Sarah Gigante Explained

Sarah Gigante
Fullname:Sarah Gigante
Birth Date:6 October 2000
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2018
Amateurteam1:Holden Team Gusto
Amateuryears2:2019
Proyears1:2020–2021
Proteam1:[1]
Proyears2:2022–2023
Proyears3:2024-
Majorwins:One day races & Classics

National Road Race Championships (2019)

National Time Trial Championships (2020, 2021)

Sarah Gigante (born 6 October 2000) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .[2]

Career

Junior and under-23 career

In 2018, Gigante was national junior champion in the road race, individual time trial and criterium,[3] won the junior women's road race at the 2018 Oceania Cycling Championships,[4] won the silver medal in the Junior World Track Championships points race,[5]

In 2019, aged 18, Gigante won the elite women's race at the Australian National Road Race Championships.[6] [7] She was awarded the 2019 Amy Gillett Foundation Scholarship to support her development as a professional cyclist.[8]

Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank (2020–2021)

In December 2019, it was announced that Gigante would turn professional with the team.[1] In January 2020, she won the Australian National Time Trial Championships.[9] She won the overall at the Australian National Road Series.[10] She re-signed with Tibco-SVB for the 2021 season.[11]

Gigante finished second in the inaugural UCI Cycling Esports World Championships.[12]

She had a strong start to the 2021 season in Australia winning the general classification and two stages at the Santos Festival of Cycling.[13] She then defended her national title in the individual time trial.[14]

Gigante was selected to compete in the road race and time trial at the Tokyo Olympics.[15] She finished 40th in the road race and 11th in the time trial.[16]

Movistar (2022)

Gigante had her first win in Europe at the Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa.[17]

AG Insurance–Soudal (2024)

Through mutual agreement with Movistar, she left the team to join AG Insurance–Soudal without serving the third year of her contract.[18] Gigante won the 2024 Women's Tour Down Under, her first Women's WorldTour victory.[19]

Personal

In 2018, Gigante achieved a perfect high school Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) score of 99.95, earning her the prestigious University of Melbourne Chancellor's Scholarship.[20] She is studying a double degree in linguistics and geography.[21]

Major results

2017
  • 2nd Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships[22]
  • National Junior Road Championships[23]
  • 2nd Road race
  • 3rd Criterium
    2018
  • 1st Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships[4]
  • National Junior Road Championships[3]
  • 1st Road race
  • 1st Time trial
  • 1st Criterium
  • National Junior Track Championships[24]
  • 1st Team pursuit
  • 1st Points race
  • 1st Madison
  • 2nd Points race, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships[5]
    2019
  • Oceania Road Championships
  • 1st Under-23 road race[25]
  • 1st Under-23 time trial[26]
  • 2nd Road race[25]
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Road race[6]
  • 1st Under-23 road race[6]
  • 1st Under-23 time trial[27]
  • 1st Overall Spirit of Tasmania Cycling Tour[28]
  • 1st Stage 1
    2020
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Time trial[9]
  • 2nd Under-23 road race[29]
  • 1st Overall National Road Series
  • 2nd UCI Esports World Championships
  • 5th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour
    2021
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Time trial[30]
  • 1st Overall Santos Festival of Cycling
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 1st Stages 2 & 3
    2022
  • 1st Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa
    2024
  • 1st Overall Tour Down Under
  • 1st Stage 3

    Notes and References

    1. News: Australian champion Sarah Gigante among five new riders at Tibco-SVB in 2020. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 4 December 2019. 9 February 2020.
    2. Web site: Sarah Gigante.
    3. Web site: Faces of the future: Aussie Road Nats triple title winner Sarah Gigante . 12 January 2018 . CyclingTips.com . 13 January 2020.
    4. Web site: Matt . de Neef. The making of a champion: Sarah Gigante's extraordinary Nationals win. 6 January 2019. CyclingTips.
    5. Web site: 2018 JUNIOR TRACK WORLDS – GIANT COMEBACK FOR GIGANTE AT WORLDS . Australian Cycling Team . Cycling Australia . 20 August 2018 . 13 January 2020.
    6. Web site: Gigante wins elite women's Australian national road race title. 6 January 2019 . Cyclingnews.com .
    7. News: Australian Associated Press. Sarah Gigante stuns field with win at Australian national road championships. The Guardian. 6 January 2019.
    8. News: Dalton . Sarah . SARAH GIGANTE AWARDED 2019 AMY GILLETT SCHOLARSHIP . 3 November 2019 . Amy Gillett Foundation . 24 October 2019.
    9. Web site: Gigante takes Australian elite women's time trial title from defending champion Brown. 8 January 2020 . Cyclingnews.com .
    10. News: Gigante wins National Road Series overall title . 11 December 2020 . teamtibco-svb.
    11. News: TIBCO-SVB renew contracts with core virtual Tour de France team . 29 August 2020 . Cyclingnews . 27 August 2020.
    12. News: Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio wins inaugural cycling esports World Championship road title . 11 December 2020 . CyclingTips . 10 December 2020.
    13. News: Baker wins stage 4 as teammate Gigante secures overall . 30 July 2021 . Cycling News . 24 January 2021.
    14. News: #RoadNats Day 1 - Sarah Gigante and Luke Plapp claim time trials . 30 July 2021 . AusCycling . 3 February 2021.
    15. News: Australian road cycling team revealed for Tokyo Olympics . 23 May 2021 . Cycling Tips . 20 May 2021.
    16. News: Sarah Gigante ‘so proud’ of injury comeback and Olympic Games performances . 30 July 2021 . Cycling News . 28 July 2021.
    17. News: Sarah Gigante takes solo victory at Emakumeen Nafarroako . 11 May 2022 . Cycling News . 11 May 2022.
    18. News: Women's WorldTour 2024 - Comprehensive team-by-team guide.
    19. Web site: Giuliani . Simone . 2024-01-14 . ‘There is only one Queen of Willunga’ -Gigante’s Women’s Tour Down Under triumph . 2024-01-15 . cyclingnews.com . en.
    20. News: Australian Associated Press. Gigante shows giant cycling, study talent . 26 January 2020 . SBS News . 14 December 2018.
    21. News: Riders to watch in 2021 – Sarah Gigante . 17 December 2020 . Ciclismo International.
    22. Web site: 2017 Oceania Road Championships – Junior Women Road Race . Oceania Cycling . OceaniaCycling.org . 10 March 2017 . 13 January 2020.
    23. Web site: Australian U19 Road Championships . Cycling Australia Live Results . Cycling Australia . 13 January 2020.
    24. Web site: Gigante's big year on and off the bike . SBS News . Special Broadcasting Service . 6 January 2019 . 13 January 2020.
    25. Web site: 2019 Oceania Road Championships – Elite & U23 Women Road Race . TimedResult . Sport Services & Technology . 16 March 2019 . 13 January 2020.
    26. Web site: 2019 Oceania Road Championships – Individual Time Trial . TimedResult . Sport Services & Technology . 16 March 2019 . 13 January 2020.
    27. Web site: Brown victorious in elite women's Australian time trial national championships. 8 January 2019 . Cyclingnews.com .
    28. Web site: Spirit of Tasmania Cycling Tour Recap . National Road Series . Cycling Australia . 2 January 2020.
    29. Web site: Amanda Spratt wins elite women's road race title at Australian Road Championships. 12 January 2020 . Cyclingnews.com .
    30. Web site: 2021 Elite & U23 Women Individual Time Trial . Cycling Australia . https://web.archive.org/web/20210203082421/https://www.mytimedresult.com/roadnats/ELITEW_ITT_result.html . 2021-02-03 . live . 3 February 2021.

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