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Rochelle Gilmore (born 14 December 1981) is an Australian former
racing cyclist Cycle sport is 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 cycling s ...
, owner and manager of the professional cycling team .


Career

Born in
Sutherland, New South Wales Sutherland is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sutherland is located 26 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the ...
, Gilmore competed in track cycling in her teens, before specialising in road racing for more than 10 years. In 2006, she won a stage at the Geelong Women's Tour, took second behind teammate Katherine Bates in the points race at the
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
in 2002 and 2006, and earned top five finishes in a
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 ...
stage, the Geelong World Cup, and the
Liberty Classic The Liberty Classic was an annual women's bicycle race held from 1994 to 2012, simultaneously with the Philadelphia International Championship. The 57.6 mile race consisted of four laps of a 14.4 mile circuit through Philadelphia with 5 climbs up t ...
. Gilmore was often referred to in the media as the 'bridesmaid', as she constantly finished runner-up in many events. In the road race at the
2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, ...
, she broke the jinx and won the gold medal in the race. After her retirement she said she felt she achieved her maximum potential during her career through hard work and extensive preparation. In addition to founding Wiggle-Honda, in January 2015 Gilmore announced the launch of the High5 Dream Team, an Australian women's team competing in Australia's National Road Series aiming to help riders progress to road racing in Europe and to fill a gap created by
Cycling Australia Cycling Australia (CA), the trading name of the Australian Cycling Federation Inc, was the national governing body for bicycle racing in Australia, and represented the interests of affiliated cycling clubs and State federations. It covered the d ...
suspending its women's development programme due to financial problems. In a blogpost for cyclingnews.com in November 2015 Gilmore announced that she had retired from competition.


Major results


Track

;1999 : National Junior Track Championships ::1st Scratch ::1st Points race ::3rd Sprint ::3rd 500m time trial : 2nd Points race, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships : 3rd Points race, Oceania Games ;2000 : 2nd Points race,
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The UCI Track Cycling World Cup (formerly known as the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics) is a multi race tournament held over a track cycling season - usually between October and February. Each series is divided into several rounds, each held i ...
, Ipoh ;2001 : 2nd Points race,
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The UCI Track Cycling World Cup (formerly known as the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics) is a multi race tournament held over a track cycling season - usually between October and February. Each series is divided into several rounds, each held i ...
, Pordenone ;2002 : 2nd Scratch,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
: 2nd
Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...
,
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
: 2nd Scratch,
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The UCI Track Cycling World Cup (formerly known as the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics) is a multi race tournament held over a track cycling season - usually between October and February. Each series is divided into several rounds, each held i ...
, Moscow ;2003 :
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The UCI Track Cycling World Cup (formerly known as the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics) is a multi race tournament held over a track cycling season - usually between October and February. Each series is divided into several rounds, each held i ...
::1st Team sprint, Sydney ::2nd Scratch, Sydney ::3rd Team sprint, Cape Town : 2nd Scratch,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
;2004 : 2nd Scratch,
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The UCI Track Cycling World Cup (formerly known as the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics) is a multi race tournament held over a track cycling season - usually between October and February. Each series is divided into several rounds, each held i ...
, Manchester ;2005 : 1st Points race,
2004–05 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2004–2005 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicy ...
, Sydney : Oceania Track Championships ::1st Points race ::3rd Scratch ;2006 : 2nd
Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...
,
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...


