# Lucy van der Haar

Lucy May van der Haar (née Garner; born 20 September 1994) is a British former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2013 and 2020 for the Team Liv–Plantur, Wiggle High5 and Hitec Products–Birk Sport teams. Van der Haar is a double junior world road race champion, winning in consecutive years, in 2011 and 2012.

## Career
### Early life

Van der Haar grew up in Cosby, Leicestershire. Her first cycling club was the Leicestershire Road Club. Competing with them from 2004 to 2012, she won many National Awards from both the British Schools Cycling Association and British Cycling. She remained in full-time education until 2012, when she left Countesthorpe Community College having completed her AS-levels.

### Amateur career

Van der Haar won her first junior world title at the 2011 road world championships in Copenhagen. She was part of a late six-woman breakaway from the peloton and won the race comfortably in a sprint for the line. A year later, she retained her title in a bunch sprint finish of 19 riders at the championships in Valkenburg, Netherlands, having had a lead-out from Elinor Barker.

### Professional career

Van der Haar signed a professional contract with UCI Women's Team Argos–Shimano in October 2012, turning professional at the start of the 2013 season. In May 2013, she claimed her first professional victory on the opening stage of the Tour of Chongming Island in Shanghai, China. In September 2015, van der Haar announced she would be riding for Wiggle High5 in 2016.

## Personal life

Van der Haar has a sister, Grace Garner, who is two years younger than her. She competed professionally as a racing cyclist, before also retiring in 2020. In July 2019, she married fellow cyclist Lars van der Haar, and in March 2022, announced she was pregnant with their first child.

## Major results

Source:

### 2011

    1st Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
    2nd Team pursuit, National Track Championships (with Hannah Barnes and Harriet Owen)

### 2012

    1st Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
    1st Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
    UEC European Junior Track Championships
       1st Team pursuit (with Amy Roberts and Elinor Barker)
       1st Scratch
       2nd Team sprint (with Dannielle Khan)
    National Track Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       2nd Team pursuit (with Corrine Hall and Harriet Owen)

### 2013

    3rd Overall Tour of Chongming Island
       1st Stage 1
    6th Dwars door de Westhoek
    8th Drentse 8

### 2014

    2nd Drentse 8
    2nd 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
    3rd Dwars door de Westhoek
    3rd Grand Prix de Dottignies
    7th Overall The Women's Tour

### 2015

    1st Stage 1 La Route de France
    2nd Ronde van Gelderland
    5th La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
    6th Parel van de Veluwe
    9th Dwars door de Westhoek
    9th Diamond Tour

### 2016

    2nd Women's Tour de Yorkshire
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    5th Ronde van Gelderland

### 2017

    3rd Tour of Guangxi Women's Elite World Challenge
    3rd Omloop van de IJsseldelta

### 2018

    1st Mountains classification Tour of Chongming Island

### 2019

    5th Road race, National Road Championships
    5th Overall Tour of Chongming Island

### 2020

    1st Overall Dubai Women's Tour
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 1