Nicole Frain
Nicole Louise Frain (born 24 August 1992) is an Australian professional racing cyclist from Tasmania, who currently rides for the Dutch UCI Women's Continental Team Parkhotel Valkenburg Cycling Team.[2][3]
 Frain in the middle in the national Australian jersey at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nicole Louise Frain |
| Born | 24 August 1992 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia [1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Parkhotel Valkenburg Cycling Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2021–2022 | Team TIBCO-SVB |
| 2022 (until 5 July) | Roxsolt Liv SRAM |
| 2022 (from 5 July)– | Parkhotel Valkenburg Cycling Team |
Career
changeFrain won the silver medal at the 2019 Oceania Road Cycling Championships in the time trial event. In 2021 Frain won the bronze medal at the Australian National Time Trial Championships. She became the 2022 Australian National Road Race Champion.[2] She competed at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes. In the second stage she rode with high speed into Marta Cavalli causing a crash. The way she rode into Cavalli was mentioned as careless cycling and caused commotion. Cavalli had to leave the Tour.[4][5][6]
Personal life
changeIn 2014, Frain was involved in a traffic accident killing a 78-year-old man. Frain was said to have been fallen asleep while driven. She got a suspended sentence for this accident.[5][7]
References
change- ↑ "Tasmanian driver gets suspended sentence for fatal crash as judge impressed by 'honesty'". abc.net.au. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Nicole Frain". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ↑ "Triatlete Schoens nu ook wielrenster". L1. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ↑ "PLOEGLEIDER PARKHOTEL VALKENBURG VERDEDIGT NICOLE FRAIN: "HET WAS NIET HAAR INTENTIE"". wielerflits.nl. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Ze wilden haar uit Tour gooien en ook op sociale media werd ze beschimpt: Nicole Frain komt met excuses na zware val waarbij ze collega aanreed met 53 km/u". Het Laatste Nieuws. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ↑ "Cyclist thrown through air as monster crash causes pile-up in Tour de France Femmes". mirror.co.uk. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ↑ "Suspended sentence for fatal crash". examiner.com.au. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
Other websites
change- Nicole Frain at UCI
- Nicole Frain at Cycling Archives
- Nicole Frain at ProCyclingStats
- Nicole Frain at Cycling Quotient
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