First-time Olympian. In other events - DNF at 2014 Junior Asian Ch. She is one of 29 refugee athletes who are competing at the 2020 OG. With her family she was given asylum in France in 2017 after she and her cycling friends were threatened by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The 24-year-old's goal outside sport is to inspire other Afghan women to fight for their freedom.
Finished 33rd at 2019 WCh. Placed 21st at 2020 European Ch, 19th in 2019. Silver in 2021 NCh, bronze in 2020, 2017. Finished 8th at 2017 Chrono des Nations. In other results - 42nd OG 2020 road race. Silver in road race at 2021 NCh, bronze in 2019. Won 2019 Flanders Ladies Classic.
Finished 10th in ITT at 2019 Juniors Watersley Ladies Challenge. In other events - DNF OG 2020 road race. She rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx. She hopes to develop into a climbing specialist. 'I don't have much experience yet with really high mountains, but I want to become a rider who excels in events like the Giro d'Italia.'
Finished 13th at 2016 OG. Finished 22nd at 2020 WCh, 12th in 2019, 8th in 2018, 6th in 2014. National champion in 2017, 2015, silver in 2019, 2018, 2016. In other events - gold in women's team time trial at 2016, 2015, 2014 WCh. Her parents were the driving force for her to try cycling. She fell and broke her helmet in her first race, but was back on her bike the next day.
Finished 15th at 2016 OG. Placed 31st at 2020 WCh, 29th in 2019, 2018, 22nd in 2017, 21st in 2016, 18th in 2015, 14th in 2014, 27th in 2013. Silver at 2014 Asian Ch. Silver at 2018 Asian Games. Six-time national champion. In other events - 21st OG 2020 road race. Five-time national champion in road race. Describes herself as a coffee addict and beer lover.
Finished 15th at 2018 Junior WCh. Gold at 2019 U23 Oceania Ch. Gold at 2021, 2020 NCh, 7th in 2019. In other events - 40th in road race at 2020 OG. Became national champion in 2019 road race, her first race as an U23 rider. Broke her collarbone, elbow and fibula at 2021 Fleche Wallonne and had to adjust her preparation for the 2020 OG. Won silver on the track at Junior WCh 2018.
Finished 13th at 2019 WCh, 27th in 2018, 38th in 2017. Placed 15th at 2020 European Ch, 23rd in 2018. Gold at 2020 NCh, silver in 2018, bronze in 2016. Finished 2nd at 2019 Scorpion's Pass, 3rd at 2019 Aphrodite ITT. In other results - 24th OG 2020 road race. Gold in road race at 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 NCh.
Finished 31st at 2019 WCh. Placed 19th at 2020 European Ch, 21st in 2016. Gold at 2021, 2020 NCh, silver in 2019, bronze in 2017. Finished 7th in ITT stage 4 at 2021 Giro d'Italia Donne. In other events - finished 3rd in general classification at 2021 Setmana Valenciana.
Finished 22nd at 2016 OG. Placed 21st at 2015 WCh, 25th in 2014. Won 14 straight national titles between 2008 - 2021. In other events - 20th in OG 2020 road race. Won 12 road race national championships between 2010 - 2021. She has also competed in cyclo-cross, representing LUX at nine editions of the WCh between 2011 - 2020.
Finished 30th at 2018 WCh. Gold at 2021, 2020, 2018 NCh, silver in 2017, bronze in 2016. Finished 19th in ITT stage 4 at 2021 Giro d'Italia Donne. In other events - gold in road race at 2021, 2020, 2016 NCh. Was 31 when she become a professional cyclist.
Finished 21st at 2020 WCh, 4th in 2018, 27th in 2014. Gold at 2019, 2018, 2014 NCh. In other events - gold in women's team time trial at 2017 WCh, bronze 2018. Represented Canada on mountain bikes as a junior and on the track, and was a nationally rated junior as a cross-country skier. Always travels with her own coffee kit.
Finished 5th at 2019 WCh. Silver at 2019 European Ch, 9th in 2020. Gold at 2019 NCh, silver in 2021, bronze in 2018. Won the prologue, individual time trial at 2021 Baloise Ladies Tour, 2019 BeNe Ladies Tour. In other events - gold in women's team time trial at 2018 WCh. Silver in mixed team relay at 2019 WCh, gold at 2020 European Ch. Has two WCh bronze on the track.
Finished 17th at 2020 WCh, 15th in 2019, 13th in 2018, 15th in 2017. Placed 6th at 2020 European Ch. Gold at 2020 NCh, silver in 2021, 2018. Placed 6th in ITT stage 4 at 2021 Giro d'Italia Donne. In other events - 30th OG 2020 road race. Her favourite races are Trofeo Binda and the women's Giro d'Italia. Her nickname is JuJu.
