Kirsti Lay (born 7 April 1988) is a Canadian former professional racing cyclist,[3] who rode professionally for UCI Women's Team Rally UHC Cycling between 2016 and 2019. She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships,[4] winning a bronze medal in the Team Pursuit.[5] In 2016, she was named in Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[6] She won the bronze medal in the team pursuit event.
.jpg) Lay in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kirsti Lay |
| Born | 7 April 1988[1] Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2014–2015 | SAS–Mazda–Macogep |
| Professional team | |
| 2016–2019 | Rally Cycling[2] |
Medal record | |
Prior to taking up cycling Lay was a speed skater, competing at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007[7] and at the 2009 Winter Universiade.[8]
Personal life
editLay is married to Canadian former speed skater Mathieu Giroux.[3]
Major results
editTrack
edit- 2014
- Team pursuit, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
- 2nd
Guadalajara - 3rd
London
- 2nd
- 2015
- 1st
Team pursuit, Pan American Games (with Allison Beveridge, Laura Brown and Jasmin Glaesser) - Team pursuit, 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
- 1st Cali
- 2nd Cambridge
- 1st
- 2nd Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships (with Allison Beveridge, Annie Foreman-Mackey and Stephanie Roorda)
- 3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
- 2016
- 2nd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
- 3rd
Team pursuit, Olympic Games - 2017
- 3rd Team pursuit, 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Los Angeles
Road
edit- 2014
- 5th Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau
- 2015
- 1st
Mountains classification Tour of California - 10th Overall San Dimas Stage Race
- 2017
- 1st Stage 1 Cascade Cycling Classic[9]
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships[10]
- 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau
- 8th Chrono Gatineau
- 9th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
- 2018
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd White Spot / Delta Road Race
- 4th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
- 10th Overall Tour of the Gila
References
edit- ^ Kirsti Lay at Cycling Archives (archived)
- ^ Soladay, Tom. "2019 men's and women's rosters". Rally UHC Cycling. Circuit Sport. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Olympic medallist Kirsti Lay announces retirement from track cycling". Airdrie City View. Great West Newspapers. The Canadian Press. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Entry List: Women" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ Final Results
- ^ Tozer, Jamie (29 June 2016). "Returning Olympians highlight Canada's cycling team". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Kirsti Lay". Speed Skating Canada. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "CAN Announces Long Track Speed Skating Team". Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Cascade Cycling Classic: Lay wins stage 1 McKenzie Pass Road Race". cyclingnews.com. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "Beveridge Wins Canadian Road Title". Cycling Canada Cyclisme. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
External links
edit- Kirsti Lay at UCI
- Kirsti Lay at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Kirsti Lay at ProCyclingStats
- Kirsti Lay at Cycling Quotient
- Kirsti Lay at CycleBase
