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] According to USADA there is a current investigation into Ray. [8] In July 2022, Ray confessed in an interview to having used the banned substance Clenbuterol at least twice out of competition, claiming that it was under pressure from her then boyfriend. At that point, she was uncertain what penalty USADA would give her, but said she would retire if she received a ban longer than one year. [9]
Criterium, National Road Championships Road race, National Road Championships
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