Shara Marche

Shara Marche (née Gillow; born 23 December 1987) is an Australian former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2011 and 2020, for the, , and  teams. 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.

Following her retirement, Marche became a food coach and nutritionist at UCI Women's WorldTeam.

Personal
Marche was born on 23 December 1987 in Nambour, Queensland. Her father David Gillow is an Olympic cyclist who represented Zimbabwe at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She attended Nambour Christian College then was home schooled and obtained a Bachelor of Language from Western Sydney Institute. , she lived in Belli Park, Queensland. Beyond cycling, Marche is also a surfer.

In 2019, she married Nicolas Marche, then a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam. The couple live in Besançon, France, 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.

Marche was coached by Martin Barras from 2010. 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." Her primary training base is in Italy, with a secondary training base in Australia. She is a member of the Sunshine Coast Cycling Club. She has cycling scholarships with the Queensland Academy of Sport and Australian Institute of Sport. She was a member of the professional cycling team.

Marche finished 4th at the 2011 Memorial Davide Fardelli in Rogno, Italy. She finished 3rd at the Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen in Germany. She finished 9th overall at the 2011 Giro d'Italia Femminile in Italy. She finished 8th at the 2012 La visite chrono du Gatineau in Canada. She finished 7th at the 2012 Prologue GP Elsy Jacobs in Luxembourg. She finished 1st in the individual time trial and 2nd in the road event at the 2012 Oceania Road Championships in Queenstown, New Zealand. She finished 2nd at the 2012 Women's Tour of New Zealand. She finished 1st in the individual time trial event at the 2012 Australian Road Championships in Learmonth, Australia.

Marche was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the road race and individual time trial. Prior to the Olympics, she raced with Australia's team in the Giro Donne. She finished 13th in the time trial and 39th in the road race.

In September 2016 it was announced that Marche would join for the 2017 season. She spent the rest of her professional career with the team, announcing her retirement in September 2020.

Major results
Source:


 * 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 OceaniaChampionJersey.png Road race
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Time trial
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG 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
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Time trial
 * 2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Road race
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial
 * 7th Road race
 * 1st Stage 3 Bay Classic Series
 * UCI Road World Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal uci.svg 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 MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial
 * 6th Road race
 * 2nd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
 * 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg 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
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Time trial
 * 3rd Bronze medal Oceania.svg Road race
 * 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 MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial
 * 3rd Road race
 * 1st Crescent Women World Cup Vårgårda TTT
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg 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