Laura Van Gilder

Laura Van Gilder
Personal information
Full name Laura Van Gilder
Born (1964-12-11) 11 December 1964
Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania,  United States[1]
Height 5 ft 2 in (157 cm)[1]
Weight 130 lb (59 kg)[1]
Team information
Current team Twenty-Twenty C3 cycling team.[2]
Discipline Road racing, cyclocross. mountain biking[3]
Professional team(s)
1998-1999 Navigators[4][1]
2000 Charles Schwab[4]
2001 TalgoAmerica.com[4]
2002 Trek[1]
2003 Saturn[4]
2006 Team Lipton[4]
2007 Cheerwine[4]

Laura Van Gilder (born 11 December 1964) 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][5] She represented her nation at the 2002 and 2005 UCI Road World Championships.[6]

Van Gilder was born in Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania and attended East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, earning two degrees in hospitality and hotel management.

Major results

Source:[7]

1998 - Navigators Insurance Cycling Team[8]
  • 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, United States 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, Stage 3, Solano Bicycle Classic
1st CSC Invitational
  • 1st, Stage 5, The International Tour de 'Toona
  • 1st, Mengoni Grand Prix
2004 - Quark Cycling Team
  • 1st, Sprint classification, Redlands Stage Race
  • 1st, Stage 3, Valley of the Sun Stage Race
  • 1st, Stage 1, Pomona Valley Stage Race
  • 1st, Captech Classic Richmond
  • 1st, Stage 4, Joe Martin Stage Race
2005
  • 1st, Garrett Lemire Memorial GP
  • 1st, Kelly Cup
  • 1st, Stage 2, Central Valley Classic
1st CSC Invitational
  • 1st, Tour of Somerville
2006
  • 1st, Stage 3, Nature Valley Grand Prix
  • 1st, Stage 6, Tour de 'Toona
  • 1st, Chris Tater Memorial Criterium
2007 - Cheerwine
1st Crystal Cup
  • 1st, Garrett Lemire Memorial Grand Prix
  • 1st, Spartanburg Criterium
  • 1st, Sunny King
  • 1st, Stage 2, Joe Martin Stage Race
  • 1st, Raleigh Criterium[11]
  • 1st, BikeJam / Kelly Cup[12]
  • 1st, Jacksonville Road Race
  • 3rd, Reading Classic
  • 1st, Stage 4, Nature Valley Grand Prix
  • 1st, Manhattan Beach Grand Prix
  • 1st, Westchester Criterium
  • 1st, Stage 4 & 7 Tour de 'Toona
  • 1st, USA Crits Finals
2008
  • 1st, Stage 1, Joe Martin Stage Race
  • 1st, Tour de 'Toona
  • 1st, Fogelsville cyclo-cross
  • 1st, Springfield Township Michigan cyclo-cross
  • 1st, Philadelphia cyclo-cross
  • 1st, Northampton cyclo-cross
  • 1st, Bridgeton City Park cyclo-cross
  • 1st, Highland Park cyclo-cross
  • 1st, Jamesburg cyclo-cross
  • 1st, Warwick cyclo-cross
2009 - C3-Athletes Serving Athletes
  • 1st, San Jose Cycling Classic
  • 1st, Stage 3, Joe Martin Stage Race
  • 1st, Bank of America Wilmington GP
  • 1st, Stage 1, Tulsa Tough
  • 1st, Nittany Lion Cross UCI C2 - MAC SERIES Race #1
  • 1st, Tour of Elk Grove Race 1
  • 1st, Fogelsville cyclo-cross
  • 1st, Baltimore cyclo-cross
2010 Mellow Mushroom Racing[13]
  • 1st, BikeJam / Kelly Cup[12][14]
  • 2nd, Air Force Cycling Classic Clarendon Cup[15][10]
  • 1st, Breinigsville cyclo-cross
  • 1st, Baltimore cyclo-cross
  • 1st, Lincoln cyclo-cross
  • 1st, Gloucester cyclo-cross
  • 1st, Wilmington Grand Prix
  • 1st, Tour de Grove
  • 1st, Jamesburg cyclo-cross
  • 1st, Northampton cyclo-cross
  • 1st, Warwick cyclo-cross
2011
  • 1st, Stage 4, Tour de 'Toona
  • 1st, Providence cyclo-cross
  • 1st, Wilmington cyclo-cross
  • 1st, Sterling cyclo-cross
2012
  • 1st, Warwick cyclo-cross
  • 1st, East Meadows cyclo-cross
  • 1st, Historic Roswell Criterium
  • 1st, Glencoe Grand Prix
  • 1st, Harlem Skyscraper Cycling Classic
  • 1st, East Troy Cycling Classic
  • 1st, Giro d'Grafton
  • 1st, Waukesha Carl Zach Cycling Classic
  • 1st, Greenbush Road Race
  • 1st overall & Stage 1, 2 & 3, Tour of America's Dairyland
  • 1st, Chris Thater Memorial
2013
  • 1st, Belmont Criterium
  • 1st overall & Stage 3, Tour of America's Dairyland
  • 1st, East Tosa Gran Prix
  • 1st, Stage 2, Intelligentsia Cup Prairie State Cycling Series

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Tan, Anthony. "An interview with Laura Van Gilder". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 http://twenty20cycling.com/
  3. ↑ McMahon, Daniel (1 November 2010). "A conversation with current world’s No. 1 female cyclocrosser Laura Van Gilder". VeloNews. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Laura Van Gilder". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  5. ↑ http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/riders/2002/interviews/?id=lauravangilder02
  6. ↑ "Laura Van Gilder". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Profile at Cycling Archives
  8. ↑ http://www.navpro.com/results/index1998.asp Navigators Pro Cycling Team: 1998 results
  9. ↑ http://www.arlingtonsports.org//
  10. 1 2 http://www.cscinvitational.com
  11. ↑ http://www.raleighbikerace.com/
  12. 1 2 http://www.bikejam.org//
  13. ↑ http://web.me.com/tphillis/Site/MMR_2009.html/
  14. ↑ http://dcsportsbox.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2010&Itemid=67
  15. ↑ http://www.airforcecyclingclassic.com
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