Gracie Elvin Explained

Gracie Elvin
Fullname:Gracie Elvin
Nickname:G[1]
Birth Date:31 October 1988
Birth Place:Canberra, Australia[2]
Currentteam:Retired
Disciplines:Road
Mountain bike racing
Role:Rider
Ridertype:All-rounder[3]
Cross-country cycling
Amateuryears1:2009
Amateurteam1:Discovertasmania.com[4]
Amateuryears2:2012
Amateurteam2:Jayco–AIS
Proyears1:2012
Proyears2:2013–2020
Proteam2:[5] [6]

Gracie Elvin (born 31 October 1988) is an Australian former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2020, for the and .[7] Elvin is a two-time winner of the Australian National Road Race Championships, with victories in 2013 and 2014, and the first Australian rider to record a podium finish at the Tour of Flanders for Women, with second in 2017.[8]

Career

She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.[9] After missing the 2014 UCI Road World Championships, Elvin competed in the women's road race in 2015, 2016 and 2017.[10] Elvin has also represented Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and the 2018 Commonwealth Games on home soil in the Gold Coast;[11] [12] she also competed in the road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics for Australia.[13]

In October 2020, Elvin announced that she would retire at the end of the 2020 season.[14]

Elvin is also the Communications Director of The Cyclists' Alliance.[15]

Gracie Elvin, and Matthew Keenan co-hosted the Seven Network broadcast of the 2023 Santos Women's Tour Down Under used by Peacock in the US.[16]

Major results

2006
  • 2nd Cross-country, National Junior Mountain Bike Championships
    2007
  • 3rd Cross-country, National Under-23 Mountain Bike Championships
    2008
  • 2nd Cross-country, National Under-23 Mountain Bike Championships
    2009
  • 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Mountain Bike Championships
    2012
  • Oceania Road Cycling Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 2nd Time trial
  • 2nd EPZ Omloop van Borsele
  • 6th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
  • 8th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
    2013
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 3rd Criterium
  • 4th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
  • 6th Overall Energiewacht Tour
    2014
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 6th Road race, Commonwealth Games
  • 7th EPZ Omloop van Borsele
  • 9th Overall Energiewacht Tour
    2015
  • 1st Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
  • 1st Stage 3b Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
  • 5th Overall Bay Classic Series
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 6th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
  • 10th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
    2016
  • 1st Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
  • 2nd Ronde van Drenthe
  • 5th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
  • 7th Overall Energiewacht Tour
  • 7th Acht van Westerveld
  • 9th Overall The Women's Tour
    2017
  • 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen[17]
  • 2nd Tour of Flanders for Women[18]
  • 8th Drentse Acht van Westerveld
  • 9th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
  • 10th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
  • 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    2018
  • 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
  • 2nd Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
  • 2nd Team time trial, Ladies Tour of Norway
    2019
  • 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 4th La Classique Morbihan
  • 5th Omloop van het Hageland
  • 5th Drentse Acht van Westerveld
    2020
  • 3rd Criterium, National Road Championships

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: HPU > Rider Profiles > Female. Cycling Australia. 19 December 2014.
    2. Web site: Gracie Elvin . 9 August 2014 . Glasgow 2014.
    3. Web site: Gracie Elvin . . 19 December 2014 . 16 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160316044114/http://www.greenedgecycling.com/women/gracie-elvin . dead .
    4. Web site: Gracie Elvin. Cycling Archives . 19 December 2014.
    5. News: Mitchelton-Scott women announce 10-rider roster for 2019. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 19 November 2018. 24 February 2019.
    6. News: 2020 Team Preview: Mitchelton-Scott Women. Laura. Weislo. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 8 January 2020. 15 January 2020.
    7. News: Gracie Elvin announces retirement at end of season. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 7 October 2020. 13 January 2021.
    8. News: Elvin takes second at Tour of Flanders. SBS News. 13 March 2018. en-GB.
    9. Web site: Final Results / Résultats finaux: Road Race Women Elite / Course en ligne femmes élite. Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 28 September 2013. 28 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131012063031/http://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2013/WM/11RES00.pdf. 12 October 2013. dead.
    10. News: Preview: racing for rainbows – women's road race. Cycling. 13 March 2018. en.
    11. Web site: The ups and downs of selection for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games CyclingTips. CyclingTips. cyclingtips.com. 17 June 2014 . en-US. 13 March 2018.
    12. News: Australia names 36-rider squad for 2018 Commonwealth Games Cyclingnews.com. Cyclingnews.com. 13 March 2018. en-gb.
    13. Web site: Rio Olympic Games: Gracie Elvin's message for fallen teammate. Lane. Samantha. 8 August 2016. The Sydney Morning Herald. en. 13 March 2018.
    14. News: A letter from Gracie Elvin.... . New Global Cycling Services. 6 October 2020. 6 October 2020.
    15. Web site: The Cyclists' Alliance about us . cyclistsalliance.org. 11 November 2019.
    16. Web site: All star broadcast team for 2023 | Santos Tour Down Under . 9 January 2023 .
    17. Web site: Lepistö wins Women's Dwars door Vlaanderene . . 23 March 2017 . 25 April 2017.
    18. Web site: Elvin becomes the first Australian female to podium at the Tour of Flanders . Orica-Scott . 2 April 2017 . 25 April 2017.

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