Izzy Sharp (cyclist)
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| Born | Isabel Sharp 29 June 2005[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Lidl–Trek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024– | Lidl–Trek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Isabel Sharp (born 29 June 2005) is a British road and track racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.
Early life
[edit]From Southampton, she was a member of Poole Wheelers cycling club.[2]
Career
[edit]She won gold in the points race at the 2022 Junior UEC European Track Championships and in the Madison at the 2023 UEC Junior European Track Championships.[3] She won silver medals in the points race and the elimination race at the 2023 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships.[4]
In 2023, competing on the road she won Gent-Wevelgem Juniors, Omloop van Borsele and was second at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships in the junior time trial behind Felicity Wilson-Haffenden.[5]
She turned pro with UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek in 2024 in a three-year contract.[6]
Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]- 2022
- 2nd Overall Omloop van Borsele
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 5th Gent–Wevelgem Juniors
- 10th Time trial, UCI World Junior Road Championships
- 2023
- 1st
Overall Omloop van Borsele
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem Juniors
- 2nd
Time trial, UCI World Junior Road Championships - 3rd Time trial, National Junior Championships
- 3th Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda
- 2025
- 2nd Criterium, National Championships
Track
[edit]- 2022
- 1st
Team pursuit, National Championships - 2024
- National Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 2025
- 2nd Individual pursuit, National Championships
References
[edit]- ^ "Isabel Sharp". First Cycling. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ^ Taylor, James (31 January 2025). "Racing at the Sharp end". Buzz.Bournemouth. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ^ "Lidl-Trek signs Holmgren twins & Izzy Sharp". Procyclinguk. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ^ "2023 UCI JUNIOR WORLD TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAY-BY-DAY UPDATES". British Cycling. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ^ Moultrie, James (25 January 2024). "Introducing: Izzy Sharp, Lidl-Trek's new teenage powerhouse". Cycling News. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ^ Davidson, Tom (10 January 2024). "'I contacted Elisa Longo Borghini and she replied in 10 minutes' - how 18-year-old Izzy Sharp forged her WorldTour path". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
External links
[edit]- Isabel Sharp at UCI
- Isabel Sharp at Cycling Archives
- Isabel Sharp at ProCyclingStats
- Isabel Sharp at CycleBase
