Sarah Gigante

Sarah Gigante (born 6 October 2000) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam AG Insurance–Soudal.

Career

Junior and under-23 career

In 2018, Gigante was national junior champion in the road race, individual time trial and criterium, won the junior women's road race at the 2018 Oceania Cycling Championships, won the silver medal in the Junior World Track Championships points race,

In 2019, aged 18, Gigante won the elite women's race at the Australian National Road Race Championships. She was awarded the 2019 Amy Gillett Foundation Scholarship to support her development as a professional cyclist.

Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank (2020–2021)

In December 2019, it was announced that Gigante would turn professional with the Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank team. In January 2020, she won the Australian National Time Trial Championships. She won the overall at the Australian National Road Series. She re-signed with Tibco-SVB for the 2021 season.

Gigante finished second in the inaugural UCI Cycling Esports World Championships.

She had a strong start to the 2021 season in Australia winning the general classification and two stages at the Santos Festival of Cycling. She then defended her national title in the individual time trial.

Gigante was selected to compete in the road race and time trial at the Tokyo Olympics. She finished 40th in the road race and 11th in the time trial.

Movistar (2022)

Gigante had her first win in Europe at the Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa.

AG Insurance–Soudal (2024)

Through mutual agreement with Movistar, she left the team to join AG Insurance–Soudal without serving the third year of her contract. Gigante won the 2024 Women's Tour Down Under, her first Women's WorldTour victory.

Personal

In 2018, Gigante achieved a perfect high school Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) score of 99.95, earning her the prestigious University of Melbourne Chancellor's Scholarship. She is studying a double degree in linguistics and geography.

Major results

References

External links

• Sarah Gigante at Cycling Archives (archived, or current page in French)
• Sarah Gigante at CQ Ranking
• Sarah Gigante at ProCyclingStats