Lucy van der Haar

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Lucy van der Haar

| image = Lucy Garner Halfords Tour Oxford 2012.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Garner racing in the Oxford round of the 2012 Tour Series

| fullname = Lucy May van der Haar

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|9|20|df=yes}}

| birth_name = Lucy May Garner

| birth_place = Leicester, England{{cite web|title=The Node4 Pro Cycling Ladies Team|url=http://www.node4procycling.com/team/ladies-team|publisher=Node4 Pro Cycling|accessdate=21 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619183941/http://www.node4procycling.com/team/ladies-team|archive-date=19 June 2016|url-status=dead}}

| height = {{height|m=1.60}}{{cite news|last=Richardson|first=Simon|title=Lucy Garner: Rider Profile|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/531034/lucy-garner-rider-profile.html|work=Cycling Weekly|date=6 December 2011}}

| weight =

| currentteam = Retired

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

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Sprinter

| amateuryears1 = 2004–2012

| amateurteam1 = Leicestershire Road Club

| amateuryears2 = 2011–2012

| amateurteam2 = {{UCI team code|VGR|2011}}

| proyears1 = 2013–2015

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

| proyears2 = 2016–2018

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|WHT|2016}}

| proyears3 = 2019–2020

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|HPU|2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.directvelo.com/equipe/3385/hitec-products-birk-sport#riders-2019|title=Hitec Products-Birk Sport|language=French|work=Directvelo|publisher=Association Le Peloton|accessdate=17 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14189/1001492/258|title=Hitec Products – Birk Sport|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=28 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128002454/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14189/1001492/258|archivedate=28 January 2020}}

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Lucy May van der Haar (née Garner; born 20 September 1994) is a British former professional racing cyclist,{{cite news|url=https://www.wielerflits.be/nieuws/lucy-van-der-haar-25-hangt-haar-fiets-aan-de-wilgen/|title=Lucy van der Haar (25) hangt haar fiets aan de wilgen|language=Dutch|trans-title=Lucy van der Haar (25) hangs up her bicycle|work=Wielerflits|publisher=Wielerflits BV|date=19 September 2020|accessdate=20 September 2020}} who rode professionally between 2013 and 2020 for the {{UCI team code|DSM women|2015}}, {{UCI team code|WHT|2018}} and {{UCI team code|HPU|2020}} teams. Van der Haar is a double junior world road race champion, winning in consecutive years, in 2011 and 2012.

Career

=Early life=

Van der Haar grew up in Cosby, Leicestershire. Her first cycling club was the Leicestershire Road Club.{{cite web|title=Cycling: Lucy Garner joins 'dream team'|url=http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Cycling-Lucy-Garner-joins-dream-team/story-17065709-detail/story.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505104051/http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Cycling-Lucy-Garner-joins-dream-team/story-17065709-detail/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2013|publisher=Leicester Mercury|accessdate=28 January 2013}} Competing with them from 2004 to 2012, she won many National Awards from both the British Schools Cycling Association and British Cycling. She remained in full-time education until 2012, when she left Countesthorpe Community College having completed her AS-levels.{{cite news|last=Myatt|first=Brian|title=Message from the Principal|url=http://www.countesthorpe.cc/images/stories/attachments/connect_october_2012.pdf|newspaper=Countesthorpe Community College Connect|date=October 2012}}

=Amateur career=

Van der Haar won her first junior world title at the 2011 road world championships in Copenhagen. She was part of a late six-woman breakaway from the peloton and won the race comfortably in a sprint for the line.{{cite web|title=UCI Road Cycling World Championships 2011: Great Britain's Lucy Garner wins gold medal in junior road race|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/8784039/UCI-Road-Cycling-World-Championships-2011-Great-Britains-Lucy-Garner-wins-gold-medal-in-junior-road-race.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923160415/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/8784039/UCI-Road-Cycling-World-Championships-2011-Great-Britains-Lucy-Garner-wins-gold-medal-in-junior-road-race.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 September 2011|publisher=Daily Telegraoh|accessdate=28 January 2013}} A year later, she retained her title in a bunch sprint finish of 19 riders at the championships in Valkenburg, Netherlands,{{cite web|title=Britain's Lucy Garner retains junior world road race title|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/19678087|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=28 January 2013}} having had a lead-out from Elinor Barker.

