Kimberley Wells

Kimberley Wells (born 18 July 1985) is an Australian racing cyclist [5] who has represented Australia in the United States,[6] Middle East and Europe.

For the Australian politician, see Kim Wells.

Kimberley Wells
Wells after winning her 2nd national title in Ballarat (January 2015)
Personal information
Born (1985-07-18) 18 July 1985
Coonamble, Australia
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider, Bunch Sprinter
Rider typeCycling sprinter[1]
Amateur teams
2012Specialized Women SA
2013-14Specialized Securitor & Roxsolt
Professional teams
2013Team Fearless Femmes[2]
2014Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86
2015High 5 Dream Team [3]
2016Colavita Bianchi [4]
2017-Holden Women's Racing
Major wins
Australian National Criterium Championships 2013 & 2015

Kimberley is an aggressive road sprinter and prolific winner.[7][8]

Kimberley was the 2015 Amy Gillett Foundation scholarship holder.[9] Kimberley has won two Australian National Criterium titles, her second coming after a coming back from a difficult year of illness and injury.[10]

Kimberley was coached by the 2004 Athens Olympics road race Gold Medalist, Sara Carrigan.[11] She took up cycling seriously at university in 2003 after previously competing at a State level in Cricket and Soccer.

Outside of professional cycling, Kimberley is a medical doctor, having worked at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), specializing as a sports physician with the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians.

Major Results

2018

3rd Australian National Criterium Championships

2016

1st Grand Prix Gatineau (1.1)[5]

1st Stage 4 Santos Women's Tour

2nd GP Lazzeratti Roma (1.2)[5]

2015

1st Australian National Criterium Championships

1st Stage 2 Trophee D'Or Feminin (2.2)

2nd Stage 1 L'Ardeche Tour (2.2)

3rd Stage 2 La Route de France (2.2)

2013

1st Australian National Criterium Championships

1st Overall Winner of Santos Women's Cup

1st Santos Women's Cup Stage 1

1st Santos Women's Cup Stage 3

2nd Santos Women's Cup Stage 2

Palmarès
2018
2017
  • 1st Overall Winner of Tour of Gippsland [12]
  • 1st Stage 3 Tour of Gippsland
  • 2nd Stage 2 Tour of Gippsland
  • 3rd Stage 1 Tour of Gippsland
2016
  • 1st - Grand Prix Gatineau (UCI 1.1) [13]
  • 2nd GP Lazzeratti Roma (UCI 1.2) [14]
  • 1st - stage 4 Santos Women's tour (UCI 2.2) [15]
  • 1st - Stage 2 Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic [16]
  • 1st Giro di Burnaby BC Superweek
  • 2nd Gastown GP BC Superweek
  • 2nd Port Colquitlam BC Superweek
  • 8th Overall - Santos Women's Tour[17]
2015
2014
  • 1st SKCC Supercrit
  • 1st Launceston Cycling Classic
  • 1st Noosa GP
Oceania Track Championships
2nd Scratch Race
3rd Team Pursuit (with Emily McRedmond, Alexandria Nicholls and Allison Rice)
2013
  • Champion Australian National Criterium Championships
  • 3rd Overall Mitchleton Bay Cycling Classic
  • 1st Mitchleton Bay Cycling Classic stage 1 - Geelong
  • 3rd Mitchleton Bay Cycling Classic stage 3 - Williamstown
  • 1st Overall Santos Women’s Cup
  • 1st Santos Women’s Cup - Stage 1
  • 2nd Santos Women’s Cup - Stage 2
  • 1st Santos Women’s Cup - Stage 3
  • 1st San Rafael Twilight Criterium, guest riding for Exergy2016
  • 1st Boise Twilight Criterium (NCC)
  • Overall Winner Xcel Energy Sprinters Jersey, Nature Valley Stage Race (NRC) guest riding for Colavita Fine Cooking Pro Cycling
  • 3rd Nature Valley Stage Race - Menomonie 133 km road race
  • 2nd Chris Thater Memorial Race
  • 1st Tour de Elk Grove (NRC) - Stage 3
  • 1st Tour of America’s Dairylands (ToAD) - Shorewood Criterium (NCC)
  • 1st East Troy Criterium (NCC)
  • 1st Tour de Somerville, 70th annual Women’s Kugler Open Criterium
  • 1st Mopro Tour de Grove Criteriums, St Louis
  • 3rd Tour de Grove, St Louis
  • 3rd USA Crits Speedweek Criterium Series Roswell
  • 2nd USA Crits Speedweek Criterium Series Walterboro
  • 2nd USA Crits Speedweek Criterium Series Spartanburg
  • 3rd N.O.D.A. GP Criterium, North Carolina
  • 1st Ron Van Mullica 105 km Handicap RR
2012
  • 1st Cronulla GP
  • 2nd Battle on the Border (Qld) - Tweed Road Race, Stg3
  • 3rd Battle on the Border (Qld) - Criterium
  • 3rd Santos North Western Tour (NSW) - Criterium
  • 1st Santos North Western Tour (NSW) - Coonabarabran to Gunnedah, Stg4
  • 3rd Goldfields Tour, Ballarat (Vic) - Criterium
  • 1st NSW Grand Prix Criterium Series - Cronulla
  • Sprinters Jersey Classification: Overall Winner - Tour of Bright (Vic)
  • 1st Overall Gold Coast Festival of Cycling, Sara Carrigan Shield
  • 1st Sprinters Jersey Classification Gold Coast Festival of Cycling, Sara Carrigan Shield
  • 1st Overall Tour de Femme, ACT
  • 2nd Menzies Classic Handicap (WA)
  • 3rd ACT Criterium Championships
2011
  • 1st Overall Tour de Femme, ACT
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See also

