Lara Gillespie
Irish cyclist (born 2001)
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Lara Gillespie (born 21 April 2001) is an Irish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam UAE Team ADQ. She won the gold medal in the elimination race, or 'devil', at both the 2025 UEC European Track Championships, and the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Santiago, Chile, becoming Ireland's first female world track cycling champion.
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| Born | 21 April 2001 Wicklow, Ireland [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | UAE Team ADQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | Cannibal Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Orwell Wheelers CC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Illi-Bikes Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2021 | Team Rupelcleaning–Champion Lubricants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | UAE Development Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | UAE Team ADQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
At the 2018 UEC European Junior Track Championships Gillespie won Gold in the Points race. At the 2019 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships, Gillespie won a bronze medal in the individual pursuit.[2][3] She rode in the women's team pursuit event at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin, Germany.[4]
In 2023, she won Gold medals for both the Points race and Omnium at the UEC European U23 Track Championships[5]
Gillespie won her first senior medal after winning a Bronze medal for Ireland at the 2024 World Track Championships in the Points Race
Lara Gillespie won the Elimination Race in round 4 of the 2024 UCI Track Champions League in London.
Gillespie is a multiple Irish National Champion on the Road,[6][7] on the Track and for Cyclo Cross.
Major results
Cyclo-cross
- 2018
- 1st
National Championships - 2nd Belfast
- 2019
- 1st National Championships
Road
- 2018
- 1st Road race, National Junior Championships
- 2019
- 2nd Road race, National Junior Championships
- 2020 (1 pro win)
- 1st Road race, National Championships
- 2022
- Rás na mBan
- 2023 (1)
- 1st Road race, National Championships
- 2nd Poreč Trophy Ladies[10]
- 2nd Grand Prix Eco-Struct[11]
- 6th ZLM Omloop der Kempen Ladies
- 2024 (4)
- 1st
Overall Giro Mediterraneo Rosa
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st Antwerp Port Epic
- 4th Cyclis Classic
- 2025
- 2nd Omloop van het Hageland
- 3rd Le Samyn
- 3rd Nokere Koerse
- 5th Classic Brugge–De Panne
- 6th Gent–Wevelgem
- 2026
- 1st Le Samyn
- 2nd Omloop het Hageland
- 6th Tour of Bruges Women
- 8th Paris–Roubaix
Track
- 2018
- UEC European Junior Championships
- 1st
Points race - 2nd
Individual pursuit
- 1st
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Scratch
- 1st Sprint
- 1st
- 2019
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Scratch
- 1st Sprint
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- UEC European Junior Championships
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Scratch
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 2nd
- 3rd
Individual pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships - 2020
- National Championships
- 1st Scratch
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 3rd Sprint
- 1st
- 2022
- 1st Scratch, National Championships
- Dublin International[12]
- 1st Scratch
- 1st Omnium
- Troféu Internacional de Pista[13]
- 1st Madison
- 1st Omnium
- 2023
- UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st Points race
- 1st Omnium
- 1st
- Dublin International
- 1st Madison
- 1st Omnium
- GP Presov[14]
- 1st Madison
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Elimination
- 2025
- 1st
Elimination, UCI World Championships
