Grace Garner

Grace Garner
Garner at the 2019 Holland Ladies Tour
Personal information
Full nameGrace Fenton Garner
Born (1997-06-19) 19 June 1997 (age 27)
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2006–2010Leicestershire Road Club
2011–2014Cero–Cycle Division Racing Team
2013–2014RST Racing Team
2015Team Giordana–Triton
2015RST Racing Team
Professional teams
2016Podium Ambition Pro Cycling
2017–2018Wiggle High5
2019Hitec Products–Birk Sport[1]
2020CAMS–Tifosi[2]

Grace Fenton Garner (born 19 June 1997) is an English former professional racing cyclist,[3] who rode professionally between 2016 and 2020, for the Podium Ambition Pro Cycling, Wiggle High5, Hitec Products–Birk Sport and CAMS–Tifosi teams. Her older sister Lucy van der Haar also competed professionally in cycling,[4] before also retiring in 2020.

Career

Garner was educated at Countesthorpe Leysland Community College.[5] In 2015, Garner won 2 stages and the Points classification at Rás na mBan in Ireland, finished sixth in the Women's Tour de Yorkshire,[6] and seventh in the junior road race at the UCI Road World Championships.[7] She turned professional with the Podium Ambition Pro Cycling team in 2016: after the team folded at the end of the season she joined Wiggle High5 for the 2017 season.[8] As part of the National Women's Road race series, Garner won the Essex Giro.[9] When Wiggle High5 folded at the end of 2018, both Garner sisters joined Hitec Products–Birk Sport for 2019.

Garner retired from cycling at the end of the 2020 season.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Riders face tougher finale at 2019 Tour of Flanders - Women's News Shorts". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019. British rider Grace Garner is the latest addition to Team Hitec Products-Birk Sport's 2019 roster, joining older sister Lucy Garner, who was announced as having joined the Norwegian team in August.
  2. ^ Hickmott, Larry (17 January 2020). "News: 2020 CAMS Tifosi Team". VeloUK. LH Publishing. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b Hickmott, Larry (25 November 2020). "Team News: CAMS-Tifosi". VeloUK. LH Publishing. Retrieved 25 November 2020. Grace Garner and Charmaine Porter have taken the decision to retire from racing and we thank them both for their time with us.
  4. ^ Ashenden, Mark (2 August 2016). "Cycling sisters Lucy and Grace Garner went head-to-head in RideLondon Classique". Sky Sports: Cycling News. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Cycling: Grace Garner targets step up to professional ranks". Leicester Mercury. 14 October 2014. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Mahe wins Women's Tour de Yorkshire". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  7. ^ Wynn, Nigel (25 September 2015). "Chloe Dygert does the double: wins World Champs junior road race and time trial". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Grace Garner". Wiggle High5. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Garner races to second successive Essex Giro win in HSBC UK – National Women's Road Series". Retrieved 14 May 2017.