Erica Carney Explained

Erica Carney
Fullname:Erica Carney
Birth Name:Erica Allar
Birth Date:5 November 1985
Currentteam:Retired
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Sprinter
Amateuryears1:2010
Amateurteam1:Vera Bradley Foundation
Amateuryears2:2012
Amateurteam2:RideClean/PatentIt.com
Amateuryears3:2013
Amateurteam3:Care4Cycling p/b Solomon
Proyears1:2009
Proyears2:2014–2015
Proteam2:[1]
Proyears3:2016–2019

Erica Carney (née Allar; born November 5, 1985) is an American former professional racing cyclist,[2] who rode professionally in 2009 and between 2014 and 2019 for the and teams.

Formative years

Born as Erica Allar in Fogelsville, Pennsylvania on November 5, 1985, Erica Carney graduated from Northwestern Lehigh High School in the Northwestern Lehigh School District.[3] She began her amateur cycling career at the age of fifteen at the Lehigh Valley Velodrome (now the Valley Preferred Cycling Center) and rode professionally for the first time in 2008 as a member of Aaron's Cycling Team.[4]

Career

During the mid-2000s, Carney rode in fifty to seventy cycling events per year. In 2006 and 2007, she won the National Criterium Championship (Under 23 category); in 2008, she finished tenth in the Commerce Bank Liberty Classic.[5]

Major results

2007
  • 2nd Keirin, Australian National Track Championships[6]
    2008
  • 10th Liberty Classic
    2009
  • 1st Clarendon Cup
    2010
  • 2nd Criterium, National Road Championships
    2012
  • 1st Sunny King Criterium
  • 1st TD Bank Mayor's Cup
  • 3rd Overall Tour of America's Dairyland
    2013
  • 1st TD Bank Mayor's Cup
  • 2nd Sunny King Criterium
    2014
  • 1st Tour of Somerville
  • 2nd Criterium, National Road Championships
  • 2nd Overall Tour of America's Dairyland
  • 2nd Sunny King Criterium
  • 4th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
    2015
  • 1st Overall Tulsa Tough
  • 1st Stages 1 & 3
  • 3rd Sunny King Criterium
    2017
  • 1st Criterium, National Road Championships
  • 2nd Sunny King Criterium
    2018
  • 2nd Athens Twilight Criterium

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. News: 2019 men's and women's rosters. Tom. Soladay. Thomas Soladay. . Circuit Sport. February 25, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190122213440/https://rallyuhccycling.com/news/official-2019-roster/. January 22, 2019.
    2. News: From bike to chalkboard – the Erica Carney story. . Circuit Sport. October 21, 2019. February 3, 2020.
    3. "Banged-Up Tiger," in "Race Notebook." Allentown, Pennsylvania: The Morning Call, June 4, 2008, p. C3 (subscription required).
    4. Rittenhouse, Amanda. "Pro, amateur cyclists to wheel into W. Chester." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 3, 2008, p. L14 (subscription required).
    5. Rittenhouse, "Pro, amateur cyclists to wheel into W. Chester," The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 3, 2008.
    6. News: John Michael. Flynn. Kersten wins gold in kilo and omnium. Cyclingnews.com. Knapp Communications. February 11, 2007. June 19, 2022.