Major results
- 2021
- 1st
Criterium, National Road Championships - 1st Gravel and Tar La Femme
- 2022
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Olivia Ray |
| Born | 4 July 1998 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) [1] |
| Weight | 45 kg (99 lb) [2] |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Track cycling |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team | |
| 2021–2022 | Rally Cycling |
| Major wins | |
| One-day races and Classics | |
Olivia Ray (born 4 July 1998) is a New Zealand racing cyclist who raced professionally for Rally Cycling in 2021. [3]
In 2022 Ray won the National road race championships in a reduced bunch sprint of six. [4]
In 2021 Olivia won $15,000 in a criterium where she beat the current US criterium champion by 1 second to the line. [5] By December she had not received her prize money. [6]
She was removed from the Human Powered Health roster without explanation in March 2022. [7] [8]
Ray served a 30 month competition ban between March 2022 and September 2024 for an anti-doping rule violation after admitting to using prohibited substances including human growth hormane(hGH), clenbuterol, and oxandrolone. [9] [10] [11]
Criterium, National Road Championships Road race, National Road Championships
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