Shelley Olds

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Shelley Olds
Shelley Evans 2010 Worlds.jpg
Olds during the points race at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Personal information
Full nameShelley Olds
Born (1980-09-30) September 30, 1980 (age 41)
Groton, Massachusetts
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Professional teams
2008–2009ProMan Hit Squad
2010Twenty12
2011Diadora–Pasta Zara
2012AA Drink–leontien.nl
2013Team TIBCO–To The Top
2014Alé–Cipollini
2015Bigla Pro Cycling Team
2015Alé–Cipollini
2016Cylance Pro Cycling
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 former racing cyclist.

Career[]

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 cycling 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 kilometres (31 miles) to go, but suffered a puncture 20 kilometres (12 miles) 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] However, in June 2015 Bigla announced that Olds had parted with the team by mutual agreement, and the following day her former team Alé–Cipollini announced that they had re-signed her.[7] In November 2015 she was announced as part of the inaugural squad for the Cylance Pro Cycling team for the 2016 season.[8]

Major results[]

Sources:[9][10]

2008
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Scratch, National Track Championships
8th Liberty Classic
2009
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Scratch, National Track Championships
2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Points race, Melbourne
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Scratch, Manchester
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Points race, 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Copenhagen
3rd Liberty Classic
2010
1st PanAmericanJersey.png Road race, Pan American Road Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG National Criterium Championships
1st Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand
1st Stages 1, 2, 5 & 6
1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia Femminile
2nd Liberty Classic
2011
1st GP Costa Etrusca
2nd Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo
2nd Liberty Classic
5th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
6th Grand Prix de Dottignies
2012
Tour of Chongming Island
1st World Cup
4th Overall Stage race
1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia Femminile
2nd 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
4th Road race, Pan American Road Championships
4th Open de Suède Vårgårda
7th Road race, Summer Olympics
8th Holland Hills Classic
2013
1st Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau
2nd Le Samyn des Dames
2nd Omloop van het Hageland
4th Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo
4th Philadelphia Cycling Classic
5th Overall Belgium Tour
5th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
1st Points classification
5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
5th Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
6th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup
7th Chrono Gatineau
8th Overall Tour of Chongming Island
2014
1st Jersey pink.svg Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile — Memorial Michela Fanini
1st Jersey violet.svg Points classification
1st Prologue & Stage 1
1st GP Comune di Cornaredo
1st Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
2nd Overall Tour of Chongming Island
2nd Novilon EDR Cup
2nd Grand Prix de Dottignies
3rd Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs
3rd Ronde van Drenthe World Cup
5th La Course by Le Tour de France
6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
6th Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
8th Overall Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica
1st Stages 3 & 5
10th Sparkassen Giro
2015
1st White Spot / Delta Road Race
1st La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
2nd Overall Ladies Tour of Norway
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 2
2nd EPZ Omloop van Borsele
Tour of Chongming Island
4th World Cup
5th Overall Stage race
4th Philadelphia Cycling Classic
7th Dwars door de Westhoek
9th Crescent Women World Cup Vårgårda
2016
2nd Overall Women's Tour Down Under
4th Omloop van het Hageland
5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
6th Ronde van Drenthe

References[]

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "Ashleigh Moolman joins Bigla on two-year deal". cyclingnews.com. September 22, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  7. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (June 26, 2015). "Olds re-signs with former team Alé-Cipollini". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  8. ^ Weislo, Laura (November 10, 2015). "New women's team Cylance taking aim at inaugural WorldTour". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  9. ^ Shelley Olds at Cycling Archives
  10. ^ Shelley Olds-Evans profile at CycleBase

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