Aaron Gate (born 26 November 1990) is a New Zealand
road
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There are many types of ...
and
track cyclist, who currently rides for
UCI Continental team . He represented his country in track cycling at the
2012
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,
2016
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and
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
. Gate is the first New Zealand athlete to win four gold medals at a single
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
.
Career
He won a bronze medal at the
2012 Summer Olympics in the
team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
event with teammates
Sam Bewley
Samuel Ryan Bewley (born 22 July 1987) is an amateur podcast host and former racing cyclist from New Zealand who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . Bewley has also competed for UCI ProTeam and BikeNZ PureBlack Racing. He has raced in nine Grand Tou ...
,
Marc Ryan
Marc Ryan (born 14 October 1982) is a New Zealand racing cyclist.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Ryan won the bronze medal as part of the New Zealand team in team pursuit, together with Sam Bewley, Hayden Roulston, and Jesse Sergen ...
,
Jesse Sergent
Jesse Sergent (born 8 July 1988) is a retired New Zealand racing cyclist who rode professionally between 2011 and 2016 for , and .
Career
Born in Feilding, Sergent won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, as part of the New ...
and
Westley Gough
Westley Gough (born 4 May 1988, Hastings) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist. In 2011 he won the New Zealand National Road Championships ITT.
Gough was in the New Zealand team that beat Great Britain for gold in the team pursuit at th ...
. On 24 February 2013 in
Belarus
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, Gate won the world championship title in the
omnium
An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...
event. Alongside
Pieter Bulling,
Regan Gough
Regan Gough (born 6 October 1996) is a New Zealand professional track cyclist and road cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .
Career
He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships where he won gold in the team pursuit. He wa ...
, and
Dylan Kennett, he came fourth in the
men's team pursuit at the
2016 Rio Olympics
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, being beaten by
Denmark
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to the bronze medal. He was named in the startlist for the
2017 Vuelta a España
The 2017 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 19 August and 10 September 2017. The race was the 72nd edition of the Vuelta a España and the final Grand Tour of the 2017 cycling season. ...
.
In 2021 he won his first national title winning the
New Zealand National Time Trial Championships
The New Zealand National Time Trial Championship is a road bicycle race that takes place inside the New Zealand National Cycling Championship, and decides the best cyclist in this type of race. The first edition took place in 1995. The first rac ...
by 0.7 seconds ahead of
George Bennett.
At the
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
, Gate competed in the
team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
event with teammates
Regan Gough
Regan Gough (born 6 October 1996) is a New Zealand professional track cyclist and road cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .
Career
He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships where he won gold in the team pursuit. He wa ...
,
Jordan Kerby and
Campbell Stewart
Campbell Stewart (born 12 May 1998) is a New Zealand professional track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He represented his country at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, gaining two silver medals in the scratch race and poin ...
. In the bronze medal race against Australia, he crashed after clipping Kerby's rear wheel, fracturing his
collarbone
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. He subsequently withdrew from the rest of the Games, and was replaced by Stewart in the madison and omnium events.
In 2022, at the age of 31, Gate became a quadruple Commonwealth champion when taking gold in the
individual pursuit
The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track.
It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...
,
team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
and
points race
A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic
Olympic or Olympics may refer to
Sports
Competitions
* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...
on the track as well as the road race at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...
in
Birmingham
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.
Major results
Road
;2011
: 1st Stage 4 Tour of the Murray River
: 6th Overall
Rás Tailteann
: 10th
Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt U23
;2012
: 7th Overall
Tour of Wellington
::1st Stage 5
;2013
: 10th
Halle–Ingooigem
Halle–Ingooigem is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in West Flanders, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competi ...
;2015
: 4th
Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic
The Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic is a road bicycle race that starts in Oakham and finishes in Melton Mowbray. The 2008 version was 158 km long.
The race is characterised by its off-road sections and short, sharp climbs on n ...
