Introduction
Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (born 9 December 1985) is a South African professional female road bicycle racer currently riding for UCI team Bigla Pro Cycling Team. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 16th and in the Women's time trial finishing 24th.
Personal life and career
Moolman is married to semi-professional XTERRA triathlete Carl Pasio.
Moolman has a degree in Chemical Engineering from Stellenbosch University, where she met her future husband. She tried to start a career in triathlon but after discovering her talent in cycling, and a series of injuries, has dedicated herself fully to professional road cycling.
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal in the women's road race and finished 15th in the women's individual time trial.
After spending one season riding for Team Hitec Products in September 2014 it was announced that Moolman had signed a two-year deal with the Bigla Pro Cycling Team from 2015.
Palmares
- 2009
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 2010
- 10th Open De Suède Vargarda TTT
- 2011
- 1st
African Continental Road Race Championships - 2nd Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
- 2nd African Continental Time Trial Championships
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 6th Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira
- 9th Halle-Buizingen
- 9th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 9th Open De Suède Vargarda TTT
- 2012
- 1st
National Road Race Championships - 1st Mountains classification Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
- 1st
African Continental Time Trial Championships - 1st African Continental Road Race Championships
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT)
- 3rd Overall Tour de Free State
- 1st Stage 4
- 5th La Fleche Wallonne Feminine
- 10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
- 10th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 2013
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 1st National Road Race Championships
- 1st Boels Rental Hills Classic
- 1st
African Continental Time Trial Championships - 1st African Continental Road Race Championships
- 3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
- 4th Overall Tour Languedoc Roussillon
- 5th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 2014
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 1st National Road Race Championships
- 2nd Le Samyn des Dames
- 3rd
Road Race Commonwealth Games - 8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2015
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 1st National Road Race Championships
- 1st
African Continental Team Time Trial Championships - 1st African Continental Time Trial Championships
- 1st African Continental Road Race Championships
- 1st Overall Auensteiner–Radsporttage
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
- 4th Strade Bianche Women
- 4th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
- 6th Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs
- 10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
- 1st 94.7 Cycle Challenge
- 7th Chrono des Nations
- 2016
- 1st Overall Auensteiner–Radsporttage
- 1st Stage 2b
- 3rd Emakumeen Bira
- 3rd Boels Rental Hills Classic
- 2nd Overall The Women's Tour
- 2nd Giro dell'Emilia
National Road Race Championships
Road Race Commonwealth Games