Erica Carney (née Allar; born November 5, 1985) is an American former professional racing cyclist,[2] who rode professionally in 2009 and between 2014 and 2019 for the Colavita–Fine Cooking and Rally UHC Cycling teams.
Born as Erica Allar in Fogelsville, Pennsylvania on November 5, 1985, Erica Carney graduated from Northwestern Lehigh High School in the Northwestern Lehigh School District.
[3] She began her amateur cycling career at the age of fifteen at the Lehigh Valley Velodrome (now the Valley Preferred Cycling Center) and rode professionally for the first time in 2008 as a member of Aaron's Cycling Team.
[4] During the mid-2000s, Carney rode in fifty to seventy cycling events per year.
In 2006 and 2007, she won the National Criterium Championship (Under 23 category); in 2008, she finished tenth in the Commerce Bank Liberty Classic.