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Megan Guarnier

{{short description|American cyclist}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Megan Guarnier

| image = 2018 Women's Tour de Yorkshire - Megan Guarnier (stage).jpg

| caption = Guarnier at the 2018 Women's Tour de Yorkshire.

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|5|4}}

| birth_place = Glens Falls, New York, U.S.

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}}{{cite web|title=Megan Guarnier|url=http://www.usacycling.org/megan-guarnier.htm|website=USA Cycling|access-date=March 10, 2015|date=December 1, 2011}}

| weight =

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Climber

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 2010–2012

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|TIB|2010}}

| proyears2 = 2013

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|RLG|2013}}

| proyears3 = 2014–2018

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

| proyears4 = 2019

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|TIB|2019}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tibco-svb-unite-in-california-for-pre-season-training-camp-gallery/|title=Tibco-SVB unite in California for pre-season training camp - Gallery|first=Kirsten|last=Frattini|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=February 27, 2019|access-date=March 2, 2019}}

| majorwins =

Stage races

:Giro d'Italia Femminile (2016)

:Tour of California (2016)

:Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile (2011)

:Ladies Tour of Norway (2015)

:Women's Tour de Yorkshire (2018)

One-day races

:{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (2012, 2015, 2016)}}

:The Philadelphia Cycling Classic (2016)

:Strade Bianche (2015)

Other

:UCI Women's World Tour

::Overall (2016)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Women's road bicycle racing}}

{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Puebla|Road race}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Puebla|Time trial}}

| show-medals =

}}

Megan Guarnier (born May 4, 1985) is an American former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2019 for the {{UCI team code|RLG|2013}}, {{UCI team code|DLT|2018}} and {{UCI team code|TIB|2019}} teams. She won the United States National Road Race Championships three times (2012, 2015–16), major races such as Strade Bianche Donne (2015) and Giro d'Italia Femminile (2016), and the overall UCI Women's World Tour title in 2016. She retired at the end of 2018.{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Joe |date=2018-08-28 |title=Megan Guarnier to retire after World Championships |url=https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/megan-guarnier-to-retire-after-world-championships |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Cyclist |language=en}}

She was made a member of Phi Beta Kappa at Middlebury College in 2007.{{Cite web|date=November 21, 2016|title=Megan Guarnier, ΦBK Member, Olympian|url=https://www.keyreporter.org/articles/2016/megan-guarnier-φbk-member-olympian/|access-date=December 17, 2021|website=The Key Reporter|language=en-US}}

Major results

Source:{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=89409|title=Megan Guarnier|work=FirstCycling.com|publisher=FirstCycling AS|accessdate=21 May 2023}}

{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}

;2009

: 2nd Cholet Pays de Loire Dames

;2011

: 1st 20px Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini

: 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau

;2012

: 1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships

: 3rd Ronde van Gelderland

: 4th Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin

: 5th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini

: 5th Le Samyn des Dames

: 7th Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs

: 7th Omloop van Borsele

: 7th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

: 10th Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo

;2013

: 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

: 7th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira

: 7th Omloop van Borsele

: 9th Overall Holland Ladies Tour

: 9th Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo

;2014

: Pan American Road Championships

::2nd 15px Road race

::3rd 15px Time trial

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships

: 3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT

: 5th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour

: 6th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira

: 7th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile

: 7th Cholet Pays de Loire Dames

: 8th Tour of Flanders

: 9th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs

: 10th Overall Holland Ladies Tour

;2015

: 1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships

: 1st 20px Overall Ladies Tour of Norway

::1st Stage 1

: 1st Strade Bianche

: 2nd Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand

::1st Stage 1 (TTT)

: 3rd 15px Road race, UCI Road World Championships

: 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st Stage 2

: 3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

: 4th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira

::1st Stage 1

: 6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour

: 9th Le Samyn des Dames

: 10th Tour of California Women's Time Trial

;2016

: 1st 20px Overall UCI Women's World Tour

: 1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships

: 1st 20px Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile

::1st 20px Points classification

: 1st 20px Overall Tour of California

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st Stage 1

: 1st Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria

: 1st Philadelphia Cycling Classic

: 2nd Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira

::1st Stage 4

: 2nd Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio

: 2nd Pajot Hills Classic

: 3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

: 4th Tour of Flanders

: 5th GP de Plouay – Bretagne

: 6th Strade Bianche

;2017

: 1st Stage 1 Tour of California

: 2nd 15px Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

: 2nd Overall Ladies Tour of Norway

::1st Stage 3

: 4th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile

::1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 10

: 4th La Course by Le Tour de France

: 5th Overall Belgium Tour

: 7th Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs

;2018

: 1st 20px Overall Women's Tour de Yorkshire

::1st 20px Mountains classification

::1st Stage 2

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships

: 3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

: 5th Overall Giro Rosa

: 5th La Course by Le Tour de France

: 8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

: 10th Tour of Flanders

{{colend}}

=General classification results timeline=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

