English track and road racing cyclist
"Elizabeth Armitstead" redirects here. For the 18th-century courtesan and wife of Charles James Fox, see
Elizabeth Armistead.
Lizzie Deignan
MBEDeignan in 2023 |
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Full name | Elizabeth Mary Deignan |
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Nickname | Lizzie |
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Born | Elizabeth Mary Armitstead (1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 36) Otley, West Yorkshire, England |
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Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] |
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Weight | 57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st)[1] |
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Current team | Lidl–Trek |
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Role | Rider |
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Rider type | All-rounder |
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2006 | Raleigh ERV |
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2007 | Global Racing Team |
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2008–2009 | 100% ME |
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2008 | Team Halfords Bikehut |
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2009 | Lotto–Belisol Ladiesteam |
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2010–2011 | Cervélo TestTeam |
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2012 | AA Drink–leontien.nl |
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2013–2018 | Boels–Dolmans |
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2019– | Trek–Segafredo[2][3] |
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Stage races
- The Women's Tour (2016, 2019)
- Ladies Tour of Qatar (2015)
One-day races and Classics
- World Road Race Championships (2015)
- National Road Race Championships
(2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
- Ronde van Drenthe (2014)
- Trofeo Alfredo Binda (2015, 2016)
- The Philadelphia Cycling Classic (2015)
- GP de Plouay (2015, 2017, 2020)
- Strade Bianche (2016)
- Tour of Flanders (2016)
- Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2016)
- Boels Rental Hills Classic (2015, 2016)
- Tour de Yorkshire (2017)
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2020)
- La Course by Le Tour de France (2020)
- Paris–Roubaix (2021)
Other
- UCI Women's Road World Cup
- Overall (2014, 2015)
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Elizabeth Mary Deignan MBE (née Armitstead; born 18 December 1988) is an English professional world champion track and road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.[4] She was the 2015 World road race champion.
Deignan is also the 2014 Commonwealth Games road race champion and a twice winner of the season-long UCI Women's Road World Cup, winning the overall competition in 2014 and the final edition in 2015. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Deignan won the silver medal in the road race. She has won the British National Road Race Championships four times, in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017.
In 2021, Deignan won the first ever Paris–Roubaix Femmes to add to victories in the women's versions of Tour of Flanders and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, becoming the first woman to win a 'triple crown' of all women's Monument classics. Twice winner of The Women's Tour, the most important stage race for women in the UK, she has also won Strade Bianche Donne, La Course by Le Tour de France and the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio.
Prior to her road career, Deignan won a total of five medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 2009 and 2010, including a gold medal in team pursuit in 2009 with Joanna Rowsell and Wendy Houvenaghel.