Sarah Gigante

Sarah Gigante (born 6 October 2000) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam.

Junior and under-23 career
In 2018, Gigante was national junior champion in the road race, individual time trial and criterium, won the junior women's road race at the 2018 Oceania Cycling Championships, won the silver medal in the Junior World Track Championships points race,

In 2019, aged 18, Gigante won the elite women's race at the Australian National Road Race Championships. She was awarded the 2019 Amy Gillett Foundation Scholarship to support her development as a professional cyclist.

Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank (2020–2021)
In December 2019, it was announced that Gigante would turn professional with the team. In January 2020, she won the Australian National Time Trial Championships. She won the overall at the Australian National Road Series. She re-signed with Tibco-SVB for the 2021 season.

Gigante finished second in the inaugural UCI Cycling Esports World Championships.

She had a strong start to the 2021 season in Australia winning the general classification and two stages at the Santos Festival of Cycling. She then defended her national title in the individual time trial.

Gigante was selected to compete in the road race and time trial at the Tokyo Olympics. She finished 40th in the road race and 11th in the time trial.

Movistar (2022)
Gigante had her first win in Europe at the Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa.

AG Insurance–Soudal (2024)
Through mutual agreement with Movistar, she left the team to join AG Insurance–Soudal without serving the third year of her contract. Gigante won the 2024 Women's Tour Down Under, her first Women's WorldTour victory.

Personal
In 2018, Gigante achieved a perfect high school Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) score of 99.95, earning her the prestigious University of Melbourne Chancellor's Scholarship. She is studying a double degree in linguistics and geography.

Major results

 * 2017
 * 2nd silver medal blank.svg Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships
 * National Junior Road Championships
 * 2nd silver medal blank.svg Road race
 * 3rd bronze medal blank.svg Criterium


 * 2018
 * 1st gold medal blank.svg Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships
 * National Junior Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Criterium
 * National Junior Track Championships
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Team pursuit
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Points race
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Madison
 * 2nd silver medal blank.svg Points race, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships


 * 2019
 * Oceania Road Championships
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Under-23 road race
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Under-23 time trial
 * 2nd silver medal blank.svg Road race
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Under-23 road race
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Under-23 time trial
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Spirit of Tasmania Cycling Tour
 * 1st Stage 1


 * 2020
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial
 * 2nd silver medal blank.svg Under-23 road race
 * 1st Overall National Road Series
 * 2nd silver medal blank.svg UCI Esports World Championships
 * 5th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour


 * 2021
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial
 * 1st Jersey cyan.svg Overall Santos Festival of Cycling
 * 1st Jersey bluedot.svg Mountains classification
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * 1st Stages 2 & 3


 * 2022
 * 1st Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa


 * 2024
 * 1st Jersey orange.svg Overall Tour Down Under
 * 1st Stage 3