{{short description|American cyclist (born 1985)}} {{use mdy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Erica Carney | image = | caption = | fullname = Erica Carney | birth_name = Erica Allar | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|11|5}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|Illinois, U.S.}} | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | currentteam = Retired | disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}} | role = Rider | ridertype = Sprinter | amateuryears1 = 2010 | amateurteam1 = Vera Bradley Foundation | amateuryears2 = 2012 | amateurteam2 = RideClean/PatentIt.com | amateuryears3 = 2013 | amateurteam3 = Care4Cycling p/b Solomon | proyears1 = 2009 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|Colavita|2009}} | proyears2 = 2014–2015 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|Colavita|2014}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://rallyuhccycling.com/news/official-2019-roster/|first=Tom|last=Soladay|authorlink=Thomas Soladay|title=2019 men's and women's rosters|work={{UCI team code|RLW|2019}}|publisher=Circuit Sport|accessdate=February 25, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122213440/https://rallyuhccycling.com/news/official-2019-roster/|archivedate=January 22, 2019}}</ref> | proyears3 = 2016–2019 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|RLW|2016}} | majorwins = }} '''Erica Carney''' (née '''Allar'''; born November 5, 1985) is an American former professional racing cyclist,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://rallyuhccycling.com/news/from-bike-to-chalkboard-the-erica-carney-story/|title=From bike to chalkboard – the Erica Carney story|work={{UCI team code|RLW|2019}}|publisher=Circuit Sport|date=October 21, 2019|accessdate=February 3, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203234922/https://rallyuhccycling.com/news/from-bike-to-chalkboard-the-erica-carney-story/|url-status=dead}}</ref> who rode professionally in 2009 and between 2014 and 2019 for the {{UCI team code|Colavita|2015}} and {{UCI team code|RLW|2019}} teams.
==Formative years== Born as Erica Allar in Illinois on November 5, 1985, Erica Carney graduated from Northwestern Lehigh High School in the Northwestern Lehigh School District.<ref>"Banged-Up Tiger," in "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/279126187/ Race Notebook]." Allentown, Pennsylvania: ''The Morning Call'', June 4, 2008, p. C3 (subscription required).</ref> She began her amateur cycling career at the age of fifteen at the Lehigh Valley Velodrome (now the Valley Preferred Cycling Center) and rode professionally for the first time in 2008 as a member of Aaron's Cycling Team.<ref>Rittenhouse, Amanda. "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/199610290/ Pro, amateur cyclists to wheel into W. Chester]." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', July 3, 2008, p. L14 (subscription required).</ref>
==Career== During the mid-2000s, Carney rode in fifty to seventy cycling events per year. In 2006 and 2007, she won the National Criterium Championship (Under 23 category); in 2008, she finished tenth in the Commerce Bank Liberty Classic.<ref>Rittenhouse, "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/199610290/ Pro, amateur cyclists to wheel into W. Chester]," ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', July 3, 2008.</ref>
==Major results== {{div col start}} ;2007 : 2nd Keirin, Australian National Track Championships<ref>{{cite news|first=John Michael|last=Flynn|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/track/2007/feb07/auschamps07?id=results/auschamps077|title=Kersten wins gold in kilo and omnium|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Knapp Communications|date=February 11, 2007|accessdate=June 19, 2022}}</ref> ;2008 : 10th Liberty Classic ;2009 : 1st Clarendon Cup ;2010 : 2nd Criterium, National Road Championships ;2012 : 1st Sunny King Criterium : 1st TD Bank Mayor's Cup : 3rd Overall Tour of America's Dairyland ;2013 : 1st TD Bank Mayor's Cup : 2nd Sunny King Criterium ;2014 : 1st Tour of Somerville : 2nd Criterium, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall Tour of America's Dairyland : 2nd Sunny King Criterium : 4th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic ;2015 : 1st Overall Tulsa Tough ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 3rd Sunny King Criterium ;2017 : 1st 20px Criterium, National Road Championships : 2nd Sunny King Criterium ;2018 : 2nd Athens Twilight Criterium {{div col end}}
==See also== * List of 2016 UCI Women's Teams and riders
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{sports links}} * {{UCI rider|47252}}
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