Evelyn Lee Stevens (born May 9, 1983) is an American retired professional road cyclist. [3]
Evelyn Lee Stevens (born May 9, 1983) is an American retired professional road cyclist. [3]
Stevens was born in Claremont, California, but grew up in Acton, Massachusetts, [4] where she attended Acton-Boxborough Regional High School. [5] She studied government and women and gender studies at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and was a member of the college's tennis team. [6]
After graduating in 2005 [4] she moved to New York City where she worked for Lehman Brothers for two years, then for mezzanine fund Gleacher Mezzanine before quitting in July 2009 to take up cycling full-time. [7]
She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's road race, finishing 24th. [8] In July 2014, Stevens competed at the Giro d'Italia and Thüringen Rundfahrt over 17 consecutive days of racing, finishing 14th and 1st respectively.
On February 27, 2016, Stevens rode to a new UCI Hour record for women at the Olympic Training Center Velodrome in Colorado, United States, with a distance of 47.980 km. [9] She broke the record set January 22 by Australian Bridie O'Donnell in Adelaide, Australia, by 1.1 km. [10] [11] Stevens was one of only three women (along with Trixi Worrack and Ellen van Dijk) to win four gold medals in the women's team time trial at the UCI Road World Championships.
Source: [12]
Time trial, National Road Championships Time trial, National Road Championships
Time trial, Pan American Road Championships 
Team time trial (with Ellen van Dijk, Charlotte Becker, Amber Neben, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg and Trixi Worrack) Time trial 
Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand Overall Gracia-Orlová Overall Exergy Tour [14] 
Overall La Route de France Team time trial (with Ellen van Dijk, Carmen Small, Katie Colclough, Lisa Brennauer and Trixi Worrack)
Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol 
Points classification Team time trial (with Carmen Small, Lisa Brennauer, Chantal Blaak, Karol-Ann Canuel, and Trixi Worrack)
Time trial 
Time trial, Pan American Road Championships Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen 
Active rider award, Stage 2 Overall Holland Ladies Tour 
Mountains classification Ladies Tour of Norway Team time trial Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships 
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The 2012 season was the tenth for the Specialized–lululemon cycling team, which began as the T-Mobile team in 2003. After the men's team HTC–Highroad stopped, Kristy Scrymgeour convinced manufacturer Specialized and sports apparel company Lululemon Athletica to perpetuate the women's team in this Olympic year. The team changed slightly: Clara Hughes and Trixi Worrack were the main new recruits, while Judith Arndt, team leader since 2006, joined GreenEdge–AIS. The team had a great year. Ina-Yoko Teutenberg won numerous sprints and finished fourth in the road race of the Olympic Games. Evelyn Stevens had an excellent season by winning at the world cup race La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, she won a prestigious stage of the Giro d'Italia Femminile and finished on the podium in the end and she won the general classification of the La Route de France. At the end of the season she was in fourth place in the UCI World Ranking. Ellen van Dijk won the general classification of the Lotto–Decca Tour, the Omloop van Borsele and several stage races. The team dominated especially in the team time trials. Ellen van Dijk together with Stevens, Hughes, Amber Neben and Trixi Worrack or Teutenberg were consistent and undefeated the whole year. At the end of the season the team won the first team time trial at the world championship which was a main goal for the team this year. The team finished second in the UCI World Ranking.
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