Shara Marche

Shara Marche (née Gillow; born 23 December 1987) is an Australian former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2011 and 2020, for the , , and teams. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she finished 13th in the time trial and 39th in the road race.

Following her retirement, Marche became a food coach and nutritionist at UCI Women's WorldTeam .

Personal Marche was born on 23 December 1987 in Nambour, Queensland. Her father David Gillow is an Olympic cyclist who represented Zimbabwe at the 1980 Summer Olympics. and have a son, born in 2022.

Cycling Marche did not become a professional cyclist until she was twenty years old, taking inspiration from her father to get involved with the sport. Prior to the Olympics, she raced with Australia's team in the Giro Donne.

In September 2016, it was announced that Marche would join for the 2017 season. She spent the rest of her professional career with the team, announcing her retirement in September 2020.

Major results Source:

2008 2nd Overall Tour of Bright

2009 2nd Overall Canberra Tour 8th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand 9th Chrono Champenois

2010 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Mersey Valley Tour 8th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

2011 Oceania Road Championships

3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen 4th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand 4th Memorial Davide Fardelli 7th Chrono Champenois 9th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile 1st Stage 2

2012 Oceania Road Championships

National Road Championships

7th Road race 1st Stage 3 Bay Classic Series UCI Road World Championships

10th Time trial 2nd Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand 2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT 8th Chrono Gatineau

2013 National Road Championships

6th Road race 2nd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen 1st Stage 4 (ITT)

3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT 3rd Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen 4th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile 7th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol 1st Stage 2 10th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira

2014 Oceania Road Championships

National Road Championships 2nd Time trial 9th Road race 3rd Overall BeNe Ladies Tour 4th Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT 6th Time trial, Commonwealth Games 10th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira

2015 National Road Championships

3rd Road race 1st Crescent Women World Cup Vårgårda TTT

10th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile

2016 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2nd Overall Gracia–Orlová Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour 3rd Team time trial 9th Road race 7th Draai van de Kaai 8th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg 8th Ridderronde Maastricht 10th Chrono Champenois

2017 1st Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime 1st Stages 1 & 2 (ITT) National Road Championships 2nd Time trial 5th Road race 2nd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria 3rd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan 5th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine 5th La Course by Le Tour de France 6th Strade Bianche 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 8th Women's Tour de Yorkshire

2018 National Road Championships 3rd Time trial 7th Road race 6th La Flèche Wallonne 7th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria 7th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan 8th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana 8th Overall Women's Tour de Yorkshire 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

2019 National Road Championships 4th Road race 5th Time trial 4th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria 9th Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin 9th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan