Lara Gillespie

Lara Gillespie (born 21 April 2001) is an Irish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam UAE Team ADQ. She won the gold medal in the elimination race, or 'devil', at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships.

Lara Gillespie

Gillespie in 2025
Personal information
Born	(2001-04-21) 21 April 2001 (age 24) Carlow, Ireland [1]
Team information
Current team	UAE Team ADQ
Disciplines	Road Track Cyclo-cross
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
2018	Cannibal Team
2019	Orwell Wheelers CC
2020	Illi-Bikes Cycling Team
Professional teams
2021	Team Rupelcleaning–Champion Lubricants
2023–2024	UAE Development Team
2024–	UAE Team ADQ
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2020, 2023)
Medal record World Championships 2024 Ballerup Points race European Championships 2025 Heusden-Zolder Elimination Race U23 European Championships 2023 Anadia Points race 2023 Anadia Omnium 2021 Apeldroon Individual Pursiut Junior European Championships 2018 Agile Points Race 2018 Agile Individual Pursiut 2019 Ghent Individual Pursiut 2019 Ghent Scratch 2019 Ghent Points Race Junior World Championships 2019 Frankfurt Individual Pursiut

Career

At the 2018 UEC European Junior Track Championships Gillespie won Gold in the Points race. At the 2019 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships, Gillespie won a bronze medal in the individual pursuit.^[2][3] She rode in the women's team pursuit event at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin, Germany.^[4]

In 2023, she won Gold medals for both the Points race and Omnium at the UEC European U23 Track Championships^[5]

Gillespie won her first senior medal after winning a Bronze medal for Ireland at the 2024 World Track Championships in the Points Race

Lara Gillespie won the Elimination Race in round 4 of the 2024 UCI Track Champions League in London.

Gillespie is a multiple Irish National Champion on the Road,^[6][7] on the Track and for Cyclo Cross.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2018

1st National Championships

2nd Belfast

2019

1st National Championships

Road

2018

1st Road race, National Junior Championships

2019

2nd Road race, National Junior Championships

2020 (1 pro win)

1st Road race, National Championships

2022

Rás na mBan

1st Stages 1 & 4^[8][9]

2023 (1)

1st Road race, National Championships

2nd Poreč Trophy Ladies [it]^[10]

2nd Grand Prix Eco-Struct [be]^[11]

6th ZLM Omloop der Kempen Ladies

2024 (4)

1st Overall Giro Mediterraneo Rosa

1st Stages 2 & 3

1st Antwerp Port Epic

4th Cyclis Classic

2025

1st Sprints classification, UAE Tour

2nd Omloop van het Hageland

3rd Le Samyn

3rd Nokere Koerse

5th Classic Brugge–De Panne

6th Gent–Wevelgem

Track

2018

UEC European Junior Championships

1st Points race

2nd Individual pursuit

National Junior Championships

1st Time trial

1st Individual pursuit

1st Scratch

1st Sprint

2019

National Junior Championships

1st Individual pursuit

1st Scratch

1st Sprint

2nd Time trial

UEC European Junior Championships

2nd Points race

2nd Scratch

2nd Individual pursuit

3rd Individual pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships

2020

National Championships

1st Scratch

2nd Individual pursuit

3rd Sprint

2022

1st Scratch, National Championships

Dublin International^[12]

1st Scratch

1st Omnium

Troféu Internacional de Pista^[13]

1st Madison

1st Omnium

2023

UEC European Under-23 Championships

1st Points race

1st Omnium

Dublin International

1st Madison

1st Omnium

GP Presov^[14]

1st Madison

1st Omnium

1st Elimination