Amanda Spratt Explained

Amanda Spratt
Fullname:Amanda Spratt
Nickname:Spratty
Birth Date:17 September 1987
Birth Place:Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Height:161cm (63inches)
Weight:55kg (121lb)[1]
Role:Rider
Ridertype:All-rounder
Amateuryears1:–
Amateurteam1:Penrith Cycling Club
Proyears1:2012–2022
Proteam1:[2] [3]
Proyears2:2023–
Majorwins:One day races & Classics

Stage races

Emakumeen Euskal Bira (2018)

Women's Tour Down Under (2017, 2018, 2019)

Amanda Spratt (born 17 September 1987) is an Australian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .

Spratt was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 London[4] and 2016 Rio Olympics.[5] In 2012, 2016 and 2020 she won the Australian National Road Race Championships in Buninyong, Victoria.[6] In 2018, she secured the silver medal in the UCI Road World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria.[7]

Personal

Spratt, nicknamed "Spratty", was born on 17 September 1987 in Penrith, New South Wales, which is a suburb of Sydney. She went to Springwood Public School before going to Blue Mountains Grammar School for high school.[8] From 2007 to 2008, she attended Charles Sturt University where she earned a University Certificate in Business., she lived in Springwood, New South Wales.[9] [10] [11]

Spratt is a member of the Riders Council of The Cyclists' Alliance.[12]

Cycling

Spratt raced in BMX events as a junior and competed in the BMX World Championships in Melbourne when she was 11. She began road and track racing when she was twelve years old.[13] She has been coached by Martin Barras since 2009 and is also coached by Gary Sutton.[1] Her primary training base is in Australia's Blue Mountains region, with a secondary training base in Varase, Italy where she lives eight months a year.[10] She is a member of the Penrith Cycling Club.[8] [9] [11] She has held a cycling scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport and the NSW Institute of Sport.[8] [1]

Spratt competed at the 2004 World Junior Track Championships in the United States.[8] She competed at the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games. She competed at the 2004 Junior Road World Championships in Italy. She missed most of the 2009 cycling season because of a back injury. She competed at the 2010 UCI Road World Championships.[9] She finished eleventh at the 2011 Giro di Toscana Femminile in Italy. She finished fourth at the 2011 Sweden World Cup teams time trial in Vårgårda, Sweden. She finished first at the 2011 Tour de Feminine Krasna Lipa in the Czech Republic. She finished eighth at the 2011 Women's Tour of New Zealand. She finished first in the road race and fourth in the individual time trial at the 2012 Australia Road National Championships in Buninyong, Australia.[14] She finished second at the 2012 Jayco Bay Classic in Victoria, Australia.[11] She finished fourth at the 2012 Ronde van Gelderland in the Netherlands. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's road race, her first Olympics.[10] [1] She finished outside the time limit.[15]

In 2018, Spratt elected to forgo a debut senior Commonwealth Games representation for Australia on the Gold Coast, to focus on an Ardennes campaign in Europe.[16] She achieved her first ever one-day podium at World Tour or World Cup level, with a third placing at the Amstel Gold Race in April. Then in May, she won her first Women's World Tour race with a large enough leading margin to move up ten places on the final stage to also win the general classification at Emakumeen Euskal Bira.[17]

In 2021, Spratt was selected in the Australian team to compete in the road race at the Tokyo Olympics.[18] Unfortunately, she was unable to finish in her event, the Women's Road Race, in very trying conditions.[19]

