{{short description|English track and road racing cyclist}} {{for|the English footballer|Liz Deighan}} {{redirect|Elizabeth Armitstead|the 18th-century courtesan and wife of Charles James Fox|Elizabeth Armistead}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Lizzie Deignan | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} | image = Lizzie Deignan - 2025 Tour of Britain Women (stage 3 - combativity).jpg | image_size = | caption = Deignan in 2025 | fullname = Elizabeth Mary Deignan | nickname = Lizzie, Queen Lizzie<ref name=becket>{{cite web |last=Becket |first=Adam |date=25 November 2024 |title=21 things you didn't know about Lizzie Deignan |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/21-things-you-didnt-known-about-lizzie-deignan |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref> | birth_name = Elizabeth Mary Armitstead | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|12|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Otley, West Yorkshire, England | height = 1.68 m<ref name=CWProf>{{cite web|title=Lizzie Armitstead|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/tag/lizzie-armitstead|work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Sport & Leisure Network|access-date=25 April 2016}}</ref> | weight = 57 kg<ref name=CWProf/> | currentteam = {{UCI team code|TFS2}} | disciplines = {{unbulleted list|Road|Track}} | role = Retired | ridertype = All-rounder | amateuryears1 = 2006 | amateurteam1 = Raleigh ERV | amateuryears2 = 2007 | amateurteam2 = Global Racing Team | amateuryears3 = 2008–2009 | amateurteam3 = 100% ME | proyears1 = 2008 | proteam1 = Team Halfords Bikehut | proyears2 = 2009 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|LSL|2009}} | proyears3 = 2010–2011 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|CWT|2010}} | proyears4 = 2012 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|LNL|2012}} | proyears5 = 2013–2018 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|DLT|2013}} | proyears6 = 2019–2025 | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|TFS2|2019}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://racing.trekbikes.com/stories/trek-segafredo-women/trek-segafredo-announce-official-2019-rosters-for-men-and-women|title=Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women|work=Trek Bicycle Corporation|publisher=Intrepid Corporation|date=27 December 2018|access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/trek-segafredo-women-add-two-to-2020-roster/|title=Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=25 October 2019|access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref> | majorwins = '''Stage races''' :The Women's Tour (2016, 2019) :Ladies Tour of Qatar (2015) '''One-day races and Classics''' :World Road Race Championships (2015) :National Road Race Championships<br>(2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) :Ronde van Drenthe (2014) :Trofeo Alfredo Binda (2015, 2016) :The Philadelphia Cycling Classic (2015) :GP de Plouay (2015, 2017, 2020) :Strade Bianche (2016) :Tour of Flanders (2016) :Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2016) :Boels Rental Hills Classic (2015, 2016) :Tour de Yorkshire (2017) :Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2020) :La Course by Le Tour de France (2020) :Paris–Roubaix (2021) '''Other''' :UCI Women's Road World Cup ::Overall (2014, 2015) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Women's Road cycling}} {{Medal|Country|{{flagu|Great Britain}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}} {{Medal|Silver|2012 London|Road Race}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2015 Richmond|Road race}} {{Medal|Country|{{flagu|England}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2014 Glasgow|Road Race}} {{Medal|Silver|2010 Delhi|Road Race}} {{MedalCountry| {{nowrap|{{UCI team code|DLT|2016}}}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold |2016 Doha|Team time trial}} {{MedalSilver |2015 Richmond|Team time trial}} {{Medal|Sport | Women's Track cycling}} {{Medal|Country|{{flagu|Great Britain}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2009 Pruszków|Team pursuit}} {{Medal|Silver|2009 Pruszków|Scratch}} {{Medal|Silver|2010 Ballerup|Team pursuit}} {{Medal|Silver|2010 Ballerup|Omnium}} {{Medal|Bronze|2009 Pruszków|Points race}} }} '''Elizabeth Mary Deignan''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} (née '''Armitstead'''; born 18 December 1988) is an English track and road racing cyclist, who last rode professionally for UCI Women's WorldTeam {{UCI team code|TFS women|2025}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15274/2003284/281|title=Trek – Segafredo|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210115004356/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15274/2003284/281|archive-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> She was the 2015 World road race champion. She is regarded as the best British female road cyclist of her generation, scoring a total of 43 UCI race wins.<ref name=becket />

Deignan is also the 2014 Commonwealth Games road race champion and a twice winner of the season-long UCI Women's Road World Cup, winning the overall competition in 2014 and the final edition in 2015. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Deignan won the silver medal in the road race. She has won the British National Road Race Championships four times, in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017.

In 2021, Deignan won the first ever Paris–Roubaix Femmes to add to victories in the women's versions of Tour of Flanders and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, becoming the first woman to win a 'triple crown' of all women's Monument classics. Twice winner of The Women's Tour, the most important stage race for women in the UK, she has also won Strade Bianche Donne, La Course by Le Tour de France and the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio.

Prior to her road career, Deignan won a total of five medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 2009 and 2010, including a gold medal in team pursuit in 2009 with Joanna Rowsell and Wendy Houvenaghel.

