Laura Van Gilder
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Laura Van Gilder |
| Nickname | LVG |
| Born | December 11, 1964 Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1] |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm)[1] |
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Mellow Mushroom |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2005 | Quark Cycling Team |
| 2006 | Team Lipton |
| 2008 | Cheerwine |
| 2009 | C3-Athletes Serving Athletes |
| 2009– | Mellow Mushroom Racing |
| 2010 | DFT p/b Treads (guest) |
| 2011 | NOW and Novartis for MS (guest) |
| 2015 | Stan's NoTubes p/b enduranceWERX (guest) |
| 2018 | Feed Hungry Kids Project (guest) |
| 2019 | Fast Chance Women's Cycling (guest) |
| Professional teams | |
| 1998–1999 | Navigators[3][1] |
| 2000 | Charles Schwab[3] |
| 2001 | TalgoAmerica.com[3] |
| 2002 | Trek[1] |
| 2003 | Saturn[3] |
| 2007 | Cheerwine[3] |
Laura Van Gilder (born December 11, 1964) is an American road bicycle racer from Cresco, Pennsylvania, who currently rides for American amateur team Mellow Mushroom Racing. Van Gilder turned professional in 1992,[4] and represented her nation at the 2002 and 2005 UCI Road World Championships.[5]
Personal life
[edit]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
[edit]Source:[6]
Road
[edit]- 1998[7]
- 1st 89er Criterium
- 1st Street Sprints & Brick Criterium, A to Z Classic
- 1st Koed Calendars Criterium
- 1st Skyscraper Classic
- 1st Tour of Mt. Nebo
- Bermuda GP
- 1st Criterium
- 1st Circuit race
- 1st Sprints classification Fitchburg Longsjo Classic
- 1999
- 1st Tour of Somerville
- 1st Stage 2 Superweek International Cycling
- 2nd BMC Tour of Houston
- 2nd Clarendon Cup
- 8th Liberty Classic
- 2000
- 1st
Criterium, National Road 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 Criterium, National Road Championships
- 2002
- 1st Overall USA Cycling National Racing Calendar
- 1st Overall Pro Cycling Tour
- 1st Overall Nature Valley Grand Prix
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Overall Tour du Grand Montréal
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Chris Thater Memorial Criterium
- 1st San Rafael Criterium
- 1st Tour of Somerville
- International Tour de Toona
- 1st Sprints classification
- 1st Stages 4 & 5
- 2nd Liberty Classic
- 2003
- 1st CSC Invitational
- 1st Mengoni Grand Prix
- 1st Stage 3 Solano Bicycle Classic
- 1st Stage 5 International Tour de Toona
- 2004
- 1st Captech Classic Richmond
- 1st Stage 3 Valley of the Sun Stage Race
- 1st Stage 1 Pomona Valley Stage Race
- 1st Stage 4 Joe Martin Stage Race
- 1st Sprints classification Redlands Bicycle Classic
- 3rd Liberty Classic
- 2005
- 1st Garrett Lemire Memorial GP
- 1st Kelly Cup
- 1st CSC Invitational
- 1st Tour of Somerville
- 1st Stage 2 Central Valley Classic
- 3rd Liberty Classic
- 2006
- 1st Chris Thater Memorial Criterium
- 1st Stage 3 Nature Valley Grand Prix
- 1st Stage 6 International Tour de Toona
- 2007
- 1st Indio Grand Prix
- 1st CSC Invitational[8][9]
- 1st Crystal Cup
- 1st Garrett Lemire Memorial Grand Prix
- 1st Spartanburg Criterium
- 1st Sunny King Criterium
- 1st Raleigh Criterium[10]
- 1st BikeJam / Kelly Cup[11]
- 1st Jacksonville Road Race
- 1st Manhattan Beach Grand Prix
- 1st Westchester Criterium
- 1st USA Crits Finals
- 1st Stage 2 Joe Martin Stage Race
- 1st Stage 4 Nature Valley Grand Prix
- International Tour de Toona
- 1st Stages 4 & 7
- 3rd Reading Classic
- 6th Liberty Classic
- 2008
- 1st International Tour de Toona
- 1st Stage 1 Joe Martin Stage Race
- 2009
- 1st San Jose Cycling Classic
- 1st Bank of America Wilmington GP
- 1st Stage 3 Joe Martin Stage Race
- 1st Stage 1 Tulsa Tough
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Elk Grove
- 2010[12]
- 1st BikeJam / Kelly Cup[11][13]
- 1st Wilmington Grand Prix
- 1st Tour de Grove
- 2nd Air Force Cycling Classic Clarendon Cup[14][9]
- 2011
- 1st Stage 4 International Tour de Toona
- 8th Liberty Classic
- 2012
- 1st Overall Tour of America's Dairyland
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
- 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 Chris Thater Memorial
- 8th Liberty Classic
- 2013
- 1st Overall Tour of America's Dairyland
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Belmont Criterium
- 1st East Tosa Gran Prix
- 1st Stage 2 Intelligentsia Cup Prairie State Cycling Series
- 2015
- 2nd Mildred Kugler Women's Open
- 4th Overall Tour of America's Dairyland
- 8th Overall Armed Forces Association Cycling Classic
Cyclo-cross
[edit]- 2008
- 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
- 1st Nittany Lion Cross UCI C2 – MAC SERIES Race #1
- 1st Fogelsville cyclo-cross
- 1st Baltimore cyclo-cross
- 2010
- 1st Breinigsville cyclo-cross
- 1st Baltimore cyclo-cross
- 1st Lincoln cyclo-cross
- 1st Gloucester cyclo-cross
- 1st Jamesburg cyclo-cross
- 1st Northampton cyclo-cross
- 1st Warwick cyclo-cross
- 2011
- 1st Providence cyclo-cross
- 1st Wilmington cyclo-cross
- 1st Sterling cyclo-cross
- 2012
- 1st Warwick cyclo-cross
- 1st East Meadows cyclo-cross
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Tan, Anthony. "An interview with Laura Van Gilder". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
- ^ McMahon, Daniel (November 1, 2010). "A conversation with current world's No. 1 female cyclocrosser Laura Van Gilder". VeloNews. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Laura Van Gilder". Cycling Archives. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
- ^ "www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis". autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ "Laura Van Gilder". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
- ^ Profile at Cycling Archives
- ^ "Arlington Sports | Organizing Amateur and Professional Bike Races Since 1998".
- ^ a b "Home". cscinvitational.com.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 4, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b "LSV Home". Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ MMR 2009 me.com
- ^ "NameBright - Coming Soon".
- ^ "Home". airforcecyclingclassic.com.
External links
[edit]- Cheerwine Cycling: Biography
- Laura Van Gilder at UCI
- Laura Van Gilder at Cycling Archives
- Laura Van Gilder at ProCyclingStats
- Laura Van Gilder at UCI
