Niamh Fisher-Black (born 12 August 2000) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She is the older sister of fellow racing cyclist Finn Fisher-Black, and was educated at Nelson College for Girls.

Career

2022

Fisher-Black paid her own way to the 2022 road cycling world championships in Wollongong, Australia as Cycling New Zealand could not afford to meet the costs due to due "a lack of government funding and the loss of key sponsors". In the 164 km road race, she was the first placed under-23 rider and 12th overall. She became the first under-23 world women's champion. Fisher-Black said of the win “I wasn't aware straightaway at first when I crossed the line [that I’d won the under-23 race]." “The rainbow jersey, very few people have one and it’s the pinnacle of cycling so it’s super special to have...I think I showed I was the strongest under-23 rider on the day and nothing can take away from that.”

Niamh Fisher-Black

2023

In June 2023, Fisher-Black won the final stage of the Tour de Suisse Women. She said, of the victory, "Winning is the very best feeling...Finally I could throw my hands in the air myself. This is what you live for as a cyclist". She was named as the lead rider for Team SD Worx in the women's Giro d'Italia.

Niamh Fisher-Black

Major results

2016

1st National Junior CX Championships

2017

1st National Junior CX Championships

3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships

2018

9th Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships

2019

4th Road race, National Junior Road Championships

9th Gravel and Tar

2020

1st Road race, National Road Championships

National Under-23 Road Championships

1st Road race

3rd Time trial

1st Gravel and Tar

2021

1st Young rider classification, Vuelta a Burgos Feminas

1st Young rider classification, Ladies Tour of Norway

9th Overall Giro d'Italia

1st Young rider classification

2022

1st Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships

1st Young rider classification, Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs

5th Overall Giro Donne

1st Young rider classification

5th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria

7th Overall Itzulia Tour

1st Young rider classification

2023

10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes

References

External links

2000 births

Living people

New Zealand female cyclists

Sportspeople from Nelson, New Zealand

People educated at Nelson College for Girls

21st-century New Zealand women

Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand

Niamh Fisher-Black