Grace Garner
{{short description|British cyclist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Grace Garner
| image = 2019 BLT Stramproy Garner Grace.jpg
| caption = Garner at the 2019 Holland Ladies Tour
| fullname = Grace Fenton Garner
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|6|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Leicester, Leicestershire, England
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| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
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| amateuryears1 = 2006–2010
| amateurteam1 = Leicestershire Road Club
| amateuryears2 = 2011–2014
| amateurteam2 = Cero–Cycle Division Racing Team
| amateuryears3 = 2013–2014
| amateurteam3 = RST Racing Team
| amateuryears4 = 2015
| amateurteam4 = Team Giordana–Triton
| amateuryears5 = 2015
| amateurteam5 = RST Racing Team
| proyears1 = 2016
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|PAC|2016}}
| proyears2 = 2017–2018
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|WHT|2017}}
| proyears3 = 2019
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|HPU|2019}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riders-face-tougher-finale-at-2019-tour-of-flanders-womens-news-shorts/|title=Riders face tougher finale at 2019 Tour of Flanders - Women's News Shorts|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=13 December 2018|access-date=17 February 2019|quote=British rider Grace Garner is the latest addition to Team Hitec Products-Birk Sport's 2019 roster, joining older sister Lucy Garner, who was announced as having joined the Norwegian team in August.}}
| proyears4 = 2020
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|CAMS|2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.velouk.net/2020/01/17/news-2020-cams-tifosi-team/|first=Larry|last=Hickmott|title=News: 2020 CAMS Tifosi Team|work=VeloUK|publisher=LH Publishing|date=17 January 2020|access-date=20 January 2020}}
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Grace Fenton Garner (born 19 June 1997) is an English former professional racing cyclist,{{cite news|first=Larry|last=Hickmott|url=https://www.velouk.net/2020/11/25/team-news-cams-tifosi/|title=Team News: CAMS-Tifosi|work=VeloUK|publisher=LH Publishing|date=25 November 2020|access-date=25 November 2020|quote=Grace Garner and Charmaine Porter have taken the decision to retire from racing and we thank them both for their time with us.}} who rode professionally between 2016 and 2020, for the {{UCI team code|PAC|2016}}, {{UCI team code|WHT|2018}}, {{UCI team code|HPU|2019}} and {{UCI team code|CAMS|2020}} teams. Her older sister Lucy van der Haar also competed professionally in cycling,{{cite web |url=http://www.skysports.com/cycling/news/15264/10515129/cycling-sisters-lucy-and-grace-garner-to-go-head-to-head-in-ridelondon-classique |title=Cycling sisters Lucy and Grace Garner went head-to-head in RideLondon Classique | work=Sky Sports: Cycling News |date=2 August 2016 |access-date=12 October 2016 |first=Mark |last=Ashenden}} before also retiring in 2020.
Career
Garner was educated at Countesthorpe Leysland Community College.{{cite web |url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/cycling/story-23156272-detail/story.html |title=Cycling: Grace Garner targets step up to professional ranks |date=14 October 2014 |website=Leicester Mercury |access-date=28 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015051752/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Cycling/story-23156272-detail/story.html |archive-date=15 October 2014 |url-status=dead }} In 2015, Garner won 2 stages and the Points classification at Rás na mBan in Ireland, finished sixth in the Women's Tour de Yorkshire,{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/womens-tour-de-yorkshire-2015/results/|title=Mahe wins Women's Tour de Yorkshire|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=2 May 2015|accessdate=4 November 2021}} and seventh in the junior road race at the UCI Road World Championships.{{cite news|first=Nigel|last=Wynn|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/chloe-dygert-does-the-double-wins-world-champs-junior-road-race-and-time-trial-193137|title=Chloe Dygert does the double: wins World Champs junior road race and time trial|work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=Time Inc. UK|date=25 September 2015|accessdate=4 November 2021}} She turned professional with the {{UCI team code|PAC|2016}} team in 2016: after the team folded at the end of the season she joined {{UCI team code|WHT|2017}} for the 2017 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.wigglehighfive.com/grace-garner/ |title=Grace Garner|website={{UCI team code|WHT|2017}} |access-date=28 January 2017}} As part of the National Women's Road race series, Garner won the Essex Giro.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/womensroadseries/article/20170422-Womens-Road-Series-Garner-races-to-second-successive-Essex-Giro-win-in-HSBC-UK---National-Women-s-Road-Series-0|title=Garner races to second successive Essex Giro win in HSBC UK – National Women's Road Series|publisher=|access-date=14 May 2017}} When {{UCI team code|WHT|2018|nolink=yes}} folded at the end of 2018, both Garner sisters joined {{UCI team code|HPU|2019}} for 2019.
See also
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Category:English female cyclists
Category:British female cyclists