Shelley Olds
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Shelley Olds |
| Born |
September 30, 1980 Groton, Massachusetts |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Bigla Pro Cycling Team |
| Discipline | Track and road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2008-9 | ProMan Hit Squad |
| 2010 | Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12 |
| 2011 | Diadora-Pasta Zara |
| 2012 | AA Drink-leontien.nl |
| 2013 | TIBCO / To The Top |
| 2014 | Alé Cipollini |
| 2015 | Bigla Pro Cycling Team |
| Major wins | |
|
Women's 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]
Olds joined the Bigla Pro Cycling Team for the 2015 season.[6]
Career highlights
- 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
- Women's 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 – AA Drink-leontien.nl 2012 season
- Winner Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
- Winner stage 6, Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 7th Olympic Games London, Road race
- 2014 – Alé Cipollini 2014 season
- 1st stages 3 & 5, Vuelta a Costa Rica
- 3rd Ronde van Drenthe World Cup
- 2nd Grand Prix de Dottignies
- 1st Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
- 2nd Tour of Chongming Island
- 1st Giro della Toscana
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Shelley Olds". USA Cycling. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
- ↑ "Moving to the road: A conversation with Shelley Evans". VeloNews.com. May 20, 2010.
- ↑ Cranmer, Nicola (February 3, 2010). "The road to TWENTY12". cyclingnews.com.
- ↑ "Ranking - Cycling - Road 2010 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual Shelley EVANS (United States)". UCI. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ↑ Weislo, Laura (July 29, 2012). "Puncture means heartbreak for Olds in Olympic road race". cyclingnews.com.
- ↑ "Ashleigh Moolman joins Bigla on two-year deal". cyclingnews.com. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ Shelley Olds profile at Cycling Archives
- ↑ Shelley Evans Olds profile at Cycling Archives
- ↑ Shelley Olds-Evans profile at CycleBase
Further reading
- "Shelley Olds". AA Drink-leontien.nl. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
- Hazen, Bart (January 21, 2011). "Interview: Shelley Olds". Daily Peloton.
- "Interview: Shelley Olds". Daily Peloton. February 26, 2009.