!colspan=11| Grand Tours

scope="col" | Race

! scope="col" | 2009

! scope="col" | 2010

! scope="col" | 2011

! scope="col" | 2012

! scope="col" | 2013

! scope="col" | 2014

! scope="col" | 2015

! scope="col" | 2016

! scope="col" | 2017

! scope="col" | 2018

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Giro d'Italia Femminile

| 70

| —

| —

| —

| 15

| style="background:#ddf;"| 7

| style="background:#ddf;"| 3

| style="background:pink;"| 1

| style="background:#ddf;"| 4

| style="background:#ddf;"| 5

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale

| 19

|colspan=9 {{N/A|Did not exist}}

colspan=11| Stage races
scope="col" | Race

! scope="col" | 2009

! scope="col" | 2010

! scope="col" | 2011

! scope="col" | 2012

! scope="col" | 2013

! scope="col" | 2014

! scope="col" | 2015

! scope="col" | 2016

! scope="col" | 2017

! scope="col" | 2018

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs

| 21

| —

| —

| style="background:#ddf;"| 7

| 26

| style="background:#ddf;"| 9

| —

| —

| style="background:#ddf;"| 7

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Tour of California

|colspan=6 {{N/A|Did not exist}}

| —

| style="background:yellow;"| 1

| 33

| 20

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Emakumeen Euskal Bira

| —

| —

| —

| —

| style="background:#ddf;"| 7

| style="background:#ddf;"| 6

| style="background:#ddf;"| 4

| style="background:#ddf;"| 2

| —

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol

|colspan=10 {{N/A|Did not contest during career}}

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | The Women's Tour

|colspan=5 {{N/A|Did not exist}}

| 32

| —

| —

| —

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen

|colspan=10 {{N/A|Did not contest during career}}

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Ladies Tour of Norway

|colspan=5 {{N/A|Did not exist}}

| —

| style="background:gold;"| 1

| —

| style="background:#ddf;"| 2

| 18

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | La Route de France

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 16

| —

| —

| —

|colspan=2 {{N/A|Not held}}

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile

| 54

| —

| style="background:pink;"| 1

| style="background:#ddf;"| 5

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Belgium Tour

|colspan=3 {{N/A|Did not exist}}

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| style="background:#ddf;"| 5

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | Holland Ladies Tour

| —

| —

| 17

| —

| style="background:#ddf;"| 9

| style="background:#ddf;"| 10

| style="background:#ddf;"| 6

| —

| —

| 14

=One-day race results timeline=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! Classic

! 2008

! 2009

! 2010

! 2011

! 2012

! 2013

! 2014

! 2015

! 2016

! 2017

! 2018

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row"| Strade Bianche

| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=7|Did not exist

! style="background:gold;" |1

| style="background:#ddf;" |6

| DNF

| 12

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row"| Trofeo Alfredo Binda

| DNF

| —

| —

| 46

| —

| 25

| 11

| 26

! style="background:silver;" | 2

| —

| 37

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row"| Gent–Wevelgem

| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=4|Did not exist

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 11

| —

| 22

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row"| Tour of Flanders

| DNF

| —

| DNF

| DNF

| 21

| 18

| style="background:#ddf;" | 8

| 11

| style="background:#ddf;" | 4

| —

| style="background:#ddf;" | 10

=Major championship results timeline=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
style="background:#EEEEEE;"

! scope="col" colspan=2| Event

! 2008

! 2009

! 2010

! 2011

! 2012

! 2013

! 2014

! 2015

! 2016

! 2017

! 2018

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | File:Gold medal olympic.svg Olympic Games

! scope="row" | Road race

| —

| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3|Not held

| —

| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3|Not held

| 11

| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=2|Not held

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" rowspan=2| File:Jersey rainbow.svg World Championships

! scope="row"| Team time trial

|colspan=4 {{N/A|Did not exist}}

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

! style="background:silver;" |2

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row"| Road race

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 33

| 14

| 47

! style="background:#C9AE5D;"| 3

| 27

| DNF

| 16

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" rowspan=2| 20px National Championships

! scope="row"| Time trial

| 29

| —

| —

| 14

| 13

| 15

| style="background:#ddf;" | 6

| style="background:#ddf;" | 7

| —

| —

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row"| Road race

| 24

| —

| 40

| 12

! style="background:gold;" | 1

| 14

! style="background:silver;" | 2

! style="background:gold;" | 1

! style="background:gold;" | 1

| —

! style="background:silver;" | 2

class="wikitable"

|+ Legend

scope="row" | —

| Did not compete

scope="row" | DNF

| Did not finish

scope="row" | NH

| Not held

References

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External links

{{commons category|Megan Guarnier}}

  • {{UCI}}
  • {{Cycling Archives}}
  • {{ProCyclingStats}}
  • {{CQ Ranking}}
  • {{CycleBase}}
  • {{Olympedia}}
  • {{Olympics.com profile|megan-guarnier}}
  • {{USOPC|GU/Megan-Guarnier}}

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Category:1985 births

Category:Living people

Category:American female cyclists

Category:Sportspeople from Glens Falls, New York

Category:Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic cyclists for the United States

Category:Cyclists from New York (state)

Category:21st-century American sportswomen