Leah Kirchmann (born 30 June 1990) is a Canadian racing cyclist, who rides for National Cycling League team Denver Disruptors. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence. At the 2014 Global Relay Canadian Road Championships, held in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, she won the road race, time trial and the

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, becoming the first woman to win all three titles in the same year.

Career

Kirchmann's first sport was

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. 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 team. When the team dissolved at the end of 2011, Kirchmann followed director

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to the new team in 2012. Kirchmann signed for on 8 October 2015 for the 2016 season. In June 2016, she was officially named in Canada's 2016 Olympic team. She also qualified to represent Canada at the

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. In August 2022, Kirchmann announced that she would retire from professional cycling at the end of the 2022 season. However, in December 2022, it was announced that Kirchmann would form part of the roster for the Denver Disruptors, for the inaugural season of the National Cycling League in 2023.

Major results

Source: ;2006 : 1st MaillotCan

Cross-country, National Junior Mountain Bike Championships ;2009 : 1st Gold medal blank

Criterium, Canada Summer Games ;2010 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotCan

Criterium ::1st MaillotCan

Under-23 road race : 6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau ;2011 : 1st MaillotCan

Criterium, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

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::1st Mountains classification ::1st Sprints classification ::1st Stage 5 : 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau : 10th Road race,

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;2012 : 1st Jersey orange

Sprints classification, Energiewacht Tour : 2nd Silver medal blank

Road race,

: 4th Liberty Classic : 9th Overall

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Young rider classification ;2013 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotCan

Criterium ::2nd Road race : 1st White Spot / Delta Road Race ;2014 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotCan

Time trial ::1st MaillotCan

Road race ::1st MaillotCan

Criterium : 1st White Spot / Delta Road Race :

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::1st Sprints classification ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 3 : 2nd Chrono Gatineau : 3rd Overall

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Points classification ::1st Stages 3 & 4 : 3rd La Course by Le Tour de France : 4th EPZ Omloop van Borsele : 6th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour : 7th Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau : 8th Road race, Commonwealth Games ;2015 : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::3rd Time trial ::3rd Criterium : 2nd Overall Tour of California ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 2nd White Spot / Delta Road Race : 4th Overall

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::1st Stage 2 : 6th Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau : 7th Overall

: 7th Overall The Women's Tour : 7th

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: 8th Overall Tour of the Gila ;2016 : 1st Drentse Acht van Westerveld : 2nd

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: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall Tour of Chongming Island : 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau : 3rd RideLondon Grand Prix : 4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 6th Overall The Women's Tour : 6th Chrono Gatineau : 6th

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: 7th Gent–Wevelgem : 8th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile ::1st Prologue : 10th Overall

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: 10th Strade Bianche : 10th Ronde van Drenthe ;2017 : 1st Gold medal blank

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, UCI Road World Championships : 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : 3rd Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour : 4th Overall The Women's Tour : 4th White Spot / Delta Road Race : 9th Chrono Gatineau : 9th Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta ;2018 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotCan

Time trial ::5th Road race : 1st Team time trial,

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: 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

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: 2nd Brabantse Pijl : 2nd Crescent Vårgårda TTT : UCI Road World Championships ::3rd Bronze medal blank

::4th Time trial : 4th Overall Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta ::1st Stage 1 ( TTT) : 5th Overall

;2019 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotCan

Time trial ::2nd Road race : 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau : 2nd Chrono Gatineau : 2nd La Course by Le Tour de France : 3rd Overall

: 3rd

: 3rd Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT : 6th Overall The Women's Tour : 8th Brabantse Pijl : 10th Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden ;2020 : 5th Overall

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: 5th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race : 6th Overall

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Sprints classification : 9th

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;2021 : 2nd Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs : 6th Overall The Women's Tour ;2022 : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

References

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