==Early life== Deignan was born in the market town of Otley in West Yorkshire,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cycleplan.co.uk/blog/lizzie-talks-her-spoty-nomination-rio-2016-training-the-power-of-riding-in-new-socks |title=My favourite place to ride in the UK would definitely be Yorkshire! In and around my home town of Otley |publisher=cycleplan.co.uk |access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref> where she attended Prince Henry's Grammar School, a state comprehensive school. She took up cycling in 2004 after British Cycling's Olympic Talent Team visited the school.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jan/19/london-olympic-hopefuls-lizzie-armitstead|title=London Olympic hopefuls: Lizzie Armitstead|first=Steve|last=Feekins |date=19 January 2012|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9437993/Exclusive-Lizzie-Armistead-only-took-up-cycling-to-get-out-of-maths-claims-PE-teacher.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730131525/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9437993/Exclusive-Lizzie-Armistead-only-took-up-cycling-to-get-out-of-maths-claims-PE-teacher.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 July 2012 |title=Lizzie Armistead only took up cycling to get out of maths, claims PE teacher |publisher=Telegraph Media Group|work=The Telegraph |date=30 July 2012 |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> She is a graduate of British Cycling's Olympic Podium Programme.<ref name=guardian_july12>{{cite news|last=Fotheringham|first=William|title=London 2012: Lizzie Armitstead flowers in the rain with quick silver|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jul/29/london-2012-lizzie-armitstead-silver|access-date=30 July 2012|work=The Guardian|date=29 July 2012}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=January 2019}}

==Career== ===2005–2009: Track years=== [[File:Lizzie Armitstead.jpg|thumb|left|Deignan at the Manchester round of the 2007 Revolution series]] Deignan won a silver medal in the scratch race at the Junior World Track Championships in 2005, she was under-23 European Scratch Race Champion in 2007 and 2008, and came second in the Points Race in 2007. In the 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, she took a total of seven gold medals after competing in three of the five meetings.<ref name=bc>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/new/bio/Lizzie_Deignan |title=Lizzie Deignan|website=British Cycling |access-date=8 May 2018}}</ref>

Deignan was a member of the gold medal-winning team pursuit squad at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, her second appearance at a senior world championship event. She also competed in the scratch race, where despite being brought down in the closing stages of the race, she jumped back on to claim the silver medal. She completed the championships with a full set of medals, winning bronze in the points race whilst riding with her right wrist numb and strapped up – she was only able to move her forefinger and thumb.

===2009–2011: Move to road=== Alongside her breakthrough in the velodrome, Deignan was also making progress in road racing: in 2008 she was part of the team which delivered Nicole Cooke to the road race gold at the World Championships in Varese, Italy,<ref name=bc /> and the following year she joined the {{UCI team code|LSL|2009}} cycling team and rode a number of top level road races. She won the under 23 category of the British National Road Race Championships and the silver medal in the senior category after some controversy.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Simon |last1=Richardson |first2=Ian|last2= Cleverly |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/cooke-wins-10th-national-title-67999 |title=Cooke wins 10th national title |date=27 June 2009 |access-date=9 August 2012|work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Sport & Leisure Network}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Simon |last=Richardson |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/cookson-overrules-to-reinstate-armitstead-67993 |title=Cookson overrules to reinstate Armitstead |work=Cycling Weekly|date=28 June 2009 |publisher=Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Sport & Leisure Network|access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> That season she also took a stage of the Tour de l'Ardèche and won the youth classification of the Giro d'Italia.<ref name=bc /> During the winter of 2009–10, Deignan returned to the track, taking two golds at the Manchester round of the 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics and two silvers at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.<ref name=bc /> In 2010, she rode for {{UCI team code|CWT|2010}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/armistead-signs-with-cervelo |title=Armistead signs with Cervélo |publisher=mmediate Media Company |work=Cycling News |date=29 September 2009 |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref> That year she won three more stages of the Tour de l'Ardèche and a silver medal in the road race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.<ref name=bc /> Deignan decided to stay with the franchise in its new guise as {{UCI team code|CWT|2011}} throughout 2011.<ref>{{cite web|first=Lizzie |last=Armitstead |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/team-axe-was-a-shock-but-we-had-fitting-finale-6513928.html |title=Team axe was a shock but we had fitting finale |work=ThisisLondon.co.uk |date=15 September 2010 |access-date=9 August 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918075410/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23878176-team-axe-was-a-shock-but-we-had-fitting-finale.do |archive-date=18 September 2010 }}</ref> That year she clinched the first of four elite British road titles, holding off Cooke, Sharon Laws and Emma Pooley to win in Stamfordham.<ref name=becket />

===2012=== [[File:Olympic Road Race Womens winners, London - July 2012.jpg|left|thumb|Deignan (left) during the road race at the 2012 Summer Olympics]] Following the discontinuation of the {{UCI team code|CWT|2011}} women's team, Deignan rode for the {{UCI team code|LNL|2012}} team in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|first=Lizzie |last=Armitstead |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-24027256-kids-taught-me-a-lesson-on-my-return-to-school.do |title=Kids taught me a lesson on my return to school |publisher=ThisisLondon.co.uk |date=12 January 2012 |access-date=9 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116120607/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-24027256-kids-taught-me-a-lesson-on-my-return-to-school.do |archive-date=16 January 2012 }}</ref> Deignan built the whole of her campaign around the 2012 Summer Olympics, taking spring classics wins at the Omloop van het Hageland and Gent–Wevelgem:<ref name=bc /> at the Games themselves, she would go on to win the silver medal in the road race at the Olympics, behind Marianne Vos, in doing so becoming the first Briton to win a medal at the 2012 Games.<ref>{{cite web|last=Slater |first=Matt |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18904107 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114035718/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18904107 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 January 2013 |title=Lizzie Armitstead wins Olympic Silver Medal |publisher=BBC Sport|date=29 July 2012 |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref>

