Lucy Kennedy (cyclist)
.jpg) Kennedy at the start of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships in Innsbruck | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lucy Kennedy |
| Nickname | Goose[1] |
| Born | 11 July 1988 Brisbane, Australia |
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team BikeExchange |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type |
|
| Amateur teams | |
| 2015 | Lifecycle Cycling Club |
| 2016–2017 | High5 Dream Team |
| 2017 | High5 Australian Development Team |
| Professional team | |
| 2018–2021 | Mitchelton–Scott[2][3] |
Lucy Kennedy (born 11 July 1988) is an Australian former racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team BikeExchange.[4]
A former triathlete, track and cross country runner, Kennedy was the recipient of the 2017 Amy Gillett Scholarship to do a European tour of races with the High5 Australian Development Team. She has degrees in Civil Engineering, and Commerce, working as a traffic modeller.[5][6][7] Kennedy joined UCI Women's Team Mitchelton–Scott for the 2018 season.[8]
In August 2021 she announced that she would retire from professional cycling at the end of the season.[9]
Major results
[edit]- 2016
- 4th Time trial, Oceania Road Championships
- 2017
- Oceania Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 3rd
Road race
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour de l'Ardèche
- 1st
Sprints classification - 1st Stage 6
- 1st
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2018
- 26th Taiwan KOM Challenge
- 2nd
Time trial, National Road Championships - 4th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
- 5th Strade Bianche
- 9th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
- 2019
- 1st
Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 1st Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa
- 2nd Overall Women's Tour Down Under
- 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 2nd Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa
- 2020
- 1st Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour
References
[edit]- ^ Malseed, Shannon (28 July 2017). "WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT TEAM BLOG: SHANNON MALSEED – THE INSIDE SCOOP". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 26 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Mitchelton-Scott women announce 10-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (8 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: Mitchelton-Scott Women". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Team BikeExchange". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "HIGH5 DREAM TEAM ANNOUNCE 2016 SQUAD TO DEFEND NATIONAL ROAD SERIES CROWN". High5 Dream Team. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Lucy Kennedy ready for challenge of European racing". Peloton Watch. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ Wells, Martin (2 June 2017). "LUCY KENNEDY SUCCESSFUL AS TWELFTH AMY GILLETT CYCLING SCHOLAR". Amy Gillett Foundation. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Lucy Kennedy to join ORICA-SCOTT in 2018". GreenEDGE Cycling. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Lucy Kennedy announces retirement". SBS Cycling Central. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Lucy Kennedy at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Lucy Kennedy at ProCyclingStats