Gracie Elvin (born 31 October 1988) is an Australian former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2020, for the and . Elvin is a two-time winner of the

Australian National Road Race Championships The Australian National Road Race Championships, are held annually with an event for each category of bicycle rider: Men, Women & under 23 riders. The event also includes the Australian National Time Trial Championships since 2002. The Australia ...

, with victories in 2013 and 2014, and the first Australian rider to record a podium finish at the Tour of Flanders for Women, with second in

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Career

She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence. After missing the

2014 UCI Road World Championships The 2014 UCI Road World Championships took place in Ponferrada, Spain, from 21 to 28 September 2014. The cycling championships consisted of 12 events for elite, under-23 and junior cyclists. It was the 81st UCI Road World Championships and the s ...

, Elvin competed in the women's road race in

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and

. Elvin has also represented Australia at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

in Glasgow, and the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

on home soil in the Gold Coast; she also competed in the road race at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

for Australia. In October 2020, Elvin announced that she would retire at the end of the 2020 season. Elvin is also the Communications Director of

The Cyclists' Alliance The Cyclists' Alliance or TCA is the labor organization representing professional cyclists in UCI Women's World Tour (UCIWWT) events. The organisation, which operates out of Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, is led by Executive Director Iris Slappendel. ...

Gracie Elvin Gracie Elvin (born 31 October 1988) is an Australian former bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2020, for the and . Elvin is a two-time winner of the Australian National Road Race Championships, with victorie ...

, and Matthew Keenan co-hosted the Seven Network broadcast of the 2023 Santos Women’s Tour Down Under used by Peacock in the US.

Major results

;2006 : 2nd Cross-country, National Junior Mountain Bike Championships ;2007 : 3rd Cross-country, National Under-23 Mountain Bike Championships ;2008 : 2nd Cross-country, National Under-23 Mountain Bike Championships ;2009 : 1st MaillotAustralia

Cross-country, National Under-23 Mountain Bike Championships ;2012 : Oceania Road Cycling Championships ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Road race ::2nd Silver medal Oceania

Time trial : 2nd EPZ Omloop van Borsele : 6th

Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik was an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held between Gooik and Geraardsbergen in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in ...

: 8th

7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg The 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg ( en, 7-villages circuit Aalburg; also known as the Rabobank 7-Dorpenomloop van Aalburg due to sponsorship reasons and the Dorpenomloop Wijk en Aalburg) was an elite women's road bicycle race held in and around Aalburg, ...

;2013 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Road race ::3rd

Criterium A criterium, or crit, is a bike race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 400 m to 10,000 m. Overview Race length can be determined by a number of laps or total time ...

: 4th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar : 6th Overall Energiewacht Tour ;2014 : 1st MaillotAustralia

Road race, National Road Championships : 6th Road race, Commonwealth Games : 7th EPZ Omloop van Borsele : 9th Overall Energiewacht Tour ;2015 : 1st

: 1st Stage 3b

Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and larg ...

: 5th Overall

Bay Classic Series The Bay Classic Series (currently running as the Lexus of Blackburn Bay Crits) is a road cycling race held annually in and around Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, Australia. The race consists of both a men's and a women's competition over three stage ...

::1st Stage 2 : 6th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race : 10th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar ;2016 : 1st

: 2nd Ronde van Drenthe : 5th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar : 7th Overall Energiewacht Tour : 7th Acht van Westerveld : 9th Overall The Women's Tour ;2017 : 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen : 2nd Tour of Flanders for Women : 8th Drentse Acht van Westerveld : 9th

: 10th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race : 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ;2018 : 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race : 2nd

: 2nd Team time trial,

Ladies Tour of Norway The Ladies Tour of Norway is a women's cycle stage race. The first edition of the race was held from 15 to 17 August 2014 based in the town of Halden in south east Norway. It consisted of an individual time trial prologue and two road race stages ...

;2019 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : 4th

La Classique Morbihan La Classique Morbihan is a women's one-day cycle race which takes place in France and is currently rated by the UCI as category 1.1, having been rated 1.2 in 2015. It is held as the first race of the Grand Prix Morbihan weekend in Grand-Champ, ...

: 5th

Omloop van het Hageland The Omloop van het Hageland (Tielt-Winge) is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held since 2007 in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europ ...

: 5th Drentse Acht van Westerveld ;2020 : 3rd

, National Road Championships

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Elvin, Gracie 1988 births Living people Australian female cyclists Olympic cyclists of Australia Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games ACT Academy of Sport alumni Cyclists from the Australian Capital Territory Sportspeople from Canberra 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian women

Career

Major results

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