===2013=== Having had to move teams in the past two seasons due to teams disbanding, Deignan signed for the {{UCI team code|DLT|2013}} team for the 2013 season.<ref>{{cite web|last=Atkins |first=Ben |url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12953/Lizzie-Armitstead-leads-host-of-new-signings-at-Dolmans-Boels.aspx |title=Lizzie Armitstead leads host of new signings at Dolmans-Boels|publisher=Velonation.com |date=28 September 2012 |access-date=28 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Croydon|first=Emily|title=Lizzie Armitstead questions if new teams will change women's cycling|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/21159320|publisher=BBC Sport|date=23 January 2013}}</ref> Her 2013 season was affected by a recurring stomach illness which was eventually diagnosed as a symptom of a hiatal hernia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,29381_8988465,00.html |title=Lizzie Armitstead blog: I've finally got to the bottom of the stomach illness that has blighted my 2013 season|last1=Armitstead |first1=Lizzie|date=24 October 2013 |publisher=BSkyB|access-date=7 April 2014}}</ref> Even with her well documented medical concerns, Deignan emerged victorious at the British National Road Race Championships in Glasgow – claiming her second white, red and blue jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lizzie-armitstead-solos-to-win-national-road-race-championships-in-glasgow-28971|title=Lizzie Armitstead solos to win National Road Race Championships in Glasgow|date=23 June 2013|work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Sport & Leisure Network}}</ref>

===2014=== In April 2014, it was announced that Deignan had renewed her contract with {{UCI team code|DLT|2014}} until the end of 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lizzie-armitstead-renews-with-boels-dolmans |title=Lizzie Armitstead Renews with Boels Dolmans|publisher=Cycling News|date=5 April 2014|access-date=6 April 2014}}</ref> Deignan enjoyed a career-best year, starting with a win at the Omloop van het Hageland. A week later she also won the first World Cup race of the season, the Ronde van Drenthe, after teammate Ellen van Dijk closed a significant gap for her in the final kilometres of the race.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/other-sports/cycling/help-from-van-dijk-elevates-armitstead-1-6502681|title=Help from van Dijk elevates Armitstead|newspaper=Yorkshire Post|date=14 March 2014|access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref> At the third World Cup race, the Tour of Flanders, she finished second behind van Dijk. Deignan took part in the inaugural La Course by Le Tour de France in Paris on 27 July 2014, but crashed with {{convert|1|km|abbr=off}} to the finish.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/tour-de-france/10994281/Lizzie-Armitstead-crashes-out-of-La-Course-by-Le-Tour-as-Marianne-Vos-sprints-to-victory-in-Paris.html|title=Lizzie Armitstead crashes out of La Course by Le Tour as Marianne Vos sprints to victory in Paris|publisher=Telegraph Media Group|work=The Telegraph|date=27 July 2014|access-date=25 August 2014}}</ref> A week later she won the women's road race at the Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www1.skysports.com/commonwealth-games/news/19883/9405070/commonwealth-games--lizzie-armitstead-and-emma-pooley-win-road-race-gold-and-silver |title=Commonwealth Games: Lizzie Armitstead and Emma Pooley win road race gold and silver|publisher=BSkyB|work=Sky Sports|date=3 August 2014|access-date=25 August 2014}}</ref> Armitstead, overhauled Emma Pooley with {{convert|7|km|abbr=off}} to go to win her first major gold medal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/28628858 |title=Glasgow 2014: Lizzie Armitstead & Emma Pooley win gold and silver|publisher=BBC Sport|date=24 August 2014|access-date=25 August 2014}}</ref> Deignan won the UCI Women's Road World Cup with a race to spare on 24 August 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/lizzie-armitstead-wins-womens-world-cup-133695#GmyTWCHUvEqc2iVO.99 |title=Lizzie Armitstead wins Women's World Cup|work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Sport & Leisure Network|date=24 August 2014|access-date=25 August 2014}}</ref> An 8th-place finish in the Open de Suède Vårgårda was enough to secure the overall title.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/aug/24/lizzie-armitstead-uci-womens-road-world-cup|title=Britain's Lizzie Armitstead wins 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media|date=3 August 2014|access-date=25 August 2014}}</ref>

===2015=== For the 2015 season, Deignan stated again her intention to build towards the UCI Road World Championships. She claimed the first overall win of her career taking the Ladies Tour of Qatar stage race, as well as winning two stages. Deignan then went on to take victories at the one day World Cup races Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio and Philadelphia Cycling Classic, along with the Holland Hills Classic.

In June, Deignan was forced to pull out of The Women's Tour after colliding with a group of photographers seconds after winning the first stage of the tour in Suffolk.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/33170616|title=Armitstead out of Women's Tour after crashing into photographers|publisher=BBC Sport|date=17 June 2015|access-date=18 June 2015}}</ref> However, ten days later she had recovered sufficiently to win convincingly the British National Road Race Championships for the third time<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/33304607|title=Peter Kennaugh, Lizzie Armitstead win British road race titles|publisher=BBC Sport|date=28 June 2015|access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref> taking her to the top of the UCI world rankings.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/07/lizzie-armitstead-best-in-the-world/|title=Lizzie Armitstead: best in the world|access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref> In August, she sprinted to victory in the final World Cup race of the season, the GP de Plouay, to retain her World Cup title ahead of her main challenger, Anna van der Breggen.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/34098923|title=Lizzie Armitstead retains Road World Cup with win in France|publisher=BBC Sport|date=29 August 2015}}</ref>

