Liane Lippert (born 13 January 1998) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team.[3]

Liane Lippert
Personal information
Full nameLiane Lippert
Born (1998-01-13) 13 January 1998 (age 26)
Friedrichshafen, Germany
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Team information
Current teamMovistar Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2010–2016RSV Seerose Friedrichshafen
2015–2016Mangetseder–WRSV
Professional teams
2017–2022Team Sunweb[1][2]
2023–Movistar Team
Major wins
Major Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2023)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2024)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2018, 2022, 2023)
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (2020)
Medal record
Women's road bicycle racing
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Zurich Mixed team relay

Career

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Born in Friedrichshafen, Lippert started her career in local club RSV Seerose Friedrichshafen in 2008. In the following years she won the U15 mountain category at Germany's former greatest mountain time track Lightweight Uphill. Since 2013 Lippert was nominated in the German squad until she got her first professional contract. She won the European junior road championship in 2016.[4][5]

Lippert joined Team Sunweb in 2017 and achieved her first victory at UCI Women's World Tour level in the 2020 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.[6][5]

Major results

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2016
1st   Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
6th Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
2017
9th Overall Lotto Belgium Tour
2018
1st   Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Lotto Belgium Tour
4th Overall Tour de Yorkshire
6th Overall Thüringen Tour
1st   Young rider classification
2020
1st Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
2nd Overall Tour Down Under
2nd Brabantse Pijl
2021
2nd   Road race, UEC European Road Championships
4th Overall Thüringen Tour
5th Overall Challenge by La Vuelta
8th La Course by Le Tour de France
2022
1st   Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Amstel Gold Race
3rd Brabantse Pijl
4th Overall Tour de Romandie
1st   Young rider classification
4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
7th La Flèche Wallonne
8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
2023
1st   Road race, National Road Championships
1st Tre Valli Varesine
1st Stage 2 Tour de France
1st Stage 3 Tour de Romandie Féminin
2nd La Flèche Wallonne
4th Overall Tour of Scandinavia
6th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
7th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
7th Strade Bianche
2024
1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia
UCI Road World Championships
2nd   Team relay
4th Road race
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Classic Lorient Agglomération
3rd Tre Valli Varesine
8th Overall Vuelta a Burgos Feminas

References

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  1. ^ "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Liane Lippert, primera incorporación para un Movistar Team 2023 aún más potente | Movistar Team" (in European Spanish). 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  4. ^ "Liane Lippert ist Europameisterin". suedkurier.de. 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  5. ^ a b Been, José (15 October 2020). "Liane Lippert is one of the sport's most exciting young stars". CyclingTips. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Lippert rollicks to victory in gnarly Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race". SBS Cycling Central. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
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