Rachel Heal
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rachel Heal |
| Born |
April 1, 1973 England United Kingdom |
| Team information | |
| Current team | UnitedHealthcare Women's Team |
| Discipline | Road, Track & Cyclo-cross |
| Role | Rider, Directeur Sportif |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 1997-? | Birkenhead Northend Cycling Club |
| 2000 | Letchworth Velo |
| 2007 | Rapha Condor |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2004 | Farm Frites |
| 2005 | Team SATS |
| 2006 | Team Victory Brewing |
| 2007 | Team Webcor |
| 2008 | Team TIBCO |
| 2009 | Team Colavita |
| Managerial team(s) | |
| 2010-2011 | Team Colavita |
| 2012-2013 | Team Optum |
| 2014- | UnitedHealthcare Women's Team |
|
Infobox last updated on 22 March 2008 | |
Rachel Heal (born April 1, 1973 in Bebington, Wirral, Cheshire[1]) is an English former racing cyclist.
Heal originally took up cycling when she was at university as a means of transportation.[2] She joined British Cycling's World Class Performance Plan in 2001 when she gave up her job as a product engineer at Cadbury[2] to become a full-time cyclist. She turned professional and rode for the Belgian Farm Frites-Hartol team after obtaining a degree in chemical engineering from Birmingham University. She has competed in world championships, Commonwealth Games and the Olympic Games. Heal is also a British Cycling level 2 coach, and a qualified personal trainer.
Heal switched to management when she became co-director of the Colavita team in 2010 alongside team-mate Tina Pic, replacing Iona Wynter.[2][3] After the Colavita team disbanded at the end of 2011, Heal became director of the new Optum team for 2012.[4] Heal left the team at the end of 2013 to join UnitedHealthcare.[5]
Palmarès
- 2001
- 2nd Stage 6, Quebec stage race, Canada
- 4th British National Road Race Championships
- 2002
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships
- 2nd WCRA 2 day, Leicestershire
- 3rd Road Race, Commonwealth Games
- 3rd British National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Stage 5, Gracia Orlova stage race, Czech Republic
- 2003
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships
- 1st Team TT, Holland Ladies Tour, Netherlands
- 2nd Stage 3, Ronde van Drenthe, Netherlands
- 2nd Stage 4, Emakumeen Bira, Spain
- 2nd Stage 3, Giro della Toscana, Italy
- 3rd Ronde van Drenthe
- 4th Stage 2, Thuringen, Germany
- 2004
- 1st Stage 7, Tour de l'Aude Féminin, France
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships
- 3rd British National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 6th Stage 3, Giro della Toscana, Italy
- 7th Geelong World Cup, Australia
- 2005
- 1st Aztec Track meet, omnium
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships
- 2nd Scratch race, British National Track Championships
- 3rd Points race, British National Track Championships
- 13th Tour de Toona, USA
- 5th stage 5, Tour de Toona
- 5th stage 6, Tour de Toona
- 2006
- 1st Tri Peaks stage race, Arkansas, USA
- 2nd stage 1, Tri Peaks
- 2nd stage 2, Tri Peaks
- 3rd stage 3, Tri Peaks
- 1st Tour of Elk Grove Crit, USA
- 2nd Mountains classification, Tour de Toona, USA
- 4th Tour of the Gila, New Mexico, USA
- 2nd stage 3, Tour of the Gila
- 2nd stage 5, Tour of the Gila
- 5th time-trial, Commonwealth Games
- 5th road race, Commonwealth Games
- 2007
- 2nd British National Road Race Championships
- 2nd Tour of The Gila, USA
- 1st stage 1, Tyrone time-trial, Tour of The Gila
- 2nd stage 3, Inner Loop Road Race, Tour of The Gila
- 4th stage 2, Silver City - Mogollon Road Race, Tour of The Gila
- 7th Women's Cycling Criteriums, France (UCI 1.2)
- 4th stage 2, Trophée des Cyclistines - Châteaudun, Women's Cycling Criteriums
- 1st stage 1, Team TT, Tour de Toona
- 3rd stage 1, Galleria Mall - Logan Valley Mall, Tour de Toona
- 2008
- 1st stage 4, Tour of the Gila
- 3rd Sea Otter Classic
- 6th Stage 5, Mount Hood Stage Race
- 2009
- 7th Sea Otter Circuit Race
References
- ↑ "Profile". BBC.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Holtzman, Whitney (17 August 2011). "Rachel Heal is Leader of the Pack". EspnW. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ↑ Frattini, Kirsten (19 August 2009). "Pic to direct Colavita-Sutter Home women's team in 2010". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ↑ Weislo, Laura (31 January 2012). "Colavita riders find reprieve in Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ↑ "UnitedHealthcare names directors for 2014 squad". VeloNews. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2014.