Aaron Gate

Aaron Gate
Gate in 2014.
Personal information
Born (1990-11-26) 26 November 1990
Auckland, New Zealand
Team information
Current team Aqua Blue Sport
Discipline Track, road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2013–2016 An Post–Chain Reaction
2017– Aqua Blue Sport

Aaron Gate (born 26 November 1990)[1] is a New Zealand racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Professional Continental team Aqua Blue Sport.[2]

He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit event with teammates Sam Bewley, Marc Ryan, Jesse Sergent and Westley Gough.[3] On 24 February 2013 in Belarus, Gate won the world championship title in the omnium event. Alongside Pieter Bulling, Regan Gough, and Dylan Kennett, he came fourth in the men's team pursuit at the 2016 Rio Olympics, being beaten by Denmark to the bronze medal.[4] He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.[5]

Major results

2012
1st Stage 5 Tour of Wellington
3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2013
1st Omnium, UCI Track World Championships
2014
3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2015
An Post Rás
1st Stages 2 & 5
2016
1st Overall Tour of Southland
1st Stage 5
1st Stage 6 An Post Rás
2017
2nd Omnium, UCI Track World Championships
2018
1st Mountains classification Tour of Austria

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2017
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia —
A yellow jersey Tour de France —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 140
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Aaron Gate". London2012.com. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "2018 rider roster and first races confirmed". Aqua Blue Sport. Aqua Blue Sport Limited. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Devlin, Colette (6 August 2012). "Pursuit team won a medal for Mark". The Southland Times.
  4. ↑ Geenty, Mark (13 August 2016). "Rio Olympics 2016: Odd shaped track stymies New Zealand pursuit team". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.


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