Amy Roberts
{{Short description|Welsh racing cyclist (born 1994)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Amy Roberts
| image = Quaregnon - Le Samyn des Dames & Le Samyn, 2 mars 2016, départ (B107).JPG
| caption = Roberts in 2016.
| fullname = Amy Rose Roberts
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|12|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Llanelli, Wales, United Kingdom
| currentteam =
| discipline = {{ubl|Road|Track}}
| role = Rider
| ridertype = Endurance
| amateuryears1 = ?
| amateurteam1 = Towy Riders
| amateuryears2 = 2006–2007
| amateurteam2 = Bynea CC
| amateuryears3 = 2008
| amateurteam3 = Kidney Wales For Escentual
| amateuryears4 = 2009–2011
| amateurteam4 = Cardiff Ajax CC
| amateuryears5 = 2012
| amateurteam5 = Team USN{{cite web| url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/points| title=Individual/Points| publisher=British Cycling| accessdate=23 January 2013}}
| amateuryears6 = 2012
| amateurteam6 = Scott Contessa Epic{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/scott-contessa-epic-announce-2013-line-up-36487 |title=Scott Contessa Epic announce 2013 line-up |last1=Abraham |first1=Richard |date=28 November 2012 |website=Cycling Weekly |accessdate=7 October 2014}}
| proyears1 = 2013–2017
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|WHT|2013}}
| proyears2 = 2018
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|PHV|2018}}
| majorwins =
| medaltemplates =
}}
Amy Rose Roberts (born 24 December 1994) is a Welsh racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's Team {{UCI team code|PHV|2018}}.
Career
Born in Llanelli, Roberts was brought up in Pontyberem. She attended Queen Elizabeth High School, Carmarthen.{{cite web| url=http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Amy-right-track-career-cycle-racing/story-16624101-detail/story.html| title=Amy is on the right track for career in cycle racing| publisher=Carmarthen Journal| date=2012-08-01}} Roberts took up triathlon at the age of 14, she joined the Towy Riders cycling club to improve her cycling skills and within a year of doing so had become the Under-16 Welsh National Cyclo-cross Champion.{{cite web| url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/bio/72| title=GB Cycling Team Rider Biography: Amy Roberts| publisher=British Cycling| date=December 2012| accessdate=23 January 2013}} Roberts was part of British Cycling's Olympic Talent Team.{{cite web|url=http://www.jaguaracademyofsport.co.uk/the-academy/rising-stars/2010/amy-roberts.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518051414/http://jaguaracademyofsport.co.uk/the-academy/rising-stars/2010/amy-roberts.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 May 2011 |title=Cycling: Amy Roberts |publisher=Jaguar Academy of Sport |accessdate=23 January 2013 }}
Roberts represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 2014,{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cycling/commonwealth-games-2014-olympic-champion-7234116 |title=Commonwealth Games 2014: Olympic champion Geraint Thomas and world sprint star Becky James head up Welsh cycling team for Glasgow |publisher=Wales Online |date=2014-07-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808041017/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cycling/commonwealth-games-2014-olympic-champion-7234116 |archivedate=2014-08-08 }} competing in the time trial, individual pursuit, scratch and points race.
Personal life
Roberts' younger sister Jessica Roberts is also a professional cyclist, who won the 2018 British National Road Race Championships.
Major results
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;2010
: National Track Championships
::1st Youth Points race
::3rd Junior Scratch
::3rd Youth Individual pursuit
::3rd Youth 500m time trial
;2011
:3rd Junior National Cyclo-cross Championships
;2012
: 1st Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships (with Elinor Barker and Lucy Garner)
: 1st Overall Surf & Turf Weekend
::1st Stage 2{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/article/roa20130616-road-Road--Roberts-leads-after-Day-One-of-the-Surf-n-Turf-Weekend-0 |title=Road: Roberts wins overall at the Surf n Turf Weekend |last1=Whitehouse |first1=Andrew |date=16 June 2013 |website=British Cycling |access-date=4 August 2015}}
: 2nd Team pursuit, 2012–13 UCI Track World Cup, Cali
: UCI Junior Track World Championships
::3rd Points race
::3rd Team pursuit (with Hayley Jones and Elinor Barker)
;2013
: 3rd Team pursuit, 2012–13 UCI Track World Cup, Aguascalientes (with Ciara Horne and Elinor Barker)
;2014
: 1st Team pursuit, 2014–15 UCI Track World Cup, Guadalajara (with Laura Trott, Elinor Barker & Ciara Horne){{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/29975471 |title=Track Cycling World Cup: Laura Trott in GB team to win gold|date=9 November 2014 |website=bbc.co.uk |accessdate=10 November 2014}}
: 1st Round 4 – Redditch, Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/article/roa20140604-Amy-Roberts-wins-in-Redditch-after-last-lap-drama-0 |title=Amy Roberts wins in Redditch after last lap drama|date=4 June 2014 |website=British Cycling|accessdate=4 June 2014}}
: 2nd Omnium, Open des Nations sur Piste de Roubaix
: 2nd National Criterium Championships{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/bc_files/road/NCRC_14_-_Womens_Championship_Result.pdf |title=2014 British Cycling National Circuit Race Championship – Hull – 9 July 2014: Women's Championship: Official Result|date=9 July 2014 |website=British Cycling |accessdate=16 July 2014}}
;2015
: 2nd Points race, Irish International Track GP
: 3rd National Criterium Championships{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/bc_files/road/2015_NCRC_-_womens_results.pdf |title=BC National Circuit Race Championships: Womens Championships|date=29 July 2015 |website=British Cycling|access-date=30 July 2015}}
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References
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External links
- {{Cycling Archives|74243}}
- {{Procyclingstats|amy-roberts}}
- {{Twitter}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Carmarthenshire
Category:Welsh female cyclists
Category:British female cyclists