Lydia Boylan
Irish racing cyclist (born 1987)
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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]
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| Born | 19 July 1987 Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Qromia Women's Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013 | Les Filles Racing Team (guest) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Torelli–Assure | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Qromia Women's Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013 | CTC[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Velosport Pasta Montegrappa[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Team WNT[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
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- 2015
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 2016
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2017
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Scratch, National Track Championships
- 1st Stage 4 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana[10]
- 2nd
Madison, UEC European Track Championships (with Lydia Gurley) - 6th Overall Six Days of London
- 2nd Scratch
- 2nd Madison (with Katie Archibald)
- 2018
- 1st Omnium, National Track Championships
- 2019
- 2nd
Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships - 2022
- 1st Mallorca 167[11]
