Lucy van der Haar
 Garner racing in the Oxford round of the 2012 Tour Series | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lucy May van der Haar |
| Born | Lucy May Garner 20 September 1994 Leicester, England[1] |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1][2] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2004–2012 | Leicestershire Road Club |
| 2011–2012 | Motorpoint Pro–Cycling Team |
| Professional teams | |
| 2013–2015 | Argos–Shimano |
| 2016–2018 | Wiggle High5 |
| 2019–2020 | Hitec Products–Birk Sport[3][4] |
Lucy May van der Haar (née Garner; born 20 September 1994) is a British former professional racing cyclist,[5] who rode professionally between 2013 and 2020 for the Team Liv–Plantur, Wiggle High5 and Hitec Products–Birk Sport teams. Van der Haar is a double junior world road race champion, winning in consecutive years, in 2011 and 2012.
Career
[edit]Early life
[edit]Van der Haar grew up in Cosby, Leicestershire. Her first cycling club was the Leicestershire Road Club.[6] Competing with them from 2004 to 2012, she won many National Awards from both the British Schools Cycling Association and British Cycling. She remained in full-time education until 2012, when she left Countesthorpe Community College having completed her AS-levels.[7]
Amateur career
[edit]Van der Haar won her first junior world title at the 2011 road world championships in Copenhagen. She was part of a late six-woman breakaway from the peloton and won the race comfortably in a sprint for the line.[8] A year later, she retained her title in a bunch sprint finish of 19 riders at the championships in Valkenburg, Netherlands,[9] having had a lead-out from Elinor Barker.
Professional career
[edit]Van der Haar signed a professional contract with UCI Women's Team Argos–Shimano in October 2012,[10][11] turning professional at the start of the 2013 season.[12][13] In May 2013, she claimed her first professional victory on the opening stage of the Tour of Chongming Island in Shanghai, China.[14] In September 2015, van der Haar announced she would be riding for Wiggle High5 in 2016.[15]
Personal life
[edit]Van der Haar has a sister, Grace Garner, who is two years younger than her. She competed professionally as a racing cyclist,[16] before also retiring in 2020.[17] In July 2019, she married fellow cyclist Lars van der Haar,[18] and in March 2022, announced she was pregnant with their first child.[19]
Major results
[edit]Source:[20]
- 2011
- 1st
Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships - 2nd Team pursuit, National Track Championships (with Hannah Barnes and Harriet Owen)
- 2012
- 1st Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 1st
Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships - UEC European Junior Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit (with Amy Roberts and Elinor Barker)
- 1st Scratch
- 2nd
Team sprint (with Dannielle Khan)
- 1st
- National Track Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 2nd Team pursuit (with Corrine Hall and Harriet Owen)
- 1st
- 2013
- 3rd Overall Tour of Chongming Island
- 1st Stage 1
- 6th Dwars door de Westhoek
- 8th Drentse 8
- 2014
- 2nd Drentse 8
- 2nd 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
- 3rd Dwars door de Westhoek
- 3rd Grand Prix de Dottignies
- 7th Overall The Women's Tour
- 2015
- 1st Stage 1 La Route de France
- 2nd Ronde van Gelderland
- 5th La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
- 6th Parel van de Veluwe
- 9th Dwars door de Westhoek
- 9th Diamond Tour
- 2016
- 2nd Women's Tour de Yorkshire
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Ronde van Gelderland
- 2017
- 3rd Tour of Guangxi Women's Elite World Challenge
- 3rd Omloop van de IJsseldelta
- 2018
- 1st
Mountains classification Tour of Chongming Island - 2019
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Overall Tour of Chongming Island
- 2020
- 1st
Overall Dubai Women's Tour
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Node4 Pro Cycling Ladies Team". Node4 Pro Cycling. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ Richardson, Simon (6 December 2011). "Lucy Garner: Rider Profile". Cycling Weekly.
- ^ "Hitec Products-Birk Sport". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "Hitec Products – Birk Sport". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Lucy van der Haar (25) hangt haar fiets aan de wilgen" [Lucy van der Haar (25) hangs up her bicycle]. Wielerflits (in Dutch). Wielerflits BV. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Cycling: Lucy Garner joins 'dream team'". Leicester Mercury. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ Myatt, Brian (October 2012). "Message from the Principal" (PDF). Countesthorpe Community College Connect.
- ^ "UCI Road Cycling World Championships 2011: Great Britain's Lucy Garner wins gold medal in junior road race". Daily Telegraoh. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "Britain's Lucy Garner retains junior world road race title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ "Cycling: Lucy Garner joins 'dream team'". Leicester Mercury. 11 October 2012. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013.
- ^ Atkins, Ben (9 October 2012). "Lucy Garner launches pro career at Argos-Shimano in 2013". VeloNation.
- ^ "Lucy Garner signs professional deal with Argos-Shimano". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ Been, Jose. "Double junior world champion Lucy Garner on turning senior – 'I have to start all over again". Velo Nation. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ Bull, Nick (8 May 2013). "Lucy Garner takes first professional victory at the Tour of Chongming Island". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ "Lucy Garner Joins Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling For Two Years | Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling". wigglehonda.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Ashenden, Mark (2 August 2016). "Cycling sisters Lucy and Grace Garner went head-to-head in RideLondon Classique". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ Hickmott, Larry (25 November 2020). "Team News: CAMS-Tifosi". VeloUK. LH Publishing. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
Grace Garner and Charmaine Porter have taken the decision to retire from racing and we thank them both for their time with us.
- ^ van der Haar, Lucy (23 July 2019). "It's back to business for Hitec Products-Birk Sport road racer Lucy van der Haar". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
In racing terms it has all been a little quieter this month, though, as Lars and I celebrated our marriage in the Netherlands followed by a honeymoon on the Caribbean island of Aruba.
- ^ Beeckman, Yanko (23 March 2022). ""Baby Van der Haar on the way": veldrijder en ex-wielrenster Lucy Garner verwachten eerste kindje" ["Baby Van der Haar on the way": cyclocross rider and ex-cyclist Lucy Garner expecting first child]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Mediahuis. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ Lucy Garner at Cycling Archives (archive). Retrieved 8 May 2013.
External links
[edit]- Lucy Garner profile at Argos-Shimano website
- Lucy Garner at UCI
- Lucy Garner at Cycling Archives
- Lucy Garner at ProCyclingStats
- Lucy Garner at Cycling Quotient
- Lucy Garner at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Lucy van der Haar at UCI
