Lucy May van der Haar (née Garner; born 20 September 1994) is a British former professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...

, who rode professionally between 2013 and 2020 for the , and teams. Van der Haar is a double junior world road race champion, winning in consecutive years, in

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and

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Career

Early life

Van der Haar grew up in

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. Her first cycling club was the

Leicestershire Road Club The Leicestershire Road Club is a cycling club in Leicester, England. The club has produced European and world champions. Formation and early history The Leicestershire Road Club is the oldest cycling club in Leicestershire. It was formed from t ...

. Competing with them from 2004 to 2012, she won many National Awards from both the British Schools Cycling Association and

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. She remained in full-time education until 2012, when she left

Countesthorpe Community College Countesthorpe Academy (formerly Countesthorpe Leysland Community College) is a Mixed-sex education, coeducational secondary school situated on the western edge of Countesthorpe in Leicestershire, England near the A426 road, A426. History Counte ...

having completed her AS-levels.

Amateur career

Van der Haar won her first junior world title at the 2011 road world championships in Copenhagen. She was part of a late six-woman breakaway from the

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and won the race comfortably in a sprint for the line. A year later, she retained her title in a bunch sprint finish of 19 riders at the

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in Valkenburg, Netherlands, having had a lead-out from

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Professional career

Van der Haar signed a professional contract with

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in October 2012, turning professional at the start of the 2013 season. In May 2013, she claimed her first professional victory on the opening stage of the

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in Shanghai, China. In September 2015, van der Haar announced she would be riding for in 2016.

Personal life

Van der Haar has a sister,

Grace Garner Grace Fenton Garner (born 19 June 1997) is an English former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2016 and 2020, for the , , and teams. Her older sister Lucy van der Haar also competed professionally in cycling, before a ...

, who is two years younger than her. She competed professionally as a racing cyclist, before also retiring in 2020. In July 2019, she married fellow cyclist

Lars van der Haar Lars van der Haar (born 23 July 1991 in Amersfoort, Netherlands) is a Dutch professional cyclo-cross and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . Career Van der Haar joined the development team of the professional squad, f ...

, and in March 2022, announced she was pregnant with their first child.

Major results

Source: ;2011 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships : 2nd

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, National Track Championships (with

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and Harriet Owen) ;2012 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships : 1st UEC Champion Jersey

Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships : UEC European Junior Track Championships ::1st UEC Champion Jersey

Team pursuit (with

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and

) ::1st

Scratch ::2nd Silver medal europe

Team sprint (with Dannielle Khan) : National Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Individual pursuit ::2nd Team pursuit (with

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and Harriet Owen) ;

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: 3rd Overall

::1st Stage 1 : 6th Dwars door de Westhoek : 8th

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;

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: 2nd

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: 3rd

Dwars door de Westhoek The GP Stad Roeselare is an elite women's road bicycle race held annually in Roeselare, Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordere ...

: 3rd

Grand Prix de Dottignies The Grand Prix de Dottignies is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country ...

: 7th Overall

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;2015 : 1st Stage 1

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: 2nd

Ronde van Gelderland The Ronde van Gelderland ( en, Tour of Gelderland) was an elite women's road bicycle race held in the Netherlands between 2003 and 2016. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race, and was primarily centred around Apeldoorn Apeldoorn ( ...

: 5th La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta : 6th Parel van de Veluwe : 9th

: 9th

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;2016 : 2nd

Women's Tour de Yorkshire The Women's Tour de Yorkshire is a women's road cycling race in Yorkshire, England. From 2015 to 2017, the event was a one-day race. From 2018 onwards, the event has been a two-day event, with a UCI race classification of 2.1. The event is the ...

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 5th

;2017 : 3rd Tour of Guangxi Women's Elite World Challenge : 3rd

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;2018 : 1st Jersey polkadot

Mountains classification

;2019 : 5th Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Overall

;2020 : 1st Jersey red

Overall Dubai Women's Tour ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stage 1

References

External links

Lucy Garner
profile at Argos-Shimano website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Haar, Lucy van der English female cyclists 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Leicester Commonwealth Games competitors for England Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games People from Cosby, Leicestershire Sportspeople from Leicestershire