Lizzie Armitstead
 Revolution 17, Manchester, 2007 |
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| Full name | Elizabeth Mary Armitstead | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 December 1988  England United Kingdom |
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| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (120 lb; 8.7 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | AA Drink-leontien.nl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road and track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Endurance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006 2007 2008 2008-09 |
Raleigh ERV Global Racing Team Team Halfords Bikehut 100% ME |
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| 2009 2010 2011 2012– |
Lotto-Belisol Ladies Cervélo TestTeam Garmin-Cervélo AA Drink-leontien.nl |
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| Infobox last updated on 8 January 2011 |
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Elizabeth Mary Armitstead (born 18 December 1988, Otley) is a British track and road racing cyclist. She is a member of British Cycling's Olympic Podium Programme and has represented Great Britain internationally.
Armitstead took up cycling in 2004 after British Cycling's Olympic Talent Team visited her school, Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley.[1] She has won a silver medal in the Scratch Race at the Junior World Track Championships in 2005, she was U23 European Scratch Race Champion in 2007 and 2008, and came second in the Points Race in 2007.
Armitstead was a member of the gold medal winning team pursuit squad at the 2009 Track World Championships, her second appearance at a senior world championship event. She also competed in the scratch race, where despite being brought down in the closing stages of the race, jumped back on to claim the silver medal. She completed the championships with a full set of medals, winning bronze in the points race whilst riding with her right wrist numb and strapped up — she was only able to move her forefinger and thumb.
In 2009 she joined the Lotto-Belisol cycling team and rode a number of top level road races. She won the under 23 category of the British National Road Race Championships and the silver medal in the senior category after some controversy.[2][3] In 2010 she rode for Cervélo TestTeam,[4] staying with the franchise in its new formation as Garmin-Cervélo throughout 2011.[5] Following the discontinuation of the Garmin Cervélo womens' team, Armitstead will be riding for the AA Drink-Leontien.nl team in 2012 [6].
[edit] Palmarès
- 2005
- 2nd Scratch Race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Junior)
- 7th Points Race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Junior)
- 1st
Points Race, British National Track Championships (Junior) - 2nd 500m TT, British National Track Championships (Junior)
- 3rd Scratch Race, British National Track Championships (Junior)
- 2006
- 1st British National Circuit Race Championships
- 1st WCRA Criterium Championships
- 2nd Scratch Race, British National Track Championships (Senior)
- 2nd Points Race, British National Track Championships (Junior)
- 2nd Pursuit, British National Track Championships (Junior)
- 3rd Scratch Race, British National Track Championships (Junior)
- 3rd National 500m TT, British National Track Championships (Junior)
- 4th Scratch Race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Junior)
- 4th Scratch Race, European Track Championships (Junior)
- 4th Points Race, European Track Championships (Junior) - equal on points with 2nd and 3rd
- 12th World Road Race Championships (Junior)
- 2007
- 1st
Scratch Race, European Track Championships, Under 23 - 1st British National Circuit Race Championships
- 2nd Points Race, European Track Championships, Under 23
- 4th Scratch Race, Round 4, 2006–2007 Track World Cup, Manchester
- 6th European Road Race Championships, Under 23
- 2008
- 1st Scratch Race, European Track Championships, Under 23
- 1st Team Pursuit, European Track Championships, Under 23
- 2nd Points Race, European Track Championships, Under 23
- 1st Points Race, Round 1, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Manchester
- 1st Scratch Race, Round 1, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Manchester
- 1st Team Pursuit, Round 1, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Manchester
- 1st Scratch Race, Round 2, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Melbourne
- 1st Team Pursuit, Round 2, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Melbourne
- 2009
- 1st Scratch Race, Round 5, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Copenhagen
- 1st Team Pursuit, Round 5, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Copenhagen
- 1st
Team Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships - 2nd Scratch Race, UCI Track World Championships
- 3rd Points Race, UCI Track World Championships
- 1st British National Road Race Championships Under 23
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships
- 1st Young rider classification Giro d'Italia Femminile (Giro Donne)
- 3rd General classification Tour de l'Ardèche
- 1st Points classification Tour de l'Ardèche
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Ardèche
- 1st Team Pursuit, 2009–2010 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 1st Points Race, 2009–2010 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 2010
- 2nd Team Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
- 2nd Omnium, UCI Track World Championships
- 1st Tour de l'Aude Stage 1
- 1st British National Road Race Championships Under 23
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships
- 1st stage 6 La Route de France
- 1st Points classification Tour de l'Ardèche
- 1st stage 3 Tour de l'Ardèche
- 1st stage 4 Tour de l'Ardèche
- 1st stage 5 Tour de l'Ardèche
- 2nd
Road Race Commonwealth Games - 9th Road Race, UCI Road World Championships
- 2011
- 1st stage 1 Tour of Chongming Island
- 2nd Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
- 1st British National Road Race Championships
- 1st Points classification, Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 1st stage 6 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 7th Road Race, UCI Road World Championships
- 1st Points Race, 2011 British National Track Championships
- 1st Scratch Race, 2011 British National Track Championships
[edit] References
- ^ Feekins, Steve (19 January 2012). "London Olympic hopefuls: Lizzie Armitstead". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jan/19/london-olympic-hopefuls-lizzie-armitstead.
- ^ Cooke wins unprecedented tenth title
- ^ Cookson overrules to reinstate Armitstead
- ^ Armistead signs with Cervélo
- ^ Team axe was a shock but we had fitting finale
- ^ Kids taught me a lesson on my return to school
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