.jpg) Bertine at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 May 1975 Bronxville, New York |
| Team information | |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2009 | Specialized D4W/Bicycle Haus[1] |
| 2010-2011 | TriSports Cycling-Eclipse Racing[1] |
| Professional teams | |
| 2007 | Sport Beans/NTTC[1] |
| 2012-2013 | Colavita-espnW Pro Cycling[2][3] |
| 2014 | Wiggle High5 |
| 2015 | BMW p/b Happy Tooth Dental |
| 2016-2017 | Cylance Pro Cycling |
| Major wins | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis National Road Race Champion (2009–2011) Saint Kitts and Nevis National Time Trial Champion (2009–2011) | |
Kathryn Bertine (born 11 May 1975) is a Saint Kitts and Nevis racing cyclist,[4] author, activist, film-maker and former professional figure skater and professional triathlete. She turned professional in road cycling in 2012 and raced on World Tour teams until 2017. Bertine competed in eight UCI Road World Championships, won three Caribbean Championship titles and six Saint Kitts and Nevis National Championship titles.
She is best known for her activism in petitioning the organisers of the Tour de France, the Amaury Sport Organisation, to launch a women's Tour de France.[5]
- ^ a b c "Race Results for Kathryn Bertine". USA Cycling. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ Hudak, Kristen (20 March 2012). "Colavita forms new Women's Pro Cycling Team, cobranded with espnW" (Press release). ESPN. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Fine Cooking Joins Colavita to Sponsor New Pro Women's Cycling Team". teamcolavita.com. 7 February 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Kathryn Bertine". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ Macur, Juliet (26 July 2014). "Women as Athletes, Not Accessories, at Least for a Day". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
she was actually the catalyst for the movement to bring women back to the Tour."She pretty much single-handedly made this happen," said Connie Carpenter-Phinney, the gold medalist in the first women's Olympic road race, in 1984. "She made people sit up and listen."