Peta Mullens

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Peta Mullens
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Mullens in 2014
Personal information
Full namePeta Mullens
NicknamePesta [1]
Born (1988-03-08) 8 March 1988 (age 35)
Sale, Victoria, Australia [2]
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Team information
Current team
Disciplines
  • Road [2]
  • Mountain biking [2]
  • Cyclo-cross
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
2009HP–Teschner
2016 Roxsolt
2016Moroni's Bikes
2016Rapha Cycling Club
2017–Focus Attaquer (off-road)
2019 Roxsolt Attaquer (road)
Professional teams
2014–2016 Wiggle–Honda
2017–2018 Hagens Berman–Supermint
2020– Roxsolt Attaquer [3]

Peta Mullens (born 8 March 1988) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Roxsolt Liv SRAM in road cycling, [4] and Focus Attaquer in the mountain biking and cyclo-cross disciplines of the sport. She is a former Australian road cycling, MTB and cyclo-cross champion. [5]

Contents

Less than 24 hours after taking victory in the 2015 Australian National Road Race Championships, Mullens re-signed with Wiggle–Honda. [6] She has also competed professionally with the Hagens Berman–Supermint team.

Major results

2002
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG National Under-18 Mountain Running Championships
2004
3rd Individual pursuit, National Youth Track Championships
3rd Individual pursuit, Junior Oceania Games
2005
3rd Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
2006
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
3rd Individual pursuit, UCI Juniors World Championships
3rd Overall Tour of Southern Grampians
2007
1st Overall Tour of Southern Grampians
1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
3rd Road race, Oceania Games
3rd Overall Canberra Tour
1st Stage 3
3rd Overall UniSA Women's Criterium Series
2008
1st Overall Tour of Southern Grampians
1st Stage 2
7th Sparkassen Giro Bochum
2009
National Road Championships
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Under-23 road race
3rd Under-23 criterium
7th Road race [7]
2nd Cross-country marathon, National Mountain Bike Championships
4th Road race, Oceania Road Championships
9th Wellington Women's Race
2010
3rd Criterium, National Road Championships
2011
1st Overall Tour de Timor [8]
7th Road race, Oceania Road Championships
7th Cross-country, Oceania Mountain Bike Championships
2012
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Cross-country marathon, National Mountain Bike Championships
2013
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships
1st Round 2, NSW International Grand Prix criterium series – Wollongong [9]
National Mountain Bike Series
1st Mount Buller
2nd Thredbo
10th Road race, National Road Championships
2014
National Mountain Bike Championships
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Cross-country eliminator
2nd Cross-country
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification Bay Classic Series
2nd Criterium, National Road Championships
National Mountain Bike Series
2nd Moama
3rd Eagle Park
4th Cross-country eliminator, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Nové Město na Moravě
6th GP Comune di Cornaredo
2015
National Road Championships
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Road race [10]
2nd Criterium
1st National Mountain Bike Series, Pemberton [11]
National Mountain Bike Championships
2nd Cross-country eliminator
2nd Cross-country
6th Overall Bay Classic Series
1st Stage 3 [12]
2016
2nd Cross-country, Oceania Mountain Bike Championships
2nd Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships
2nd National Cyclo-cross Championships
10th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race [13]
2017
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG National Cyclo-cross Championships [14]
1st Melbourne Grand Prix of Cyclocross
5th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
6th Overall Santos Women's Tour [15]
2018
9th White Spot / Delta Road Race
2019
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG National Cyclo-cross Championships
1st Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic
2020
1st National Criterium Series
National Mountain Bike Championships
2nd Cross-country
2nd Cross-country short track
National Road Championships
7th Road race
7th Criterium
7th Race Torquay
10th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
2021
1st Stage 1 Santos Festival of Cyling

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