Lucy van der Haar
British cyclist
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Lucy May van der Haar (née Garner; born 20 September 1994) is a British former professional racing cyclist,[5] who rode professionally between 2013 and 2020 for the Team Liv–Plantur, Wiggle High5 and Hitec Products–Birk Sport teams. Van der Haar is a double junior world road race champion, winning in consecutive years, in 2011 and 2012.
Garner racing in the Oxford round of the 2012 Tour Series | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lucy May van der Haar |
| Born | Lucy May Garner 20 September 1994 Leicester, England[1] |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1][2] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2004–2012 | Leicestershire Road Club |
| 2011–2012 | Motorpoint Pro–Cycling Team |
| Professional teams | |
| 2013–2015 | Argos–Shimano |
| 2016–2018 | Wiggle High5 |
| 2019–2020 | Hitec Products–Birk Sport[3][4] |
Career
Early life
Van der Haar grew up in Cosby, Leicestershire. Her first cycling club was the Leicestershire Road Club.[6] Competing with them from 2004 to 2012, she won many National Awards from both the British Schools Cycling Association and British Cycling. She remained in full-time education until 2012, when she left Countesthorpe Community College having completed her AS-levels.[7]
Amateur career
Van der Haar won her first junior world title at the 2011 road world championships in Copenhagen. She was part of a late six-woman breakaway from the peloton and won the race comfortably in a sprint for the line.[8] A year later, she retained her title in a bunch sprint finish of 19 riders at the championships in Valkenburg, Netherlands,[9] having had a lead-out from Elinor Barker.
Professional career
Van der Haar signed a professional contract with UCI Women's Team Argos–Shimano in October 2012,[10][11] turning professional at the start of the 2013 season.[12][13] In May 2013, she claimed her first professional victory on the opening stage of the Tour of Chongming Island in Shanghai, China.[14] In September 2015, van der Haar announced she would be riding for Wiggle High5 in 2016.[15]
Personal life
Van der Haar has a sister, Grace Garner, who is two years younger than her. She competed professionally as a racing cyclist,[16] before also retiring in 2020.[17] In July 2019, she married fellow cyclist Lars van der Haar,[18] and in March 2022, announced she was pregnant with their first child.[19]
Major results
Source:[20]
Road
- 2011
- 1st
Road race, UCI World Junior Championships - 2012
- 1st Road race, UCI World Junior Championships
- 1st
Road race, UEC European Junior Championships - 2013
- 3rd Overall Tour of Chongming Island
- 1st Stage 1
- 6th Dwars door de Westhoek
- 8th Drentse 8
- 2014
- 2nd Drentse 8
- 2nd 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
- 3rd Dwars door de Westhoek
- 3rd Grand Prix de Dottignies
- 7th Overall The Women's Tour
- 2015
- 1st Stage 1 La Route de France
- 2nd Ronde van Gelderland
- 5th La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
- 6th Parel van de Veluwe
- 9th Dwars door de Westhoek
- 9th Diamond Tour
- 2016
- 2nd Tour de Yorkshire
- 3rd Road race, National Championships
- 5th Ronde van Gelderland
- 2017
- 3rd Tour of Guangxi World Challenge
- 3rd Omloop van de IJsseldelta
- 2018
- 1st
Mountains classification, Tour of Chongming Island - 2019
- 5th Road race, National Championships
- 5th Overall Tour of Chongming Island
- 2020
- 1st
Overall Dubai Tour
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
Track
- 2011
- 2nd Team pursuit, National Championships
- 2012
- UEC European Junior Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Scratch
- 2nd
Team sprint (with Dannielle Khan)
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
