Background
Garner grew up in Cosby, Leicestershire.
Garner grew up in Cosby, Leicestershire.
She remained in full-time education until 2012, when she left Countesthorpe Community College having completed her AS-levels.
Her first cycling club was the Leicestershire Road Club. A year later, she retained her title in a bunch sprint finish of 19 riders at the championships in Valkenburg, Netherlands, having had a lead-out from Elinor Barker. Garner signed a professional contract with UCI Women"s Team Team Argos-Shimano in October 2012, turning professional at the start of the 2013 season.
In May 2013, she claimed her first professional victory on the opening stage of the Tour of Chongming Island in Shanghai, China.
In September 2015 Garner announced she would be riding for Wiggle Honda in 2016 Garner lives in Woudenberg in the Netherlands with her boyfriend Lars van der Haar, a Dutch professional cyclist, competing primarily in the cyclo-cross discipline, with the Rabobank Development Team. Van der Haar is best known for winning the Dutch National Cyclo-cross Championships in 2013, and the Under-23 Cyclo-cross World Championships in 2011 and 2012.