Sarah Gigante

Career

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Junior and under-23 career

In 2018, Gigante was national junior champion in the road race, individual time trial and criterium,^[3] won the junior women's road race at the 2018 Oceania Cycling Championships,^[4] won the silver medal in the Junior World Track Championships points race,^[5]

In 2019, aged 18, Gigante won the elite women's race at the Australian National Road Race Championships.^[6]^[7] She was awarded the 2019 Amy Gillett Foundation Scholarship to support her development as a professional cyclist.^[8]

Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank (2020–2021)

In December 2019, it was announced that Gigante would turn professional with the Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank team.^[1] In January 2020, she won the Australian National Time Trial Championships.^[9] She won the overall at the Australian National Road Series.^[10] She re-signed with Tibco-SVB for the 2021 season.^[11]

Gigante finished second in the inaugural UCI Cycling Esports World Championships.^[12]

She had a strong start to the 2021 season in Australia winning the general classification and two stages at the Santos Festival of Cycling.^[13] She then defended her national title in the individual time trial.^[14]

Gigante was selected to compete in the road race and time trial at the Tokyo Olympics.^[15] She finished 40th in the road race and 11th in the time trial.^[16]

Movistar (2022-2023)

Gigante had her first win in Europe at the Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa in May 2022.^[17]

AG Insurance–Soudal (2024-2025)

Through mutual agreement with Movistar, she left the team to join AG Insurance–Soudal without serving the third year of her contract.^[18] Gigante won the 2024 Women's Tour Down Under, her first Women's WorldTour victory.^[19]

In 2025, Gigante won the two mountain stages at the Giro d'Italia Women, taking the mountains classification and finishing 3rd overall.^[20] Her performance at the Giro was praised in the media, with Cycling Weekly stating that she "proves herself one of the world best climbers".^[21]

Gigante rose to second position of the general classification of the Tour de France Femmes after finishing second in the mountain top finish of Stage 8. She slipped to sixth on the general classification during Stage 9 after losing contact with the lead group.^[22]

Gigante broke her femur in a training accident in mid-August and underwent surgery. This meant an early end to the season and she would be unable to compete in the World Road Cycling Championships.^[23]

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Major results

Career

Junior and under-23 career

Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank (2020–2021)

Movistar (2022-2023)

AG Insurance–Soudal (2024-2025)

Personal

Major results

References

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