To cap her best season to date, on 26 September, Deignan won the World Championships road race in Richmond, Virginia, USA, beating van der Breggen in a sprint from a small group of nine riders at the finish line, becoming the fourth British woman to win the world road race title after Beryl Burton, Mandy Jones and Nicole Cooke.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/26/lizzie-armitstead-cycling-world-champion-nicole-cooke |title=Lizzie Armitstead claims gold to become world road champion |last=Fotheringham |first=William|date=26 September 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref>

===2016=== [[File:2016 Boels Ladies Tour 6e etappe 102a.jpg|thumb|Deignan wearing the world champion rainbow jersey in 2016]] Deignan's stated aim for the 2016 season was the road race at the Olympic Games,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lizzie-armitstead-building-2016-season-around-olympic-games/|title=Lizzie Armitstead building 2016 season around Olympic Games - Cyclingnews.com|date=29 January 2016 }}</ref> and she started the season as she had finished off the previous one, securing a number of one day race wins, as well as a General classification victory, breaking any curse of the rainbow jersey. Deignan took four victories in the inaugural UCI Women's World Tour; Strade Bianche,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/strade-bianche-women-2016/results/|title=Strade Bianche Women 2016: Results - Cyclingnews.com|date=5 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/lizzie-armitstead-wins-womens-strade-bianche-215038|title=Lizzie Armitstead wins women's Strade Bianche – Cycling Weekly|date=5 March 2016}}</ref> Trofeo Alfredo Binda,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/trofeo-alfredo-binda-comune-di-cittiglio-2016/results/|title=Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio 2016: Results - Cyclingnews.com|date=20 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/lizzie-armitstead-wins-trofeo-alfredo-binda-2-217515|title=Lizzie Armitstead wins Trofeo Alfredo Binda – Cycling Weekly|date=20 March 2016}}</ref> Tour of Flanders<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/racing/lizzie-armitstead-wins-womens-tour-flanders-219406|title=Lizzie Armitstead wins women's Tour of Flanders – Cycling Weekly|date=3 April 2016}}</ref> and the overall title at The Women's Tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/article/20160619-road-Lizzie-Armitstead-wins-The-Women-s-Tour-0|title=Lizzie Armitstead wins The Women's Tour}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/36571475|title=Women's Tour: Lizzie Armitstead wins race for first time|publisher=BBC Sport }}</ref> Deignan also took victories in the Holland Hills Classic<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/boels-rental-hills-classic-2016/results/|title=Boels Rental Hills Classic 2016: Results - Cyclingnews.com|date=27 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/cycling/news/15264/10296458/lizzie-armitstead-wins-boels-rental-hills-classic-for-second-time |title=Lizzie Armitstead wins Boels Rental Hills Classic for second time &#124; Cycling News |publisher=Sky Sports |access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref> and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.velouk.net/2016/02/27/news-armitstead-wins-omloop-het-nieuwsblad/|title=News: Armitstead wins Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – velouk.net}}</ref> At the Games, she finished just outside the medals in fifth place.<ref name=bc />

====Missed drugs tests==== In 2016, Deignan avoided a ban from cycling that would have prevented her from competing in the Olympic Games. The charges against her were that she missed three drugs tests within a 12-month period (20 August 2015, 5 October 2015 and 9 June 2016), an offence that could have led to a four-year ban. However, at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Deignan argued that the first missed test was not a fault of her own but rather that of the testing authorities. She accepted the other two instances. The CAS agreed with her on the first count, and it was declared not to have been a missed test, clearing her to compete.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://road.cc/content/news/199487-lizzie-armitstead-faced-four-year-ban-after-three-missed-drugs-tests|title=Lizzie Armitstead faced four-year ban after three 'missed' drugs tests|publisher=road.cc|date=2 August 2016}}</ref> The decision has drawn criticism from various quarters.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/02/lizzie-armistead-olympic-reprieve-questioned-fellow-athletes|title=Lizzie Armitstead's Olympic reprieve questioned by fellow athletes|work=The Guardian|date=2 August 2016}}</ref>

In a 5 August 2016 interview, she said she believes that people will doubt her status as a clean sportsperson forever.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36980029|title=Rio 2016: Lizzie Armitstead says people will doubt her forever|publisher=BBC Sport }}</ref> World squash champion James Willstrop wrote in defence of Deignan, arguing that the complexity of testing procedures can easily lead to missed tests and noting that she had 16 clean tests in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.theguardian.com/sport/willstrop-s-world/2016/aug/18/rio-2016-olympics-cycling-drugs-lizzie-armitstead|last = Willstrop|first = James|author-link = James Willstrop|title = People should understand how drug tests work before they condemn athletes|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 18 August 2016|access-date = 18 August 2016}}</ref>

