Aaron Gate

Aaron Gate (born 26 November 1990) is a New Zealand road and track cyclist,[3] who currently rides for UCI Continental team Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling.[4] He represented his country in track cycling at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Aaron Gate
Gate in 2020
Personal information
Born (1990-11-26) 26 November 1990
Auckland, New Zealand
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Team information
Current teamBolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Professional teams
2013–2016An Post–Chain Reaction
2017–2018Aqua Blue Sport[1]
2019EvoPro Racing
2020–Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy[2]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Time Trial Championships (2021)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  New Zealand
Olympic Games
2012 LondonTeam pursuit
World Championships
2013 MinskOmnium
2017 Hong KongOmnium
2020 BerlinTeam pursuit
2020 BerlinMadison
2021 RoubaixOmnium
2012 MelbourneTeam pursuit
2014 CaliTeam Pursuit

Career

He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit event with teammates Sam Bewley, Marc Ryan, Jesse Sergent and Westley Gough.[5] On 24 February 2013 in Belarus, Gate won the world championship title in the omnium event. Alongside Pieter Bulling, Regan Gough, and Dylan Kennett, he came fourth in the men's team pursuit at the 2016 Rio Olympics, being beaten by Denmark to the bronze medal.[6] He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.[7] In 2021 he won his first national title winning the New Zealand National Time Trial Championships by 0.7 seconds ahead of George Bennett.[8]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Gate competed in the team pursuit event with teammates Regan Gough, Jordan Kerby and Campbell Stewart. In the bronze medal race against Australia, he crashed after clipping Kerby's rear wheel, fracturing his collarbone. He subsequently withdrew from the rest of the Games, and was replaced by Stewart in the madison and omnium events.[9]

Major results
2011
6th Overall Rás Tailteann
10th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt U23
2012
3rd Team pursuit, Summer Olympics
3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
7th Overall Tour of Wellington
1st Stage 5
2013
1st Omnium, UCI Track World Championships
10th Halle–Ingooigem
2014
3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2015
4th Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic
5th Overall Rás Tailteann
1st Sprints classification
1st Stages 2 & 5
6th Overall Ronde de l'Oise
6th Ronde van Overijssel
2016
1st Overall Tour of Southland
1st Stage 5
6th Overall Rás Tailteann
1st Points classification
1st Stage 6
2017
2nd Omnium, UCI Track World Championships
2018
1st Mountains classification, Tour of Austria
2019
1st Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 1 Belgrade–Banja Luka
5th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
9th Antwerp Port Epic
2020
1st Overall Tour of Southland
1st Stage 1 (TTT), 6 & 7
2nd Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
1st Stage 1
2021
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Gravel and Tar Classic
2nd Omnium, UCI Track World Championships
3rd Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
4th Chrono des Nations
10th Lillehammer GP
2022
1st Time trial, Oceania Road Championships
1st Overall International Tour of Hellas
1st Stage 1

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2017
Giro d'Italia —
Tour de France —
Vuelta a España 140
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. "2018 rider roster and first races confirmed". Aqua Blue Sport. Aqua Blue Sport Limited. 1 January 2018. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. "Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  3. "Aaron Gate". London2012.com. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  4. "Black Spoke Pro Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  5. Devlin, Colette (6 August 2012). "Pursuit team won a medal for Mark". The Southland Times.
  6. Geenty, Mark (13 August 2016). "Rio Olympics 2016: Odd shaped track stymies New Zealand pursuit team". Stuff. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  7. "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  8. "NZ ITT 2021". my1.raceresult. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  9. "New Zealand track cyclist Aaron Gate ruled out of Tokyo Olympics after crash". Stuff. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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