Oenone Wood (born 24 September 1980 in

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, Australia) is a retired professional

cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

, who commenced her cycling career in 2001 at the age of 21. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. She was a member of professional cycling Team Columbia Women (USA) and the Canberra Cycling Club, and formerly of the T-Mobile Professional Women's Cycling Team (GER) and Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung. She lives in

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, a suburb of

. Oenone achieved success as a

road cyclist Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes Recreational cycling, recreational, Road bicycle racing, racing, Bicycle commuting, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, ...

in Australia, including the Bay Criterium Series, and the Geelong Tour. She had great success overseas, particularly winning stages of the

Giro d'Italia Femminile The is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race. It was rebranded from 2013-2020 as the Giro Rosa, having been branded the Giro Donne until 2012 and again in 2021. It has been considered the most prestigious stage race in women's ...

(ITA) and the Points Classification for the Giro d'Italia Femminile in 2004 and 2005, as well winning the

UCI Women's Road World Cup The UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup was a season-long road bicycle competition for women organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale between 1998–2015. This competition consisted of a series (which has varied from 6 to 12 events) of rac ...

series in 2004 and 2005. In the 2004 Summer Olympics Women's Road race she was in the leading group with fellow Australian

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, and when Carrigan and

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broke away in the final lap to win the gold and silver medals, Wood had to sprint for the bronze medal with

Olga Slyusareva Olga Anatolyevna Slyusareva (russian: Ольга Анатольевна Слюсарева) (born 28 April 1969 in Chervonyi Donets, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian professional racing cyclist. She won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in the p ...

of Russia and

Nicole Cooke Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE (born 13 April 1983) is a Welsh former professional road bicycle racer and Commonwealth, Olympic and World road race champion. At Beijing in 2008 she became the first British woman to win a Gold Olympic medal in an ...

of Great Britain, coming 4th overall in the race. She won the Women's Time Trial at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, also winning the silver medal in the Women's Road Race, behind fellow Australian Natalie Bates. She was the 2004 and 2008 Australian Open Road champion (in the Elite Women's Road Race event). In 2016, she was inducted into Cycling Australia Hall of Fame.

Career highlights

;2003 : UCI Points list – 18th place : 1st, Grand Prix Cavrie (Ita) : 3rd, Fleche Wallonne (World Cup) : 6th, Primavera Rosa (World Cup) : 3rd overall and 1 stage win, Trophee d'Or (cat. 2) : 4th overall, Giro della Toscana (cat. 1) : 7th overall, Castilla y Leon Tour (cat. 1) ;2004 : 1st Womens World Cup leaders jersey

Overall

: 1st 2004 Road World Cup Rankings : 1st Criterium Series

Tour Down Under The Tour Down Under (branded as the Santos Tour Down Under under a partnership arrangement) is a cycling race in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and is traditionally the opening event of the UCI World Tour and features all 19 UCI World ...

AUS : 1st

Australian Open Road Race Title VIC : 1st MaillotAustralia

Australian Open Road Time Trial Title VIC : 1st Road World Cup Geelong AUS : 1st Stage 1

ITA : 1st Points Classification

ITA : 1st Overall Geelong Tour AUS : 1st Stage 2 Geelong Tour AUS : 1st Giro Frazioni ITA : 1st Trofeo Citta di Rosignano ITA : 1st Trofeo Museo Alfredo Binda ITA : 1st Souvenir Magali Pache SUI ;2005 : 1st Womens World Cup leaders jersey

Overall

: 1st, Le Tour du Grand Montréal : 1st, Points classification and Stages 1, 3a and 6,

Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin The Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin was the longest running UCI event on the women's elite cycle racing calendar. It had been held annually in the Aude Aude (; ) is a department in Southern France, located in the Occitanie region and nam ...

FRA : 1st, Australian Open Road Time Trial Titles SA : 1st, Australian Criterium Title VIC : 1st, Bay Series Criteriums VIC :: 1st, Round 2 :: 1st, Round 3 : 1st, Overall Geelong Tour AUS :: 1st, Sprint Classification :: 1st, Stage 2 :: 1st, Stage 4 ;2006 ( Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung) ;2007 : 1st, Overall, Tour du Grand Montréal CAN (2.1W) :: 1st,

Points classification The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning sprints at certain places along the route, most often called ''intermediate sprints''. The points cl ...

:: 1st, Sprint classification :: 1st, Stage 4 :: 1st, Stage 5 ;2008 : 1st Australian Open Road Race Titles VIC

References

External links

Australian Cycling Federation Profile

Commonwealth Games
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Oenone 1980 births Living people Australian female cyclists Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Olympic cyclists of Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Sportswomen from New South Wales Sportspeople from Newcastle, New South Wales Australian Institute of Sport cyclists Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling ACT Academy of Sport alumni