Robin Farina

Robin Farina (born 3 September 1977) is a road cyclist from the United States. She made her road racing debut in 2006,[1] transitioning from a mountain biking background.[6] She won in 2011 the United States National Road Race Championships. She represented her country at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships and 2011 Pan American Games.[7] With her team BMW p/b Happy Tooth Dental she participated in the team time trial at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships.

Robin Farina
Personal information
Born (1977-09-03) 3 September 1977
Atlanta, Georgia, United States[1]
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[1]
Weight130 lb (59 kg)[1]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad cycling, Mountain bike racing, Tandem Para-cycling[1]
Amateur teams
2006DeFeet Women's Elite Team[1]
2007Target Training Women's Elite[1]
Professional teams
2008Cheerwine Women's Professional Cycling Team[1]
2009ValueAct Capital Women's Pro Cycling[1]
2010Team Vera Bradley Professional Cycling[1]
2011-2013NOW and Novartis for MS[2][3]
2015-BMW p/b Happy Tooth Dental[4][5]
Major wins
2011 National Road Race Champion, Overall GC win 2008 Joe Martin Stage Race and multiple other stages and criteriums, In 2017 she won a national championship in Para Cycling by piloting a tandem on the track (with stoker Shawn Cheshire).

Biography

In 2013, Farina and Janel Holcomb co-founded the Women's Cycling Association, a United States-based lobby group of professional cyclists and other supporters, established to create a unified voice that could raise the profile and financial viability of women's professional cycling.[8][9] Farina served as Team Director of the Happy Tooth Dental Professional Racing team during the 2016 season.[10]

Major Results

National road cycling championships

2011 United States National Road Race Championships (Georgia, USA)

1st, Women's Elite Road Race[11]

UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships

2017 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships (Los Angeles, CA, USA)

5th, Women's Tandem Individual Pursuit. Shawn Cheshire (stoker), Robin Farina (pilot)[12]
11th, Women's Tandem 1 km Time Trial. Shawn Cheshire (stoker), Robin Farina (pilot)[12]

Cyclocross & Gravel Road Races

2016 Lost & Found Gravel Road Race

1st, Women's Elite[13]

2015 Lost & Found Gravel Road Race

1st, Women's Elite[13][14]

References
  1. "Robin Farina". USA Cycling. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  2. Lukas, Sarah (26 August 2011). "Phil Keoghan launches NOW and Novartis for MS women's team". VeloNews. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  3. "Farina leads NOW and Novartis for MS women's team in 2012". cyclingnews.com. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  4. "BMW-Happy Tooth Dental Group women's team announces roster". VeloNews. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  5. Malach, Pat (19 January 2015). "BMW USA will sponsor new UCI women's team. Team SmartStop owners announce 2015 women's team roster". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  6. Taylor, Tom (17 September 2015). "At Rebecca Rusch's signature RPI race, bikers gutted it out on the gravel". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  7. "Robin Farina". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  8. Gutowski, Stephanie (18 November 2013). "Women's Cycling Association launches membership drive. American group hopes to raise status of female cyclists". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  9. "Women's Cycling Association takes proactive approach to advancement: US-based lobby group hope for global representation". cyclingnews.com. USA. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  10. "Afghan women's cycling team on track for Nobel Peace Prize - Women's News Shorts". cyclingnews.com. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  11. Frattini, Kristen (28 June 2011). "Farina claims women's championship. Dvorak, Miller bested in breakaway". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  12. "Individual Pursuit - Los Angeles - 05 Mar 2017". uci.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  13. Lee, Clifford (7 June 2016). "PRO BIKE PROFILE: ROBIN FARINA'S 2016 LOST & FOUND WINNING CUSTOM-PAINTED SANTA CRUZ STIGMATA". Cyclocross Magazine. USA. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  14. ., Andrew (3 June 2015). "2015 LOST AND FOUND DRAWS PRO CYCLOCROSSERS, GRAND TOUR RACERS, NEW TRAIL FUNDING AND SMILES". Cyclocross Magazine. USA. Retrieved 28 November 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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