Leah Kirchmann (born 30 June 1990) is a Canadian racing cyclist, who rides for National Cycling League team Denver Disruptors.[5] She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.[6] At the 2014 Global Relay Canadian Road Championships, held in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, she won the road race, time trial and the criterium, becoming the first woman to win all three titles in the same year.[7][8]
 Kirchmann at the 2018 Women's Tour de Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 30 June 1990 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Denver Disruptors | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Colavita–Forno d'Asolo[1] | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Optum Pro Cycling[2] | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2022 | Team Liv–Plantur[3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Denver Disruptors | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editKirchmann's first sport was cross-country skiing. She continued to compete as a skier until about the age of 18. Kirchmann originally started mountain biking as summer training for ski racing. She turned professional in 2011 with the Colavita–Forno d'Asolo team.[1] When the team dissolved at the end of 2011, Kirchmann followed director Rachel Heal to the new Optum Pro Cycling team in 2012.[2] Kirchmann signed for Team Liv–Plantur on 8 October 2015 for the 2016 season.[9]
In June 2016, she was officially named in Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[10] She also qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[11]
In August 2022, Kirchmann announced that she would retire from professional cycling at the end of the 2022 season.[12] However, in December 2022, it was announced that Kirchmann would form part of the roster for the Denver Disruptors, for the inaugural season of the National Cycling League in 2023.[5]
Major results
editSource:[13]
- 2006
- 1st
Cross-country, National Junior Mountain Bike Championships - 2009
- 1st
Criterium, Canada Summer Games - 2010
- National Road Championships
- 1st Criterium
- 1st Under-23 road race
- 1st
- 6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau
- 2011
- 1st Criterium, National Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Tour of Elk Grove - Nature Valley Grand Prix
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Sprints classification
- 1st Stage 5
- 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau
- 10th Road race, Pan American Road Championships
- 2012
- 1st
Sprints classification, Energiewacht Tour - 2nd
Road race, Pan American Road Championships - 4th Liberty Classic
- 9th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2013
- National Road Championships
- 1st Criterium
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 1st White Spot / Delta Road Race
- 2014
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 1st Criterium
- 1st
- 1st White Spot / Delta Road Race
- San Dimas Stage Race
- 1st Sprints classification
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Chrono Gatineau
- 3rd Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 3 & 4
- 1st
- 3rd La Course by Le Tour de France
- 4th EPZ Omloop van Borsele
- 6th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
- 7th Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau
- 8th Road race, Commonwealth Games
- 2015
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 3rd Criterium
- 2nd Overall Tour of California
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st
- 2nd White Spot / Delta Road Race
- 4th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
- 1st Stage 2
- 6th Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau
- 7th Overall San Dimas Stage Race
- 7th Overall The Women's Tour
- 7th Philadelphia Cycling Classic
- 8th Overall Tour of the Gila
- 2016
- 1st Drentse Acht van Westerveld
- 2nd Omloop van het Hageland
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour of Chongming Island
- 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau
- 3rd RideLondon Grand Prix
- 4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 6th Overall The Women's Tour
- 6th Chrono Gatineau
- 6th GP de Plouay
- 7th Gent–Wevelgem
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 1st Prologue
- 10th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 10th Strade Bianche
- 10th Ronde van Drenthe
- 2017
- 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour
- 4th Overall The Women's Tour
- 4th White Spot / Delta Road Race
- 9th Chrono Gatineau
- 9th Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
- 2018
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 1st
- 1st Team time trial, Ladies Tour of Norway
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro Rosa
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 2nd Crescent Vårgårda TTT
- UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd
Team time trial - 4th Time trial
- 3rd
- 4th Overall Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 2019
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau
- 2nd Chrono Gatineau
- 2nd La Course by Le Tour de France
- 3rd Overall Ladies Tour of Norway
- 3rd Omloop van het Hageland
- 3rd Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT
- 6th Overall The Women's Tour
- 8th Brabantse Pijl
- 10th Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden
- 2020
- 5th Overall Challenge by La Vuelta
- 5th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 6th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
- 1st Sprints classification
- 1st
- 9th Race Torquay
- 2021
- 2nd Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs
- 6th Overall The Women's Tour
- 2022
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
References
edit- ^ a b Malach, Pat (21 February 2013). "Kirchmann thinking big in third season with Optum". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ a b Weislo, Laura (31 January 2012). "Colavita riders find reprieve in Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ "Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ a b Tyson, Jackie (22 December 2022). "Miami Nights and Denver Disruptors launched for 2023 National Cycling League". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ "Final Results / Résultats finaux: Road Race Women Elite / Course en ligne femmes élite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 28 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Leah Kirchmann sweeps Canadian Road Championships in historic hat trick". Optum–Kelly Benefit Strategies. 30 June 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ "Women's news shorts: Hosking and Kirchmann ready for Qatar, Matrix signs Trott". Cycling News. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ Powlison, Spencer (8 October 2015). "Liv-Plantur signs Canadian Leah Kirchmann". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ Tozer, Jamie (29 June 2016). "Returning Olympians highlight Canada's cycling team". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Leah Kirchmann". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (29 August 2022). "Leah Kirchmann ends 12-year pro cycling career". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ "Leah Kirchmann". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
External links
edit- Leah Kirchmann at UCI
- Leah Kirchmann at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Leah Kirchmann at ProCyclingStats
- Leah Kirchmann at CQ Ranking
- Leah Kirchmann at CycleBase
- Leah Kirchmann at Olympedia (archive)
- Leah Kirchmann at Olympics.com
- Leah Kirchmann at Team Canada
- Leah Kirchmann at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