Major results

2004
  • Commonwealth Youth Games[20]
  • 1st Road race
  • 1st Time trial
  • 1st Points race
  • 2nd Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
  • UCI Junior Road World Championships
  • 3rd Time trial
  • 9th Road race
    2005
  • 2nd Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
    2006
  • 2nd Points race, National Junior Track Championships
  • 3rd Individual pursuit, Oceania Games
    2007
  • National Track Championships
  • 1st Team pursuit
  • 2nd Individual pursuit
  • 3rd Points race
  • 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
    2008
  • 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
    2010
  • 8th Overall Tour of New Zealand
    2011
  • 1st Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 4th Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
    2012
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 4th Time trial
  • 3rd 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
  • 4th Ronde van Gelderland
  • 7th GP Comune di Cornaredo
  • 9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    2013
  • 3rd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
  • 3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
  • 4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
  • 6th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt
  • 7th EPZ Omloop van Borsele
  • 8th Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
    2014
  • 2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
  • 4th Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT 5th Road race, National Road Championships
  • 8th Omloop van het Hageland
    2015
  • 1st Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
  • 3rd Overall Tour of Norway
  • 4th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt
  • 4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
  • 5th Overall Tour Down Under
  • 6th SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn
  • 8th Crescent Vårgårda TTT
  • 9th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
    2016
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 1st Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
  • 2nd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt
  • 1st Stage 6
  • 5th Overall The Women's Tour
  • 6th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
  • 7th Overall Tour Down Under
  • 7th Crescent Vårgårda
    2017
  • 1st Overall Tour Down Under
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 5th Overall Giro d'Italia
  • 5th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 5th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
  • 6th La Course by Le Tour de France
  • 6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
  • 8th Strade Bianche
    2018
  • 1st Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
  • 1st Stage 4
  • 1st Overall Tour Down Under
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 1st SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn
  • 2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
  • 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
  • 2nd Team time trial, Tour of Norway
  • 3rd Overall Giro Rosa
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 1st Stage 6
  • 3rd Amstel Gold Race
  • 4th Road race, National Road Championships
  • 4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
  • 5th La Flèche Wallonne
  • 5th GP de Plouay
  • 6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
  • 7th Strade Bianche
  • 8th La Course by Le Tour de France
    2019
  • 1st Overall Tour Down Under
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 2nd Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 2nd Overall Herald Sun Tour
  • 2nd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
  • 2nd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
  • 3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
  • 3rd Overall Giro Rosa
  • 3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
  • 4th Overall Bay Classic Series
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 5th Overall Tour de Yorkshire
    2020
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 1st Stage 1 Bay Classic Series 3rd Overall Tour Down Under
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
  • 8th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
  • 10th Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa
    2021
  • 4th Amstel Gold Race
  • 9th La Flèche Wallonne
  • 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    2022
  • 8th Overall Tour de Romandie
  • 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    2023
  • 2nd Overall Tour Down Under
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
  • 2nd Trofeo Oro
  • 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 3rd Overall Setmana Ciclista-Volta Comunitat Valenciana Fèmines

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: London 2012 – Amanda Spratt . Australian Olympic Committee . Australia . 6 July 2012 . 5 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120705050316/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/amanda-spratt . dead .
    2. News: Mitchelton-Scott women announce 10-rider roster for 2019. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 19 November 2018. 24 February 2019.
    3. News: 2020 Team Preview: Mitchelton-Scott Women. Laura. Weislo. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 8 January 2020. 15 January 2020.
    4. Web site: Australian Olympic Committee: Amanda Spratt. olympics.com.au. en. 1 October 2018.
    5. News: Spratt claims 15th in women’s road race. 1 October 2018. en.
    6. Web site: Spratt takes second Australian road race championship. Mitchelton-SCOTT GreenEDGE Cycling. 1 October 2018.
    7. News: Spratt: Silver feels like a victory at World Championships Cyclingnews.com. Cyclingnews.com. 1 October 2018. en-gb.
    8. Web site: Amanda Spratt . Cycling Australia . 6 July 2012.
    9. Web site: Amanda Spratt . Team Jayco AIS . 6 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120618035155/http://www.teamjaycoais.com/team-members/amanda-spratt . 18 June 2012 .
    10. Web site: Georgakopoulos . Chris . Amanda Spratt set to take it up a gear in London . Penrith Press . 6 July 2012.
    11. Web site: Cleggett . Michael . Springwood cyclist Amanda Spratt eyes off Olympic berth . Blue Mountains Gazette . 6 June 2012 . 6 July 2012.
    12. Web site: About us . The Cyclists' Alliance . 7 October 2020.
    13. News: Been . José . A chat with Amanda Spratt: ‘I feel my best years are still to come’ . 7 October 2020 . CyclingTips . 10 September 2020.
    14. Web site: Cleggett . Michael . Springwood cyclist Amanda Spratt seals national road title . Blue Mountains Gazette . 11 January 2012 . 6 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120720075609/http://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/news/local/sport/cycling/springwood-cyclist-amanda-spratt-seals-national-road-title/2416516.aspx . 20 July 2012 .
    15. Web site: Women's Road Race: Results. london2012.com. 29 July 2012. 22 August 2012. 21 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821191228/http://www.london2012.com/cycling-road/event/women-road-race/phase=crw012100/doc=results.html. dead.
    16. News: Smith. Sophie. Spratt sacrifices Comm Games glory for Ardennes campaign. 23 April 2018. Cycling Central. 3 January 2018.
    17. News: Giuliani. Simone. PHOTO GALLERY: AMANDA SPRATT BREAKS THROUGH AT EMAKUMEEN BIRA. 29 May 2018. Ella Cycling Tips. 23 May 2018.
    18. News: Australian road cycling team revealed for Tokyo Olympics . 23 May 2021 . Cycling Tips . 21 May 2021.
    19. Web site: Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021. 2021-12-08. The Roar. en-US.
    20. News: Cycling Results. 4 January 2018. 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games.

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