References
  1. David Polkinghorne (12 April 2015). "Kimberley Wells wins back-to-back stages in Adelaide Tour". canberratimes.com.au. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  2. "Kimberley Wells USA Cycling Results". usacycling.org. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  3. "Kimberley Wells High 5 Dream Team". high5dreamteam.com. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  4. "Kimberley Wells signs for Colavita Bianchi". www.teamcolavita.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  5. "Kimberley Wells". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  6. "Kimberley Wells, Eamon Lucas win 2013 San Rafael Twilight Criterium". Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  7. Lane, Samantha (17 August 2016). "Hurting, set for forensic review, Australian cycling left to pick up pieces". Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  8. "Swimming made a bigger splash, but our cyclists need a blowtorch too". The Roar. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  9. Braverman, Jessi (18 May 2015). "Wells awarded 10th Amy Gillett scholarship". cyclingtips.com.au. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  10. Vaughan, Roger (7 January 2015). "Canberra's Kimberley Wells reclaims criterium cycling title". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  11. "Wells wins Australian road title". ABC News. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  12. sbs cycling (13 March 2018). "Innovative tour of Gippsland ends with Wells and Welsford Triumphant". sbs.com.au. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  13. Cyclingnews (2 June 2016). "Wells wins Grand Prix de Gatineau". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  14. Pro Cycling Stats (25 April 2016). "GP Lazeratti Roma results". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  15. Tour Down Under (22 January 2016). "Kimberley Wells Wins Stage 4, Katrin Garfoot Takes Out 2016 Santos Women's Tour". tourdownunder.com. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  16. High5 Dream Team (3 January 2016). "Kimberley Wells wins 2016 Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic stage 2". high5dreamteam.com. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  17. Braverman, Jessi (19 January 2016). "Katrin Garfoot wins the Santos Women's Tour". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  18. Reece Homfray (19 January 2016). "Tour Down Under 2016: Kimberley Wells wins final stage criterium". adelaidenow.com.au. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  19. Laura Beavis (6 December 2015). "Anthony Giacoppo takes Launceston's Stan Seijka Cycling Classic". abc.net.au. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  20. "2015 Trophée d'Or Féminin". pelotonwatch.com. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  21. Jessi Braverman (12 August 2015). "Nature break breakaways and European podiums: Kimberley Wells on Route de France stage two". cyclingtips.com.au. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  22. Richard Cooke (7 March 2015). "Back in the saddle: Kimberley Wells, 29, cyclist". thesaturdaypaper.com.au. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  23. "Bay Crits Stage 4 Results Elite Women". Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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