Vera Looser (née Adrian; born 28 October 1993) is a Namibian road cyclist and mountain biker who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team InstaFund Racing.[1] She represented her nation at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] She has won the Namibian National Time Trial Championships on seven occasions, and the Namibian National Road Race Championships on ten occasions, including nine years consecutively between 2014 and 2022.
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| Full name | Vera Looser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Vera Adrian 28 October 1993 Windhoek, Namibia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2016 | Time Freight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | BH Cycling Team (guest) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Maxx–Solar Cycling (guest) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | RE/MAX Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017 | Bizkaia–Durango | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | InstaFund Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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One-day races and Classics
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Medal record
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Major results
edit- 2012
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 1st Time trial
- 1st
- African Road Championships
- 3rd
Road race - 7th Time trial
- 3rd
- 2013
- African Road Championships
- 2nd
Road race - 3rd Time trial
- 2nd
- 2014
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 2015
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- African Road Championships
- 2nd Team time trial
- 5th Time trial
- 9th Road race
- 2nd
- African Games
- 4th Team time trial
- 5th Time trial
- 8th Road race
- 2016
- African Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 1st Time trial
- 1st
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 4th KZN Summer Series 2
- 4th Steinmaur
- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Grand Prix Olten
- 2nd GP Oberbaselbiet
- 4th Lakuntz
- 4th Emptinne
- 7th 947 Cycle Challenge
- 2018
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 4th SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn
- African Road Championships
- 6th Time trial
- 7th Road race
- 2019
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- African Games
- 3rd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 3rd
- African Road Championships
- 5th Road race
- 6th Time trial
- 2020
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2021
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- African Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 3rd
- 2022
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
References
edit- ^ "LOOSER Vera". UCI. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Vera Looser". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
External links
edit- Vera Looser at UCI
- Vera Looser at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Vera Looser at ProCyclingStats
- Vera Looser at Cycling Quotient
- Vera Looser at Olympedia
- Vera Looser at ProCyclingStats
