Laura Van Gilder

Laura Van Gilder
Personal information
Full name Laura Van Gilder
Born December 11, 1964 (1964-12-11) (age 47)
 United States
Team information
Current team Twenty-Twenty C3 cycling team.[1]
Infobox last updated on
June 12, 2010

Laura Van Gilder (born 11 December 1964, Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania) is a professional road bicycle racer from Cresco, Pennsylvania, United States. Van Gilder turned professional in 1992 and currently races cyclocross for Twenty-Twenty C3 cycling team and road for a team sponsored by Mellow Mushroom pizza chain.[2][3]

She is one of the top female professional cyclists in the United States.

Major results

1998 - Navigators Insurance Cycling Team[4]
  • 1st, 89er Criterium
  • 1st, Street Sprints & Brick Criterium, A to Z Classic
  • 1st, Koed Calendars Criterium
  • 1st, Sprint Jersey, Fitchburg Longsjo Classic
  • 1st, Skyscraper Classic
  • 1st, Tour of Mt. Nebo
  • 1st, Bermuda G.P. Criterium
  • 1st, Bermuda G.P. Circuit Race
1999 - Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
  • 1st, Stage 2, Superweek International Cycling
  • 1st, Tour of Somerville
  • 2nd, BMC Tour of Houston
  • 2nd, Clarendon Cup
2000 - Schwab
  • 1st, USA Cycling National Criterium Championships
  • 2nd, La Paz County Park Criterium
  • 2nd, McLane-Pacific Bicycle Classic
  • 2nd, NYC Women's Challenge
  • 3rd overall, USPROTOUR
2001
  • 1st overall, Wendy's International Cycling Classic
  • 2nd, USA Cycling National Criterium Championships
2002 - Trek Plus
2003 - Saturn Cycling Team
  • 1st, CSC Invitational [5]
  • 1st, Stage 5, The International Tour de 'Toona
  • 1st, Mengoni Grand Prix
2004 - Quark Cycling Team
  • 1st, Sprint classification, Redlands Stage Race
2005
  • 1st, CSC Invitational[6]
  • 1st, Tour of Somerville
2007 - Cheerwine
  • 1st, Indio Grand Prix
  • 1st, Garrett Lemire Memorial Grand Prix
  • 1st, Raleigh Criterium[7]
  • 1st, BikeJam / Kelly Cup[8]
  • 1st, CSC Invitational[9][10]
  • 1st, Jacksonville Road Race
  • 3rd, Reading Classic
  • 1st, Stage 4, The International Tour de 'Toona
  • 1st, Stage 7, The International Tour de 'Toona
2009 - C3-Athletes Serving Athletes
  • 1st, Nittany Lion Cross UCI C2 - MAC SERIES Race #1
2010 Mellow Mushroom Racing[11]
  • 1st, BikeJam / Kelly Cup[12][13]
  • 2nd Air Force Cycling Classic Clarendon Cup [14][15]

Van Gilder races under the rules of the governing bodies of professional cycling, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)[16] and USA Cycling[17][18]

Van Gilder attended East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania earning two degrees in hospitality and hotel management.

References

  1. ^ http://twenty20cycling.com/
  2. ^ http://twenty20cycling.com/
  3. ^ http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/riders/2002/interviews/?id=lauravangilder02
  4. ^ http://www.navpro.com/results/index1998.asp Navigators Pro Cycling Team: 1998 results
  5. ^ http://www.cscinvitational.com
  6. ^ http://www.cscinvitational.com
  7. ^ http://www.raleighbikerace.com/
  8. ^ http://www.bikejam.org//
  9. ^ http://www.arlingtonsports.org//
  10. ^ http://www.cscinvitational.com
  11. ^ http://web.me.com/tphillis/Site/MMR_2009.html/
  12. ^ http://www.bikejam.org//
  13. ^ http://dcsportsbox.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2010&Itemid=67
  14. ^ http://www.airforcecyclingclassic.com
  15. ^ http://www.cscinvitational.com
  16. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Cycliste_Internationale
  17. ^ http://www.usacycling.org/
  18. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Cycling_National_Racing_Calendar

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