Leah Kirchmann

Leah Kirchmann

Personal information
Born 30 June 1990
Winnipeg, Canada
Team information
Current team Optum-KBS
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2011 Team Colavita[1]
2012- Optum Pro Cycling[2]
Infobox last updated on
23 March 2015

Leah Kirchmann (born 30 June 1990) is a Canadian racing cyclist.[3] She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.[4] At the 2014 Global Relay Canadian Road Championships, held in Lac Megantic, Quebec, she won the road race, time trial and the criterium, becoming the first woman to win all three titles in the same year.[5][6]

Kirchmann's first sport was cross-country skiing. She continued to compete as a skier until about the age of 18. Kirchmann originally started mountain biking as summer training for ski racing. She turned professional in 2011 with the Colavita team.[1] When the team dissolved at the end of 2011, Kirchmann followed director Rachel Heal to the new Optum Pro Cycling team in 2012.[2]

Palmarès

2006
1st National Under-17 Mountain Bike Championships[7]
2010
1st National Criterium Championships[1]
1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships[8]
2011
1st National Criterium Championships[9]
1st Overall Tour of Elk Grove[10]
1st Under-23 classification Tour de Dottignies[11]
1st Sprint classification Women’s Prestige Cycling Series[12]
2nd USA Cycling National Racing Calendar[10]
Nature Valley Grand Prix
1st Queen of the Hill classification[13]
1st Sprint classification
1st Stage 5[14]
2012
1st Old Pueblo Grand Prix[15]
1st Omnium Airforce Cycling Classic[7]
1st Young rider classification Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche[16]
1st Sprint classification Energiewacht Tour[17]
2nd Pan American Road and Track Championships, Road race[9]
3rd Overall Merco Cycling Classic[18]
3rd Blue Ribbon Alpine Challenge[19]
2013
1st National Criterium Championships[5]
1st Overall Tucson Bicycle Classic[20]
1st Old Pueblo Grand Prix[15]
2nd National Road Race Championships[21]
2014
1st National Time Trial Championships
1st National Road Race Championships
1st National Criterium Championships
1st Stage 3 San Dimas Stage Race[22]
1st Prologue Tucson Bicycle Classic[20]
1st White Spot Delta Road Race, UCI 1.2
1st Brenco Delta Criterium
1st Gastown Grand Prix
1st San Dimas Stage Race, Stage 3
1st San Dimas Stage Race, U25 Competition
1st San Dimas Stage Race, Sprint Competition
1st Sea Otter Circuit Race
2nd Chrono Gatineau[23]
2nd San Dimas Stage Race, Stage 2
2nd Tucson Bicycle Classic, Stage 2
3rd La Course by Le Tour de France
3rd Overall North Star Grand Prix
1st Young rider classification[24]
3rd Old Pueblo GP
3rd Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
1st Points classification[25]
1st Stage 3[26] and Stage 4[27]
14th 2014 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial
2015
1st Stage 2 Joe Martin Stage Race[28]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Malach, Pat (21 February 2013). "Kirchmann thinking big in third season with Optum". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Weislo, Laura (31 January 2012). "Colavita riders find reprieve in Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Leah Kirchmann". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  4. ↑ "Final Results / Résultats finaux: Road Race Women Elite / Course en ligne femmes élite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Leah Kirchmann sweeps Canadian Road Championships in historic hat trick". Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies (women's team). 30 June 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  6. ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/womens-news-shorts-hosking-and-kirchmann-ready-for-qatar-matrix-signs-trott
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Highlights". leahkirchmann.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  8. ↑ Jones, Rob (29 June 2010). "Numainville sprints to Canadian title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Prest, Ashley (12 March 2012). "On the Home Front Cycling silver in Argentina". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Holcomb and Kirchmann back with Colavita in 2012". USA Cycling. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  11. ↑ Saper, Avi (3 August 2014). "European racing an eye-opener for Winnipeg cyclists". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  12. ↑ Frattini, Kirsten (5 August 2011). "Willock secures Women’s Prestige Cycling Series overall title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  13. ↑ Simms, Daniel (20 June 2012). "Neben, Anthony secure overall victory". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  14. ↑ Simms, Daniel (19 June 2011). "Van Ulden snaps UnitedHealthcare win streak". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Browne, Neil (9 March 2013). "Luke Keough wins Old Pueblo Grand Prix: Kirchmann repeats as women's champion". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  16. ↑ "Results - Cycling - Road 2012: Women Elite Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche (FRA/2.2)". Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  17. ↑ "Cooke wins final stage of Energiewacht Tour". cyclingnews.com. 9 April 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  18. ↑ Weislo, Laura (4 March 2012). "Bevin cool under fire, holds onto overall". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  19. ↑ "Blue Ribbon Alpine Challenge 2012 race results". VeloNews. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Women Sweeps Stages, Holcomb Wins Overall at Tucson Bicycle Classic". Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies (women's team). 17 March 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  21. ↑ Jones, Rob (22 June 2013). "Numainville rides to second Canadian road race title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  22. ↑ "Monumental victory for Lauren Hall at Gent-Wevelgem, Kirchmann wins San Dimas criterium". Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies (women's team). 31 March 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  23. ↑ "Wiles secures Chrono Gatineau victory". cyclingnews.com. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  24. ↑ "Anderson Wins North Star Grand Prix, Fourth Straight Title for Team at Hometown Race". Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies (women's team). 16 June 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  25. ↑ Malach, Pat (6 April 2014). "Joseph Rosskopf jumps away to stage and overall Redlands victory". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  26. ↑ Malach, Pat (4 April 2014). "Redlands: McCabe takes Zirbel's race lead - Kirchmann now leads women's race". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  27. ↑ Malach, Pat (3 August 2014). "Redlands: Naud wins, McCabe holds lead - Kirchmann wins to extend overall advantage". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  28. ↑ "Murphy, Kirchmann win stage 2 at Joe Martin". cyclingnews.com. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.

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