===2017=== Deignan endured a difficult start to her 2017 season: after finishing third at Strade Bianche, she fell ill, which hampered her training. However, her form picked up for the Ardennes classics, finishing second to team-mate van der Breggen in the Amstel Gold Race,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/years-not-satisfying-frustrating-know-ive-done-everything-325501 |title='This year's not been satisfying, it's frustrating. But I know I've done everything I could' |last=Rogers |first=Owen |date=16 April 2017 |website=Cycling Weekly|access-date=9 May 2018}}</ref> La Flèche Wallonne Féminine<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/van-der-breggen-takes-fleche-wallonne-femmes-lizzie-deignan-misses-325922|title=Anna van der Breggen beats Lizzie Deignan to win her third women's Flèche Wallonne |last=Rogers |first=Owen |date=19 April 2017 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref> and Liège–Bastogne–Liège.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/anna-van-der-breggen-continues-winning-streak-liege-bastogne-liege-victory-326514 |title=Anna van der Breggen continues winning streak with Liège–Bastogne–Liège victory |last=Rogers |first=Owen|date=23 April 2017 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref> She subsequently took her first win of the season on home ground at the Tour de Yorkshire in April, crossing the line solo almost a minute ahead of her nearest rivals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/cycling-weekly/lizzie-deignan-enjoys-special-and-surreal-victory-at-the-tour-de-yorkshire-327872 |title=Lizzie Deignan enjoys 'special and surreal' victory at the Tour de Yorkshire |last=Shrubsall |first=James |date=29 April 2017 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref> She took another solo win at the British National Championships on the Isle of Man in June, attacking from a small group with two laps of the {{convert|6.7|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} finishing circuit remaining alongside Katie Archibald and Hannah Barnes: the trio caught and passed race leader Elinor Barker with {{convert|5|km|abbr=off}} to go, with Deignan breaking away immediately afterwards to take her fourth senior national road race title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/lizzie-deignan-wins-her-fourth-british-national-road-race-title-with-late-attack-337119 |title=Lizzie Deignan wins her fourth British national road race title with late solo attack |last=Robertshaw |first=Henry |date=25 June 2017 |website=Cycling Weekly|access-date= 10 May 2018}}</ref>

The following month, she finished second at La Course by Le Tour de France, finishing behind winner Annemiek van Vleuten on the Col d'Izoard: she stated that she was "surprised" by her performance, having never enjoyed success on a mountaintop finish before.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/lizzie-deignan-surprised-by-great-form-as-she-rides-to-second-place-on-col-dizoard-343062 |title=Lizzie Deignan 'surprised' by great form as she rides to second place on Col d'Izoard at La Course |last=Rogers |first=Owen |date=20 July 2017 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref> In August she took her first World Tour win of the season at the GP de Plouay – Bretagne, breaking away from rivals alongside Pauline Ferrand-Prévot on the final climb, before outsprinting Ferrand-Prévot to cross the finish line first. She became the third woman to win the race twice, alongside Vos and Pooley.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/lizzie-deignan-wins-gp-plouay-347948 |title=Lizzie Deignan takes her first WorldTour victory of season at GP Plouay |last=Rogers |first=Owen |date=26 August 2017 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref> However, the remainder of her season was disrupted shortly afterwards after being struck with appendicitis whilst competing in the Holland Ladies Tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/lizzie-deignan-appendix-removed-world-championships-doubt-348579 |title=Lizzie Deignan has appendix removed: World Championships in doubt |last=Wynn |first=Nigel |date=31 August 2018|website=Cycling Weekly|access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref>

===2021=== Deignan was chosen to be part of the UK's cycling squad at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she contested the road race with Anna Shackley as a teammate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Olympic Games: Team GB name Laura Kenny and Jason Kenny in 26-strong cycling squad for Tokyo|url=https://www.skysports.com/cycling/news/15234/12337323/olympic-games-team-gb-name-laura-kenny-and-jason-kenny-in-26-strong-cycling-squad-for-tokyo|access-date=2021-06-21|publisher=Sky Sports}}</ref> The race finished with an unexpected winner in Anna Kiesenhofer of Austria, with Deignan finding the conditions humid and difficult. She finished 11th in the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CRD/OG2020-_CRD_C73R_CRDWRR----------------FNL-000100--.pdf|title=Results|work=2020 Summer Olympics|publisher=Omega SA|date=25 July 2021|access-date=25 July 2021|archive-date=26 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726091054/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CRD/OG2020-_CRD_C73R_CRDWRR----------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In early October, she went on to win the Paris–Roubaix Femmes with a solo breakaway of more than {{convert|80|km|abbr=off}},<ref>{{Cite news|title=Lizzie Deignan takes sensational Paris–Roubaix win in first women's event|publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/58775065|access-date=2021-10-20}}</ref> a victory described by commentators as one of the greatest Roubaix rides of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knöfler |first=Lukas |date=2021-10-02 |title=Lizzie Deignan solos for 82km to win inaugural Paris–Roubaix Femmes |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-roubaix-femmes-2021/elite-women/results/ |access-date=2021-10-04 |website=cyclingnews.com }}</ref> Deignan therefore became the first woman to win a 'triple crown' of all women's Monument classics, having won the 2016 Tour of Flanders for Women, and the 2020 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes.

===2022=== [[File:2023 LBL finish 093.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Deignan at the 2023 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes]] In February, Deignan announced that she would sit out the 2022 season, as she was pregnant with her second child.<ref name="Sitting out 2022">{{Cite web |date=23 February 2022 |title=Lizzie Deignan: British cyclist to miss 2022 season after announcing pregnancy but plans return for 2023 |url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/cycling/news/29876/12549428/lizzie-deignan-british-cyclist-to-miss-2022-season-after-announcing-pregnancy-but-plans-return-for-2023 |access-date=2022-04-29 |publisher=Sky Sports }}</ref> She also announced she had signed a contract extension with {{UCI team code|TFS women|2022}} to return to racing in 2023.<ref name="Sitting out 2022"/>

