Leah Kirchmann

Leah Kirchmann (born 30 June 1990) is a Canadian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team Sunweb.[4] She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.[5] 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.[6][7]

Leah Kirchmann
Personal information
Born (1990-06-30) 30 June 1990
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Team information
Current teamTeam Sunweb
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional teams
2011Colavita–Forno d'Asolo[1]
2012–2015Optum Pro Cycling[2]
2016–Team Liv–Plantur[3]

Kirchmann'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.[8]

In June 2016, she was officially named in Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[9]

Major results
2006
1st National Under-17 Mountain Bike Championships
2010
National Road Championships
1st Criterium
1st Under-23 road race
2011
1st National Criterium Championships
1st Overall Tour of Elk Grove
Nature Valley Grand Prix
1st Mountains classification
1st Sprint classification
1st Stage 5
2012
1st Young rider classification Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
1st Sprints classification Energiewacht Tour
2nd Road race, Pan American Road Championships
2013
National Road Championships
1st Criterium
2nd Road race
1st White Spot / Delta Road Race
2014
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
1st Road race
1st Criterium
San Dimas Stage Race
1st Sprint classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
1st White Spot / Delta Road Race
2nd Chrono Gatineau
3rd Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
1st Points classification
1st Stages 3 & 4
3rd La Course by Le Tour de France
2015
1st Stage 2 Joe Martin Stage Race
2nd Overall Tour of California
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
7th Overall The Women's Tour
2016
1st Drentse Acht van Westerveld
2nd Omloop van het Hageland
3rd Overall Tour of Chongming Island
3rd RideLondon Grand Prix
4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
6th GP de Plouay
7th Gent–Wevelgem
8th Overall Giro Rosa
1st Prologue
10th Overall Boels Rental 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 Open de Suède Vårgårda
4th Overall The Women's Tour
4th White Spot / Delta Road Race
9th La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
2018
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
5th Road race
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro Rosa
2nd Brabantse Pijl
UCI Road World Championships
3rd Team time trial
4th Time trial
4th Overall La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
5th Overall Boels Rental Ladies Tour
2019
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road Race
2020
9th Race Torquay

References
  1. Malach, Pat (21 February 2013). "Kirchmann thinking big in third season with Optum". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  2. Weislo, Laura (31 January 2012). "Colavita riders find reprieve in Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  3. "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  4. "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "Women's news shorts: Hosking and Kirchmann ready for Qatar, Matrix signs Trott". Cycling News. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  8. Powlison, Spencer (8 October 2015). "Liv-Plantur signs Canadian Leah Kirchmann". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  9. Tozer, Jamie (29 June 2016). "Returning Olympians highlight Canada's cycling team". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
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