Ashton Lambie (born December 12, 1990) is an American track cyclist known for being the first person to complete an individual pursuit in under 4 minutes, and for his moustache.
Career Lambie was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is of partial Moravian and Czech descent and is a distant relative of Dale M. Cochran.
Lambie races on gravel in Kansas. In October 2015, he set the World Ultracycling Association record for cycling across his home state of Kansas from West to East. This record was surpassed a few months later in May 2016. In his debut at the Track National Championship, Lambie won the Individual Pursuit, and finished second in the omnium and points race. This earned Lambie a spot on Team USA. His first race with Team USA was the 2017 Pan-American Championships.
Major results
2017 National Track Championships 1st Individual pursuit 2nd Omnium 2nd Points race 3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Cup, Santiago 2018 National Track Championships 1st Individual pursuit 3rd Omnium Pan American Track Championships 1st Individual pursuit 1st Team pursuit 2019 1st Men's Unbound Gravel 100 Pan American Track Championships 1st Individual pursuit 2nd Team pursuit 2020 2nd Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships 2021 1st Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
World records Date Event Location Discipline Time Ref August 31, 2018 2018 Pan American Track Cycling Championships Aguascalientes, Mexico Individual pursuit 4:07.251 September 6, 2019 2019 Pan American Track Cycling Championships Cochabamba, Bolivia Individual pursuit 4:06.407 4:05.423 August 18, 2021 Aguascalientes, Mexico Individual pursuit 3:59.93
Personal life Lambie is a partner of racing cyclist and NASA astronaut Christina Birch.
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