===2024=== In June, Deignan won the Mountains classification in the Tour of Britain Women having held the position from stage one<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lizzie-deignan-takes-tour-of-britain-women-mountains-jersey-on-stage-1/|title=Lizzie Deignan takes Tour of Britain Women mountains jersey on stage 1|publisher=Cycling News|accessdate=15 November 2024}}</ref> to the end of the four-day race.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2024/06/09/2024-tour-of-britain-women-stage-4-report-and-results/|title=2024 Tour of Britain Women: stage 4 report and results|publisher=The British Continental|accessdate=15 November 2024}}</ref> She was selected to represent Great Britain at the Paris Olympics,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c724x2z3nxyo|title=GB's Deignan selected for fourth Olympic Games|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=15 November 2024}}</ref> finishing 12th in what was her fourth Games appearance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cn055gpxdqxo|title=American Faulkner stuns favourites in women's road race|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=15 November 2024}}</ref> On 15 November, Deignan announced she would retire at the end of the 2025 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/i-dont-want-to-say-goodbye-to-my-kids-anymore-lizzie-deignan-to-retire-at-end-of-2025|title='I don’t want to say goodbye to my kids anymore' - Lizzie Deignan to retire at end of 2025|publisher=Cycling Weekly|accessdate=15 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/cz7wy8lz1gvo|title='I didn't panic when it hurt' - trailblazer Deignan to retire|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=15 November 2024}}</ref>

=== 2025 === In May, Deignan won the stage 1 team time trial at La Vuelta Femenina with her {{UCI team code|TFS women|2025}} teammates.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davidson |first=Tom |date=2025-05-04 |title=Ellen van Dijk hails 'phenomenal' victory as Lidl-Trek win Vuelta Femenina stage 1 team time trial |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/ellen-van-dijk-hails-phenomenal-victory-as-lidl-trek-win-vuelta-femenina-stage-1-team-time-trial |access-date=2025-07-24 |website=Cycling Weekly |language=en}}</ref> In July, Deignan announced that she was pregnant with her third child, and was therefore retiring from professional cycling with immediate effect.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stokes |first=Shane |date=2025-07-24 |title=Former World Champion Lizzie Deignan Retires with Immediate Effect |url=https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/former-world-champion-lizzie-deignan-retires-with-immediate-effect/ |access-date=2025-07-24 |website=Velo |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-24 |title=Lizzie Deignan: Former world champion retires from cycling |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/c5y2yrgr852o |access-date=2025-07-24 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Personal life== She married fellow professional road racing cyclist Philip Deignan in Otley on 17 September 2016.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/14751112.World_Champion_Lizzie_marries_in_hometown_of_Otley/| title=Crowds cheer on Lizzie Armitstead as she marries fellow cyclist Philip Deignan| first=Jim| last=Jack| newspaper=Wharfedale Observer| date=19 September 2016}}</ref> The couple have two children: a daughter, born in September 2018,<ref>{{cite news |title=Lizzie Deignan announces daughter's birth on Twitter |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-45632436 |access-date=25 September 2018 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref> and a son, born in September 2022.<ref>{{cite news|first=Ian|last=Parker|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/lizzie-deignan-new-years-honour-as-much-for-normalising-motherhood-in-peloton-as-it-his-her-vast-cycling-achievements-3970455|title=Lizzie Deignan: New Year's honour as much for normalising motherhood in peloton as it his her vast cycling achievements|work=The Yorkshire Post|publisher=National World|agency=PA Media|date=30 December 2022|accessdate=5 January 2023}}</ref>

She splits her time between Otley and Monaco.<ref name= bc /> Deignan has been a pescetarian for ethical reasons since the age of ten.<ref name=guardian_july12/><ref>{{cite news|access-date=3 January 2019|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/lizzie-deignan-10-ways-become-better-cyclist-summer/| first=Mark |last=Bailey|publication-date=30 June 2017|title=Lizzie Deignan: 10 ways to become a better cyclist this summer |website=The Daily Telegraph|date=30 June 2017 |url-status=live|archive-date=30 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630203943/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/lizzie-deignan-10-ways-become-better-cyclist-summer/}}</ref>

