Alison Tetrick

{{short description|American cyclist}}

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| name = Alison Tetrick

| image = Richmond 2015 UCI (21361187679).jpg

| caption = The {{UCI team code|RLW|2015}} team at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships

| fullname = Alison Marie Tetrick

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|4|4}}

| birth_place = Solvang, California, United States{{cite web |url=http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=6198 |title=Alison Tetrick |website=USA Cycling |access-date=May 23, 2015 |archive-date=April 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419170324/http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=6198 |url-status=dead }}

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| height = {{convert|5|ft|9|in|cm|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|143|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

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| disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Mountain biking}}

| role = Rider

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| proyears1 = 2009–2010

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|TIB|2009}}

| proyears2 = 2011–2013

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|T20|2011}}

| proyears3 = 2014

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|BPK|2014}}

| proyears4 = 2015

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|OPW|2015}}{{cite web |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/11/news/optum-announce-womens-roster-2015_352315 |title=Optum announces women’s roster for 2015|date=November 6, 2014 |website=VeloNews |access-date=May 23, 2015}}

| proyears5 = 2016–2017

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|CPC|2016}}

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Alison Marie Tetrick (born April 4, 1985) is an American racing cyclist.{{cite web |url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=135772 |title=Alison Tetrick |accessdate=September 23, 2014 |work=ProCyclingStats}} She rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships.

Tetrick comes from a sporting family – her grandfather, Paul Tetrick, won more than a dozen national time trial titles, whilst her father played American football for UCLA and subsequently competed in mountain biking. Alison competed as a tennis player whilst at college, becoming an All-American,{{cite web |url=http://www.usacycling.org/womens-cycling-interview-pro-cyclist-alison-tetrick.htm |title=Women's Cycling Interview |website=USA Cycling |access-date=May 23, 2015 |archive-date=May 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524154114/http://www.usacycling.org/womens-cycling-interview-pro-cyclist-alison-tetrick.htm |url-status=dead }} before she took up elite competition in triathlon as an amateur after graduating. She switched to cycling after attending a USA Cycling Talent ID camp in 2008. In November 2015 she was announced as part of the inaugural squad for the {{UCI team code|CPC|2016}} team for the 2016 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/new-womens-team-cylance-taking-aim-at-inaugural-worldtour/ |title=New women's team Cylance taking aim at inaugural WorldTour |last1=Weislo |first1=Laura |date=November 10, 2015 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=December 24, 2015}}

In 2017 she won Unbound Gravel in Kansas, a race billed as one of the world's top ranked gravel races. She also finished on the podium of the events in 2018 and 2019, even though she had retired as a pro cyclist and no longer rode with a pro team. In 2020, it was cancelled due to COVID-19, but she entered it again in 2021 and placed just outside the top 10. She entered the race again in 2022 as a pacer for other riders.{{cite web|url=https://www.velonews.com/news/gravel/for-her-fifth-unbound-gravel-alison-tetrick-is-racing-the-sun/

|title=For her fifth Unbound Gravel, Alison Tetrick is 'racing the sun': The former champ of the race will guide a pace group to finish before sunset, raising money for Emporia's local NICA chapter |first=Betsy |last=Welch |publisher=Velo News by Outside Magazine |date=3 June 2022 |access-date=27 July 2022}}

Major results

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;2010

: 3rd Chrono Gatineau

;2011

: 5th Time trial, Pan American Games

;2012

: 2nd Chrono des Nations

;2013

: 2nd Chrono des Nations

;2014

: 2nd Chrono des Nations

: 3rd 15px Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

: 5th Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen

;2015

: 4th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour

::1st Stage 3

: 5th Overall Tour Femenino de San Luis

::1st Stage 6

: 5th Overall San Dimas Stage Race

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