Grace Fenton Garner (born 19 June 1997) is an English former professional
racing cyclist
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...
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who rode professionally between 2016 and 2020, for the , , and teams. Her older sister
Lucy van der Haar also competed professionally in cycling, before also retiring in 2020.
Career
Garner was educated at
Countesthorpe Leysland Community College
Countesthorpe Academy (formerly Countesthorpe Leysland Community College) is a coeducational secondary school situated on the western edge of Countesthorpe in Leicestershire, England near the A426.
History
Countesthorpe Leysland Community Coll ...
. In 2015, Garner won 2 stages and the Points classification at
Rás na mBan
Rás na mBan is an international stage cycle road race for women in Ireland.
It was first run in 2006 and has run annually since.
The event began as a two-day race based in Dublin and became a three-day event in 2008 when it moved to a new base ...
in Ireland, finished sixth in the
Women's Tour de Yorkshire, and seventh in the
junior road race at the
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and , a UCI Road World Championships ...
. She turned professional with the team in 2016: after the team folded at the end of the season she joined for the 2017 season. As part of the National Women's Road race series, Garner won the Essex Giro.
When folded at the end of 2018, both Garner sisters joined for 2019.
Garner retired from cycling at the end of the 2020 season.
See also
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List of 2016 UCI Women's Teams and riders
Listed below are the UCI Women's Teams that compete in 2016 women's road cycling events organized by the International Cycling Union ( UCI), including the 2016 UCI Women's World Tour.
Teams overview
The country designation of each team is deter ...
References
External links
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1997 births
Living people
English female cyclists
British female cyclists
Sportspeople from Leicester
21st-century English sportswomen