Road

;1999 : 3rd
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, National Junior Road Championships ;2001 : 1st
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: 1st Stage 2b
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 ...
: 3rd Canberra Women's Classic : 9th
Rotterdam Tour The Rotterdam Tour, in its first two editions called the Tour Beneden-Maas, was an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held between 1998 and 2006 in Rotterdam, Netherlands as part of the UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup The ...
;2002 : 1st Overall Bay Classic Series ::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 1st Stage 5 Tour de Snowy : 2nd Australia World Cup : 10th
Rotterdam Tour The Rotterdam Tour, in its first two editions called the Tour Beneden-Maas, was an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held between 1998 and 2006 in Rotterdam, Netherlands as part of the UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup The ...
;2003 : 1st Stage 8
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 ...
: 1st Stage 1 Geelong Tour : 3rd
Primavera Rosa The Primavera Rosa was an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held between 1999 and 2005 in Liguria, Italy as part of the UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup. The race was a female version of Milan–San Remo being organised on th ...
: 3rd
Sparkassen Giro Bochum The Sparkassen Giro Bochum is a road bicycle race which is annually held for both men's and women's around an urban circuit in the German city of Bochum, Germany. Since 2005 the men's race is part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Cir ...
: 3rd Tjejtrampet : 6th
Rotterdam Tour The Rotterdam Tour, in its first two editions called the Tour Beneden-Maas, was an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held between 1998 and 2006 in Rotterdam, Netherlands as part of the UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup The ...
: 7th GP Liberazione : 7th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt : 8th Overall
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 ...
: 9th Australia World Cup ;2004 : 1st Stage 4 Bay Classic Series : 5th Australia World Cup ;2005 : 1st Geelong Women's World Cup : 2nd GP Liberazione : 2nd Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt : 6th Road race,
Oceania Road Cycling Championships The Oceania Road Championships are a series of road cycling races held annually to determine the Oceanian champion in each event. The event has been held since 1995 and consists of an elite and under-23 men's and an elite women's road race and ...
;2006 : 1st Stage 2 Geelong Tour : 5th Australia World Cup : 5th
Liberty Classic The Liberty Classic was an annual women's bicycle race held from 1994 to 2012, simultaneously with the Philadelphia International Championship. The 57.6 mile race consisted of four laps of a 14.4 mile circuit through Philadelphia with 5 climbs up t ...
: 8th GP Liberazione : 10th Road race,
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
;2007 : 1st Road race,
Oceania Road Cycling Championships The Oceania Road Championships are a series of road cycling races held annually to determine the Oceanian champion in each event. The event has been held since 1995 and consists of an elite and under-23 men's and an elite women's road race and ...
: 1st Stage 1
La Route de France The Route de France Féminine is a women's cycle race. First held in 2006, it was rated 2.2 by the UCI for the 2006 and 2007 edition, and 2.1 since. The race was cancelled in 2011, but returned the next year. With the ending of the Grande Bouc ...
: 2nd Grand Prix de Dottignies : 2nd
Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo Ronde van Drenthe ( en, Tour of Drenthe) is an elite List of men's road bicycle races, men's and List of women's road bicycle races, women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Ro ...
: 4th Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe : 4th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt : 5th GP Liberazione : 5th Sparkassen Giro : 6th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup : 10th
Tour de Berne Tour de Berne is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held in Berne, Switzerland with races for men and women. Men's event The men's event began in 1920 and has previously been a UCI 1.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Co ...
;2008 : Tour de Prince Edward Island ::1st Stages 1, 3 & 5 : 1st
Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...
Omnium : 2nd GP Liberazione : 2nd Gran Premio Comune di Fabricco : 2nd
Sparkassen Giro Bochum The Sparkassen Giro Bochum is a road bicycle race which is annually held for both men's and women's around an urban circuit in the German city of Bochum, Germany. Since 2005 the men's race is part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Cir ...
: 3rd
Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo Ronde van Drenthe ( en, Tour of Drenthe) is an elite List of men's road bicycle races, men's and List of women's road bicycle races, women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Ro ...
: 4th Australia World Cup : 5th
Ronde van Drenthe Ronde van Drenthe ( en, Tour of Drenthe) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. Since 1998 there is also a women's event, kn ...
; 2009 : 1st
Sparkassen Giro Bochum The Sparkassen Giro Bochum is a road bicycle race which is annually held for both men's and women's around an urban circuit in the German city of Bochum, Germany. Since 2005 the men's race is part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Cir ...
: Women's Tour of New Zealand ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 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 ( ...
: 2nd GP Stad Roeselare : 2nd Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt : 3rd Road race,
Oceania Road Cycling Championships The Oceania Road Championships are a series of road cycling races held annually to determine the Oceanian champion in each event. The event has been held since 1995 and consists of an elite and under-23 men's and an elite women's road race and ...
(February) : 3rd Road race,
Oceania Road Cycling Championships The Oceania Road Championships are a series of road cycling races held annually to determine the Oceanian champion in each event. The event has been held since 1995 and consists of an elite and under-23 men's and an elite women's road race and ...
(November) : 4th
Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo Ronde van Drenthe ( en, Tour of Drenthe) is an elite List of men's road bicycle races, men's and List of women's road bicycle races, women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Ro ...
: 5th Grand Prix de Dottignies ;2010 : 1st Road race,
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
: 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 ( ...
: 2nd Omloop van Borsele :
Tour of Chongming Island The Tour of Chongming Island International Cycling Race is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race held in Shanghai, China, named after Chongming Island. The Tour previously consisted of two races: a stage race and a one-day rac ...
::3rd Overall Stage race ::3rd
World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...
: 4th Overall
Ladies Tour of Qatar The Tour of Qatar was an annual professional cycling stage race held in Qatar. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the UCI Asia Tour until 2016. The 2017 edition was to have seen the event upgraded to the UCI World Tour for the firs ...
: 7th Grand Prix de Dottignies : 10th Omloop Door Middag-Humsterland ;2011 : 1st Overall Bay Classic Series ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 3rd
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 ( ...
: 4th Road race,
Oceania Road Cycling Championships The Oceania Road Championships are a series of road cycling races held annually to determine the Oceanian champion in each event. The event has been held since 1995 and consists of an elite and under-23 men's and an elite women's road race and ...
: 4th Grand Prix de Dottignies : 4th GP Stad Roeselare : 5th
Ronde van Drenthe Ronde van Drenthe ( en, Tour of Drenthe) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. Since 1998 there is also a women's event, kn ...
: 8th Overall
Ladies Tour of Qatar The Tour of Qatar was an annual professional cycling stage race held in Qatar. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the UCI Asia Tour until 2016. The 2017 edition was to have seen the event upgraded to the UCI World Tour for the firs ...
::1st Stage 1 : 8th
Tour of Chongming Island World Cup The Tour of Chongming Island International Cycling Race is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race held in Shanghai, China, named after Chongming Island. The Tour previously consisted of two races: a stage race and a one-day race ...
: 9th
Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo Ronde van Drenthe ( en, Tour of Drenthe) is an elite List of men's road bicycle races, men's and List of women's road bicycle races, women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Ro ...
;2012 : 2nd
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.Liberty Classic The Liberty Classic was an annual women's bicycle race held from 1994 to 2012, simultaneously with the Philadelphia International Championship. The 57.6 mile race consisted of four laps of a 14.4 mile circuit through Philadelphia with 5 climbs up t ...
: 4th Overall Bay Classic Series :
Tour of Chongming Island The Tour of Chongming Island International Cycling Race is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race held in Shanghai, China, named after Chongming Island. The Tour previously consisted of two races: a stage race and a one-day rac ...
::5th Overall Stage race ::5th World Cup : 9th Erondegemse Pijl ;2015 : 5th London Nocturne


References


External links

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NZCT Tour of New Zealand results and articles
* ttp://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/video/2168900152/rochelle-gilmore-interview 2011 Rochelle Gilmore interview with Sophie Smith from SBS {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilmore, Rochelle 1981 births Living people Australian female cyclists Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia People from the Sutherland Shire Sportswomen from New South Wales Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Cyclists from Sydney Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling