Emilia Fahlin (born 24 October 1988) is a Swedish road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Arkéa–B&B Hotels Women. Fahlin has won the Swedish National Road Race Championships four times (2008, 2013, 2018, 2023) and the Swedish National Time Trial Championships three times in a row from 2009 to 2011.

Emilia Fahlin
Fahlin in November 2015
Personal information
Full nameEmilia Fahlin
Born (1988-10-24) 24 October 1988 (age 36)
Örebro, Sweden
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Team information
Current teamArkéa–B&B Hotels Women
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2007–2012Team T-Mobile Women
2013Team Hitec Products
2014–2015Wiggle–Honda
2016Alé–Cipollini
2017–2018Wiggle High5
2019–2023FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope[1][2][3]
2024–Arkéa–B&B Hotels Women
Major wins
UCI Women's World Tour
Open de Suède Vårgårda (2016)

One day race wins

National Road Race Championships (2008, 2013, 2018, 2023)
National Time Trial Championships (2009–2011)

Career

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Born in Örebro, Sweden, Fahlin competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London during the women's road race, finishing 19th, and in the women's time trial, finishing 17th.[4] At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she finished 27th in the Women's road race.[5] Two weeks later, in late-August 2016, she won her first World Tour race, the Open de Suède Vårgårda in Sweden.[6]

In June 2019, Fahlin announced that she would be taking a break from racing to recover from injuries sustained in a training crash.[7] She returned in September to place 15th in the 2019 UCI World Championships Road Race.[8]

Major results

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Podium of the 2009 European Championships, time trial, under 23: Emilia Fahlin finished second behind Ellen van Dijk
 
Fahlin, riding for Team Specialized–lululemon, during the Women's Tour of Thuringia 2012 in Zwickau, Germany.

Source:[9][10]

2005
National Junior Road Championships
1st   Road race
2nd Time trial
2006
3rd Road race, National Junior Championships
2007
1st Skandisloppet
2008
1st   Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Svanesunds 3-dagars
1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
1st Stage 3 Redlands Bicycle Classic
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile
10th Overall Tour de Pologne Feminin
2009
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Tour of California Women's Criterium
2nd Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
7th Prijs Stad Roeselare
2010
National Road Championships
1st   Time trial
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile
2nd Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
8th GP Mameranus
9th Chrono Gatineau
9th Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen
9th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
10th Overall Profile Ladies Tour
1st Young rider classification
2011
National Road Championships
1st   Time trial
3rd Road race
Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
1st Prologue, Stages 2, 5 & 6
9th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2012
1st Stage 4b Energiewacht Tour
1st Nederhasselt
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
2013
National Road Championships
1st   Road race
5th Time trial
9th Grand Prix de Dottignies
2014
National Road Championships
4th Road race
4th Time trial
2015
4th Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2016
1st Open de Suède Vårgårda
2017
4th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
Open de Suède Vårgårda
5th Team Time Trial
8th Road race
9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
10th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
2018
National Road Championships
1st   Road race
2nd Time trial
1st   Overall Gracia–Orlová
1st   Points classification
1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
2nd Overall Ladies Tour of Norway
UCI Road World Championships
4th Road race
4th Team time trial
4th Overall Belgium Tour
5th Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
6th Overall Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
7th Ladies Tour of Norway (TTT)
2019
5th Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs
7th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
8th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
9th Tour of Guangxi Women's WorldTour
9th Grand Prix International d'Isbergues
2020
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
4th Omloop van het Hageland
5th Brabantse Pijl
7th La Course by Le Tour de France
2021
5th Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour
5th Road race, National Road Championships
6th Gent–Wevelgem
7th Clasica Femenina Navarra
8th Brabantse Pijl
9th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
2022
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
8th Road race, European Road Championships
8th Grand Prix du Morbihan Féminin
9th Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden
2023
National Road Championships
1st   Road race
3rd Time trial
3rd Overall Gracia–Orlová
10th Tour of Guangxi
2024
7th Ronde de Mouscron

References

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  1. ^ "FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Uttrup Ludwig shows off new FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope kit". Cyclingnews.com. 11 December 2019. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. ^ "FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Olympic.org". Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Rio 2016 – Women's Road Race". rio2016.com. 7 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Nytt cykeljubel efter Emilia Fahlins seger". Expressen (in Swedish). 21 August 2016. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  7. ^ Emilia Fahlin [@EmiliaFahlin] (7 June 2019). "Unfortunately no more race for me..." (Tweet). Retrieved 18 November 2019 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "86th World Championships WE – Road Race (WC)". ProCyclingStats.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Emilia Fahlin". Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  10. ^ "Emilia Fahlin | ProCyclingStats". Archived from the original on 27 June 2013.
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