Katherine Bates

Katherine (Katey) Bates (born 18 May 1982 in Sydney ) is an Australian former track and road cyclist. A multiple national champion, Bates rode as a professional since 2002. Katey's career highlights included Australian Road Race Champion in 2006, World Points Race Champion in 2007 and Commonwealth Games champion in 2002 and 2006.

Bates competed in both track and road at the Olympic Games, finishing fourth in the individual pursuit at the 2004 Summer Olympics and sixth in the points race at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Bates retired in December 2011 due to injury.

Her sister, Natalie Bates, was also a professional racing cyclist.

She now co-runs Chicks Who Rides Bikes, a women's cycling organisation which supports women at all levels of cycling as well as working as a freelance television commentator and host. She has covered World Championships, Olympic Games, Tour de France and other National and World Tour cycling events for Network 7 and SBS Australia, where she hosts Tour de France preview show, Bonjour Le Tour.

She co-hosts The Wheelhouse cycling podcast with Australian sports journalist Joel Spreadborough.

Her spouse, Luke Miers, is a Walkley Award-winning camera-operator.

Palmarès

 * 2000
 * 2nd World Time Trial Championships, Plouay – Junior


 * 2001
 * 2nd Points Race, World Track Championships, Antwerp
 * 3rd Amstel Gold Race Netherlands


 * 2002
 * 3rd Individual Pursuit, World Track Championships, Copenhagen
 * 1st Points Race, Commonwealth Games, Manchester
 * 2nd Individual Pursuit, Commonwealth Games, Manchester


 * 2003
 * 1st Individual Pursuit, World Cup, Moscow
 * 1st Overall, Geelong Tour, Australia
 * 2nd Australian Criterium Championships, Victoria


 * 2004
 * 4th Individual Pursuit, 2004 Summer Olympics
 * 1st Stage 2, Vuelta a Castilla y León, Zamora
 * 1st Individual Pursuit, World Cup, Manchester
 * 1st Points Race, World Cup, Manchester
 * 2nd Stage 2, Geelong Tour, Australia
 * 3rd overall, Geelong Tour, Australia


 * 2005
 * 1st Points Race, World Cup, Manchester
 * 1st Individual Pursuit, World Cup, Manchester
 * 1st Scratch Race, World Cup, Manchester
 * 1st 🇦🇺 Individual Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
 * 1st 🇦🇺 Points Race, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
 * 1st 🇦🇺 Scratch Race, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
 * 2nd Individual Pursuit, World Track Championships, Los Angeles
 * 2nd Scratch Race, World Track Championships, Los Angeles
 * 3rd Points Race, World Track Championships, Los Angeles


 * 2006 (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung)
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Australian National Road Race Championships, Mount Torrens
 * 1st 🇦🇺 Scratch Race, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
 * 1st 🇦🇺 Points Race, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
 * 2nd Individual Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
 * 1st Points Race, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne – defeated teammate Rochelle Gilmore
 * 2nd Individual Pursuit, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
 * 1st Stage 3, Tour du Grand Montréal, Canada
 * 1st Stage 4, Euregio Ladies Tour, Bilzen
 * 1st Stage 5, Bay Classic, Docklands
 * 1st Points Race, World Cup, Sydney
 * 1st Stage 1, Tri-Peaks Challenge USA
 * 1st Individual Pursuit Track World Cup, United Kingdom
 * 2nd Scratch Race Track World Cup, United Kingdom
 * 3rd Women's Road World Cup Geelong, Australia


 * 2007
 * 1st Stage 1, 1st Stage 5 & 1st Final GC Bay Classic
 * 1st Points Race, World Track Championships, Palma de Mallorca
 * 3rd Points Race, Track World Cup, Beijing
 * 3rd Overall, Tour du Grand Montréal, Canada
 * 3rd Stage 1, International Thüringen Rundfahrt, Germany
 * 3rd Australian Criterium Championship, Queensland


 * 2008
 * 6th Points race, 2008 Summer Olympics


 * 2009 INJURED – (Team Columbia–HTC 2009 season)


 * 2010
 * 1st Scratch Race, Oceania Track Cycling Championships, Adelaide
 * 1st Women's Team Pursuit, Oceania Track Cycling Championships, Adelaide
 * 1st Women's Team Pursuit, Track World Cup, Melbourne


 * 2011
 * 2nd Women's scratch, 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Apeldoorn