Anna Plichta

Anna Plichta
Plichta at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships.
Personal information
Full nameAnna Plichta
Born (1992-02-10) 10 February 1992 (age 32)
Wadowice, Poland[1]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2014–2015TKK Pacific Torun[2]
Professional teams
2016BTC City Ljubljana
2017WM3 Pro Cycling
2018Boels–Dolmans
2019–2020Trek–Segafredo[3][4]
2021Lotto–Soudal Ladies[5]

Anna Plichta (born 10 February 1992) is a Polish former racing cyclist,[6] who rode professionally between 2016 and 2021 for five different teams. She rode at the UCI Road World Championships every year between 2014 and 2020, and also represented Poland at the 2015 European Games in the women's road race and women's time trial.

Career

In September 2016 she was announced as part of the WM3 Pro Cycling squad for 2017.[7] Plichta was meant to join Belgian team Lensworld–Kuota in 2018, but the team was disbanded in late October 2017 when their title sponsor Lensworld's new parent company, LensOnline decided to not continue sponsorship of the cycling team.[8] After it was announced that Nikki Brammeier would leave Boels–Dolmans at the end of 2017 to concentrate on cyclo-cross, Plichta was offered the position on Boels–Dolmans in early November 2017.[9]

Ahead of the 2021 season, Plichta joined the Lotto–Soudal Ladies team on a two-year contract,[10] however she retired at the end of 2021.[6]

Personal life

Her favourite place to ride is the Polish mountains.[11]

Major results

2014
4th GP du Canton d'Argovie
10th Overall Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
1st Young rider classification
2015
3rd Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
7th Overall Belgium Tour
9th Overall Auensteiner–Radsporttage
2016
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
5th Overall Tour of Zhoushan Island
2017
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
2019
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Overall Gracia–Orlová
7th Overall Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta
2020
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
7th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships

References

  1. ^ Polish 2016 Olympic team at the Polish Olympic Committee website
  2. ^ Anna Plichta at Cycling Archives (archived)
  3. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Lotto Soudal Ladies". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Anna Plichta retires from pro cycling". Lotto–Soudal Ladies. Captains of Cycling. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  7. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (29 September 2016). "Vos heads new Fortitude Pro Cycling women's team in 2017". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Lensworld-Kuota set to fold in 2018". Cycling News. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Boels-Dolmans welcomes late signing Anna Plichta". Boels Dolmans Cycling Team. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Anna Plichta to sign with Lotto Soudal Ladies". Lotto–Soudal Ladies. Captains of Cycling. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Women's Cycling Profiles: Anna Plichta". ProCyclingUK. Retrieved 11 May 2020.