Claire Steels Explained
Claire Steels |
Birth Date: | 9 November 1986 |
Discipline: | Road |
Role: | Rider |
Proyears1: | 2020–2022 |
Proyears2: | 2023 |
Claire Steels (born 9 November 1986) grew up in the market town of Bourne, Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom. After completing education at Bourne Grammar School and University of Hull. Steels became a British professional racing cyclist,[1] [2] [3] who currently rides for UCI Women's World Tour Team, .[4]
In 2019, Steels took the overall classification, and a time trial stage win, at Rás na mBan.
Steels competed in the 2023 edition of the British National Road Race Championships. After finding herself in a front group of nine riders, she attacked on Skelton Green to reduce the selection to seven. When eventual winner Pfeiffer Georgi attacked from the group on the final descent of the race, Steels was able to move away from the remaining riders, finishing as runner-up.[5]
Major Results
- 2019
1st Overall Rás na mBan
1st Stage 4
- 2021
9th Grand Prix Féminin de Chambéry 2022
5th La Périgord Ladies 8th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche 2023
1st ReVolta 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria 6th Overall Tour de Suisse 9th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
- 2024
2nd Time trial, National Road ChampionshipsNotes and References
- Web site: Rider Chat: Claire Steels . Velo UK . 28 January 2021.
- Web site: A Day in the Life of... Claire Steels, Cyclist, Duathlete and PT . Lessons in Badassery . 22 June 2018 . 28 January 2021.
- Web site: Riding with Claire Steels: Novice to World Champion in Ten Months . Total Women's Cycling . 28 January 2021.
- Web site: Claire Steels. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 26 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126233249/https://www.uci.org/rider-details/188904. 26 January 2021.
- Web site: Wright place, Wright time: Wright and Georgi crowned champions of the road at the British National Championships . British Cycling . 25 June 2023 . 27 June 2023.