Sarah Gigante
![]() Gigante at the 2020 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Sarah Gigante |
Born | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 6 October 2000
Team information | |
Current team | Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur teams | |
2018 | Holden Team Gusto |
2019 | Roxsolt Attaquer |
Professional team | |
2020– | Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank[1] |
Major wins | |
One day races & Classics
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Sarah Gigante (born 6 October 2000) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank.[2]
Gigante will join UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team in 2022 on a three-year contract.[3][4]
Career[]
Junior and under-23 career[]
In 2018, Gigante was national junior champion in the road race, individual time trial and criterium,[5] won the junior women's road race at the 2018 Oceania Cycling Championships,[6] won the silver medal in the Junior World Track Championships points race,[7]
In 2019, aged 18, Gigante won the elite women's race at the Australian National Road Race Championships.[8][9] She was awarded the 2019 Amy Gillett Foundation Scholarship to support her development as a professional cyclist.[10]
Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank (2020–present)[]
In December 2019, it was announced that Gigante would turn professional with the Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank team.[1] In January 2020, she won the Australian National Time Trial Championships.[11] She won the overall at the Australian National Road Series.[12] She re-signed with Tibco-SVB for the 2021 season.[13]
Gigante finished second in the inaugural UCI Cycling Esports World Championships.[14]
She had a strong start to the 2021 season in Australia winning the general classification and two stages at the Santos Festival of Cycling.[15] She then defended her national title in the individual time trial.[16]
Gigante was selected to compete in the road race and time trial at the Tokyo Olympics.[17] She finished 40th in the road race and 11th in the time trial.[18]
Personal[]
In 2018, Gigante achieved a perfect high school Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) score of 99.95, earning her the prestigious University of Melbourne Chancellor's Scholarship.[19] She is studying a double degree in linguistics and geography.[20]
Major results[]
- 2018
- 1st
Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships[6]
- National Junior Road Championships[5]
- 1st
Road race
- 1st
Time trial
- 1st
Criterium
- 1st
- National Junior Track Championships[23]
- 1st
Team pursuit
- 1st
Points race
- 1st
Madison
- 1st
- 2nd
Points race, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships[7]
- 2019
- Oceania Road Championships
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Spirit of Tasmania Cycling Tour[27]
- 1st Stage 1
- 2020
- National Road Championships
- 1st Overall National Road Series
- 5th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour
- 2021
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial[29]
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Santos Festival of Cycling
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st
References[]
- ^ a b "Australian champion Sarah Gigante among five new riders at Tibco-SVB in 2020". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Team Tibco - Silicon Valley Bank". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Giuliani, Simone (18 August 2021). "Sarah Gigante signs three-year deal with Movistar". CyclingNews. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Sarah Gigante: Movistar Team continue to strengthen their future". Movistar Team. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Faces of the future: Aussie Road Nats triple title winner Sarah Gigante". CyclingTips.com. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ a b de Neef, Matt (6 January 2019). "The making of a champion: Sarah Gigante's extraordinary Nationals win". CyclingTips.
- ^ a b "2018 JUNIOR TRACK WORLDS – GIANT COMEBACK FOR GIGANTE AT WORLDS". Australian Cycling Team. Cycling Australia. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ a b c "Gigante wins elite women's Australian national road race title". Cyclingnews.com. 6 January 2019.
- ^ Australian Associated Press (6 January 2019). "Sarah Gigante stuns field with win at Australian national road championships". The Guardian.
- ^ Dalton, Sarah (24 October 2019). "SARAH GIGANTE AWARDED 2019 AMY GILLETT SCHOLARSHIP". Amy Gillett Foundation. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Gigante takes Australian elite women's time trial title from defending champion Brown". Cyclingnews.com. 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Gigante wins National Road Series overall title". teamtibco-svb. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "TIBCO-SVB renew contracts with core virtual Tour de France team". Cyclingnews. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio wins inaugural cycling esports World Championship road title". CyclingTips. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Baker wins stage 4 as teammate Gigante secures overall". Cycling News. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "#RoadNats Day 1 - Sarah Gigante and Luke Plapp claim time trials". AusCycling. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Australian road cycling team revealed for Tokyo Olympics". Cycling Tips. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Sarah Gigante 'so proud' of injury comeback and Olympic Games performances". Cycling News. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ Australian Associated Press (14 December 2018). "Gigante shows giant cycling, study talent". SBS News. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Riders to watch in 2021 – Sarah Gigante". Ciclismo International. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "2017 Oceania Road Championships – Junior Women Road Race" (PDF). OceaniaCycling.org. Oceania Cycling. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Australian U19 Road Championships". Cycling Australia Live Results. Cycling Australia. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Gigante's big year on and off the bike". SBS News. Special Broadcasting Service. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ a b "2019 Oceania Road Championships – Elite & U23 Women Road Race". TimedResult. Sport Services & Technology. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "2019 Oceania Road Championships – Individual Time Trial". TimedResult. Sport Services & Technology. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Brown victorious in elite women's Australian time trial national championships". Cyclingnews.com. 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Spirit of Tasmania Cycling Tour Recap". National Road Series. Cycling Australia. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Amanda Spratt wins elite women's road race title at Australian Road Championships". Cyclingnews.com. 12 January 2020.
- ^ "2021 Elite & U23 Women Individual Time Trial". Cycling Australia. 3 February 2021. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021.
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- Australian female cyclists
- Olympic cyclists of Australia
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics