Evan Oliphant

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Evan Oliphant
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Oliphant in 2016
Personal information
Full nameEvan Oliphant
Born (1982-01-08) 8 January 1982 (age 42)
Wick, Scotland, United Kingdom
Team information
Current teamSpartans Velo Club
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
1998–2004Recycling.co.uk Race Team
2017Wheelbase CabTech Castelli
2019–Spartans Velo Club
Professional teams
2005–2006 Recycling.co.uk–MG X-Power
2007 DFL–Cyclingnews–Litespeed
2008 Plowman Craven Racing Team
2009–2011 Endura Racing
2012–2016 Team Raleigh–GAC [1]

Evan Oliphant (born 8 January 1982) is a Scottish bicycle racer from Wick, Caithness, [2] who currently rides for British amateur team Spartans Velo Club.

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He competed in the Under-23 road race at the 2004 UCI Road World Championships in Verona, Italy. [3] Oliphant represented Scotland on the track and in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne on the road.

Major results

2005
1st Road race, Scottish National Road Championships
1st Warrnambool Criterium
1st East Yorkshire Classic
3rd 5 Valleys Road Race
5th Shay Elliott Memorial Race
2006
1st Overall Bay Crit Elite Criterium Series
1st Kym Smoker Memorial Track Race
3rd Road race, Scottish National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour Wellington
1st Stage 4
4th Points race, Commonwealth Games
6th Bendigo Madison (with James McCallum) [4]
2007
1st Road race, Scottish National Road Championships
2008
1st Road race, Scottish National Road Championships
1st Sea Otter Classic [5]
2nd Overall Bikeline 2 Day [6]
1st Stage 2
6th Overall Girvan Stage Race [7]
6th Overall Tour of the Reservoir [8]
7th Grand Prix of Wales [9]
7th NRC Circuit Race [5]
10th Richmond Grand Prix [10]
2009
6th Tour of the Reservoir [11]
8th Beaumont Trophy [12]
2010
1st Road race, Scottish National Road Championships
Dumfries Bike Fest
4th Circuit race [13]
6th Grand Prix [14]
6th York Cycling City Centre Race [15]
10th Tour of the Reservoir [16]
2011
2nd Ryedale Grand Prix [17]
2012
2nd Road race, Scottish National Road Championships [18]
2013
1st Overall Premier Calendar [19]
1st Overall Tour of the Reservoir [19]
1st Stage 2
1st Hugh Dornan Memorial [20]
2014
1st Road race, Scottish National Road Championships [21]
6th Beaumont Trophy
6th Eddie Soens Memorial [22]
7th Newport Nocturne [23]
10th Overall Tour of the Reservoir [24]
1st Stage 2
10th Cycle Wiltshire Grand Prix [25]
10th Lincoln Grand Prix [26]
10th Jersey International Road Race [27]
2015
1st Overall British Cycling Grand Prix Series [28]
5th Grand Prix of Wales [29]
10th Stafford Kermesse [30]
1st Crit on the Campus [31]
5th Stockton Grand Prix [32]
5th Hugh Dornan Memorial [33]
7th Stafford GP [34]
8th National Circuit Race Championships [35]
8th Colne Grand Prix [36]
9th Overall Totnes-Vire Stage Race [37]

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