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Ashleigh Moolman
Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (née Moolman; born 9 December 1985) is a South African professional female road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step.[4] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 16th[5] and in the Women's time trial finishing 24th.[6]
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| Full name | Ashleigh Moolman Pasio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Ashleigh Moolman 9 December 1985 Pretoria, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008–2009 | Toyota Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010–2013 | Lotto Ladies Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Team Hitec Products | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Bigla Pro Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | CCC Liv[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | SD Worx[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stage races
One day races
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Medal record
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On 9 December 2020, she won the first edition of the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships, organised on the online cycling platform Zwift.[7]
Career
Moolman in 2012.
She tried to start a career in triathlon but after discovering her talent in cycling, and a series of injuries, dedicated herself fully to professional road cycling.[8]
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal in the women's road race and finished 15th in the women's individual time trial.[9][10] After spending one season riding for Team Hitec Products, in September 2014 it was announced that Moolman had signed an initial two-year deal with the Bigla Pro Cycling Team from 2015.[11]
In 2018 she finished 2nd overall in the Giro Rosa and La Flèche Wallonne Féminine. She also took the final podium place at La Course by Le Tour de France.[12] In 2019 she placed 4th overall at the Giro Rosa and took 5th in La Course by Le Tour de France.
In September 2020, Moolman signed a two-year contract with the SD Worx team, from the 2021 season.[13] In the 2021 Giro Rosa she finished in 2nd place and claimed a stage win on stage 9.[14] In July 2022, she was named as one of the pre-race favourites for the first edition of the Tour de France Femmes.[15]
Personal life
Moolman is married to semi-professional XTERRA triathlete Carl Pasio. Moolman has a degree in Chemical Engineering from Stellenbosch University, where she met her future husband.[8]
Major results
- 2009
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2010
- 10th Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 2011
- African Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
- 6th Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira
- 1st Mountains classification
- 9th Halle-Buizingen
- 9th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 9th Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 2012
- African Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st Mountains classification, Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
- 2nd Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT)
- 3rd Overall Tour de Free State
- 1st Stage 4
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne
- 10th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
- 2013
- African Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Holland Hills Classic
- 2nd Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
- 3rd La Flèche Wallonne
- 4th Overall Tour Languedoc Roussillon
- 5th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 2014
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Le Samyn
- 3rd Road race, Commonwealth Games
- 4th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne
- 5th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
- 8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 8th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 10th Holland Hills Classic
- 2015
- African Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Team time trial
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Overall Auensteiner–Radsporttage
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st 94.7 Cycle Challenge
- 2nd Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- 2nd Giro dell'Emilia
- 4th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 4th Strade Bianche
- 4th La Flèche Wallonne
- 4th GP de Plouay
- 6th Le Samyn
- 7th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du Elsy Jacobs
- 7th Chrono des Nations
- 10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
- 10th Tour of Flanders
- 2016
- 1st Overall Auensteiner–Radsporttage
- 1st Stage 2b
- 1st Overall Giro della Toscana
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Prologue & Stage 2
- 2nd Overall The Women's Tour
- 2nd Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour TTT
- 2nd Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
- 3rd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- 3rd Holland Hills Classic
- 4th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du Elsy Jacobs
- 5th SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn
- 6th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 8th Pajot Hills Classic
- 10th Road race, Olympic Games
- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Overall Giro della Toscana
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st La Classique Morbihan
- 1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 1st 947 Cycle Challenge
- 2nd Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour TTT
- UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Team time trial
- 7th Time trial
- 3rd Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
- 3rd Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
- 1st Prologue
- 6th La Flèche Wallonne
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 7th Overall The Women's Tour
- 9th Amstel Gold Race
- 10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
- 2018
- 1st La Classique Morbihan
- 1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 2nd Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
- 1st Mountains classification
- 2nd Overall Giro Rosa
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 3rd La Course by Le Tour de France
- 3rd Team time trial, Open de Suède Vårgårda
- 3rd Team time trial, Tour of Norway
- 4th Tour of Flanders
- 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 6th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 7th Gent–Wevelgem
- 8th Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs
- 8th Strade Bianche
- 8th GP de Plouay – Bretagne
- 2019
- 1st Time trial, African Games
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 1st Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa
- 1st Taiwan KOM Challenge
- 3rd Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
- 3rd Overall Tour of California
- 4th Overall Giro Rosa
- 4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 5th La Course by Le Tour de France
- 6th Strade Bianche
- 6th Clasica Femenina Navarra
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
- 8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 2020
- 1st UCI Cycling Esports World Championships
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 6th Overall Giro Rosa
- 6th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 6th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2021
- 2nd Overall Giro Rosa
- 1st Stage 9
- 2nd Overall Tour of Norway
- 4th Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa
- 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 7th Brabantse Pijl
- 8th Time trial, Summer Olympics
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 9th Amstel Gold Race
- 9th GP de Plouay
- 2022
- 1st Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Strade Bianche
- 4th UCI Esports World Championships
- 4th La Flèche Wallonne
- 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 4th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 7th Amstel Gold Race
- 8th Brabantse Pijl
- 10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
General classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | ||||||||||||||
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| Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
| Giro d'Italia Femminile | 17 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 4 | — | DNF | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Stage race | ||||||||||||||
| Stage race | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
| Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs | — | — | 11 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | — | NH | — | — | |
| Tour of California | Did not exist | — | — | — | — | 3 | Not held | |||||||
| Emakumeen Euskal Bira | 11 | 6 | DNF | DNF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | — | ||||
| Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not held | |||||
| The Women's Tour | Did not exist | 23 | — | 2 | 7 | — | DNF | NH | — | IP | ||||
| Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | NH | — | — | |
| Ladies Tour of Norway | Did not exist | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | NH | 2 | NH | ||||
| La Route de France | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | Not held | ||||||
| Belgium Tour | Did not exist | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | |||
| Holland Ladies Tour | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | NH | — | ||
| Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | NH | — | ||
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
| NH | Not held |
References
- ^ "CCC-Liv Team Unveils Competition Kit". Liv Cycling UK. Giant UK Ltd. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Bertizzolo lands at CCC-Liv after Movistar contract problems". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "Team SD Worx". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ . UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "London 2012 – Women's Road Race Results". Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "London 2012 – Women's Individual Time Trial Results". Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "UCI Cycling Esports World Championships - results". Zwift. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Glasgow 2014 – Ashleigh Pasio Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 – Women's Road Race". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 – Women's Individual Time Trial". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ "Ashleigh Moolman joins Bigla on two-year deal". cyclingnews.com. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ cycling stats, pro (30 July 2022). "Rider Ashleigh Moolman". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Ashleigh Moolman Pasio joins Boels Dolmans for 2021". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ cycling stats, pro (30 July 2022). "Rider Ashleigh Moolman". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Tour de France Femmes 2022: Riders to watch as women's race returns after 33 years". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Ashleigh Moolman at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Ashleigh Moolman at Cycling Archives
- Ashleigh Moolman at CQ Ranking
- Ashleigh Moolman at ProCyclingStats