=Professional career=

Van der Haar signed a professional contract with UCI Women's Team {{UCI team code|TLP|2013}} in October 2012,{{cite news|title=Cycling: Lucy Garner joins 'dream team'|url=http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Cycling-Lucy-Garner-joins-dream-team/story-17065709-detail/story.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505104051/http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Cycling-Lucy-Garner-joins-dream-team/story-17065709-detail/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2013|newspaper=Leicester Mercury|date=11 October 2012}}{{cite news|last=Atkins|first=Ben|title=Lucy Garner launches pro career at Argos-Shimano in 2013|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13024/Lucy-Garner-launches-pro-career-at-Argos-Shimano-in-2013.aspx|newspaper=VeloNation|date=9 October 2012}} turning professional at the start of the 2013 season.{{cite web|title=Lucy Garner signs professional deal with Argos-Shimano|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/9597139/Lucy-Garner-signs-professional-deal-with-Argos-Shimano.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|accessdate=28 January 2013}}{{cite web|last=Been|first=Jose|title=Double junior world champion Lucy Garner on turning senior – 'I have to start all over again |url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13720/Double-junior-world-champion-Lucy-Garner-on-turning-senior--I-have-to-start-all-over-again.aspx|publisher=Velo Nation|accessdate=28 January 2013}} In May 2013, she claimed her first professional victory on the opening stage of the Tour of Chongming Island in Shanghai, China.{{cite web|last=Bull|first=Nick|title=Lucy Garner takes first professional victory at the Tour of Chongming Island|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/538262/lucy-garner-takes-first-professional-victory-at-the-tour-of-chongming-island.html|work=Cycling Weekly|accessdate=8 May 2013|date=8 May 2013}} In September 2015, van der Haar announced she would be riding for {{UCI team code|WHT|2016}} in 2016.{{Cite web|title = Lucy Garner Joins Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling For Two Years {{!}} Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling|url = http://wigglehonda.com/lucy-garner-joins-wiggle-honda-pro-cycling-for-two-years/|website = wigglehonda.com|accessdate = 2015-09-14|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150929142551/http://wigglehonda.com/lucy-garner-joins-wiggle-honda-pro-cycling-for-two-years/|archivedate = 29 September 2015}}

Personal life

Van der Haar has a sister, Grace Garner, who is two years younger than her. She competed professionally as a racing cyclist,{{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 |last=Ashenden |first=Mark |date=2 August 2016 |publisher=Sky Sports |access-date=16 December 2016}} before also retiring in 2020.{{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|accessdate=23 January 2021|quote=Grace Garner and Charmaine Porter have taken the decision to retire from racing and we thank them both for their time with us.}} In July 2019, she married fellow cyclist Lars van der Haar,{{cite news|url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/other-sport/its-back-business-hitec-products-3124654|title=It's back to business for Hitec Products-Birk Sport road racer Lucy van der Haar|first=Lucy|last=van der Haar|work=Leicester Mercury|date=23 July 2019|accessdate=3 August 2019|quote=In racing terms it has all been a little quieter this month, though, as Lars and I celebrated our marriage in the Netherlands followed by a honeymoon on the Caribbean island of Aruba.}} and in March 2022, announced she was pregnant with their first child.{{cite news|first=Yanko|last=Beeckman|url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20220323_96379304|title="Baby Van der Haar on the way": veldrijder en ex-wielrenster Lucy Garner verwachten eerste kindje|language=Dutch|trans-title="Baby Van der Haar on the way": cyclocross rider and ex-cyclist Lucy Garner expecting first child|work=Het Nieuwsblad|publisher=Mediahuis|date=23 March 2022|accessdate=15 May 2022}}