Amber Pierce

Amber Pierce

Riding with her team at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships
Personal information
Full name Amber Pierce (Rais)
Born (1981-03-25) March 25, 1981
Berkeley, California, United States
Team information
Current team Pepper Palace p/b The Happy Tooth
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Domestique
Amateur team(s)
2005 Stanford Cycling Team
Professional team(s)
2006–2007 Webcor Cycling
2008–9 Team TIBCO
2010 Kuota Speed Kueens
2011–13 Diadora-Pasta Zara
2014 Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
2015- Pepper Palace p/b The Happy Tooth
Major wins
Collegiate National Championships Criterium and Omnium 2005
Infobox last updated on
June 30, 2014

Amber Pierce (née Rais; born March 25, 1981 in Berkeley, California) is an American professional racing cyclist.

Rais began her sporting career as a swimmer, breaking state and national records whilst still at high school. She began cycling when she joined the Stanford Cycling Team. She has a B.A. in Human Biology and an M.S. in Earth Systems from Stanford University.[1]

In January 2015 she was named as a member of the Pepper Palace p/b The Happy Tooth team for the 2015 season.[2]

Major results

2005
1st Collegiate National Championship Criterium
1st Collegiate National Championship Omnium
1st West Coast Cycling Conference Championship Criterium
1st West Coast Cycling Conference Championship Omnium
1st California Cup Series Omnium
1st Mt Hamilton Classic Road Race
1st Suisun Harbor Criterium
1st Giro di San Francisco
2006
1st Stage 5, Cascade Classic, Awbrey Butte
1st Stage 2, Bermuda Grand Prix, Gibbs Lighthouse Challenge
1st University Road Race
1st Patterson Pass Road Race
1st Suisun Harbor Criterium
1st Esparto Time Trial
1st California Cup Series Omnium
2nd Nevada City Classic
3rd Stage 3, Mt Hood Cycling Classic
2007
1st General Classification, Tri Peaks Challenge
1st Stage 1, Tri Peaks Challenge, Mt Magazine
1st Stage 2, Tri Peaks Challenge, Epic Road Race
1st Stage 4, Tri Peaks Challenge
2nd Stage 5, Tour of the Gila, Gila Monster Road Race
2nd Stage 1, Tour de Toona
3rd Stage 6, Tour de Toona, Blue Knob
3rd Sequoia Cycling Classic Individual Time Trial
2008
1st Stage 2, Tour of the Gila, Inner Loop
1st Stage 6, Cascade Classic, Awbrey Butte
1st Chicago Criterium
2nd Tour de Nez
Most Aggressive Rider, Stage 2, Nature Valley Grand Prix
2009
1st overall, Tour de Nez
1st stages 1 & 3

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