Lizzy Banks
Personal information
Full nameElizabeth Mary Lydia Banks
NicknameLizzy
BornElizabeth Mary Lydia Stedman
(1990-11-07) 7 November 1990
Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Team information
Current teamEF Education–Tibco–SVB
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2015University of Sheffield
2016Brother UK–Fusion RT
2017Sunsport Velo
2017Storey Racing
Professional teams
2018UnitedHealthcare
2019–2020Bigla Pro Cycling[1][2]
2021Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling[3][4]
2022–EF Education–Tibco–SVB[5]

Elizabeth Mary Lydia Banks (née Stedman; born 7 November 1990) is an English professional racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Continental Team EF Education–Tibco–SVB in 2022.[5] Banks took up cycle racing in 2015 after participating in bicycle touring and cycling to clinical placements as a medical student. She left her medical studies shortly before she was due to graduate in order to pursue her cycling career.[6]

Major results

2018
9th Chrono Gatineau
2019
1st Stage 8 Giro Rosa
2nd SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn
3rd Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
5th Overall Giro delle Marche in Rosa
7th Overall The Women's Tour
9th Overall Women's Tour de Yorkshire
2020
1st Stage 4 Giro Rosa
2nd GP de Plouay
6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

References

  1. ↑ "Bigla Pro Cycling Team". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Bigla – Katusha". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Ceratizit – WNT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "14 riders, 11 re-signings, 9 nationalities, and 3 new riders complete the roster for CERATIZIT WNT Pro Cycling for 2021". Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling. Ceratizit Deutschland GmbH. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  5. 1 2 Bonville-Ginn, Tim (25 November 2021). "Lizzy Banks makes move to EF Education-Tibco-SVB for 2022". Cycling Weekly.
  6. ↑ Hurcom, Sophie (15 September 2020). "The rapid rise of Lizzy Banks". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
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