Kirsti Lay
Kirsti Lay (born 7 April 1988) is a Canadian former professional racing cyclist,[3] who rode professionally for UCI Women's Team Rally UHC Cycling between 2016 and 2019. She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships,[4] winning a bronze medal in the Team Pursuit.[5] In 2016, she was named in Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[6] She won the bronze medal in the team pursuit event.
![]() Lay in 2015  | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kirsti Lay | 
| Born | 7 April 1988[1] Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada  | 
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired | 
| Disciplines | 
  | 
| Role | Rider | 
| Amateur team | |
| 2014–2015 | SAS–Mazda–Macogep | 
| Professional team | |
| 2016–2019 | Rally Cycling[2] | 
Medal record  | |
Prior to taking up cycling Lay was a speed skater, competing at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007[7] and at the 2009 Winter Universiade.[8]
Personal life
    
Lay is married to Canadian former speed skater Mathieu Giroux.[3]
Major results
    
    Track
    
- 2014
 - Team pursuit, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
- 2nd 
 Guadalajara - 3rd 
 London 
 - 2nd 
 - 2015
 - 1st 
 Team pursuit, Pan American Games (with Allison Beveridge, Laura Brown and Jasmin Glaesser) - Team pursuit, 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
- 1st 
 Cali - 2nd 
 Cambridge 
 - 1st 
 - 2nd 
 Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships (with Allison Beveridge, Annie Foreman-Mackey and Stephanie Roorda) - 3rd 
 Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships - 2016
 - 2nd 
 Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships - 3rd 
 Team pursuit, Olympic Games - 2017
 - 3rd 
 Team pursuit, 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Los Angeles 
Road
    
- 2014
 - 5th Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau
 - 2015
 - 1st 
 Mountains classification Tour of California - 10th Overall San Dimas Stage Race
 - 2017
 - 1st Stage 1 Cascade Cycling Classic[9]
 - 2nd Road race, National Road Championships[10]
 - 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau
 - 8th Chrono Gatineau
 - 9th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
 - 2018
 - 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
 - 3rd White Spot / Delta Road Race
 - 4th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
 - 10th Overall Tour of the Gila
 
References
    
- Kirsti Lay at Cycling Archives
 - Soladay, Tom. "2019 men's and women's rosters". Rally UHC Cycling. Circuit Sport. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
 - "Olympic medallist Kirsti Lay announces retirement from track cycling". Airdrie City View. Great West Newspapers. The Canadian Press. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
 - "Entry List: Women" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
 - Final Results
 - Tozer, Jamie (29 June 2016). "Returning Olympians highlight Canada's cycling team". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
 - "Kirsti Lay". Speed Skating Canada. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
 - "CAN Announces Long Track Speed Skating Team". Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
 - "Cascade Cycling Classic: Lay wins stage 1 McKenzie Pass Road Race". cyclingnews.com. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
 - "Beveridge Wins Canadian Road Title". Cycling Canada Cyclisme. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
 
External links
    
- Kirsti Lay at Cycling Archives
 - Kirsti Lay at ProCyclingStats
 - Kirsti Lay at Cycling Quotient
 - Kirsti Lay in SpeedSkatingBase.eu
 - Kirsti Lay at SpeedSkatingNews.info
 - Kirsti Lay at SpeedSkatingStats.com
 - Kirsti Lay at Olympedia
 - Kirsti Lay at the Canadian Olympic Committee
 
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