Tiffany Jane Cromwell (born 6 July 1988) is an Australian

road A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of ...

and gravel cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .

Career

Road

Junior career

Starting in 2002, after being identified by the

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talent identification program, Cromwell began her cycling career. Cycling was not the first sport Cromwell picked up, having done ballet, running, triathlons and basketball beforehand, the last of which she had family ties to. Despite an interest in pursuing basketball as a career before cycling, Cromwell admits her height 'always let erdown'. Initially, Cromwell disliked cycling, citing that she was 'Tiny and one of the worst in ergroup' on the track, but soon discovered her love for the sport when she placed third in her first road race in the state championships. After several podiums in junior Oceania games, one of Cromwell's first international wins came in 2008 at the

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in California, having made a solo attack in the last few laps despite a wind. She then went on to win the race the following year by winning solo again.

Senior career

Cromwell joined her first European based team in 2010 with the after a contract with another team fell through. Due to communication issues, both team and rider decided to part ways in the middle of 2011. Cromwell then rode for the team until the end of the season. In 2012 Cromwell joined the Australian team . Here, she picked up some of her major wins. One of which was a win in stage 5 of the

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. In the stage, Cromwell attacked with over to go and ended the stage with an eight-and-a-half minute advantage over the competition and at one point was virtually in the race leader's jersey. With , Cromwell also picked up her first major one day event win at the

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, with Cromwell winning in a sprint against

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to claim her first

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victory. For 2014, Cromwell joined . She recorded several stage podiums in the 2014

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and finished second in the mountains classification. Cromwell represented Australia at the

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, losing out on a bronze medal in the road race in a two-up sprint with South Africa's

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. The following year, she finished third in stage 1 of the

. After folded at the end of the 2015 season, Cromwell joined for the 2016 season; Cromwell finished third at

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, and won stage four of the

. The following year, she won stage one of the

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. In 2018, Cromwell was again selected to represent Australia at the

, where, as road captain, she was part of the team that supported

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to the gold medal. On 19 May 2021, it was announced that Cromwell was included within the Australian road cycling team for the delayed Tokyo Olympics, marking her Olympic debut. In a tough and humid road course, Cromwell finished as the best placed Australian in 26th place, almost three minutes seconds behind race winner

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of Austria. On 27 October 2021, it was announced Cromwell would remain as part of the Canyon-SRAM team for a further two years, continuing her mixed program of road and gravel racing through until the end of 2023.

Gravel

Cromwell's first participation in a gravel event was in August 2019 where she, along with teammate Ella Harris, lined up in the Steamboat Springs gravel event (SBT GRVL) in Colorado, four days before the Colorado classic road cycling tour. Cromwell completed the blue course in second behind Harris with a time of five hours and six minutes. In 2020, when Cromwell renewed her contract with , it was announced she would be competing in a mixed program which would include gravel racing. This program was due to start in June 2021 but due to her selection for the delayed

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this was postponed to August. To commence her four-race-long gravel calendar, Cromwell participated in her second SBT GRVL on 15 August. For her return, Cromwell competed in the longer black course and finished 8th in her group, in a time of 7 hours, 32 minutes and 45 seconds. Six days later, she competed in the

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Belgian Waffle Ride (BWR) hosted in

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. Cromwell completed the "waffle" course in 5 hours, 30 minutes and 42 seconds, recording a third-place finish. Cromwell's third gravel race of the year was due to be the three-day event hosted by Gravel Epic in

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on 7–9 October, but this was postponed due to the

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. Cromwell's final gravel race of 2021 was held on October 31 and was the Belgian waffle ride hosted in

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. In the race, Cromwell, along with

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and Hannah Shell, made an early breakaway within the first 10 miles. With around a fifth of the race completed, Shell was dropped by the leading pair and Oliveira made a solo attack at mile 22, leaving Cromwell solo and second on the road. Despite this, not long after, Cromwell caught up to Oliveira and passed her for the lead of the race and competed solo for the remaining miles to secure her first win in gravel racing by almost ten minutes.

Personal life

Since February 2020, Cromwell has been in a relationship with Finnish racing driver

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Major results

Source: ;2004 : Junior

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::2nd

Individual pursuit ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Points race ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Scratch ;2005 : Junior

::2nd

Road race ::2nd Silver medal blank

Scratch ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Individual pursuit : Oceania Junior Road Championships ::2nd Silver medal Oceania

Road race ::4th Time trial ;2008 : 1st

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: 1st

Circuit Race : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 4th Holland Hills Classic : 6th Overall

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: 7th

Australia World Cup The Australia World Cup was a women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in Australia from 1998 to 2008 as part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup. The location of the race varied: in 1998, it was held in Sydney; from 1999 to ...

