Anna Kiesenhofer

Anna Kiesenhofer (born 14 February 1991) is an Austrian cyclist who last rode for the Lotto–Soudal Ladies team.[1]

Anna Kiesenhofer
3rd stage of the Tour de l'Ardèche
Personal information
Full nameAnna Kiesenhofer
Born (1991-02-14) 14 February 1991
Austria
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Team information
DisciplineRoad, Time Trial
Professional team
2017Lotto–Soudal Ladies
Major wins
National Road Race Championships (2019)
National Time Trial Championships (2019, 2020)

Life

Kiesenhofer studied mathematics at the Technical University of Vienna. She then studied at the University of Cambridge. She took a four-year PhD at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and she completed her studies in 2016.

She participated in triathlon and duathlon from 2011 to 2013. After an injury, she had to limit her running and therefore concentrated on cycling from 2014. She joined the Catalan team Frigoríficos Costa Brava - Naturalium. In 2015, she participated in cyclo-sports including the Gran Fondo New York which ends at Mont Ventoux and which she won. She entered the Tour de l'Ardèche but she was the victim of a fall on the first stage. She failed to recover and after several difficult stages decided to withdraw.[2]

In 2016, she won the Coupe d'Espagne.[3] In September, she took part in the Tour de l'Ardèche in the international team. On the third stage, the first breakaway started at the 12th kilometer. It was composed of Dany Christmas, Anna Plichta, Sara Olsson, Vita Heine and Silvia Valsecchi. Twenty kilometers away, they were joined by Kiesenhoffer. In the descent of the pass of Murs, the group were seven minutes and twenty-five seconds ahead. After Blavac, Anna Plichta went off alone and she had a lead of a minute thirty at the foot of Mont Ventoux. On the ascent Kiesenhoffer joined her. She won the stage by almost four minutes over Flávia Oliveira and she took the lead in the overall standings.[4] The next day, Flávia Oliveira escaped in turn and she took Kiesenhofer's pink jersey.[5] She kept her second place in the overall standings until the end of the race.[6]

Major results
2016
2nd Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
1st Stage 3
2nd Time Trial, National Road Championships
2019
National Road Championships
1st Time Trial
1st Road Race
5th Ljubljana–Domzale–Ljubljana TT
5th Time Trial, European Road Championships
2020
1st Time Trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche

References
  1. "Anna Kiesenhofer". Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  2. "Anna Kiesenhofer. " Les courses que je trouve les plus attractives sont des épreuves difficiles comme l'Emakumeen Euskal Bira, le Tour d'Italie et le Tour de l'Ardèche."". velo101. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  3. "COPA DE ESPAÑA DE CICLISMO FEMENINO 2016" (PDF). RFEC (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  4. "3ème étape 2016". Site officiel. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  5. "4ème étape 2016". Site officiel. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  6. "7ème étape 2016". Site officiel. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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