Lara Gillespie

Lara Gillespie is an Irish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam. She won the gold medal in the elimination race, or 'devil', at both the 2025 [UEC European Track Championships – Women's elimination race|2025 UEC European Track Championships], and the 2025 [UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's elimination|2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships] in Santiago, Chile, becoming Ireland's first female world track cycling champion.

Career

At the 2018 UEC European Junior Track Championships Gillespie won Gold in the Points race. At the 2019 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships, Gillespie won a bronze medal in the individual pursuit. She rode in the 2020 UCI [Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit|women's team pursuit event] at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin, Germany.
In 2023, she won Gold medals for both the Points race and Omnium at the UEC European U23 Track Championships
Gillespie won her first senior medal after winning a Bronze medal for Ireland at the 2024 World Track Championships in the 2024 UCI Track [Cycling World Championships – Women's points race|Points Race]
Lara Gillespie won the Elimination Race in round 4 of the 2024 UCI Track Champions League in London.
Gillespie is a multiple Irish National Champion on the Road, on the Track and for Cyclo Cross.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

;2018
;2019

Road

;2018
;2019
;2020
;2022
;2023
;2024
;2025

Track

;2018
;2019
;2020
;2022
;2023
;2025