Lizzie Deignan

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. She was the 2015 World road race champion.

Lizzie Deignan
MBE
Deignan in 2016
Personal information
Full nameElizabeth Mary Deignan
NicknameLizzie
BornElizabeth Mary Armitstead
(1988-12-18) 18 December 1988
Otley, West Yorkshire, England
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st)
Team information
Current teamLidl–Trek
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
2006Raleigh ERV
2007Global Racing Team
2008–2009100% ME
Professional teams
2008Team Halfords Bikehut
2009Lotto–Belisol Ladiesteam
2010–2011Cervélo TestTeam
2012AA Drink–leontien.nl
2013–2018Boels–Dolmans
2019–Trek–Segafredo
Major wins
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)
Medal record
Women's Road cycling
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2012 LondonRoad Race
World Championships
2015 RichmondRoad race
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2014 GlasgowRoad Race
2010 DelhiRoad Race
Representing Boels–Dolmans
World Championships
2016 DohaTeam time trial
2015 RichmondTeam time trial
Women's Track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
2009 PruszkówTeam pursuit
2009 PruszkówScratch
2010 BallerupTeam pursuit
2010 BallerupOmnium
2009 PruszkówPoints race

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.

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