Amanda Spratt

Amanda Spratt (born 17 September 1987) is an Australian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Mitchelton–Scott.[3]

Amanda Spratt
Amanda Spratt in 2018
Personal information
Full nameAmanda Spratt
NicknameSpratty
Born (1987-09-17) 17 September 1987
Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Team information
Current teamMitchelton–Scott
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track (former)
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur team
–Penrith Cycling Club
Professional team
2012–GreenEDGE–AIS[1][2]
Major wins
One day races & Classics
National Road Race Championships (2012, 2016, 2020)
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (2016)

Stage races

Emakumeen Euskal Bira (2018)
Women's Tour Down Under (2017, 2018, 2019)
Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska (2011)

Spratt was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 London[4] and 2016 Rio Olympics.[5] In 2012, 2016 and 2020 she won the Australian National Road Race Championships in Buninyong, Victoria.[6] In 2018, she secured the silver medal in the UCI Road World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria.[7]

Personal

Nicknamed "Spratty", Spratt was born on 17 September 1987 in Penrith, New South Wales, which is a suburb of Sydney. She went to Springwood Public School before going to Blue Mountains Grammar School for high school.[8] From 2007 to 2008, she attended Charles Sturt University where she earned a University Certificate in Business. As of 2012, she lived in Springwood, New South Wales.[9][10][11][12]

Spratt is 161 centimetres (63 in) tall and weighs 55 kilograms (121 lb).[13]

Cycling
Amanda Spratt racing in the 2018 UCI Road World Championships at Innsbruck

Spratt is a road cyclist who began competitive cycling when she was twelve years old. She has been coached by Martin Barras since 2009 and is also coached by Gary Sutton.[13] Her primary training base is in Australia's Blue Mountains region, with a secondary training base in Varase, Italy where she lives eight months a year.[10] She is a member of the Penrith Cycling Club.[8][9][11][12] She has held a cycling scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport and the NSW Institute of Sport.[8][13]

Her first international race was at the 2004 World Junior Track Championships in the United States.[8] She competed at the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games. She competed at the 2004 Junior Road World Championships in Italy. She missed most of the 2009 cycling season because of a back injury. She competed at the 2010 UCI Road World Championships.[9] She finished eleventh at the 2011 Giro di Toscana Femminile in Italy. She finished fourth at the 2011 Sweden World Cup teams time trial in Vårgårda, Sweden. She finished first at the 2011 Tour de Feminine Krasna Lipa in the Czech Republic. She finished eighth at the 2011 Women's Tour of New Zealand. She finished first in the road race and fourth in the individual time trial at the 2012 Australia Road National Championships in Buninyong, Australia.[12] She finished second at the 2012 Jayco Bay Classic in Victoria, Australia.[11] She finished fourth at the 2012 Ronde van Gelderland in the Netherlands. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's road race, her first Olympics.[10][13] She finished outside the time limit.[14]

In 2018, Spratt elected to forgo a debut senior Commonwealth Games representation for Australia on the Gold Coast, to focus on an Ardennes campaign in Europe.[15] She achieved her first ever one-day podium at World Tour or World Cup level, with a third placing at the Amstel Gold Race in April. Then in May, she won her first Women's World Tour race with a large enough leading margin to move up ten places on the final stage to also win the general classification at Emakumeen Euskal Bira.[16]

Major results
2004
Commonwealth Youth Games[17]
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Points race
2nd Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
3rd Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
2005
2nd Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
2006
2nd Points race, National Junior Track Championships
3rd Individual pursuit, Oceania Games
2007
National Track Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Individual pursuit
3rd Points race
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2008
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2010
8th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand
2011
1st Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
1st Stage 1
4th Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
2012
National Road Championships
1st Road race
4th Time trial
3rd 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
4th Ronde van Gelderland
7th GP Comune di Cornaredo
9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2013
3rd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
6th Overall Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
7th Omloop van Borsele
8th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs
2014
2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
4th Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
5th Road race, National Road Championships
8th Omloop van het Hageland
2015
1st Giro del Trentino Alto Adige - Südtirol
3rd Overall Ladies Tour of Norway
4th Overall Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
6th SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn
8th Crescent Women World Cup Vargarda TTT
9th Overall Emakumeen Bira
2016
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
2nd Overall Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
5th Overall The Women's Tour
6th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
7th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
7th Crescent Women World Cup Vargarda
2017
1st Overall Women's Tour Down Under
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
5th Overall Giro Rosa
5th Overall Emakumeen Bira
1st Stage 2
5th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
6th La Course by Le Tour de France
6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
8th Strade Bianche
2018
1st Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
1st Stage 4
1st Overall Women's Tour Down Under
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 3
1st GP Cham-Hagendorn
2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
3rd Overall Giro Rosa
1st Stage 6
3rd Amstel Gold Race
4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
4th Road race, National Road Championships
5th Flèche Wallonne
2019
1st Overall Women's Tour Down Under
1st Stage 2
2nd Overall Emakumeen Bira
1st Stage 2
2nd Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
2nd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
3rd Overall Giro Rosa
4th Overall Bay Classic Series
1st Stage 1
2020
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stage 1 Bay Classic Series
3rd overall Women's Tour Down Under
1st Stage 2
3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
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See also
  • 2014 Orica-AIS season

References
  1. "Amanda Spratt". Orica–AIS. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. "Mitchelton-Scott women announce 10-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  3. Weislo, Laura (8 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: Mitchelton-Scott Women". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  4. "Australian Olympic Committee: Amanda Spratt". olympics.com.au. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  5. "Spratt claims 15th in women's road race". Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  6. "Spratt takes second Australian road race championship". Mitchelton-SCOTT GreenEDGE Cycling. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  7. "Spratt: Silver feels like a victory at World Championships | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  8. "Amanda Spratt". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  9. "Amanda Spratt". Team Jayco AIS. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  10. Georgakopoulos, Chris. "Amanda Spratt set to take it up a gear in London". Penrith Press. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  11. Cleggett, Michael (6 June 2012). "Springwood cyclist Amanda Spratt eyes off Olympic berth". Blue Mountains Gazette. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  12. Cleggett, Michael (11 January 2012). "Springwood cyclist Amanda Spratt seals national road title". Blue Mountains Gazette. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  13. "London 2012 – Amanda Spratt". Australia: Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  14. "Women's Road Race: Results". london2012.com. 29 July 2012.
  15. Smith, Sophie (3 January 2018). "Spratt sacrifices Comm Games glory for Ardennes campaign". Cycling Central. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  16. Giuliani, Simone (23 May 2018). "PHOTO GALLERY: AMANDA SPRATT BREAKS THROUGH AT EMAKUMEEN BIRA". Ella Cycling Tips. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  17. "Cycling Results". 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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