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Pfeiffer Georgi

Not to be confused with Georgy Pfeiffer.

Pfeiffer Zara Georgi (born 27 September 2000) is an English professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team dsm–firmenich PostNL.[6] She won the 2021, 2023 & 2024 British National Road Race Championships.

Pfeiffer Georgi
Georgi in 2021
Personal information
Full namePfeiffer Zara Georgi
NicknamePG[1]
Born (2000-09-27) 27 September 2000 (age 24)
Herne Hill, London, England[2]
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Team information
Current teamTeam dsm–firmenich PostNL
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClassics specialist[3]
Professional team
2019–Team Sunweb[4][5]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships
(2021, 2023, 2024)
Classic Brugge–De Panne (2023)
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich Elimination race
Women's road cycling
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Wollongong Under-23 road race

Career

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In 2017 she won the Gent–Wevelgem junior race and came second overall in the EPZ Omloop van Borsele.[7] In 2018, she won the junior races Trofeo Da Moreno (junior race of Trofeo Alfredo Binda), Healthy Ageing Tour, and Watersley Ladies Challenge. In September 2021, she took her first professional win at La Choralis Fourmies Feminine in France,[2] and the following month Georgi won the women's road race in the National Road Championships.[8] She competed in the 2021 UCI Road World Championships, where she worked as a domestique in the road race with responsibility for leading Lizzie Deignan into the course's climbs, earning praise from the latter.[9]

Representing Great Britain, Georgi finished 5th in the road race at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[10]

The same month, Georgi was forced to abandon the 2024 Tour de France Femmes after a crash on stage five, in which she broke her hand and fractured her neck.[11]

Personal life

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Georgi was born in Herne Hill, London to father Peter, who races at masters level, and mother Louise, who is an amateur cyclist. Her older brother Etienne cycled for Team Wiggins Le Col in 2017–2018.[2] Her paternal grandfather was of Greek-Cypriot origin.[12]

The family later moved to Thornbury where Georgi raced on the Castle Combe Circuit,[13][2] making her debut there at the age of six.[9]

In 2020 she broke two vertebrae in a crash during Classic Brugge–De Panne,[2] a race in Belgium she went on to win in 2023, recording her first victory in the Women's WorldTour.[14]

As of 2024, Georgi lives in Andorra.[15]

Major results

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Road

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2017
1st Gent–Wevelgem Juniors
2nd Overall EPZ Omloop van Borsele Juniors
1st   Young rider classification
1st   Points classification
UCI World Junior Championships
6th Road race
7th Time trial
10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda Juniors
2018
1st   Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
1st Stage 2
1st   Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge
1st Stage 1
1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda Juniors
2nd Overall EPZ Omloop van Borsele Juniors
4th Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships
2019
3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
8th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2021
1st   Road race, National Championships
1st La Choralis Fourmies
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
4th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites Dames
5th GP Eco-Struct
6th Ronde van Drenthe
6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
1st Young rider classification
8th Overall The Women's Tour
2022
1st   Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
2nd   Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships
2nd Road race, National Championships
4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
5th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
1st Young rider classification
6th GP Eco-Struct
9th Omloop van het Hageland
9th Paris–Roubaix
9th Binche–Chimay–Binche
2023
National Championships
1st   Road race
4th Time trial
1st Classic Brugge–De Panne
1st Binche–Chimay–Binche
1st Dwars door de Westhoek
4th Road race, UEC European Championships
5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
7th Amstel Gold Race
8th Paris–Roubaix
9th Strade Bianche
2024
National Championships
1st   Road race
4th Time trial
3rd Paris–Roubaix
4th Amstel Gold Race
5th Road race, Olympic Games

Track

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2017
National Championships
1st   Madison (with Anna Docherty)
3rd Team pursuit
2018
3rd Team pursuit, National Championships
2022
2nd   Elimination, UEC European Championships

References

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  1. ^ a b "Pfeiffer Georgi". Team DSM. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e "From learning to walk to champion in 12 months". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. ^ Jary, Rachel (1 October 2021). "Pfeiffer Georgi: a Classics star in the making". Rouleur. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Rising star: junior Gent-Wevelgem winner Pfeiffer Georgi". Rouleur.cc. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Pfeiffer Georgi wins British National Road Championships". Cycling Weekly. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  9. ^ a b Jary, Rachel (7 January 2022). "British Champion Pfeiffer Georgi on her big win, 2022 ambitions and the Tour de France Femmes". Rouleur. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Fantastic fifth for Pfeiffer in Olympic women's road race on day nine in Paris". British Cycling. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  11. ^ "GB's Georgi fractured neck and broke hand in crash". BBC Sport. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  12. ^ Marshall-Bell, Chris (14 March 2021). "In the genes: Meet the Georgi-ian dynasty". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Etienne Georgi breaks course record at Severn Road Club's ten-mile trial". Gloucestershire Gazette. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  14. ^ "Georgi wins race she previously broke her back in". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  15. ^ Hurcom, Sophie (21 November 2024). "I don't want to see Tour de France crash - Georgi". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 December 2024. Georgi, from Gloucestershire, now lives in Andorra
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