Shane Archbold

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Shane Archbold
Rund um Koln 2019 145.jpg
Shane Archbold (2019).
Personal information
Full nameShane William Archbold
NicknameNovie
The Flying Mullet [1]
Born (1989-02-02) 2 February 1989 (age 35)
Timaru, New Zealand
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
  • Track
  • Road
RoleRider
Rider typeLead out man
Amateur teams
2007Calder Stewart Pink Batts
2008Peak Fuel
2008Kelford – Reiker
2010–2011Powernet
Professional teams
2012 Marco Polo Cycling–Donckers Koffie
2013–2014 An Post–Chain Reaction
2015–2017 Bora–Argon 18
2018 Aqua Blue Sport
2019 EvoPro Racing
2019 Bora–Hansgrohe [2]
2020–2021 Deceuninck–Quick-Step [3] [4]
2022–2023 Bora–Hansgrohe [5]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2020)
Medal record
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Men's track cycling
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Apeldoorn Omnium
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Scratch race
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Glasgow Team pursuit

Shane William Archbold (born 2 February 1989) is a New Zealand former professional racing cyclist [6] who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2023.

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Career

Born in Timaru, Archbold competed in the men's omnium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and won the gold medal in the men's scratch race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, along with bronze in the men's team pursuit. [6] [7]

He was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France. [8] During the 2016 Tour de France Shane crashed early on in the 17th stage and broke his pelvis but he struggled on to finish the stage. [9] However, he was forced to withdraw from the race four days from the finish. In October 2017 it was announced that Archbold would join Aqua Blue Sport for the 2018 season. [10]

In August 2018, he was without a professional road team because Aqua Blue Sport folded. He decided to team up with Aaron Gate to return to track cycling and participated in Six Day London and Six Day Melbourne of 2018–19 Six Day Series with the eye of entering madison event in 2020 Tokyo Olympics. [11] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España. [12]

Major results

2005
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Time trial, National Novice Road Championships
2006
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships
2007
National Junior Track Championships
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Individual pursuit
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Points race
Australian Youth Olympic Festival
1st Gold medal blank.svg Points race
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Individual pursuit
1st Stage 4 Tour du Pays de Vaud
2008
1st Stage 4 Tour de Vineyards
2011
1st Stage 4 Mi-Août en Bretagne
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Omnium, UCI Track World Championships
10th Overall Rás Tailteann
2013
1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Dylan Kennett)
1st Stage 2 Rás Tailteann
2014
Commonwealth Games
1st Gold medal blank.svg Scratch
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit
2nd Omnium, Fenioux Piste International [13]
9th Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic
2015
2nd Classica Corsica
3rd Grand Prix d'Isbergues
5th Omloop van het Houtland
8th Rund um Köln
2017
7th Coppa Bernocchi
2018
6th Road race, Commonwealth Games
7th Grand Prix de Denain
2019
1st Stage 2 Czech Cycling Tour
2020
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska
2021
9th Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
2022
National Road Championships
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Criterium
8th Road race

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 20162017201820192020
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France DNF
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 151
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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