Isabella Escalera
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| Full name | Isabella Maria Escalera Layton | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 July 2003[1] London, England[2] | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Torelli | ||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| 2021 | Rio Mera–Meruelo | ||||||||||||||
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| 2022–2023 | Eneicat–RBH Global–Martín Villa | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Torelli | ||||||||||||||
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Isabella Maria Escalera Layton (born 1 July 2003) is a Spanish road and track cyclist who rides for Torelli. At the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships she set a new Spanish national record in the Women's individual pursuit.
Early life
[edit]Raised in Britain with British mother and a Spanish father, Escalera partook in ballet and swimming as a youngster before being inspired to start cycling after watching the 2012 London Olympics.[3] She competed as a junior in Britain, winning the U12 National Youth Circuit Championship in July 2015,[4] before making the decision to race for Spain in 2021.[3]
Career
[edit]2021
[edit]In April 2021, she won the track cycling League event at the Miguel Indurain Velodrome in Tafalla, making her debut in the colours of the Cantabrian team Rio Mera-Meruelo.[5] In August 2021, she won five medals at the Spanish National Track Championships, winning silver medals in the pursuit and sprint and three gold medals, in the 500 meters, team sprint and elimination race.[6] The following month she participated in the 2021 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Cairo and finished sixth in the elimination race, eighth in the womwn's pursuit, tenth in the Madison and thirteenth in the Omnium.[7] She later signed for the Eneicat–RBH Global–Martín Villa team.[3]
2022
[edit]She selected for the senior Spanish team at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup in Glasgow in April 2022.[8] She took part in the women's team pursuit at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in France, where her Spanish team set a new national record time.[9] She signed for the Soltec Team in November 2022.[10]
2023
[edit]She was a bronze medalist alongside Eva Anguela at the 2023 U23 UEC European Track Championships in Portugal in the Madison.[11] She competed in the women's pursuit and women's team pursuit at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Glasgow. She set a new Spanish record in the individual pursuit event with a time of 3:38.286.[12][13] The previous record was held by Leire Olaberria who had previously also ridden faster but not according to the new regulations.[14]
2024
[edit]She competed in the women's pursuit at the 2024 UEC European Track Championships in Apeldoorn.[15] She finished third in the Madison alongside Eva Anguela at the Spanish National Championships in Dos Hermanas in February 2024.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Isabella Escalera". First Cycling. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Isabella Maria Escalera Layton". Cycling Archives. 17 May 2024.
- ^ a b c "Izzy Escalera, an English gem for the Spanish dance floor". Ciclo21. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "BRITISH CYCLING YOUTH CIRCUIT CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015". British Cycling. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Los juniors Ibón Díaz e Isabella Escalera, y los cadetes Hugo Sánchez y Daniela Grañana, vencedores de la tercera Liga de Pista, en Tafalla". Trackpiste. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Spanish Track Championship: Balance and final classifications". Ciclo21. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Junior Track World Cup: No medals for Spain". Ciclo21. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "La selección española, rumbo a Glasgow con García Casas al frente". Track Piste. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "The female quartet registers a new best national record in pursuit". Biciciclismo. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Ireland's Fiona Mangan signs for Spanish team for 2023 season". Sticky Bottle. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Eva Anguela e Izzy Escalera conquista el bronce en la Madison sub23 del Campeonato de Europa". rfec. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Ricardo Ten es de plata en el Súper Mundial de paraciclismo en Glasgow". Diariojaen. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "The Spanish Eukene Larrarte debuts in the World Cup with her goal set on the omnium". Teleprensa. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Ricardo Ten, subcampeón del mundo, da a la Selección Española su primera medalla en el Súper Mundial". rfec. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Spain faces the European Track Cycling Championship with eighteen cyclists". esciclismo. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Spanish Championship: The best in Madison 2024". Ciclo21. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.