MIKAELA HARVEY

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New Zealand

date of birth

7th September 1998

height

1.71 cm

speciality

TT / GC / Time Trialist

A ITT and GC specialist in stage races, Mikayla chose UAE Team ADQ to revive her talent and return to the level she deserves. For the time being she has abandoned her university studies and moved from New Zealand to Europe to pursue her dream in cycling.

Despite her young age, Mikayla has achieved some important placings in her career, such as fifth place in the GC of the 2020 Giro d'Italia Women's race and seventh place at La Flèche Wallone Fémenine in the same year. Mikayla is a strong all-rounder cyclist and faced adversity with the right mindset. In 2022, she ranked herself in the Top 10 classification of the Festival Elsy Jacobs in Luxembourg. In 2021, she won the youth classification at the Tour de Suisse Women and was also the best young rider at the Giro 2020. Previously, she won both Oceania ITT champion and New Zealand national ITT champion among the Under-23 Women and the Junior category. She began studies in Sport Sciences. She would like to continue in this area of study one day. However, her dream job after cycling is to run a pilates studio that focuses on wellbeing and sport performance. Aside from cycling she enjoy outdoor adventures and hiking with friends and family. She also like yoga, pilates and getting crafty/art.