Rochelle Gilmore
Rochelle Gilmore (born 14 December 1981 in Sutherland, New South Wales) is an Australian former racing cyclist currently living in Italy. She was the owner and manager of the professional cycling team Wiggle High5.[2][3][4]
Rochelle Gilmore in 2010 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Rochelle Gilmore |
Born | Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia | 14 December 1981
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road & Track |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Endurance |
Professional teams | |
2001 | Autotrader.com[1] |
2003 | Ausra Gruodis Safi |
2004 | Team S.A.T.S. |
2005–2006 | Safi – Pasta Zara – Manhattan |
2007–2008 | Menikini – Selle Italia – Gysko |
2009 | HP-Teschner |
2009–2011 | Lotto Ladies Team |
2012 | Faren-Honda Team |
2013–2015 | Wiggle–Honda |
Managerial team | |
Wiggle High5 |
Gilmore previously rode for G.S. Safi-Pasta Zara-Manhattan. She splits her time between the road circuit and the track World Cup. In 2006, she won a stage at the Geelong Women's Tour, took second in the Commonwealth Games points race (behind teammate Kate Bates), and earned top five finishes in a Giro d'Italia Femminile stage, the Geelong World Cup, and the Liberty Classic. Gilmore is often referred to in the media as the 'bridesmaid', as she constantly finished runner-up in many events. In the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, she broke the jinx and won the gold medal in the 112 km road bicycle racing event. After her retirement she said she felt she achieved her maximum potential during her career through hard work and extensive preparation.[5]
In her teens she competed in track cycling (velodrome) but specialised in road racing for more than 10 years.
In addition to founding Wiggle-Honda, in January 2015 Gilmore announced the launch of the High5 Dream Team, an Australian women's team competing in Australia's National Road Series aiming to help riders progress to road racing in Europe and to fill a gap created by Cycling Australia suspending its women's development programme due to financial problems.[6]
In a blogpost for cyclingnews.com in November 2015 Gilmore announced that she had retired from competition.[5]
Palmarès
- 2012
- 2nd Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau
- 2nd Liberty Classic
- 4th Overall Bay Classic Series
- 5th Overall Tour of Chongming Island
- 5th Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
- 2011
- 1st
Overall GC Jayco Bay Classic - 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 3rd Ronde van Gelderland
- 4th GP Stad Roeselare
- 4th Oceania Continental Road Race Championships
- 9th Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo
- 2010
- 1st
Commonwealth Games Road Race - 2nd 2010 Ronde van Gelderland
- 2nd Omloop van Borsele
- 3rd Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
- 10th Omloop Door Middag-Humsterland
- 2009
- 1st Stages & 2 Tour of New Zealand
- 2008
- 1st Sparkassen Giro
- 1st Stages 1, 3 & 5 Tour de Prince Edward Island
- 1st Maastricht Omnium
- 2nd GP Liberazione
- 2nd Gran Premio Comune di Fabricco
- 2nd Sparkassen Giro Bochum
- 3rd Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo
- 2007
- 1st
Oceania Continental Road Race Championships - 1st Stage 1 Route de France Féminine
- 2nd Grand Prix de Dottignies
- 2nd Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo,
- 2006
- 1st Stage 2 Geelong Tour
- 2005
- 1st Geelong Women's World Cup
- Oceania Continental Cycling Championships
- 1st
Points race - 3rd Scratch race
- 1st
- 2nd Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 2nd Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
- 2004
- 1st Stage 4 Bay Classic
- 2003
- 1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 1st Stage 1 Geelong Tour
- 2nd UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Scratch race)
- 3rd Primavera Rosa
- 3rd Sparkassen Giro Bochum
- 2002
- 1st
Overall Bay Classic Series - 1st Stage 2 & 4
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Snowy
- 1st UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Sydney (Team Sprint)
- 2nd UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Scratch race)
- 2nd 2002 Commonwealth Games Points race
- 2001
- 1st Stage 2b Giro d'Italia Donne
- 1st GP Carnevale d'Europa
- 3rd Canberra Women's Classic
- 1999
- National U19 Track Championships
- 1st
Scratch race - 1st
Points race - 3rd Points race
- 3rd Individual sprint
- 3rd 200m Time Trial
- 1st
- National U19 Road Championships
- 3rd Time Trial
- 2nd UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships (Points race)
References
- "Rochelle Gilmore". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- Gilmore, Rochelle (22 November 2015). "Rochelle Gilmore Blog: Ticking Boxes!". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- "New Australian women's cycling team High5 Dream Team launched". theguardian.com. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
External links
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