Aaron Gate

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Aaron Gate

| image = UCI Track World Championships 2020 064.jpg

| caption = Gate in 2020

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|11|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| height = 1.8 m

| weight = 71 kg

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|AST}}

| disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| proyears1 = 2013–2016

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|SKT|2013}}

| proyears2 = 2017–2018

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|ABS|2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aquabluesport.com/blog/2018-team-first-races.html|title=2018 rider roster and first races confirmed|date=1 January 2018|access-date=5 January 2018|work={{UCI team code|ABS|2018}}|publisher=Aqua Blue Sport Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105233644/http://www.aquabluesport.com/blog/2018-team-first-races.html|archive-date=5 January 2018|url-status=dead}}

| proyears3 = 2019

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|EVO|2019}}

| proyears4 = 2020–2023

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|Black Spoke|2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14231/2003448/257|title=Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=10 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310223838/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14231/2003448/257|archive-date=10 March 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15362/2003448/276|title=Black Spoke Pro Cycling|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=4 February 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210204224943/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15362/2003448/276|archivedate=4 February 2021}}

| proyears5 = 2024

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|BBH|2024}}

| proyears6 = 2025–

| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|AST|2025}}

| majorwins = ;Road

Stage races

:Tour of Hainan (2024)

: Boucles de la Mayenne (2025)

One-day races and Classics

:National Road Race Championships (2024)

:National Time Trial Championships (2021, 2023)

;Track

: World Championships

::Omnium (2013)

::Points race (2023)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{NZL}}}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Birmingham|Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's individual pursuit}}

}}

Aaron Gate (born 26 November 1990) is a New Zealand road and track cyclist,{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/gate-aaron-1125607/events|title=Aaron Gate|publisher=London2012.com|access-date=6 August 2012|archive-date=5 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805213925/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/gate-aaron-1125607/events|url-status=dead}} who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|AST}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/20251|title=XDS Astana Team|publisher=UCI|access-date=8 January 2025}}{{cite web | url=https://www.uci.org/rider-details/44055 | title=Aaron Gate | work=UCI.org | accessdate=10 January 2024}} He represented his country in track cycling at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. Gate is the first New Zealand athlete to win four gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games.{{Cite web |title=Four gold medals! Cycling star makes NZ history with 'astonishing' win |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/commonwealth-games-2022-aaron-gate-makes-history-with-fourth-gold-medal-in-astonishing-road-race-win/NZU54PI6SFFA6CWYAZJMUW346U/ |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=The New Zealand Herald |date=7 August 2022 |language=en-NZ}}

Career

He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit event with teammates Sam Bewley, Marc Ryan, Jesse Sergent and Westley Gough.{{cite news|last=Devlin|first=Colette|title=Pursuit team won a medal for Mark|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/sport/7420460/Pursuit-team-won-a-medal-for-Mark|work=The Southland Times|date=6 August 2012}} On 24 February 2013 in Belarus, Gate won the world championship title in the omnium event. Alongside Pieter Bulling, Regan Gough, and Dylan Kennett, he came fourth in the men's team pursuit at the 2016 Rio Olympics, being beaten by Denmark to the bronze medal.{{cite news |last1=Geenty |first1=Mark |title=Rio Olympics 2016: Odd shaped track stymies New Zealand pursuit team |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/83133932/rio-olympics-2016-new-zealand-to-ride-for-team-pursuit-bronze-at-the-velodrome |access-date=14 August 2016 |work=Stuff |date=13 August 2016}} He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.{{cite web | url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Vuelta_a_Espana_2017_Startlist | title=2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist | access-date=17 August 2017| work= ProCyclingStats}} In 2021 he won his first national title winning the New Zealand National Time Trial Championships by 0.7 seconds ahead of George Bennett.{{cite web |title=NZ ITT 2021 |url=https://my1.raceresult.com/165159/RRPublish/pdf.php?name=02-Results%7COverall%20results&contest=0&lang=en |website=my1.raceresult |access-date=12 February 2021 |archive-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026130720/https://my1.raceresult.com/165159/RRPublish/pdf.php?name=02-Results%7COverall%20results&contest=0&lang=en |url-status=dead }}

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Gate competed in the team pursuit event with teammates Regan Gough, Jordan Kerby and Campbell Stewart. In the bronze medal race against Australia, he crashed after clipping Kerby's rear wheel, fracturing his collarbone. He subsequently withdrew from the rest of the Games, and was replaced by Stewart in the madison and omnium events.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-05|title=New Zealand track cyclist Aaron Gate ruled out of Tokyo Olympics after crash|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/300375031/new-zealand-track-cyclist-aaron-gate-ruled-out-of-tokyo-olympics-after-crash|access-date=2021-08-05|website=Stuff |language=en}}

