Sarah Gigante

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Sarah Gigante
Gigante in 2018
Personal information
Full nameSarah Gigante
Born (2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 23)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Team information
Current teamAG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2018Holden Team Gusto
2019Roxsolt Attaquer
Professional teams
2020–2021Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank[1]
2022–2023Movistar Team
2024-AG Insurance–Soudal
Major wins
One day races & Classics
National Road Race Championships (2019)
National Time Trial Championships (2020, 2021)
Medal record
Women's Cycling Esports
Representing  Australia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Watopia Women's Race

Sarah Gigante (born 6 October 2000) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step.[2]

Career[edit]

Junior and under-23 career[edit]

In 2018, Gigante was national junior champion in the road race, individual time trial and criterium,[3] won the junior women's road race at the 2018 Oceania Cycling Championships,[4] won the silver medal in the Junior World Track Championships points race,[5]

In 2019, aged 18, Gigante won the elite women's race at the Australian National Road Race Championships.[6][7] She was awarded the 2019 Amy Gillett Foundation Scholarship to support her development as a professional cyclist.[8]

Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank (2020–2021)[edit]

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.[9] She won the overall at the Australian National Road Series.[10] She re-signed with Tibco-SVB for the 2021 season.[11]

Gigante finished second in the inaugural UCI Cycling Esports World Championships.[12]

She had a strong start to the 2021 season in Australia winning the general classification and two stages at the Santos Festival of Cycling.[13] She then defended her national title in the individual time trial.[14]

Gigante was selected to compete in the road race and time trial at the Tokyo Olympics.[15] She finished 40th in the road race and 11th in the time trial.[16]

Movistar (2022)[edit]

Gigante had her first win in Europe at the Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa.[17]

AG Insurance–Soudal (2024)[edit]

Through mutual agreement with Movistar, she left the team to join AG Insurance–Soudal without serving the third year of her contract.[18] Gigante won the 2024 Women's Tour Down Under, her first Women's WorldTour victory.[19]

Personal[edit]

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.[20] She is studying a double degree in linguistics and geography.[21]

Major results[edit]

2017
2nd Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships[22]
National Junior Road Championships[23]
2nd Road race
3rd Criterium
2018
1st Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships[4]
National Junior Road Championships[3]
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Criterium
National Junior Track Championships[24]
1st Team pursuit
1st Points race
1st Madison
2nd Points race, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships[5]
2019
Oceania Road Championships
1st Under-23 road race[25]
1st Under-23 time trial[26]
2nd Road race[25]
National Road Championships
1st Road race[6]
1st Under-23 road race[6]
1st Under-23 time trial[27]
1st Overall Spirit of Tasmania Cycling Tour[28]
1st Stage 1
2020
National Road Championships
1st Time trial[9]
2nd Under-23 road race[29]
1st Overall National Road Series
2nd UCI Esports World Championships
5th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour
2021
National Road Championships
1st Time trial[30]
1st Overall Santos Festival of Cycling
1st Mountains classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 2 & 3
2022
1st Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa
2024
1st Overall Tour Down Under
1st Stage 3

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Sarah Gigante".
  3. ^ a b "Faces of the future: Aussie Road Nats triple title winner Sarah Gigante". CyclingTips.com. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b de Neef, Matt (6 January 2019). "The making of a champion: Sarah Gigante's extraordinary Nationals win". CyclingTips.
  5. ^ a b "2018 JUNIOR TRACK WORLDS – GIANT COMEBACK FOR GIGANTE AT WORLDS". Australian Cycling Team. Cycling Australia. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "Gigante wins elite women's Australian national road race title". Cyclingnews.com. 6 January 2019.
  7. ^ Australian Associated Press (6 January 2019). "Sarah Gigante stuns field with win at Australian national road championships". The Guardian.
  8. ^ Dalton, Sarah (24 October 2019). "SARAH GIGANTE AWARDED 2019 AMY GILLETT SCHOLARSHIP". Amy Gillett Foundation. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Gigante takes Australian elite women's time trial title from defending champion Brown". Cyclingnews.com. 8 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Gigante wins National Road Series overall title". teamtibco-svb. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  11. ^ "TIBCO-SVB renew contracts with core virtual Tour de France team". Cyclingnews. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio wins inaugural cycling esports World Championship road title". CyclingTips. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Baker wins stage 4 as teammate Gigante secures overall". Cycling News. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  14. ^ "#RoadNats Day 1 - Sarah Gigante and Luke Plapp claim time trials". AusCycling. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Australian road cycling team revealed for Tokyo Olympics". Cycling Tips. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Sarah Gigante 'so proud' of injury comeback and Olympic Games performances". Cycling News. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Sarah Gigante takes solo victory at Emakumeen Nafarroako". Cycling News. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  18. ^ "Women's WorldTour 2024 - Comprehensive team-by-team guide".
  19. ^ Giuliani, Simone (14 January 2024). "'There is only one Queen of Willunga' -Gigante's Women's Tour Down Under triumph". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  20. ^ Australian Associated Press (14 December 2018). "Gigante shows giant cycling, study talent". SBS News. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  21. ^ "Riders to watch in 2021 – Sarah Gigante". Ciclismo International. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  22. ^ "2017 Oceania Road Championships – Junior Women Road Race" (PDF). OceaniaCycling.org. Oceania Cycling. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  23. ^ "Australian U19 Road Championships". Cycling Australia Live Results. Cycling Australia. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  24. ^ "Gigante's big year on and off the bike". SBS News. Special Broadcasting Service. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  25. ^ a b "2019 Oceania Road Championships – Elite & U23 Women Road Race". TimedResult. Sport Services & Technology. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  26. ^ "2019 Oceania Road Championships – Individual Time Trial". TimedResult. Sport Services & Technology. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  27. ^ "Brown victorious in elite women's Australian time trial national championships". Cyclingnews.com. 8 January 2019.
  28. ^ "Spirit of Tasmania Cycling Tour Recap". National Road Series. Cycling Australia. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  29. ^ "Amanda Spratt wins elite women's road race title at Australian Road Championships". Cyclingnews.com. 12 January 2020.
  30. ^ "2021 Elite & U23 Women Individual Time Trial". Cycling Australia. 3 February 2021. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021.

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