Shelley Olds

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Shelley Olds

Personal information
Full name Shelley Olds
Born (1980-09-30) September 30, 1980
Groton, Massachusetts
Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Team information
Current team AA Drink-leontien.nl
Discipline Track and road
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Professional team(s)
  • 2008-9
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
Major wins
Tour of New Zealand (2010)
Tour of Chongming Island World Cup (2012)

Shelley Olds (born September 30, 1980)[1] is an American racing cyclist.

Olds was born and raised in Groton, Massachusetts. She studied health and human performance at Roanoke College in Virginia, and was captain of their women's soccer team. She was introduced to cycling by her future husband after moving to California and began track racing soon afterwards. She turned professional in 2007.[1][2]

She registered with the UCI under her married name of Shelley Evans for the 2010 season,[3][4] but reverted to her maiden name in later seasons.

Olds rode for the US in the road race at the 2012 Olympics in London. She was one of the four riders in the winning breakaway group that split from the peloton with 50 km to go, but suffered a puncture 20 km later and crossed the finish line with the peloton in seventh place.[5]

Career highlights

Sources:[6][7][8]

2008
Winner scratch race, US National Track Championships
2009
Winner scratch race, US National Track Championships
Third Liberty Classic
2nd Points Race, UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Melbourne
2010
Winner road race, Pan American Championships
Winner US National Criterium Championships
Tour of New Zealand
Winner overall classification
Winner stages 1,2,5 and 6
Winner stage 10, Giro d'Italia Femminile
Second Liberty Classic
2011
Winner GP Costa Etrusca
Second Liberty Classic
2012
Winner Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
Winner stage 6, Giro d'Italia Femminile
7th Olympic Games London, Road race

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Shelley Olds". USA Cycling. Retrieved May 14, 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Moving to the road: A conversation with Shelley Evans". VeloNews.com. May 20, 2010. 
  3. ↑ Cranmer, Nicola (February 3, 2010). "The road to TWENTY12". cyclingnews.com. 
  4. ↑ "Ranking - Cycling - Road 2010 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual Shelley EVANS (United States)". UCI. Retrieved May 16, 2012. 
  5. ↑ Weislo, Laura (July 29, 2012). "Puncture means heartbreak for Olds in Olympic road race". cyclingnews.com. 
  6. ↑ Shelley Olds profile at Cycling Archives
  7. ↑ Shelley Evans Olds profile at Cycling Archives
  8. ↑ Shelley Olds-Evans profile at CycleBase

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