Rochelle Gilmore (born 14 December 1981) is an Australian former
racing cyclist
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, 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
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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
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, 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
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, Ipoh
;2001
: 2nd
Points race,
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
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, Pordenone
;2002
: 2nd
Scratch,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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: 2nd
Points race
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Sports
Competitions
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,
Commonwealth Games
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: 2nd
Scratch,
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
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, Moscow
;2003
:
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
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::1st
Team sprint, Sydney
::2nd
Scratch, Sydney
::3rd
Team sprint, Cape Town
: 2nd
Scratch,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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;2004
: 2nd
Scratch,
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
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, 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
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, Sydney
: Oceania Track Championships
::1st
Points race
::3rd
Scratch
;2006
: 2nd
Points race
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Olympic or Olympics may refer to
Sports
Competitions
* Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...
,
Commonwealth Games
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Road
;1999
: 3rd
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, National Junior Road Championships
;2001
: 1st
GP Carnevale d'Europa
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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
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The ...
;2002
: 1st
Overall
Bay Classic Series
::1st Stages 2 & 4
: 1st Stage 5
Tour de Snowy
: 2nd
Australia World Cup
: 10th
Rotterdam Tour
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The ...
;2003
: 1st Stage 8
Giro d'Italia Femminile
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: 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
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: 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
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;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
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;2007
: 1st
Road race,
Oceania Road Cycling Championships
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: 1st Stage 1
La Route de France
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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
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: 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
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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
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: 4th
Australia World Cup
: 5th
Ronde van Drenthe
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;
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
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: 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
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::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
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;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
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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