Finn Fisher-Black

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FullnameFinn Fisher-Black
Born (2001-12-21) 21 December 2001 (age 24)
Nelson, New Zealand
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Finn Fisher-Black
Fisher-Black at 2022 Tour de Romandie
Personal information
Full nameFinn Fisher-Black
Born (2001-12-21) 21 December 2001 (age 24)
Nelson, New Zealand
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Current teamRed Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Cyclo-cross
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typePuncheur
Professional teams
2020–2021Jumbo–Visma Development Team[1][2]
2020–2021Team Jumbo–Visma (development)[a]
2021–2024UAE Team Emirates
2025–Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Time Trial Championships (2025, 2026)

Finn Fisher-Black (born 21 December 2001) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe.[4] He is the younger brother of fellow racing cyclist Niamh Fisher-Black.

Fisher-Black was educated at Nelson College from 2015 to 2017.[5]

Career

Fisher-Black started the 2021 season off by defending his National Under-23 time trial title. If the elite and Under-23 results were combined Fisher-Black would've won by 9 seconds.[6] After a crash in Le Samyn ruled him out of contention he set his sights on the Istrian Spring Trophy. Finn started strong with a 6th in the prologue and a 3rd in stage 2 however when it came to the last stage Fisher-Black was 1 second behind in the overall. His team worked hard and Fisher-Black gained enough bonus seconds at an intermediate sprint to gain the virtual lead. With his team controlling the rest of the stage Fisher-Black managed to win overall.[7][8] In the 2021 Tour of Belgium Fisher-Black managed a 3rd in the Stage 3 time trial 18 seconds behind winner Remco Evenepoel he then held his fourth place in the Overall classification till the end of the race.[9]

On 21 July 2021 UAE Team Emirates announced Fisher-Black would join their team immediately and race for them through till 2024. His first race in the team's colours was Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia, where he finished 67th.[10] In 2022, he broke his leg in a crash in the Boucles de la Mayenne.[11]

Fisher-Black claimed his first professional victory by winning the opening stage of the Giro di Sicilia in April 2023. He said of the victory: “My job was to pull into the bottom of the climb, but I looked back at one point and no one was there and the DS on the radio just told me to go as hard as I could...I didn't believe I could win until I saw the line...I kept looking back, and I could see the group just behind me. It was only 100m before the line when I realised I'd get there before them. It wasn't the plan, I'm still in shock”.[11] He won the best young rider jersey in the same race after coming in eighth place on the final stage.[12][13]

In September 2023, Fisher-Black finished second on stage 16 of the Vuelta a Espana, 43 seconds behind Jonas Vingegaard. Fisher-Black said of the result: “When Jonas attacked my idea was to go to the front and push the group on...When I looked back the group wasn't there so the DS [directeur sportif] told me to push and try and catch. It's a nice personal result for me, but the main goal over the next days is to help the guys for the GC.”[14]

Major results

Road

2017
National Novice Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
2018
1st Time trial, National Junior Championships
2nd Time trial, Oceania Junior Championships
2019
Oceania Junior Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
10th Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships
2020
National Under-23 Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Mountains classification, New Zealand Cycle Classic
2021
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
1st Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
2nd Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 4
4th Overall Tour of Belgium
4th Gravel and Tar Classic
2022
5th Time trial, National Championships
2023 (1 pro win)
4th Overall Giro di Sicilia
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 1
2024 (3)
1st Muscat Classic
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Asturias
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Paris–Nice
3rd Overall Tour of Oman
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 2
3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
3rd Overall AlUla Tour
10th Giro dell'Appennino
2025 (1)
1st Time trial, National Championships
3rd Overall Tour Down Under
6th Overall UAE Tour
10th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
2026 (1)
1st Time trial, National Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2023
Giro d'Italia
Tour de France
Vuelta a España 40
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Track

2018
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships
Oceania Championships
1st Scratch
2nd Points race
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Madison
2019
National Championships
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Madison

Cyclo-cross

2016
1st National Junior Championships

Notes

References

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