# Leah Kirchmann

Leah Kirchmann (born 30 June 1990) is a Canadian racing cyclist, who rides for National Cycling League team Denver Disruptors. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence. At the 2014 Global Relay Canadian Road Championships, held in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, she won the road race, time trial and the criterium, becoming the first woman to win all three titles in the same year.

## Career

Kirchmann's first sport was cross-country skiing. She continued to compete as a skier until about the age of 18. Kirchmann originally started mountain biking as summer training for ski racing. She turned professional in 2011 with the Colavita–Forno d'Asolo team. When the team dissolved at the end of 2011, Kirchmann followed director Rachel Heal to the new Optum Pro Cycling team in 2012. Kirchmann signed for Team Liv–Plantur on 8 October 2015 for the 2016 season.
In June 2016, she was officially named in Canada's 2016 Olympic team. She also qualified to represent Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
In August 2022, Kirchmann announced that she would retire from professional cycling at the end of the 2022 season. However, in December 2022, it was announced that Kirchmann would form part of the roster for the Denver Disruptors, for the inaugural season of the National Cycling League in 2023.

## Major results

Source:

### 2006

    1st Cross-country, National Junior Mountain Bike Championships

### 2009

    1st Criterium, Canada Summer Games

### 2010

    National Road Championships
       1st Criterium
       1st Under-23 road race
    6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau

### 2011

    1st Criterium, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Tour of Elk Grove
    Nature Valley Grand Prix
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Sprints classification
       1st Stage 5
    4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau
    10th Road race, Pan American Road Championships

### 2012

    1st Sprints classification, Energiewacht Tour
    2nd Road race, Pan American Road Championships
    4th Liberty Classic
    9th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
       1st Young rider classification

### 2013

    National Road Championships
       1st Criterium
       2nd Road race
    1st White Spot / Delta Road Race

### 2014

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       1st Road race
       1st Criterium
    1st White Spot / Delta Road Race
    San Dimas Stage Race
       1st Sprints classification
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 3
    2nd Chrono Gatineau
    3rd Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 3 & 4
    3rd La Course by Le Tour de France
    4th EPZ Omloop van Borsele
    6th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
    7th Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau
    8th Road race, Commonwealth Games

### 2015

    National Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       3rd Time trial
       3rd Criterium
    2nd Overall Tour of California
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 2 & 3
    2nd White Spot / Delta Road Race
    4th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
       1st Stage 2
    6th Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau
    7th Overall San Dimas Stage Race
    7th Overall The Women's Tour
    7th Philadelphia Cycling Classic
    8th Overall Tour of the Gila

### 2016

    1st Drentse Acht van Westerveld
    2nd Omloop van het Hageland
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Overall Tour of Chongming Island
    3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau
    3rd RideLondon Grand Prix
    4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    6th Overall The Women's Tour
    6th Chrono Gatineau
    6th GP de Plouay
    7th Gent–Wevelgem
    8th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
       1st Prologue
    10th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
    10th Strade Bianche
    10th Ronde van Drenthe

### 2017

    1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    3rd Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour
    4th Overall The Women's Tour
    4th White Spot / Delta Road Race
    9th Chrono Gatineau
    9th Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta

### 2018

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       5th Road race
    1st Team time trial, Ladies Tour of Norway
    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro Rosa
    2nd Brabantse Pijl
    2nd Crescent Vårgårda TTT
    UCI Road World Championships
       3rd Team time trial
       4th Time trial
    4th Overall Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
       1st Stage 1 (TTT)
    5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour

### 2019

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       2nd Road race
    1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau
    2nd Chrono Gatineau
    2nd La Course by Le Tour de France
    3rd Overall Ladies Tour of Norway
    3rd Omloop van het Hageland
    3rd Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT
    6th Overall The Women's Tour
    8th Brabantse Pijl
    10th Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden

### 2020

    5th Overall Challenge by La Vuelta
    5th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
    6th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
       1st Sprints classification
    9th Race Torquay

### 2021

    2nd Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs
    6th Overall The Women's Tour

### 2022

    3rd Time trial, National Road Championships