Lydia Boylan

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Lydia Boylan
Lydia Boylan - 2017 Tour Series (Motherwell, pre-race) 02.jpg
Boylan in 2017
Personal information
Born (1987-07-19) 19 July 1987 (age 36)
Dublin, Ireland
Team information
Current teamQromia Women's Cycling Team
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2013Les Filles Racing Team (guest)
2019–2020 Torelli–Assure
2022–Qromia Women's Cycling Team
Professional teams
2013 CTC [1]
2014Velosport Pasta Montegrappa [2]
2015–2018 Team WNT [2]
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Pruszków Points race
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 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]

Contents

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 MaillotIrlanda.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
2016
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
2017
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Scratch, National Track Championships
1st Stage 4 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana [10]
2nd 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 MaillotIrlanda.PNG Omnium, National Track Championships
2019
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2022
1st Mallorca 167 [11]

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References

  1. "CTC women's racing team launches". Cycling Weekly . 22 January 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Lydia Boylan". LinkedIn . Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 "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 Spanish). Retrieved 1 May 2022.