Lucy May van der Haar (née Garner; born 20 September 1994) is a British former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2013 and 2020 for the , and teams. Van der Haar is a double junior world road race champion, winning in consecutive years, in 2011 and 2012.
Career
Early life
Van der Haar grew up in Cosby, Leicestershire. Her first cycling club was the Leicestershire Road Club. Competing with them from 2004 to 2012, she won many National Awards from both the British Schools Cycling Association and British Cycling. She remained in full-time education until 2012, when she left Countesthorpe Community College having completed her AS-levels.
Amateur career
Van der Haar won her first junior world title at the 2011 road world championships in Copenhagen. She was part of a late six-woman breakaway from the peloton and won the race comfortably in a sprint for the line. A year later, she retained her title in a bunch sprint finish of 19 riders at the championships in Valkenburg, Netherlands, having had a lead-out from Elinor Barker.
Professional career
Van der Haar signed a professional contract with UCI Women's Team in October 2012, turning professional at the start of the 2013 season. In May 2013, she claimed her first professional victory on the opening stage of the Tour of Chongming Island in Shanghai, China. In September 2015, van der Haar announced she would be riding for in 2016.
Personal life
Van der Haar has a sister, Grace Garner, who is two years younger than her. She competed professionally as a racing cyclist, before also retiring in 2020. In July 2019, she married fellow cyclist Lars van der Haar, and in March 2022, announced she was pregnant with their first child.
Major results
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2011
1st Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
2nd Team pursuit, National Track Championships (with Hannah Barnes and Harriet Owen) 2012 1st Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships 1st Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships UEC European Junior Track Championships 1st Team pursuit (with Amy Roberts and Elinor Barker) 1st Scratch 2nd Team sprint (with Dannielle Khan) National Track Championships 1st Individual pursuit 2nd Team pursuit (with Corrine Hall and Harriet Owen) 2013 3rd Overall Tour of Chongming Island 1st Stage 1 6th Dwars door de Westhoek 8th Drentse 8 2014 2nd Drentse 8 2nd 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg 3rd Dwars door de Westhoek 3rd Grand Prix de Dottignies 7th Overall The Women's Tour 2015 1st Stage 1 La Route de France 2nd Ronde van Gelderland 5th La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta 6th Parel van de Veluwe 9th Dwars door de Westhoek 9th Diamond Tour 2016 2nd Women's Tour de Yorkshire 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 5th Ronde van Gelderland 2017 3rd Tour of Guangxi Women's Elite World Challenge 3rd Omloop van de IJsseldelta 2018 1st Mountains classification Tour of Chongming Island 2019 5th Road race, National Road Championships 5th Overall Tour of Chongming Island 2020 1st Overall Dubai Women's Tour 1st Points classification 1st Stage 1