Eileen_Roe

Eileen Roe

Eileen Roe

Scottish racing cyclist

Eileen Roe (born 24 September 1989) is a Scottish racing cyclist,[2] who most recently rode professionally for UCI Women's Team WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling. Roe was the winner of the 2014 and 2016 British National Circuit Race Championships.[3][4]

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Biography

Born in Dunfermline, Roe began competitive cycling at the age of 10. She has been employed at the Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative on a part-time basis for several years, which allowed her the time to dedicate to her cycling career.[5] In October 2014 the Wiggle–Honda team announced that Roe would join them with immediate effect to ride in the Australian criterium season and the subsequent 2015 season.[6] Roe joined Belgian team Lares–Waowdeals for the 2016 season.[7] From 2017, Roe became a member of the Team WNT squad.[8]

Major results

2008
1st 800m, National Grass Track Championships
2012
1st Round 3, Johnson Health Tech Grand Prix Series, Colchester[9]
2nd National Criterium Championships
National Track Championships
3rd Madison
3rd Team pursuit
2013
2nd Overall Surf & Turf Weekend
1st Stage 3[10]
2nd Points race, Revolution – Round 2, Glasgow
3rd Road race, Scottish Road Championships[11]
2014
1st National Criterium Championships
1st Overall Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series[5]
1st Round 2, Peterborough[12]
1st Round 5, Woking[13]
3rd Stan Siejka Launceston Cycling Classic[14]
2015
2nd National Criterium Championships[15]
2nd Overall Rás na mBan
1st Stage 6[16]
2nd Women's Tour de Yorkshire[17]
2nd London Nocturne
10th Marianne Vos Classic
2016
1st National Criterium Championships
1st Round 1, Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series, Motherwell[18]
Rás na mBan
1st Points classification
1st Stage 6
3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen[19]
9th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour

References

  1. [1]
    "Rider Profile". British Cycling. 14 March 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Eileen Roe". Cycling Website. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Adam Blythe and Eileen Roe take national circuit race titles in Hull". Cycling Weekly. 10 July 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Roe and Lawless crowned champions at British Cycling National Circuit Race Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Our Cycling pro, Eileen Roe". Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative. 7 November 2012.
  6. [6]
    "Eileen Roe joins Wiggle Honda in time for the Australian Criterium Season". Wiggle Honda. 26 October 2014. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  7. [7]
    "News shorts: Prudhomme keen on 2017 Tour de France start in Germany". Cyclingnews.com. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  8. [8]
    "Rider stats – Eileen Roe". Procyclingstats.com. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  9. [9]
    "Eileen Roe wins wet Colchester race in the Johnson Health Tech Grand Prix Series". British Cycling. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  10. [10]
    Whitehouse, Andrew (16 June 2013). "Road: Roberts wins overall at the Surf n Turf Weekend". British Cycling. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  11. [11]
    Hazlett, Janette (29 May 2013). "Scottish Road Race Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  12. [12]
    Bull, Nick (21 May 2014). "Rapha Condor-JLT extend Tour Series lead as Gibson and Roe win in Peterborough". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  13. [13]
    "Eileen Roe wins 2014 Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series in Woking". Tour Series. 10 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  14. [14]
    Pender, Kieran (7 December 2014). "Neil van der Ploeg wins as Porte and Froome abandon". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  15. [15]
    "BC National Circuit Race Championships: Womens Championships" (PDF). British Cycling. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  16. [16]
    "Ras na mBan Womens Stage Race 2015". British Cycling. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  17. [17]
    Abraham, Richard (2 May 2015). "Louise Mahé wins Tour de Yorkshire women's race". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  18. [18]
    Clarke, Stuart (18 May 2016). "Jon Mould wins Motherwell Tour Series to extend JLT Condor's overall lead". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  19. [19]
    "Despite bombings, racing continued in Belgium". Ella CyclingTips. 24 March 2016.
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