# Chloe Hosking

Chloe Hosking (born 1 October 1990) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. She holds the record for the most professional wins for an Australian woman with 39 professional wins in her career. Hosking has represented Australia at junior and then senior levels since 2007. Following success in a number of international events she turned professional in 2010. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, and won the women's road race at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

## Personal life
### Childhood and early life

Hosking was born in Bendigo, Victoria, and moved to the suburb of Campbell in the Australian Capital Territory. As a child she played field hockey and did rock climbing at a national level, however following an injury she asked her father, a keen cyclist, to help get her into cycling. She began cycling competitively in 2002 at the age of twelve, and first represented Australia in 2007 at the age of seventeen.
Hosking started as a track cyclist, but changed her focus to road racing events in 2007. She now specialises in road cycling events, being a strong sprinter and a capable climber.
Outside of cycling Hosking is a student, having completed a Bachelor of Communications degree at Griffith University specialising in journalism. Hosking is currently studying a Professional Doctorate in Law, to graduate as a Juris Doctor.
Hosking is married to Jack Lindsay.

### HOSKING Bikes

Chloe Hosking is the founder of HOSKING Bikes, the first bike brand in the world founded by a female professional road racing cyclist.

## Cycling career
### 2004-2009: Early years

Hosking competed in her first national cycling events in 2004, and began representing Australia in international events in 2007. As a junior Hosking competed for the Canberra Cycling Club, mainly riding in track cycling events and achieving considerable success, including winning the Women's Under 19 Scratch race at the 2008 Australian National Track Championships. Despite this success on the track, in 2007 she shifted her focus to road cycling events. Over the next couple of years she would become a road racing specialist, with an emphasis on sprint challenges in bunch finishes to races.
In 2008 Hosking rode for Australia in the Women's road race at the UCI Juniors Road World Championships in South Africa where she placed 37th. In 2009, she relocated to Europe to ride competitively for the Moving Ladies club in the Netherlands, and by the end of the year she had been signed by top professional team Team HTC–Columbia Women. Shortly afterwards, she was the first Team HTC–Columbia Women rider to win a 2010 event, with a victory at the Australian National Criterium Championships.
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, Hosking won the bronze medal in the Women's road race. It was revealed after the event that the Australian team of six riders was under orders to ride for a victory for Hosking in the 112-kilometre (70-mile) event in preference to veteran Australian cyclist Rochelle Gilmore, however in the final sprint for the line Gilmore came out with the gold medal ahead of English rider Lizzie Armitstead in second, leaving Hosking in third. At the end of the 2010 season Hosking was ranked 52nd in the world on the UCI elite women's rankings, and was younger than any of the riders ranked above her.

### Professional career

She competed in the women's road race at the 2012 Olympic Games, but finished outside the time limit. She finished in 26th place in the road race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
In October 2014 Wiggle–Honda confirmed that Hosking would join them in 2015 after she had spent the previous two seasons with Team Hitec Products. Her 2015 season was shortened by a hand injury in July.
In 2018, she won the women's road race at the Commonwealth Games.
In October 2020, Hosking signed a two-year contract with the Trek–Segafredo team, from the 2021 season.

## Major results
### 2007

    Oceania Junior Track Championships
       2nd Sprint
       3rd 500m time trial
       3rd Scratch
    National Junior Track Championships
       3rd Keirin
       3rd Scratch
    4th Time trial, Oceania Junior Road Championships

### 2008

    National Junior Track Championships
       1st Scratch
       3rd Points race

### 2009

    1st Overall Tour of Chongming Island
       1st Sprints classification
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    1st Women's International Cup
    1st GP Sankomij Veldhoven
    3rd Overall Bay Classic Series
    3rd Sparkassen Giro Bochum
    4th Grand Prix Stad Roeselare
    6th Omloop van Borsele
    8th Road race, Oceania Road Championships

