# Former Canadian champion Lizanne refuses to retire

*By Simon | March 27, 2024*

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## 󠀁[Former Canadian champion Lizanne refuses to retire](https://globalkeirin.com/2024/03/former-canadian-champion-lizanne-refuses-to-retire/)󠁿

27 March 2024

Two-time Canadian keirin champion Lizanne Wilmot,
[bacon\_bitzz on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/bacon_bitzz/?hl=en) has
confirmed to _Global Keirin_ that she is signed up to DerbyWheel – and will be
bringing a freshly painted pink Dolan DF4 to Newport in April.

Based in Sydney, Australia, Lizanne won Canadian national keirin titles in 2015
and 2018. She is also a five-time Australian champion penny farthing racer – and
in July 2023, she claimed the women’s Hour Record for a penny farthing, setting
world-best times for 10 and 20km along the way.

‘I’m not ready to retire just yet,’ she told _Global Keirin_. ‘I’ve been joking
about retirement since I won my first title in 2015. DerbyWheel is an
opportunity to extend my racing, get those dopamine highs from pinning a number
on, travel the world, and earn some cash!’

Now aged 38, Lizanne sees herself as ‘that rider’ that the faster riders need to
beat, in order to progress in a competition. ‘I need to make it hard for them so
they become better riders,’ she says.

‘I love that I get to push so many up and coming, and even established riders.
That’s what keeps me going.’

Bright pink bikes have been something of a trademark for Lizanne for many years;
and she hasn’t allowed Dolan’s lack of a stock pink option to break the streak.

She will be riding Kirby, a custom-painted fluoro hot pink frame, finished with
midnight purple graphics,
[courtesy of a local paint shop](https://www.instagram.com/p/C10KN8QSxJD/?img_index=1)
. Even in a colourful bunch of keirin jerseys, it will be hard to miss.

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