Lydia Boylan

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Lydia Boylan
File:Lydia Boylan - 2017 Tour Series (Motherwell, pre-race) 02.jpg
Boylan in 2017
Personal information
Born (1987-07-19) 19 July 1987 (age 37)
Dublin, Ireland
Team information
Current teamQromia Women's Cycling Team
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2013Les Filles Racing Team (guest)
2019–2020Torelli–Assure
2022–Qromia Women's Cycling Team
Professional teams
2013CTC[1]
2014Velosport Pasta Montegrappa[2]
2015–2018Team WNT[2]
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pruszków Points race
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Berlin Madison

Lydia Boylan (born 19 July 1987) is an Irish racing cyclist, who competes in the track and road disciplines of the sport.[3] Boylan won the Irish National Road Race Championships in 2015, 2016 and 2017.[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] She has competed for the WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling and Weston Homes–Torelli–Assure–Fred Whitton teams during her career.[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

Source: [9]

2015
1st File:MaillotIrlanda.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
2016
1st File:MaillotIrlanda.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
2017
1st File:MaillotIrlanda.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
1st File:MaillotIrlanda.PNG Scratch, National Track Championships
1st Stage 4 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana[10]
2nd File:Silver medal europe.svg Madison, UEC European Track Championships (with Lydia Gurley)
6th Overall Six Days of London
2nd Scratch
2nd Madison (with Katie Archibald)
2018
1st File:MaillotIrlanda.PNG Omnium, National Track Championships
2019
2nd File:Silver medal blank.svg Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2022
1st Mallorca 167[11]

References

  1. ↑ "CTC women's racing team launches". Cycling Weekly. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Lydia Boylan". LinkedIn. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Lydia Boylan thrilled to represent Nottingham in the Milk Race". Nottingham Post. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Omagh-based Irish Championships hailed 'best ever'". Tyrone Constitution. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Glasgow 2014: NI's Lydia Boylan 21st in women's road race". bbc.co.uk. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "Entry List: Women" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Lydia Boylan". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  10. ↑ "Cecilie Ludwig se adjudica la Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, Lydia Boylan la última etapa". Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Clasif. oficial MALLORCA 312. MALLORCA 167 — Sportmaniacs". sportmaniacs.com (in español). Retrieved 1 May 2022.

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