Izzy Sharp (cyclist)

Izzy Sharp
Sharp in 2024
Personal information
BornIsabel Sharp
(2005-06-29) 29 June 2005[1]
Team information
Current teamLidl–Trek
Discipline
  • Track
  • Road
RoleRider
Professional team
2024–Lidl–Trek
Medal record
Representing  United Kingdom
Women's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Glasgow Junior time trial
Women's track cycling
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tel Aviv Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2023 Cali Points race
Silver medal – second place 2023 Cali Elimination race
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tel Aviv Elimination race
European Under-23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Cottbus Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2025 Anadia Team pursuit
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Anadia Points race
Gold medal – first place 2023 Anadia Madison
Silver medal – second place 2022 Anadia Individual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Anadia Team pursuit

Isabel Sharp (born 29 June 2005) is a British road and track racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.

Early life

From Southampton, she was a member of Poole Wheelers cycling club.[2]

Career

She won gold in the points race at the 2022 Junior UEC European Track Championships and in the Madison at the 2023 UEC Junior European Track Championships.[3] She won silver medals in the points race and the elimination race at the 2023 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships.[4]

In 2023, competing on the road she won Gent-Wevelgem Juniors, Omloop van Borsele and was second at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships in the junior time trial behind Felicity Wilson-Haffenden.[5]

She turned pro with UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek in 2024 in a three-year contract.[6]

Major results

Road

2022
2nd Overall Omloop van Borsele
1st Young rider classification
5th Gent–Wevelgem Juniors
10th Time trial, UCI World Junior Road Championships
2023
1st Overall Omloop van Borsele
1st Stage 1
1st Gent–Wevelgem Juniors
2nd Time trial, UCI World Junior Road Championships
3rd Time trial, National Junior Championships
3th Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda
2025
2nd Criterium, National Championships

Track

2022
1st Team pursuit, National Championships
2024
National Championships
1st Team pursuit
3rd Individual pursuit
2025
2nd Individual pursuit, National Championships

References

  1. ^ "Isabel Sharp". First Cycling. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  2. ^ Taylor, James (31 January 2025). "Racing at the Sharp end". Buzz.Bournemouth. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Lidl-Trek signs Holmgren twins & Izzy Sharp". Procyclinguk. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  4. ^ "2023 UCI JUNIOR WORLD TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAY-BY-DAY UPDATES". British Cycling. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  5. ^ Moultrie, James (25 January 2024). "Introducing: Izzy Sharp, Lidl-Trek's new teenage powerhouse". Cycling News. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  6. ^ Davidson, Tom (10 January 2024). "'I contacted Elisa Longo Borghini and she replied in 10 minutes' - how 18-year-old Izzy Sharp forged her WorldTour path". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 1 February 2025.