Lydia Boylan

Lydia Boylan
Boylan in 2017
Personal information
Born (1987-07-19) 19 July 1987
Team information
Current team WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2013 CTC[1]
2014 Velosport Pasta Montegrappa[2]
2015– Team WNT[2]
Medal record
Representing  Ireland
Women's track cycling
European Championships
2017 BerlinMadison

Lydia Boylan (born 19 July 1987) is an Irish professional racing cyclist. She is originally from Dublin.[3] She competed for Northern Ireland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where she finished 21st in the women's road race[4] 14th in the scratch race and 16th in the points race.[5] She is eligible to represent Northern Ireland through her mother.[3] She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[6] Boylan won the Irish National Road Race Championships in 2015, 2016 and 2017.[7]

Outside of cycling she 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

2015
1st National Road Race Championships
2016
1st National Road Race Championships
2017
1st National Road Race Championships
1st National Track Championships (Scratch race)
1st Stage 4 Semana Ciclista Valenciana[8]
2nd Madison, UEC European Track Championships (with Lydia Gurley)
6th Overall, Six Day London
2nd Scratch Race
2nd Madison (with Katie Archibald)
2018
1st National Track Championships (Omnium)

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. ↑ "Glasgow 2014: NI's Lydia Boylan 21st in women's road race". bbc.co.uk. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Entry List: Women" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Omagh-based Irish Championships hailed 'best ever'". Tyrone Constitution. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Cecilie Ludwig se adjudica la Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, Lydia Boylan la última etapa". Retrieved 1 May 2017.
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