Kimberley Wells (born 18 July 1985) is an Australian

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, who has represented Australia in the

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and

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. Outside of professional cycling, Wells is a medical doctor working at the

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(AIS), as a medical specialist sports physician with the

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. She obtained her medical degree after six years in far North Queensland through the rural, remote, indigenous and tropical health focus at

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. Wells was a talented road sprinter and prolific winner. Wells was coached by the

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road race Gold Medalist,

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. She took up cycling seriously at university in 2003 after previously competing at a State level in

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. Wells successfully completed the Australian Institute of Sport SAS selection camp to win her position within the Australian cycling team on tour in Europe. She was the 2015 Amy Gillett Foundation scholarship holder; the scholarship aspiring to honour

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’s memory by supporting young women to the same pursuit of sporting and academic excellence. Wells has won two Australian National Criterium titles, her second coming after a coming back from a difficult year of illness and injury.

Major results

;2011 : 1st Overall Tour de Femme ;2012 : 1st Overall Sara Carrigan Shield ::1st Sprints classification : 1st Overall Tour de Femme : 1st Cronulla GP : Santos North Western Tour ::1st Stage 4 ::3rd Criterium : 1st Sprints classification Tour of Bright : Battle on the Border ::2nd Tweed Road Race ::3rd Criterium : 2nd Menzies Classic Handicap : 3rd Criterium, ACT Road Championships : 3rd Criterium, Goldfields Tour ;2013 : 1st MaillotAustralia

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, National Road Championships : 1st Overall Santos Women's Cup ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st San Rafael Twilight Criterium : 1st Boise Twilight Criterium : 1st East Troy Criterium : 1st Tour de Somerville : 1st Mopro Tour de Grove Criteriums : 1st Ron Van Mullica Handicap RR : 1st Stage 3 Tour de Elk Grove : 1st Sprints classification Nature Valley Stage Race : 2nd Overall Tour of America's Dairylands ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : USA Crits Speedweek ::2nd Downtown Walterboro Criterium ::2nd Spartanburg Regional Classic ::3rd Historic Roswell Criterium : 2nd Chris Thater Memorial Race : 3rd Overall

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::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Tour de Grove : 3rd N.O.D.A. GP Criterium ;2014 : 1st SKCC Supercrit : 1st Launceston Cycling Classic : 1st Noosa GP : Oceania Track Championships ::2nd Scratch race ::3rd Team pursuit (with

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and Allison Rice) ;2015 : 1st MaillotAustralia

, National Road Championships : 1st Stan Siejka – Launceston Cycling Classic : 1st Stage 2

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: Adelaide Tour ::1st Stages 3 & 4 : Battle on the Border ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 7th Overall

;2016 : 1st

Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau is an elite women's professional road race held in Canada and is currently rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 1.1 race. : BC Superweek ::1st Giro di Burnaby ::2nd Gastown GP ::2nd Port Colquitlam : 1st Stage 4

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: 1st Stage 2

: 2nd GP Lazzeratti Roma : 8th Overall Santos Women's Tour ::1st Stage 4 : 8th White Spot / Delta Road Race ;2017 : 1st Overall Tour of Gippsland ::1st Stage 3 ;2018 : 3rd

, National Road Championships

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wells, Kimberley 1985 births Living people Australian female cyclists Cyclists from Adelaide

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