Shelley Olds

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

Shelley Olds
Personal information
Full nameShelley Olds
Born (1980-09-30) September 30, 1980
Groton, Massachusetts
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Team information
Current teamAlé BTC Ljubljana
DisciplineTrack and road
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Professional teams
2008-9ProMan Hit Squad
2010Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12
2011Diadora-Pasta Zara
2012AA Drink–leontien.nl
2013TIBCO / To The Top
2014Alé Cipollini
2015Bigla Pro Cycling Team
2015–Alé–Cipollini
Major wins
Women's Tour of New Zealand (2010)
Tour of Chongming Island World Cup (2012)

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] 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]

Career highlights

Sources:[9][10]

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
2015
2nd Overall Ladies Tour of Norway
1st Stage 2

References
  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. "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

Further reading


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