==Career achievements== ===Major results=== ====Road==== Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=89408|title=Lizzie Deignan|work=FirstCycling.com|publisher=FirstCycling AS|accessdate=5 January 2023}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;2006 : 1st {{cjersey|uk}} National Criterium Championships : 1st WCRA Criterium Championships ;2007 : 1st {{cjersey|uk}} National Criterium Championships : 5th Omloop van Borsele : 6th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships : 9th Omloop door Middag-Humsterland ;2008 <small>(1 pro win)</small> : 1st Boezinge–Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen ;2009 <small>(1)</small> : 1st {{cjersey|uk}} Road race, National Under-23 Championships : 1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification, Giro d'Italia Femminile : 2nd Road race, National Championships : 3rd Overall Tour de l'Ardèche ::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification ::1st Stage 6 : 8th Omloop van Borsele : 8th Chrono Champenois : 9th Tour de Berne ;2010 <small>(5)</small> : 1st {{cjersey|uk}} Road race, National Under-23 Championships : 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Aude : 2nd 15px Road race, Commonwealth Games : 2nd Road race, National Championships : 4th Overall La Route de France ::1st Stage 6 : 4th Overall Tour de l'Ardèche ::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification ::1st Stages 3, 4 & 5 : 5th Emakumeen Saria : 7th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden : 7th Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs : 9th Road race, UCI World Championships ;2011 <small>(3)</small> : 1st {{cjersey|uk}} Road race, National Championships : Thüringen Rundfahrt ::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification ::1st Stage 6 : 1st Stage 1 Tour of Chongming Island : 2nd Tour of Chongming Island World Cup : 3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT : 4th Omloop van Borsele : 6th GP Ciudad de Valladolid : 7th Road race, UCI World Championships : 7th GP Stad Roeselare : 10th Ronde van Drenthe ;2012 <small>(1)</small> : 1st Omloop van het Hageland : 1st Gent–Wevelgem : Olympic Games ::2nd 15px Road race ::10th Time trial : 2nd Road race, National Championships : 3rd Novilon Euregio Cup : 4th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt : 4th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik : 4th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria : 6th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden : 8th GP Stad Roeselare : 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ;2013 <small>(1)</small> : National Championships ::1st {{cjersey|uk}} Road race ::2nd Time trial : 2nd Holland Hills Classic : 2nd Ridderronde Maastricht : 3rd Overall Holland Ladies Tour ::1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Sprints classification ::1st 20px Combination classification : 6th Overall La Route de France : 7th Overall Energiewacht Tour : 7th Ronde van Drenthe : 9th Tour of Flanders ;2014 <small>(4)</small> : 1st 20px Overall UCI World Cup : 1st 15px Road race, Commonwealth Games : 1st Omloop van het Hageland : 1st Ronde van Drenthe : 1st Otley Grand Prix : 2nd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt ::1st {{cjersey|white}} Points classification ::1st {{cjersey|black}} Mountains classification ::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Trofeo Alfredo Binda : 2nd Tour of Flanders : 2nd La Flèche Wallonne : 2nd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria : 3rd Road race, National Championships : 3rd Drentse 8 : 3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 3rd RideLondon Grand Prix : 3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT : 7th Road race, UCI World Championships : 8th Open de Suède Vårgårda : 8th GP de Plouay ;2015 <small>(10)</small> : UCI World Championships ::1st {{cjersey|rainbow}} Road race ::2nd 15px Team time trial : 1st 20px Overall UCI World Cup : 1st {{cjersey|uk}} Road race, National Championships : 1st {{cjersey|gold}} Overall Tour of Qatar ::1st {{cjersey|grey}} Points classification ::1st Stages 3 & 4 : 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda : 1st Holland Hills Classic : 1st Philadelphia Cycling Classic : 1st GP de Plouay : 1st Stage 1 The Women's Tour : 2nd Strade Bianche : 3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 3rd Crescent Vårgårda TTT : 4th La Course by Le Tour de France : 7th Ronde van Drenthe : 8th Tour of Flanders ;2016 <small>(7)</small> : UCI World Championships ::1st 15px Team time trial ::4th Road race : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall The Women's Tour ::1st {{cjersey|turquoise}} British rider classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 1st Strade Bianche : 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda : 1st Tour of Flanders : 1st Holland Hills Classic : 1st Crescent Vårgårda TTT : 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Holland Ladies Tour : 5th Road race, Olympic Games ;2017 <small>(3)</small> : 1st {{cjersey|uk}} Road race, National Championships : 1st Tour de Yorkshire : 1st GP de Plouay : 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro Rosa : 2nd La Course by Le Tour de France : 2nd Amstel Gold Race : 2nd La Flèche Wallonne : 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 3rd Strade Bianche ;2019 <small>(2)</small> : 1st {{cjersey|green}} Overall The Women's Tour ::1st {{cjersey|pink}} Points classification ::1st {{cjersey|turquoise}} British rider classification ::1st Stage 5 : 7th Overall Holland Ladies Tour : 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège ;2020 <small>(3)</small> : 1st {{cjersey|purple}} Overall UCI World Tour : 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 1st GP de Plouay : 1st La Course by Le Tour de France : 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro Rosa : 4th La Flèche Wallonne : 6th Road race, UCI World Championships : 8th Gent–Wevelgem : 9th Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa ;2021 <small>(2)</small> : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour de Suisse ::1st {{cjersey|black}} Points classification ::1st {{cjersey|red}} Mountains classification : 1st Paris–Roubaix : 4th Overall Giro Rosa ::1st Stage 1 (TTT) : 7th GP de Plouay : 9th Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour : 9th La Course by Le Tour de France ;2023 : 3rd Overall RideLondon Classique : 6th Road race, UCI World Championships ;2024 : 1st Stage 1 (TTT) La Vuelta Femenina : 3rd Road race, National Championships : 7th Overall Tour of Britain ::1st {{cjersey|blue}} Mountains classification {{div col end}}

