Claire Baxter

Claire Baxter (born 24 January 1982 in Australia) was a professional racing cyclist, competing in both road and mountain bike racing events. She retired in late 2006 after competing in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

2006 Commonwealth Games Baxter qualified for the Women's cross country mountain biking event held in Lysterfield Park, in Victoria, Australia, by winning the first Commonwealth Games Selection Race in a time of 1.38.41. The event comprised five laps of the Commonwealth Games course at Lysterfield Park. During the second lap of the event, Baxter suffered technical difficulties, and was required to run with her bicycle to a technical zone to gain assistance. The repairs took several minutes, and this delay resulted in her finishing in 11th place.

Team membership In 2006, Baxter was a member of the Australian team for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She was also a member of the Lotto–Belisol Ladiesteam, a professional women's cycling team based in Belgium, and Saccarelli EMU Marsciano, based in Italy. Prior to 2006, she primarily represented Saccarelli EMU Marsciano and the Hawthorn Citizens Youth Club. and Le Tour Cycles.

Palmarès

1998 National Sub-Junior Champion, MTB

1999 National Junior Champion, MTB

2000 National Junior Champion, MTB 7th Junior World Championships, Spain, MTB 3rd Junior World Cup, Italy, MTB

2002 Oceania Champion, MTB

2003 Australian University Games, Women's Road Champion

2004 Australian University Games, Women's Road Champion 2nd National Road Cycling Championships (91km) (Yandina, Australia) 2nd New South Wales State Road Championships (99km) (Australia) 3rd Victorian IRTT Championships 6th 2004 Victorian Women's Road Series De Bortoli Tour of Yarra Valley, Victoria 2nd 2nd stage 2nd 3rd stage 2nd General Classification 31st UCI Road World Cup Geelong (Australia) 32nd Overall Girodi San Marino 4th National Cross country Mountain Bike Series #4 (Mount Buller, Australia) 11th Women's Individual Cross country Mountain Bike event, Commonwealth Games (Victoria)