: 5th Overall
Rás Tailteann
::1st Sprints classification
::1st Stages 2 & 5
: 6th Overall
Ronde de l'Oise
The Ronde de l'Oise is a cycling stage race held annually in the department of Oise in France. It was founded in 1954 and in 2007 became part of the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whi ...
: 6th
Ronde van Overijssel
Ronde van Overijssel ( en, Tour of Overijssel) is an elite men's road bicycle racing event held annually in Overijssel, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union.
The event is UCI 1.2 rated, and is part of the UCI Europe Tou ...
;2016
: 1st Overall
Tour of Southland
The Tour of Southland is a road bicycle racing stage race held in the Southland region of New Zealand. From 2005 until 2009, the Tour of Southland has been part of the UCI Oceania Tour however the 2010 event was held as a National Tour. The To ...
::1st Stage 5
: 1st
Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge
The Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge is New Zealand's largest mass participation cycling event. First held in 1977, it takes place on the last Saturday of each November and circumnavigates Lake Taupo, a volcanic crater lake in the centre of the Nort ...
: 6th
Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
The Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré is a one-day cycling race held annually in Belgium, named after Jean-Pierre Monseré. It is part of UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were intro ...
: 6th Overall
Rás Tailteann
::1st Points classification
::1st Stage 6
;2018
: 1st Mountains classification,
Tour of Austria
The Tour of Austria (german: Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt) is a stage cycling race held in Austria. From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996. In 2005 and 2006 it was organised as a 2 ...
;2019
: 1st Overall
New Zealand Cycle Classic
::1st Stage 1
: 1st Stage 1
Belgrade–Banja Luka
Belgrade–Banja Luka is a road bicycle race held annually since 2007 in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina respectively. Until 2017, it is made up of two one-day races: Belgrade–Banja Luka I and Belgrade–Banja Luka II, which were both organi ...
: 5th Overall
Circuit des Ardennes
: 9th
Antwerp Port Epic
Antwerp Port Epic is a cycling race held annually in Belgium. It was created in 2018 and is part of UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycli ...
;2020
: 1st Overall
Tour of Southland
The Tour of Southland is a road bicycle racing stage race held in the Southland region of New Zealand. From 2005 until 2009, the Tour of Southland has been part of the UCI Oceania Tour however the 2010 event was held as a National Tour. The To ...
::1st Stage 1 (
TTT), 6 & 7
: 2nd Overall
New Zealand Cycle Classic
::1st Stage 1
: 4th
Road race, National Championships
;2021
: 1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Championships
: 1st
Gravel and Tar Classic
The Gravel and Tar Classic is a one-day cycling race, held annually in the Manawatu region of New Zealand, since 2016, finishing in Palmerston North. It is rated 1.2 and has been part of UCI Oceania Tour since 2018. The race is primarily on seal ...
: 3rd Overall
New Zealand Cycle Classic
: 4th
Chrono des Nations
Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée is a single-day individual time trial road bicycle race held annually in October in Les Herbiers, Vendée, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
It was orig ...
: 10th
Lillehammer GP
The Lillehammer GP is a single-day road cycling race held annually in Norway since 2018. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2.
The race is part of the ''Uno - X Development Weekend'', which takes place in late August and early September ...
;2022
:
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
::1st
Road race
::4th
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
: 1st Time trial,
Oceania Championships
: 1st Overall
International Tour of Hellas
::1st Stage 1
: 4th Overall
Ronde de l'Oise
The Ronde de l'Oise is a cycling stage race held annually in the department of Oise in France. It was founded in 1954 and in 2007 became part of the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whi ...
: 9th Overall
Tour de Luxembourg
The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), th ...
::1st Stage 3
: 10th Overall
Tour of Belgium
The Tour of Belgium ( nl, Ronde van België; french: Tour de Belgique) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries.
It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Bet ...
: 10th
Polynormande
The Polynormande is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in the region of Normandy, France. Between 1980 and 2002 it was a criterium. Since 2003, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental ...
