Lydia Boylan
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| Born | 19 July 1987 Dublin, Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Torelli–Assure | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013 | Les Filles Racing Team (guest) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Torelli–Assure | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013 | CTC[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Velosport Pasta Montegrappa[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Team WNT[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Lydia Boylan (born 19 July 1987) is an Irish racing cyclist,[3] who currently rides for British amateur team Torelli–Assure.[4]
She competed for Northern Ireland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where she finished 21st in the women's road race,[5] 14th in the scratch race and 16th in the points race.[6] She is eligible to represent Northern Ireland through her mother.[3] She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[7] Boylan won the Irish National Road Race Championships in 2015, 2016 and 2017.[8]
Personal life[]
Outside of cycling, Boylan is a qualified engineer, graduating with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from University College Dublin in 2008 and a master's degree in Earthquake Engineering from Imperial College London in 2010. Since November 2013 she has combined her cycling career with teaching at the University of Nottingham's School of Architecture.[2]
Major results[]
- 2015
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
- 2016
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2017
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Scratch race, National Track Championships
- 1st Stage 4 Semana Ciclista Valenciana[9]
- 2nd Madison, UEC European Track Championships (with Lydia Gurley)
- 6th Overall Six Days of London
- 2nd Scratch Race
- 2nd Madison (with Katie Archibald)
- 2018
- 1st Omnium, National Track Championships
References[]
- ^ "CTC women's racing team launches". Cycling Weekly. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ^ a b c "Lydia Boylan". LinkedIn. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Lydia Boylan thrilled to represent Nottingham in the Milk Race". Nottingham Post. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ Team Torelli [@TeamTorelli] (16 February 2019). "We are delighted to announce that Irish International Lydia Boylan will be riding for the Torelli-Assure team this season. Lydia a former Irish National Champion on several occasions she is also rides for the Irish National Squad in the Madison and Endurance events #teamtorelli" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 March 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014: NI's Lydia Boylan 21st in women's road race". bbc.co.uk. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games 2014: Nottingham cyclist Boylan keen to be more than just a 'tourist' in Glasgow after first taste on track". Nottingham Post. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "Entry List: Women" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ "Omagh-based Irish Championships hailed 'best ever'". Tyrone Constitution. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ "Cecilie Ludwig se adjudica la Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, Lydia Boylan la última etapa". Retrieved 1 May 2017.
External links[]
- Lydia Boylan at Cycling Archives
- Lydia Boylan at ProCyclingStats
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Irish female cyclists
- Irish track cyclists
- Sportspeople from Dublin (city)
- Cyclists at the 2019 European Games
- European Games competitors for Ireland
- Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland