Lucy van der Haar

Lucy May van der Haar (née Garner; born 20 September 1994) is a British former professional racing cyclist,^[5] who rode professionally between 2013 and 2020 for the Team Liv–Plantur, Wiggle High5 and Hitec Products–Birk Sport teams. Van der Haar is a double junior world road race champion, winning in consecutive years, in 2011 and 2012.

Lucy van der Haar

Garner racing in the Oxford round of the 2012 Tour Series
Personal information
Full name	Lucy May van der Haar
Born	Lucy May Garner (1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 30) Leicester, England[1]
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1][2]
Team information
Current team	Retired
Disciplines	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur teams
2004–2012	Leicestershire Road Club
2011–2012	Motorpoint Pro–Cycling Team
Professional teams
2013–2015	Argos–Shimano
2016–2018	Wiggle High5
2019–2020	Hitec Products–Birk Sport[3][4]

Career

Early life

Van der Haar grew up in Cosby, Leicestershire. Her first cycling club was the Leicestershire Road Club.^[6] Competing with them from 2004 to 2012, she won many National Awards from both the British Schools Cycling Association and British Cycling. She remained in full-time education until 2012, when she left Countesthorpe Community College having completed her AS-levels.^[7]

Amateur career

Van der Haar won her first junior world title at the 2011 road world championships in Copenhagen. She was part of a late six-woman breakaway from the peloton and won the race comfortably in a sprint for the line.^[8] A year later, she retained her title in a bunch sprint finish of 19 riders at the championships in Valkenburg, Netherlands,^[9] having had a lead-out from Elinor Barker.

Professional career

Van der Haar signed a professional contract with UCI Women's Team Argos–Shimano in October 2012,^[10][11] turning professional at the start of the 2013 season.^[12][13] In May 2013, she claimed her first professional victory on the opening stage of the Tour of Chongming Island in Shanghai, China.^[14] In September 2015, van der Haar announced she would be riding for Wiggle High5 in 2016.^[15]

Personal life

Van der Haar has a sister, Grace Garner, who is two years younger than her. She competed professionally as a racing cyclist,^[16] before also retiring in 2020.^[17] In July 2019, she married fellow cyclist Lars van der Haar,^[18] and in March 2022, announced she was pregnant with their first child.^[19]

Major results

Source:^[20]

2011

1st Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships

2nd Team pursuit, National Track Championships (with Hannah Barnes and Harriet Owen)

2012

1st Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships

1st Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships

UEC European Junior Track Championships

1st Team pursuit (with Amy Roberts and Elinor Barker)

1st Scratch

2nd Team sprint (with Dannielle Khan)

National Track Championships

1st Individual pursuit

2nd Team pursuit (with Corrine Hall and Harriet Owen)

2013

3rd Overall Tour of Chongming Island

1st Stage 1

6th Dwars door de Westhoek

8th Drentse 8

2014

2nd Drentse 8

2nd 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg

3rd Dwars door de Westhoek

3rd Grand Prix de Dottignies

7th Overall The Women's Tour

2015

1st Stage 1 La Route de France

2nd Ronde van Gelderland

5th La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta

6th Parel van de Veluwe

9th Dwars door de Westhoek

9th Diamond Tour

2016

2nd Women's Tour de Yorkshire

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

5th Ronde van Gelderland

2017

3rd Tour of Guangxi Women's Elite World Challenge

3rd Omloop van de IJsseldelta

2018

1st Mountains classification Tour of Chongming Island

2019

5th Road race, National Road Championships

5th Overall Tour of Chongming Island

2020

1st Overall Dubai Women's Tour

1st Points classification

1st Stage 1