Shane Archbold

Shane Archbold
Shane Archbold at the 2015 Grand Prix d'Isbergues.
Personal information
Full name Shane William Archbold
Nickname Novie
The Flying Mullet[1]
Born (1989-02-02) 2 February 1989
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Team information
Current team Aqua Blue Sport
Discipline Track and road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2007 Calder Stewart Pink Batts
2008 Peak Fuel
2008 Kelford – Reiker
2010–2011 Powernet
Professional team(s)
2012 Marco Polo Cycling–Donckers Koffie
2013–2014 An Post–Chain Reaction
2015–2017 Bora–Argon 18
2018– Aqua Blue Sport

Shane William Archbold (born 2 February 1989, Timaru) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist.[2]

He 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.[2][3]

He was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

Career achievements

Major results

2005
1st Time trial, National Novice Championships
2006
2nd Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships
2007
National Junior Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st 25km Points race
Youth Olympic Festival
1st Points race
3rd Individual pursuit
1st Stage 4 Tour du Pays de Vaud
2008
1st Stage 4 Tour de Vineyards
2011
2nd Omnium, UCI Track World Championships
2013
1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Dylan Kennett)
1st Stage 2 Rás Tailteann
2014
Commonwealth Games
1st Scratch race
3rd Team pursuit
2nd Ominium, Fenioux Piste International[7]
9th Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic
2015
2nd Classica Corsica
3rd Grand Prix d'Isbergues
5th Omloop van het Houtland
8th Rund um Köln
2018
6th Road race, Commonwealth Games

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2016
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia —
A yellow jersey Tour de France DNF
A red jersey Vuelta a España —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Puncture deflates the 'flying mullet'". tvnz.co.nz. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Shane Archbold Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  3. ↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Shane Archbold Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  4. ↑ "2016 > 103rd Tour de France > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Shane Archbold out of Tour de France after breaking his pelvis in crash". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Piddington, Stu (16 October 2017). "Shane Archbold signs for Aqua Blue Sport". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Fenioux Piste International: Vélodrome de Costebelle - Hyères - Côte d'Azur: Omnium Hommes Elite" (PDF). Fédération Française de Cyclisme. 11 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

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