# 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
### 2017

    2nd Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships
    National Junior Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       3rd Criterium

### 2018

    1st Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships
    National Junior Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
       1st Criterium
    National Junior Track Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       1st Points race
       1st Madison
    2nd Points race, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships

### 2019

    Oceania Road Championships
       1st Under-23 road race
       1st Under-23 time trial
       2nd Road race
    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Under-23 road race
       1st Under-23 time trial
    1st Overall Spirit of Tasmania Cycling Tour
       1st Stage 1

### 2020

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       2nd Under-23 road race
    1st Overall National Road Series
    2nd UCI Esports World Championships
    5th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour

### 2021

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
    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