;2023
: 1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Championships
: 2nd Overall
International Tour of Hellas
::1st Prologue
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Track
;2008
: 3rd
Team pursuit,
UCI World Junior Championships
;2009
: Oceania Championships
::2nd
Team pursuit
::3rd
Madison (with
Myron Simpson)
: 3rd Team pursuit,
UCI World Cup, Pekin
;2010
:
Oceania Championships
::2nd
Madison (with
Myron Simpson)
::2nd
Team pursuit
::3rd
Omnium
:
UCI World Cup
::2nd Madison, Melbourne (with
Myron Simpson)
::2nd Team pursuit, Manchester
;2011
:
Oceania Championships
::1st
Team pursuit
::2nd
Points race
:
UCI World Cup
::1st Team pursuit, Cali
::3rd Team pursuit, London
;2012
: 1st
Scratch, National Championships
: 3rd
Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
,
Olympic Games
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: 3rd
Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
,
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
;2013
: 1st
Omnium
An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...
,
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
: Oceania Championships
::1st
Team pursuit
::2nd
Omnium
::3rd
Madison (with
Marc Ryan
Marc Ryan (born 14 October 1982) is a New Zealand racing cyclist.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Ryan won the bronze medal as part of the New Zealand team in team pursuit, together with Sam Bewley, Hayden Roulston, and Jesse Sergen ...
)
: National Championships
::1st
Points race
::1st
Scratch
::1st
Individual pursuit
::1st
Madison (with
Myron Simpson)
: 3rd Omnium,
UCI World Cup, Manchester
;2014
: Oceania Championships
::1st
Points race
::2nd
Team pursuit
::3rd
Omnium
: 3rd
Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
,
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
: 3rd
Points race
A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic
Olympic or Olympics may refer to
Sports
Competitions
* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...
,
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
;2015
: Oceania Championships
::1st
Points race
::1st
Team pursuit
::2nd
Omnium
: 1st
Omnium, National Championships
;2016
: Oceania Championships
::1st
Omnium
::2nd
Points race
: 1st
Points race, National Championships
;2017
: 2nd
Omnium
An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...
,
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
;2018
: 1st Madison,
UCI World Cup, Cambridge (with
Campbell Stewart
Campbell Stewart (born 12 May 1998) is a New Zealand professional track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He represented his country at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, gaining two silver medals in the scratch race and poin ...
)
;2019
:
UCI World Cup
::1st Omnium, Brisbane
::1st Madison, Cambridge (with
Campbell Stewart
Campbell Stewart (born 12 May 1998) is a New Zealand professional track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He represented his country at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, gaining two silver medals in the scratch race and poin ...
)
::2nd Madison, Brisbane (with
Tom Sexton)
::3rd Team pursuit, Cambridge
;2020
: National Championships
::1st
Omnium
::1st
Individual pursuit
::1st
Madison (with
Campbell Stewart
Campbell Stewart (born 12 May 1998) is a New Zealand professional track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He represented his country at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, gaining two silver medals in the scratch race and poin ...
)
:
UCI World Championships
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::2nd
Madison Madison may refer to:
People
* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
* James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States
Place names
* Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...
(with
Campbell Stewart
Campbell Stewart (born 12 May 1998) is a New Zealand professional track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He represented his country at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, gaining two silver medals in the scratch race and poin ...
)
::2nd
Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
;2021
: National Championships
::1st
Points race
::1st
Individual pursuit
: 2nd
Omnium
An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...
,
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
:
UCI Champions League
::2nd Elimination race, Panevėžys
::2nd Elimination race, London
;2022
:
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
::1st
Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
::1st
Individual pursuit
The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track.
It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...
::1st
Points race
A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic
Olympic or Olympics may refer to
Sports
Competitions
* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...
: Oceania Championships
::1st
Individual pursuit
::1st
Points race
::1st
Scratch
::1st
Omnium
::2nd
Madison (with
Tom Sexton)
: 3rd
Omnium
An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...
,
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
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