In 2022, at the age of 31, Gate became a quadruple Commonwealth champion when taking gold in the individual pursuit, team pursuit and points race on the track as well as the road race at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.{{cite web |title=Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit Medalists |url=https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/CTR/2022-07-30/CTRMPURSUIT-----------------------__C92A_1.0.pdf |website=Birmingham 2022 |access-date=4 August 2022}}{{cite web |title=Men's 4000m Team Pursuit Medalists |url=https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/CTR/2022-07-29/CTRMPURTEAM4----------------------__C92B_1.0.pdf |website=Birmingham 2022 |access-date=4 August 2022}}{{cite web |title=Men's 40km Points Race Medalists |url=https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/CTR/2022-08-01/CTRMPOINTS------------------------__C92A_1.0.pdf |website=Birmingham 2022 |access-date=4 August 2022}}{{cite web |title=Commonwealth Games 2022: New Zealand cyclists claim more medals on the track |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/commonwealth-games-2022-new-zealand-cyclists-claim-more-medals-on-the-track/NQODHYU4N6JUQ652JQL5TCTTMQ/ |website=The New Zealand Herald |date=30 July 2022 |access-date=31 July 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.velonews.com/news/road/commonwealth-games-aaron-gate-shocks-worldtour-opposition-to-win-thrilling-mens-road-race/ |title=Commonwealth Games: Aaron Gate shocks WorldTour opposition to win thrilling men's road race |last=Benson |first=Daniel |date=7 August 2022 |website=VeloNews |access-date=7 August 2022}}

Major results

=Road=

;2011

: 1st Stage 4 Tour of the Murray River

: 6th Overall Rás Tailteann

: 10th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt U23

;2012

: 7th Overall Tour of Wellington

::1st Stage 5

;2013

: 10th Halle–Ingooigem

;2015

: 4th Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic

: 5th Overall Rás Tailteann

::1st {{cjersey|green}} Sprints classification

::1st Stages 2 & 5

: 6th Overall Ronde de l'Oise

: 6th Ronde van Overijssel

;2016

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour of Southland

::1st Stage 5

: 1st Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge

: 6th Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré

: 6th Overall Rás Tailteann

::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification

::1st Stage 6

;2018

: 1st {{cjersey|polkadot inverse}} Mountains classification, Tour of Austria

;2019 (1 pro win)

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic

::1st Stage 1

: 1st Stage 1 Belgrade–Banja Luka

: 5th Overall Circuit des Ardennes

: 9th Antwerp Port Epic

;2020

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour of Southland

::1st Stage 1 (TTT), 6 & 7

: 2nd Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic

::1st Stage 1

: 4th Road race, National Championships

;2021 (1)

: 1st {{cjersey|nz}} Time trial, National Championships

: 1st Gravel and Tar Classic

: 3rd Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic

: 4th Chrono des Nations

: 10th Lillehammer GP

;2022 (4)

: Commonwealth Games

::1st 15px Road race

::4th Time trial

: 1st {{cjersey|oceania champion}} Time trial, Oceania Championships

: 1st {{cjersey|turquoise}} Overall International Tour of Hellas

::1st Stage 1

: 4th Overall Ronde de l'Oise

: 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

::1st Stage 3

: 10th Overall Tour of Belgium

: 10th Polynormande

;2023 (2)

: 1st {{cjersey|nz}} Time trial, National Championships

: 2nd Overall International Tour of Hellas

::1st Prologue

;2024 (5)

: Oceania Championships

::1st {{cjersey|oceania champion}} Time trial

::3rd 15px Road race

: National Championships

::1st {{cjersey|nz}} Road race

::2nd Time trial

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour of Hainan

::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification

::1st Stages 3 & 4

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic

::1st Stages 1, 3, 4 & 5

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Trans-Himalaya Cycling Race

: 4th Overall Tour de Taiwan

: 6th Gravel and Tar Classic

;2025 (3)

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Boucles de la Mayenne

::1st Stage 2

: 2nd Time trial, National Championships

: 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

: 3rd Overall Tour of Hainan

::1st Stage 4

: 6th Grand Prix Criquielion

: 10th Surf Coast Classic

==Grand Tour general classification results timeline==

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