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Sarah Gigante
Gigante in 2024
Personal information
Full nameSarah Gigante
Born (2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 24)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Team information
Current teamAG Insurance–Soudal
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2018Holden Team Gusto
2019Roxsolt Attaquer
Professional teams
2020–2021Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank[1]
2022–2023Movistar Team
2024-AG Insurance–Soudal
Major wins
Major Tours
Giro d'Italia
Mountains classification (2025)
2 individual stages (2025)

One day races & Classics

National Road Race Championships (2019)
National Time Trial Championships (2020, 2021)
Medal record
Women's Cycling Esports
Representing  Australia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Watopia Women's Race

Sarah Gigante (born 6 October 2000) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam AG Insurance–Soudal.[2]

Career

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Junior and under-23 career

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In 2018, Gigante was national junior champion in the road race, individual time trial and criterium,[3] won the junior women's road race at the 2018 Oceania Cycling Championships,[4] won the silver medal in the Junior World Track Championships points race,[5]

In 2019, aged 18, Gigante won the elite women's race at the Australian National Road Race Championships.[6][7] She was awarded the 2019 Amy Gillett Foundation Scholarship to support her development as a professional cyclist.[8]

Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank (2020–2021)

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In December 2019, it was announced that Gigante would turn professional with the Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank team.[1] In January 2020, she won the Australian National Time Trial Championships.[9] She won the overall at the Australian National Road Series.[10] She re-signed with Tibco-SVB for the 2021 season.[11]

Gigante finished second in the inaugural UCI Cycling Esports World Championships.[12]

She had a strong start to the 2021 season in Australia winning the general classification and two stages at the Santos Festival of Cycling.[13] She then defended her national title in the individual time trial.[14]

Gigante was selected to compete in the road race and time trial at the Tokyo Olympics.[15] She finished 40th in the road race and 11th in the time trial.[16]

Movistar (2022-2023)

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Gigante had her first win in Europe at the Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa in May 2022.[17]

AG Insurance–Soudal (2024-2025)

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Through mutual agreement with Movistar, she left the team to join AG Insurance–Soudal without serving the third year of her contract.[18] Gigante won the 2024 Women's Tour Down Under, her first Women's WorldTour victory.[19]

In 2025, Gigante won the two mountain stages at the Giro d'Italia Women, taking the mountains classification and finishing 3rd overall.[20] Her performance at the Giro was praised in the media, with Cycling Weekly stating that she "proves herself one of the world best climbers".[21]

Gigante rose to second position of the general classification of the Tour de France Femmes after finishing second in the mountain top finish of Stage 8. She slipped to sixth on the general classification during Stage 9 after losing contact with the lead group.[22]

Gigante broke her femur in a training accident in mid-August and underwent surgery. This meant an early end to the season and she would be unable to compete in the World Road Cycling Championships.[23]

Personal

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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.[24] She has completed a double degree in linguistics and geography.[25]

Major results

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2017
2nd Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships[26]
National Junior Road Championships[27]
2nd Road race
3rd Criterium
2018
1st Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships[4]
National Junior Road Championships[3]
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Criterium
National Junior Track Championships[28]
1st Team pursuit
1st Points race
1st Madison
2nd Points race, UCI Junior Track World Championships[5]
2019
Oceania Road Championships
1st Under-23 road race[29]
1st Under-23 time trial[30]
2nd Road race[29]
National Road Championships
1st Road race[6]
1st Under-23 road race[6]
1st Under-23 time trial[31]
1st Overall Spirit of Tasmania Cycling Tour[32]
1st Stage 1
2020
National Road Championships
1st Time trial[9]
2nd Under-23 road race[33]
1st Overall National Road Series
2nd UCI Esports World Championships
5th Overall Herald Sun Tour
2021
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall Santos Festival of Cycling
1st Mountains classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 2 & 3
2022
1st Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa
2024
1st Overall Tour Down Under
1st Stage 3
7th Overall Tour de France
2025
3rd Overall Giro Donne
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 4 & 7
6th Overall Tour de France

