Eileen Roe (born 24 September 1989) is a Scottish racing cyclist,[2] who most recently rode professionally for UCI Women's Team WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling. Roe was the winner of the 2014 and 2016 British National Circuit Race Championships.[3][4]
.jpg) Roe in 2017 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Eileen Roe |
| Born | 24 September 1989 Dunfermline, Fife, United Kingdom |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2009 | Ladies Cycling Team Tubanters |
| 2011 | Moving Ladies |
| 2013 | Breast Cancer Care Cycling Team |
| 2014 | Starley–Primal |
| 2015 | WV Breda–Manieu.nl Ladies Team (guest) |
| 2016 | Team WNT (guest) |
| 2018 | Cairn Velo |
| Professional teams | |
| 2012 | Team Ibis Cycles |
| 2014–2015 | Wiggle–Honda |
| 2016 | Lares–Waowdeals |
| 2017–2018 | Team WNT |
Biography
editBorn in Dunfermline, Roe began competitive cycling at the age of 10. She has been employed at the Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative on a part-time basis for several years, which allowed her the time to dedicate to her cycling career.[5] In October 2014 the Wiggle–Honda team announced that Roe would join them with immediate effect to ride in the Australian criterium season and the subsequent 2015 season.[6] Roe joined Belgian team Lares–Waowdeals for the 2016 season.[7] From 2017, Roe became a member of the Team WNT squad.[8]
Major results
edit- 2008
- 1st
800m, National Grass Track Championships - 2012
- 1st Round 3, Johnson Health Tech Grand Prix Series, Colchester[9]
- 2nd National Criterium Championships
- National Track Championships
- 3rd Madison
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 2013
- 2nd Overall Surf & Turf Weekend
- 1st Stage 3[10]
- 2nd Points race, Revolution – Round 2, Glasgow
- 3rd Road race, Scottish Road Championships[11]
- 2014
- 1st National Criterium Championships
- 1st Overall Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series[5]
- 3rd Stan Siejka Launceston Cycling Classic[14]
- 2015
- 2nd National Criterium Championships[15]
- 2nd Overall Rás na mBan
- 1st Stage 6[16]
- 2nd Women's Tour de Yorkshire[17]
- 2nd London Nocturne
- 10th Marianne Vos Classic
- 2016
- 1st National Criterium Championships
- 1st Round 1, Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series, Motherwell[18]
- Rás na mBan
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 6
- 1st
- 3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen[19]
- 9th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
References
edit- ^ a b "Rider Profile". British Cycling. 14 March 2013.
- ^ "Eileen Roe". Cycling Website. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014.
- ^ "Adam Blythe and Eileen Roe take national circuit race titles in Hull". Cycling Weekly. 10 July 2014.
- ^ "Roe and Lawless crowned champions at British Cycling National Circuit Race Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Our Cycling pro, Eileen Roe". Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative. 7 November 2012.
- ^ "Eileen Roe joins Wiggle Honda in time for the Australian Criterium Season". Wiggle Honda. 26 October 2014. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "News shorts: Prudhomme keen on 2017 Tour de France start in Germany". Cyclingnews.com. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ "Rider stats – Eileen Roe". Procyclingstats.com. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Eileen Roe wins wet Colchester race in the Johnson Health Tech Grand Prix Series". British Cycling. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ Whitehouse, Andrew (16 June 2013). "Road: Roberts wins overall at the Surf n Turf Weekend". British Cycling. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ Hazlett, Janette (29 May 2013). "Scottish Road Race Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ Bull, Nick (21 May 2014). "Rapha Condor-JLT extend Tour Series lead as Gibson and Roe win in Peterborough". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "Eileen Roe wins 2014 Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series in Woking". Tour Series. 10 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ Pender, Kieran (7 December 2014). "Neil van der Ploeg wins as Porte and Froome abandon". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "BC National Circuit Race Championships: Womens Championships" (PDF). British Cycling. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Ras na mBan Womens Stage Race 2015". British Cycling. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Abraham, Richard (2 May 2015). "Louise Mahé wins Tour de Yorkshire women's race". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ Clarke, Stuart (18 May 2016). "Jon Mould wins Motherwell Tour Series to extend JLT Condor's overall lead". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Despite bombings, racing continued in Belgium". Ella CyclingTips. 24 March 2016.
External links
edit- Profile and diaries at the Braveheart Cycling Fund
- Eileen Roe at UCI
- Eileen Roe at Cycling Archives
- Eileen Roe at ProCyclingStats
- Eileen Roe at Cycling Quotient
- Eileen Roe at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
