 (age 36)
Brisbane, Australia
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Team information
Current team Team BikeExchange
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Climber
  • Time trialist
Amateur teams
2015Lifecycle Cycling Club
2016–2017High5 Dream Team
2017High5 Australian Development Team
Professional team
2018–2021 Mitchelton–Scott [2] [3]

Lucy Kennedy (born 11 July 1988) is an Australian former racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team BikeExchange. [4]

Contents

A former triathlete, track and cross country runner, Kennedy was the recipient of the 2017 Amy Gillett Scholarship to do a European tour of races with the High5 Australian Development Team. She has degrees in Civil Engineering, and Commerce, working as a traffic modeller. [5] [6] [7] Kennedy joined UCI Women's Team Mitchelton–Scott for the 2018 season. [8]

In August 2021 she announced that she would retire from professional cycling at the end of the season. [9]

Major results

2016
4th Time trial, Oceania Road Championships
2017
Oceania Road Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Time trial
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Road race
1st Jersey pink.svg Overall Tour de l'Ardèche
1st Jersey green.svg Sprints classification
1st Stage 6
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Road race, National Road Championships
2018
26th Taiwan KOM Challenge
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
5th Strade Bianche
9th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
2019
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour
1st Jersey black.svg Mountains classification
1st Stage 2
1st Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
1st Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa
2nd Overall Women's Tour Down Under
2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
2nd Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa
2020
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour

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References

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