Grace Garner Explained

Grace Garner
Fullname:Grace Fenton Garner
Birth Date:19 June 1997
Birth Place:Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2006–2010
Amateurteam1:Leicestershire Road Club
Amateuryears2:2011–2014
Amateurteam2:Cero–Cycle Division Racing Team
Amateuryears3:2013–2014
Amateurteam3:RST Racing Team
Amateuryears4:2015
Amateurteam4:Team Giordana–Triton
Amateuryears5:2015
Amateurteam5:RST Racing Team
Proyears1:2016
Proyears2:2017–2018
Proyears3:2019
Proteam3:[1]
Proyears4:2020
Proteam4:[2]

Grace Fenton Garner (born 19 June 1997) is an English former professional racing cyclist,[3] who rode professionally between 2016 and 2020, for the,, and teams. Her older sister Lucy van der Haar also competed professionally in cycling,[4] before also retiring in 2020.

Career

Garner was educated at Countesthorpe Leysland Community College.[5] In 2015, Garner won 2 stages and the Points classification at Rás na mBan in Ireland, finished sixth in the Women's Tour de Yorkshire,[6] and seventh in the junior road race at the UCI Road World Championships.[7] She turned professional with the team in 2016: after the team folded at the end of the season she joined for the 2017 season.[8] As part of the National Women's Road race series, Garner won the Essex Giro.[9] When folded at the end of 2018, both Garner sisters joined for 2019.

Garner retired from cycling at the end of the 2020 season.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Riders face tougher finale at 2019 Tour of Flanders - Women's News Shorts. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 13 December 2018. 17 February 2019. British rider Grace Garner is the latest addition to Team Hitec Products-Birk Sport's 2019 roster, joining older sister Lucy Garner, who was announced as having joined the Norwegian team in August..
  2. News: News: 2020 CAMS Tifosi Team. Larry. Hickmott. VeloUK. LH Publishing. 17 January 2020. 20 January 2020.
  3. News: Larry. Hickmott. Team News: CAMS-Tifosi. VeloUK. LH Publishing. 25 November 2020. 25 November 2020. Grace Garner and Charmaine Porter have taken the decision to retire from racing and we thank them both for their time with us..
  4. Web site: Cycling sisters Lucy and Grace Garner went head-to-head in RideLondon Classique . Sky Sports: Cycling News . 2 August 2016 . 12 October 2016 . Mark . Ashenden.
  5. Web site: Cycling: Grace Garner targets step up to professional ranks . 14 October 2014 . . 28 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141015051752/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Cycling/story-23156272-detail/story.html . 15 October 2014 . dead .
  6. News: Mahe wins Women's Tour de Yorkshire. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2 May 2015. 4 November 2021.
  7. News: Nigel. Wynn. Chloe Dygert does the double: wins World Champs junior road race and time trial. Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. 25 September 2015. 4 November 2021.
  8. Web site: Grace Garner. . 28 January 2017.
  9. Web site: Garner races to second successive Essex Giro win in HSBC UK – National Women's Road Series. 14 May 2017.

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