References

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  1. ^ a b "Australian champion Sarah Gigante among five new riders at Tibco-SVB in 2020". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  2. ^ "AG Insurance - Soudal Team 2025". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Faces of the future: Aussie Road Nats triple title winner Sarah Gigante". CyclingTips.com. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b de Neef, Matt (6 January 2019). "The making of a champion: Sarah Gigante's extraordinary Nationals win". CyclingTips.
  5. ^ a b "2018 JUNIOR TRACK WORLDS – GIANT COMEBACK FOR GIGANTE AT WORLDS". Australian Cycling Team. Cycling Australia. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "Gigante wins elite women's Australian national road race title". Cyclingnews.com. 6 January 2019.
  7. ^ Australian Associated Press (6 January 2019). "Sarah Gigante stuns field with win at Australian national road championships". The Guardian.
  8. ^ Dalton, Sarah (24 October 2019). "SARAH GIGANTE AWARDED 2019 AMY GILLETT SCHOLARSHIP". Amy Gillett Foundation. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Gigante takes Australian elite women's time trial title from defending champion Brown". Cyclingnews.com. 8 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Gigante wins National Road Series overall title". teamtibco-svb. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  11. ^ "TIBCO-SVB renew contracts with core virtual Tour de France team". Cyclingnews. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio wins inaugural cycling esports World Championship road title". CyclingTips. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Baker wins stage 4 as teammate Gigante secures overall". Cycling News. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  14. ^ "#RoadNats Day 1 - Sarah Gigante and Luke Plapp claim time trials". AusCycling. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Australian road cycling team revealed for Tokyo Olympics". Cycling Tips. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Sarah Gigante 'so proud' of injury comeback and Olympic Games performances". Cycling News. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Sarah Gigante takes solo victory at Emakumeen Nafarroako". Cycling News. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  18. ^ "Women's WorldTour 2024 - Comprehensive team-by-team guide".
  19. ^ Giuliani, Simone (14 January 2024). "'There is only one Queen of Willunga' -Gigante's Women's Tour Down Under triumph". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  20. ^ "Elisa Longo Borghini retains Giro d'Italia Women title as Lippert wins final stage". The Guardian. 13 July 2025. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  21. ^ Rogers, Owen (12 July 2025). "'Sometimes you have to dare' - Longo Borghini takes Giro d'Italia Women lead while Gigante wins queen stage". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  22. ^ "Australia's Sarah Gigante finishes sixth in Tour de France Femmes". ABC News. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  23. ^ "Sarah Gigante breaks femur in training, ending hopes of racing World Championships in Rwanda". Cycling News. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  24. ^ Australian Associated Press (14 December 2018). "Gigante shows giant cycling, study talent". SBS News. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  25. ^ "Riders to watch in 2021 – Sarah Gigante". Ciclismo International. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  26. ^ "2017 Oceania Road Championships – Junior Women Road Race" (PDF). OceaniaCycling.org. Oceania Cycling. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  27. ^ "Australian U19 Road Championships". Cycling Australia Live Results. Cycling Australia. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  28. ^ "Gigante's big year on and off the bike". SBS News. Special Broadcasting Service. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  29. ^ a b "2019 Oceania Road Championships – Elite & U23 Women Road Race". TimedResult. Sport Services & Technology. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  30. ^ "2019 Oceania Road Championships – Individual Time Trial". TimedResult. Sport Services & Technology. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  31. ^ "Brown victorious in elite women's Australian time trial national championships". Cyclingnews.com. 8 January 2019.
  32. ^ "Spirit of Tasmania Cycling Tour Recap". National Road Series. Cycling Australia. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  33. ^ "Amanda Spratt wins elite women's road race title at Australian Road Championships". Cyclingnews.com. 12 January 2020.
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