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Gracie Elvin

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Gracie Elvin
Elvin at the 2016 Rio Olympics Road Race
Personal information
Full nameGracie Elvin
NicknameG[1]
Born (1988-10-31) 31 October 1988 (age 36)
Canberra, Australia[2]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplinesRoad[1]
Mountain bike racing
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder[3]
Cross-country cycling
Amateur teams
2009Discovertasmania.com[4]
2012Jayco–AIS
Professional teams
2012Faren–Honda Team
2013–2020Orica–AIS[5][6]

Gracie Elvin (born 31 October 1988) is an Australian former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2020, for the Faren–Honda Team and Mitchelton–Scott.[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

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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

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Elvin riding with Orica–AIS at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships
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

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References

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