### 2010

    1st Under-23 race, National Criterium Championships
    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Merco Cycling Classic
    2nd Grand Prix Stad Roeselare
    3rd Road race, Commonwealth Games
    3rd Overall Nature Valley Grand Prix
       1st Sprints classification
       1st Stages 2 & 4
    8th Sparkassen Giro
    8th Omloop van Borsele

### 2011

    1st Stage 3 Tour of Chongming Island
    1st Stage 2 (TTT) Trophée d'Or Féminin
    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
    4th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
       1st Young rider classification
    4th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
    5th Liberty Classic
    6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    9th Sparkassen Giro
    10th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar

### 2012

    1st Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo
    1st Halle-Buizingen
    1st Stage 5 La Route de France
    4th Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
    5th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
       1st Young rider classification
    7th Novilon Eurocup
    7th Grand Prix Stad Roeselare
    9th Classica Citta di Padova

### 2013

    1st Stage 5 Holland Ladies Tour
    2nd Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 1
    2nd Overall Tour of Chongming Island
       1st Sprints classification
    3rd Ronde van Gelderland
    4th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup
    4th EPZ Omloop van Borsele
    7th Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo
    7th Sparkassen Giro Bochum

### 2014

    1st Omloop van Borsele
    1st Stage 2 Bay Classic Series
    3rd Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
    6th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
    8th Overall Belgium Tour
       1st Stage 3
    9th Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo

### 2015

    1st Overall Bay Classic Series
       1st Stage 1
    1st Marianne Vos Classic
    1st La Classique Morbihan
    2nd Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
    2nd Novilon Eurocup Ronde van Drenthe
    2nd Grand Prix de Dottignies
    3rd Gent–Wevelgem
    4th Le Samyn des Dames
    5th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup
    9th Omloop van het Hageland

### 2016

    1st Overall Tour of Chongming Island
       1st Points classification
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 2
    1st La Course by Le Tour de France
    1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite
    1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia Femminile
    1st Stage 3 La Route de France
    2nd Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
    4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
    6th Acht van Westerveld
    7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    9th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
       1st Stage 4

### 2017

    1st Drentse Acht van Westerveld
    Women's Tour Down Under
       1st Sprints classification
       1st Stage 3
    1st Stage 3 The Women's Tour
    2nd Omloop van het Hageland
    2nd Grand Prix de Dottignies
    3rd Overall Tour of Chongming Island
       1st Points classification
    6th Overall Ladies Tour of Norway
       1st Stage 2
    6th Road race, Crescent Vårgårda
    7th Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
    8th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
    10th Ronde van Drenthe

### 2018

    1st Road race, Commonwealth Games
    1st Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
    1st Stage 4 Women's Tour Down Under
    2nd Omloop van het Hageland
    2nd Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
    3rd Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour
       1st Points classification
    3rd Drentse Acht van Westerveld
    3rd Ronde van Drenthe
    4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    4th RideLondon Classique
    9th Overall Tour of Chongming Island

### 2019

    1st Tour of Guangxi Women's WorldTour
    1st Stage 4 Women's Tour Down Under
    Women's Herald Sun Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 1
    1st Stage 2 Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta
    1st Stage 2 Bay Classic Series
    4th Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden
    10th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
       1st Stage 1
    10th Overall Giro delle Marche in Rosa
    10th Drentse Acht van Westerveld

### 2020

    National Road Championships
       1st Criterium
       5th Road race
    1st Overall Bay Classic Series
       1st Stages 2 & 3
    1st Grand Prix International d'Isbergues
    1st Stage 7 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
    5th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
       1st Stage 1
    5th Race Torquay
    6th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
    8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

### 2021

    1st Stage 4 Ladies Tour of Norway
    1st Stage 3 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
    3rd Le Samyn
    4th Grand Prix International d'Isbergues
    4th Drentse Acht van Westerveld
    7th Classic Brugge–De Panne

### 2022

    6th Scheldeprijs
    2nd Bloeizone Fryslân Tour