Finished 11th at 2016 OG. Finished 16th at 2020 WCh, 9th in 2019, 20th in 2018, 10th in 2016, 8th in 2015. Placed 8th at 2020 European Ch, 4th in 2016. Six-time gold medallist at NCh. In other events - gold in women's team time trial at 2018, 2015 WCh. She has represented BLR in track cycling and competed at the 2009, 2008 WCh.
Finished 19th at 2016 OG. Placed 14th at 2020 WCh, 36th in 2019. Finished 7th at 2020 European Ch, 16th in 2018. National champion in 2020, 2019. In other events - 27th OG 2020 road race. Silver in road race at 2016 NCh, bronze in 2017. She started cycling in 2004. She studied at the Physiotherapy - Bronislaw Czech Academy of Physical Education in Krakow, Poland. Her hobby is baking.
Finished 12th at 2016 OG, 24th in 2012. Finished 32nd at 2019 WCh, 7th in 2017, 18th in 2016. Five-time national champion. In other events - 13th in OG 2020 road race. Won stage 9, 4th in ITT stage 4, and 2nd in general classification at 2021 Giro d'Italia Donne. In December 2020, won gold at the first UCI Cycling E-Sports World Championships.
Finished 5th at 2016 OG. Placed 17th at 2019 WCh, 9th in 2018. Gold at 2021, 2020, 2017, 2016, 2014 NCh. In other events - bronze in road race at 2020, 2016 OG. Bronze at 2020, 2012 WCh. Gold at 2021, 2020, 2017 NCh. Her mother Giudina DAL SASSO represented Italy in cross-country skiing at 1984, 1988, 1994 OWG. Her older brother Paolo was a professional cyclist between 2004-2014.
Finished 7th at 2020 WCh. Gold at 2021 NCh. In other results - bronze in road race at 2020 European Ch. Gold at 2020, 2016 NCh, silver in 2021. In other events - DNF OG 2020 road race. In 2021 season, won stage 6 at Giro d'Italia Donne (118th in ITT stage 4), won two stages and general classification at Festival Elsy Jacobs, stage 1 of LOTTO Ladies Tour, finished 2nd at Brugge - De Panne.
Finished 7th at 2012 OG. Gold at 2016, 2008 WCh, 6th in 2020, 4th in 2019, 7th in 2018. Gold at 2018, 2012, 2006 PanAm Ch. NCh in 2019, 2018, 2017, 2012, silver in 2021, 2016, 2011, 2010. Took up mountain biking after stress fractures halted her aspirations of being a distance runner. She rode in some road races in 2001 and decided to stick with it.
Gold at 2018, 2017 WCh, bronze in 2019, 5th in 2016. Bronze at 2015 European Games. National champion in 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014. In other events - silver in 2020 OG road race. Gold at 2019 WCh, silver in 2020. She sustained three spinal fractures and a concussion after crashing in the road race at 2016 OG. Celebrated as she crossed the line in the road race at 2020 OG as she thought she had won.
Finished 5th at 2020 WCh. Gold at 2018 Oceania Ch. Gold at 2019 NCh, silver in 2021, 2020, 4th in 2018. Placed 3rd in ITT stage 4 at 2021 Giro d'Italia Donne. In other events - 47th in road race at 2020 OG, 3rd in road race at 2021 Ronde van Vlaanderen. Competed nationally as a cross-country runner.
Finished 8th at 2016 OG. Gold at 2014 WCh, bronze in 2015, 4th in 2020, 10th in 2019, 14th in 2018, 12th in 2017, 6th in 2016. Placed 4th at 2020 European Ch. Gold at 2021, 2018, 2014, 2013 NCh. In other events - 6th in road race at 2020 OG, 2nd in road race at 2021 Ronde van Vlaanderen, 3rd at 2021 Gent - Wevelgem. She competed in track cycling at 2012 OG, finishing 8th in women's team pursuit.
Silver at 2020 WCh, 6th in 2019, 17th in 2018, 29th in 2017. Bronze at 2020 European Ch. Gold at 2019 European Games. National champion in 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017. In other events - 46th in road race at 2020 OG. Gold in road race at 2021, 2019 NCh. She is a vegetarian and prefers to eat organic products from her mother's garden. Finished her medical studies in 2017.
Gold at 2019 WCh, DNF in 2020, 4th in 2017. Gold at 2019 PanAm Games. Gold at 2021 NCh. In other events - 31st in road race at 2020 OG. Became youngest female to win WCh ITT in 2019. Claimed silver in women's team pursuit in track cycling at 2016 OG. Needed surgery to her left leg after a crash in the time trial at 2020 WCh. Her coach is three-time Olympic gold medallist Kristin ARMSTRONG (USA).
Bronze at 2016 OG. Gold at 2020 WCh, silver in 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015. Gold at 2020 European Ch, silver in 2018, 2016, bronze in 2017. National champion in 2021, 2015. In other events - gold in road race at 2016 OG, 15th in 2020. Gold in WCh road race in 2020, 2018, silver in 2019, 2015. Named a Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau in recognition of results at 2016 OG. Retires after 2021 season.
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