;2009 : 1st

Road Race : 1st Stage 3

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: 1st Stage 2 ( ITT)

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: 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 7th

Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal The Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal ( en, Women's Cycling World Cup of Montreal, or simply Montreal World Cup) was an elite women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually between 1998 and 2009 in Montréal, Quebec, Cana ...

: 9th Overall

Tour of the Gila The Tour of the Gila is a cycling stage race for both men and women located in New Mexico, United States. It is sponsored by the component maker SRAM. The "Gila" began in 1987. Beginning in 2012, the men's Gila has been added to the UCI America ...

: 10th Overall

Women's Tour of New Zealand The Women's Tour of New Zealand is a stage race for elite women road cyclists held in New Zealand at the end of February or the beginning of March. It is rated as 2.2 on the UCI classification scheme. It was not held in 2013 or 2014, but return ...

;2010 : National Under-23 Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd

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: 2nd

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: 3rd Overall

: 8th Overall

;2011 : 1st Stage 2 Jayco Bay Cycling Classic : 8th

;2012 : 1st Stage 5

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd

GP de Plouay – Bretagne The Grand Prix de Plouay – Lorient Agglomération is an elite professional women's road bicycle race held in Plouay, France. It is organized annually since 2002, on the day of the men's race and on the same circuit. The race consists of fou ...

: 7th

Open de Suède Vårgårda Open de Suède Vårgårda is an elite professional women's road bicycle event held annually in the Vårgårda Municipality of Sweden. Created in 2006, the Open de Suède Vårgårda was part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup until 2015 and sanc ...

: 8th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini : 8th

: 8th

Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik was an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held between Gooik and Geraardsbergen in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in ...

: 9th Overall

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;2013 : 1st

: 4th

: 5th

Le Samyn des Dames Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1 ...

: 7th 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 ...

: 9th Road race,

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: 9th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup : 9th

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: 10th Overall

: 10th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria ;2014 : 2nd

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: 4th Road race,

: 5th Road race,

: 5th Overall

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: 6th Overall Energiewacht Tour : 6th Overall

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: 7th

: 7th Novilon EDR Cup : 9th Overall

: 9th

Tour of Flanders for Women The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), formerly the Tour of Flanders for Women ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen voor Vrouwen), is an annual road bicycle racing event in Flanders, Belgium, held in early April. It is held on the same day as t ...

: 10th

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;2015 : 2nd Chrono Champenois : 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 ...

: 4th

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: 6th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup : 7th Overall

: 7th Crescent Women World Cup Vårgårda : 9th Overall

: 9th

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race also known as Great Ocean Road Race or Cadel Road Race is an annual professional one-day road bicycle racing for both men and women starting and finishing in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and routed along th ...

: 9th

EPZ Omloop van Borsele Omloop van Borsele ("Circuit of Borsele") is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held annually since 2002 in Borsele, Netherlands. Since 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa ...

: 10th Overall Energiewacht Tour ::1st Stage 2a ( TTT) : 10th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic ;2016 : 1st Stage 4

: 3rd

, National Road Championships : 3rd

: 4th Acht van Westerveld : 5th Overall

Women's Tour Down Under The Women's Tour Down Under (known for sponsorship reasons as the Santos Women's Tour Down Under) is an annual professional road bicycle racing for women in Australia. It is held in conjunction with the Tour Down Under. From 2016, it was rate ...

: 6th

: 7th Overall

: 7th

La Course by Le Tour de France La Course by Le Tour de France was an elite women's professional road bicycle race held in France. First held in 2014 as a one-day race on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, it has been part of the UCI Women's WorldTour since 2016 as a one or two ...

: 8th Chrono Champenois : 10th

Omloop van het Hageland The Omloop van het Hageland (Tielt-Winge) is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held since 2007 in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europ ...

;2017 : 1st Stage 1

: 3rd

: 6th Pajot Hills Classic ;2018 : 6th Road race,

: 7th Overall

Women's Herald Sun Tour The Women's Herald Sun Tour is an annual professional road bicycle racing event for women in Australia. It is held in conjunction with the Herald Sun Tour The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and ...

: 9th

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;2019 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Giro Rosa ;2021 : 7th Overall

Thüringen Ladies Tour The Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour, formerly known as the Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen (Women's Tour of Thuringia) is a stage race for women road cycle racers held every July in the German state of Thuringia. It is rated a class 2.1 event by ...

References

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