 Elvin at the 2016 Rio Olympics Road Race | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Gracie Elvin |
| Nickname | G[1] |
| Born | 31 October 1988 Canberra, Australia[2] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Disciplines | Road[1] Mountain bike racing |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder[3] Cross-country cycling |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2009 | Discovertasmania.com[4] |
| 2012 | Jayco–AIS |
| Professional teams | |
| 2012 | Faren–Honda Team |
| 2013–2020 | Orica–AIS[5][6] |
Gracie Elvin (born 31 October 1988) is an Australian former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2020, for the Faren–Honda Team and Mitchelton–Scott.[7] Elvin is a two-time winner of the Australian National Road Race Championships, with victories in 2013 and 2014, and the first Australian rider to record a podium finish at the Tour of Flanders for Women, with second in 2017.[8]
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Career
She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.[9] After missing the 2014 UCI Road World Championships, Elvin competed in the women's road race in 2015, 2016 and 2017.[10] Elvin has also represented Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and the 2018 Commonwealth Games on home soil in the Gold Coast;[11][12] she also competed in the road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics for Australia.[13]
In October 2020, Elvin announced that she would retire at the end of the 2020 season.[14]
Elvin is also the Communications Director of The Cyclists' Alliance.[15]
Gracie Elvin, and Matthew Keenan co-hosted the Seven Network broadcast of the 2023 Santos Women’s Tour Down Under used by Peacock in the US.[16]
Major results
- 2006
- 2nd Cross-country, National Junior Mountain Bike Championships
- 2007
- 3rd Cross-country, National Under-23 Mountain Bike Championships
- 2008
- 2nd Cross-country, National Under-23 Mountain Bike Championships
- 2009
- 1st
Cross-country, National Under-23 Mountain Bike Championships - 2012
- Oceania Road Cycling Championships
- 1st
Road race - 2nd
Time trial
- 1st
- 2nd EPZ Omloop van Borsele
- 6th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
- 8th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
- 2013
- National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
- 6th Overall Energiewacht Tour
- 2014
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th Road race, Commonwealth Games
- 7th EPZ Omloop van Borsele
- 9th Overall Energiewacht Tour
- 2015
- 1st Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
- 1st Stage 3b Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 5th Overall Bay Classic Series
- 1st Stage 2
- 6th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 10th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
- 2016
- 1st Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
- 2nd Ronde van Drenthe
- 5th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
- 7th Overall Energiewacht Tour
- 7th Acht van Westerveld
- 9th Overall The Women's Tour
- 2017
- 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen[17]
- 2nd Tour of Flanders for Women[18]
- 8th Drentse Acht van Westerveld
- 9th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
- 10th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2018
- 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 2nd Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
- 2nd Team time trial, Ladies Tour of Norway
- 2019
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th La Classique Morbihan
- 5th Omloop van het Hageland
- 5th Drentse Acht van Westerveld
- 2020
- 3rd Criterium, National Road Championships
See also
References
- ^ a b "HPU > Rider Profiles > Female". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "Gracie Elvin". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ "Gracie Elvin". Orica–AIS. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "Gracie Elvin". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "Mitchelton-Scott women announce 10-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (8 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: Mitchelton-Scott Women". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Gracie Elvin announces retirement at end of season". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "Elvin takes second at Tour of Flanders". SBS News. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Final Results / Résultats finaux: Road Race Women Elite / Course en ligne femmes élite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 28 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Preview: racing for rainbows – women's road race". Cycling. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ CyclingTips. "The ups and downs of selection for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games | CyclingTips". cyclingtips.com. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Australia names 36-rider squad for 2018 Commonwealth Games | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ Lane, Samantha (8 August 2016). "Rio Olympic Games: Gracie Elvin's message for fallen teammate". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "A letter from Gracie Elvin..." Mitchelton–Scott. New Global Cycling Services. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "The Cyclists' Alliance about us". cyclistsalliance.org. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ https://tourdownunder.com.au/blog-articles/all-star-broadcast-team-for-2023
- ^ "Lepistö wins Women's Dwars door Vlaanderene". cyclingnews.com. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Elvin becomes the first Australian female to podium at the Tour of Flanders". Orica-Scott. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
External links
- Gracie Elvin at UCI
- Gracie Elvin at Cycling Archives
- Gracie Elvin at ProCyclingStats
- Gracie Elvin at Cycling Quotient
- Gracie Elvin at CyclingDatabase.com (archived)
- Gracie Elvin at Olympics.com
- Gracie Elvin at Olympedia
- Gracie Elvin at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Gracie Elvin at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Gracie Elvin at UCI
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