Lizzy Banks

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lizzy Banks
Lizzy Banks - 2018 UEC European Road Cycling Championships (Women's road race).jpg
Banks at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships.
Personal information
Full nameElizabeth Mary Lydia Banks
NicknameLizzy
BornElizabeth Mary Lydia Stedman
(1990-11-07) 7 November 1990 (age 31)
Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Team information
Current teamCeratizit–WNT Pro Cycling
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2015University of Sheffield
2016Brother UK–Fusion RT
2017Sunsport Velo
2017Storey Racing
Professional teams
2018UnitedHealthcare
2019–2020Bigla Pro Cycling[1][2]
2021–Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling

Elizabeth Mary Lydia "Lizzy" Banks (née Stedman; born 7 November 1990) is an English professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling.[3][4] Banks took up cycle racing in 2015 after participating in bicycle touring and cycling to clinical placements as a medical student. She left her medical studies shortly before she was due to graduate in order to pursue her cycling career.[5]

Major results[]

2018
9th Chrono Gatineau
2019
1st Stage 8 Giro Rosa
2nd SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn
3rd Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
5th Overall Giro delle Marche in Rosa
7th Overall The Women's Tour
9th Overall Women's Tour de Yorkshire
2020
1st Stage 4 Giro Rosa
2nd GP de Plouay
6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

References[]

  1. ^ "Bigla Pro Cycling Team". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Bigla - Katusha". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Ceratizit - WNT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  4. ^ "14 riders, 11 re-signings, 9 nationalities, and 3 new riders complete the roster for CERATIZIT WNT Pro Cycling for 2021". Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling. Ceratizit Deutschland GmbH. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  5. ^ Hurcom, Sophie (15 September 2020). "The rapid rise of Lizzy Banks". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""