=====Classics results timeline===== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- style="background:#eee;" ! Classic ! 2009 ! 2010 ! 2011 ! 2012 ! 2013 ! 2014 ! 2015 ! 2016 ! 2017 ! 2018 ! 2019 ! 2020 ! 2021 ! 2022 ! 2023 ! 2024 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |10 | 36 | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|'''3''' | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|'''3''' | style="background:gold;" |'''1''' | — | — | — | — | 111 | — | — | 44 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Strade Bianche | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=6|Race did not exist | style="background:silver;" |'''2''' | style="background:gold;" |'''1''' | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|'''3''' | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | 27 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Ronde van Drenthe | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" | 10 | 17 | style="background:#ddf;" |7 | style="background:gold;" |'''1''' | style="background:#ddf;" |7 | DNF | — | — | — | style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=2| NH | — | — | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Trofeo Alfredo Binda | — | — | — | — | DNF | style="background:silver;" |'''2''' | style="background:gold;" |'''1''' | style="background:gold;" |'''1''' | 39 | — | — | 12 | — | — | DNF |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Gent–Wevelgem | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3|Race did not exist ! style="background:gold;" | 1 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |8 | 17 | — | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | 34 | style="background:#ddf;" |9 | style="background:silver;" |'''2''' | style="background:#ddf;" |8 | style="background:gold;" |'''1''' | 17 | — | — | DNF | 18 | — | — | DNF |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Paris–Roubaix | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=11|Race did not exist | style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=2| NH | style="background:gold;" |'''1''' | — | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Amstel Gold Race | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=8|Not held | style="background:silver;" |'''2''' | — | 19 | — | — | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | La Flèche Wallonne | 22 | — | 47 | — | 12 | style="background:silver;" |'''2''' | 21 | 28 | style="background:silver;" |'''2''' | — | 23 | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | — | — | 88 | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Liège–Bastogne–Liège | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=8|Race did not exist | style="background:silver;" |'''2''' | — | style="background:#ddf;" |7 | style="background:gold;" |'''1''' | — | — | 63 | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | GP de Plouay | 20 | 49 | 71 | — | 24 | style="background:#ddf;" |8 | style="background:gold;" |'''1''' | 66 ! style="background:gold;" |'''1''' | — | — | style="background:gold;" |'''1''' | style="background:#ddf;" |7 | — | — | 83 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Open de Suède Vårgårda | — | — | 14 | — | DNF | style="background:#ddf;" |8 | 19 | 62 | 35 | — | 46 | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=2| Not held | — | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=2| Not held |}

{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |- ! scope="row" | IP | In progress |- ! scope="row" | NH | Not held |}

====Track==== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;2005 : National Junior Championships ::1st {{cjersey|uk}} Points race ::2nd 500m time trial ::3rd Scratch : 2nd 15px Scratch, UCI World Junior Championships ;2006 : 2nd Scratch, National Championships : National Junior Championships ::2nd Points race ::2nd Individual pursuit ::3rd Scratch ::3rd 500m time trial ;2007 : UEC European Under-23 Championships ::1st {{cjersey|european champion}} Scratch ::2nd 15px Points race ;2008 : UEC European Under-23 Championships ::1st {{cjersey|european champion}} Scratch ::1st {{cjersey|european champion}} Team pursuit ::2nd 15px Points race : UCI World Cup Classics ::1st Points race, Manchester ::1st Scratch, Manchester ::1st Team pursuit, Manchester ::1st Scratch, Melbourne ::1st Team pursuit, Melbourne ;2009 : UCI World Championships ::1st 20px Team pursuit ::2nd 15px Scratch ::3rd 15px Points race : 2008–09 UCI World Cup Classics, Copenhagen ::1st Scratch ::1st Team pursuit : 2009–10 UCI World Cup Classics, Manchester ::1st Team pursuit ::1st Points race ;2010 : UCI World Championships ::2nd 15px Team pursuit ::2nd 15px Omnium ;2011 : National Championships ::1st {{cjersey|uk}} Points race ::1st {{cjersey|uk}} Scratch ;2015 : Revolution Series ::1st Points race, Manchester ::1st Points race, Glasgow ::3rd Scratch, Glasgow {{div col end}}

===Awards and honours=== In 2015, Deignan was nominated for the 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, following her world championship victory; she finished tenth, with approximately 22,000 of the 1.009 million votes cast.<ref>{{cite news|first=Charlie|last=Eccleshare|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/sports-personality-of-the-year/12060735/BBC-Sports-Personality-of-the-Year-2015-live.html|title=BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2015: Andy Murray wins SPOTY as Tyson Fury finishes fourth|work=The Daily Telegraph|publisher=|date=21 December 2015|accessdate=5 January 2023}}</ref>

Deignan was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to cycling.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63918|supp=y|page=N18|date=31 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Dane|last=Cash|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lizzie-deignan-awarded-mbe-in-new-years-honours-list/|title=Lizzie Deignan awarded MBE in New Years' Honours List|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=31 December 2022|accessdate=5 January 2023}}</ref>

Her name is one of those featured on the sculpture ''Ribbons'', unveiled in 2024.<ref name="list">{{cite web |title=383 Inspirational Women of Leeds |url=https://www.ribbons-sculpture-leeds.co.uk/women |website=Ribbons Sculpture Leeds |access-date=13 October 2024 |archive-date=23 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823171410/https://www.ribbons-sculpture-leeds.co.uk/women |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c14821gz1e6o|title=Leeds: Ribbons sculpture celebrates city's inspiring women|date=October 12, 2024|website=www.bbc.com}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Wikiquote}} {{Commons category}} * [https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/bio/Lizzie_Deignan Lizzie Deignan] at British Cycling ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150122045543/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/bio/28 archive]) * {{UCI|name=Elizabeth Deignan}} * {{ProCyclingStats|name=Elizabeth Deignan}} * {{Team GB|name=Elizabeth Deignan}} * {{Olympics.com profile|name=Elizabeth Deignan}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20240730145525/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/elizabeth-deignan_1912518 Elizabeth Deignan] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/elizabeth-deignan_1912518 alternate link]) * {{Olympedia|name=Lizzie Armitstead-Deignan}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813051523/http://www.mtc-uk.com/talent/lizzie-armitstead |title=Lizzie Armitstead at MTC (management company) |date=dmy}} * {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|cycling_road/1028208/l_armitstead|Lizzie Armitstead}} * {{CGF|name=Elizabeth Armitstead}}

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