Laura Van Gilder
Laura Van Gilder (born 11 December 1964) is a professional road bicycle racer from Cresco, Pennsylvania, United States.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Laura Van Gilder |
| Born | 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 teams | |
| 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] |
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
- 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
- 1st, Stage 2, Superweek International Cycling
- 1st, Tour of Somerville
- 2nd, BMC Tour of Houston
- 2nd, Clarendon Cup
- 2000 - Schwab
- 1st, 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
- 1st, USA Cycling National Racing Calendar points championship
- 1st overall, Pro Cycling Tour
- 1st overall and 2 stage wins, Nature Valley Grand Prix
- 1st overall and 2 stage wins, Tour du Montréal
- 1st, Chris Thater Memorial Criterium
- 1st, San Rafael Criterium
- 1st, Stages 4 & 5, Sprint Jersey, The International Tour de 'Toona
- 1st, Tour of Somerville
- 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
- Tan, Anthony. "An interview with Laura Van Gilder". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- http://twenty20cycling.com/
- McMahon, Daniel (1 November 2010). "A conversation with current world's No. 1 female cyclocrosser Laura Van Gilder". VeloNews. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- "Laura Van Gilder". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/riders/2002/interviews/?id=lauravangilder02
- "Laura Van Gilder". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- Profile at Cycling Archives
- http://www.arlingtonsports.org//
- http://www.cscinvitational.com
- http://www.raleighbikerace.com/
- http://www.bikejam.org//
- http://web.me.com/tphillis/Site/MMR_2009.html/
- http://dcsportsbox.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2010&Itemid=67
- http://www.airforcecyclingclassic.com
External links
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