Shara Marche (née Gillow; born 23 December 1987) is an Australian former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2011 and 2020, for the Bizkaia–Durango, Orica–AIS, Rabo–Liv and FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope teams.[5] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she finished 13th in the time trial and 39th in the road race.
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Nickname | Shaza | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Shara Gillow 23 December 1987 Nambour, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Time trialist[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Amateur team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunshine Coast Cycling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2011 | Bizkaia–Durango | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | GreenEDGE–AIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Rabo–Liv | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope[3][4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Following her retirement, Marche became a food coach and nutritionist at UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime.[6][7]
Personal
Marche was born on 23 December 1987 in Nambour, Queensland.[1][8] Her father David Gillow is an Olympic cyclist who represented Zimbabwe at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1][9] She attended Nambour Christian College then was home schooled and obtained a Bachelor of Language from Western Sydney Institute.[1][8] As of 2012[update], she lived in Belli Park, Queensland.[1] Beyond cycling, Marche is also a surfer.[8]
In 2019, she married Nicolas Marche, then a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam Team Sunweb. The couple live in Besançon, France,[10] and have a son, born in 2022.
Cycling
Marche did not become a professional cyclist until she was twenty years old, taking inspiration from her father to get involved with the sport.[1][9]
Marche was coached by Martin Barras from 2010.[1][8] Her coach said she "was one of the most physically gifted cyclists he had seen, but tended to be too conservative and protective when competing."[9] Her primary training base is in Italy, with a secondary training base in Australia.[1] She is a member of the Sunshine Coast Cycling Club.[1] She has cycling scholarships with the Queensland Academy of Sport and Australian Institute of Sport.[1][8] She was a member of the GreenEDGE–AIS professional cycling team.[11]
Marche finished 4th at the 2011 Memorial Davide Fardelli in Rogno, Italy.[1] She finished 3rd at the Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen in Germany.[1] She finished 9th overall at the 2011 Giro d'Italia Femminile in Italy.[1] She finished 8th at the 2012 La visite chrono du Gatineau in Canada.[1] She finished 7th at the 2012 Prologue GP Elsy Jacobs in Luxembourg.[1] She finished 1st in the individual time trial and 2nd in the road event at the 2012 Oceania Road Championships in Queenstown, New Zealand.[1] She finished 2nd at the 2012 Women's Tour of New Zealand.[1] She finished 1st in the individual time trial event at the 2012 Australian Road Championships in Learmonth, Australia.[1]
Marche was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the road race and individual time trial.[1][9][11][12][13] Prior to the Olympics, she raced with Australia's GreenEDGE–AIS team in the Giro Donne.[9] She finished 13th in the time trial and 39th in the road race.[14]
In September 2016 it was announced that Marche would join FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope for the 2017 season.[15] She spent the rest of her professional career with the team, announcing her retirement in September 2020.[16]
Major results
Source:[17]
- 2008
- 2nd Overall Tour of Bright
- 2009
- 2nd Overall Canberra Tour
- 8th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand
- 9th Chrono Champenois
- 2010
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Mersey Valley Tour
- 8th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 2011
- Oceania Road Championships
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 4th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand
- 4th Memorial Davide Fardelli
- 7th Chrono Champenois
- 9th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 1st Stage 2
- 2012
- Oceania Road Championships
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 7th Road race
- 1st Stage 3 Bay Classic Series
- UCI Road World Championships
- 2nd Team time trial
- 10th Time trial
- 2nd Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand
- 2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 8th Chrono Gatineau
- 2013
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 6th Road race
- 2nd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 3rd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 3rd Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen
- 4th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 7th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
- 1st Stage 2
- 10th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- 2014
- Oceania Road Championships
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 9th Road race
- 3rd Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
- 4th Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 6th Time trial, Commonwealth Games
- 10th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- 2015
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st Crescent Women World Cup Vårgårda TTT
- 3rd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 10th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 2016
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Gracia–Orlová
- Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour
- 3rd Team time trial
- 9th Road race
- 7th Draai van de Kaai
- 8th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
- 8th Ridderronde Maastricht
- 10th Chrono Champenois
- 2017
- 1st Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
- 1st Stages 1 & 2 (ITT)
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 2nd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 3rd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
- 5th La Course by Le Tour de France
- 6th Strade Bianche
- 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 8th Women's Tour de Yorkshire
- 2018
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Time trial
- 7th Road race
- 6th La Flèche Wallonne
- 7th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 7th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 8th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
- 8th Overall Women's Tour de Yorkshire
- 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2019
- National Road Championships
- 4th Road race
- 5th Time trial
- 4th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 9th Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
- 9th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
References
External links
- Official website
- Shara Marche at UCI
- "Shara Gillow at GreenEDGE Cycling". Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
- Shara Marche at Cycling Archives
- Shara Marche at CQ Ranking
- Shara Marche at ProCyclingStats
- Shara Marche at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)