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Lydia Boylan
Boylan in 2017
Personal information
Born (1987-07-19) 19 July 1987 (age 37)
Dublin, Ireland
Team information
Current teamTorelli–Assure
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2013Les Filles Racing Team (guest)
2019–Torelli–Assure
Professional teams
2013CTC[1]
2014Velosport Pasta Montegrappa[2]
2015–2018You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing  Ireland
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pruszków Points race
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Berlin Madison

Lydia Boylan (born 19 July 1987) is an Irish racing cyclist,[3] who currently rides for British amateur team Torelli–Assure.[4]

She competed for Northern Ireland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where she finished 21st in the women's road race,[5] 14th in the scratch race and 16th in the points race.[6] She is eligible to represent Northern Ireland through her mother.[3] She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[7] Boylan won the Irish National Road Race Championships in 2015, 2016 and 2017.[8]

Personal life

Outside of cycling, Boylan 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 Road race, National Road Championships
2016
1st Road race, National Road Championships
2017
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Scratch race, National Track Championships
1st Stage 4 Semana Ciclista Valenciana[9]
2nd Madison, UEC European Track Championships (with Lydia Gurley)
6th Overall Six Days of London
2nd Scratch Race
2nd Madison (with Katie Archibald)
2018
1st Omnium, National Track Championships

References

  1. ^ "CTC women's racing team launches". Cycling Weekly. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Lydia Boylan". LinkedIn. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Lydia Boylan thrilled to represent Nottingham in the Milk Race". Nottingham Post. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  4. ^ Team Torelli [@TeamTorelli] (16 February 2019). "We are delighted to announce that Irish International Lydia Boylan will be riding for the Torelli-Assure team this season. Lydia a former Irish National Champion on several occasions she is also rides for the Irish National Squad in the Madison and Endurance events #teamtorelli" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 March 2019 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Glasgow 2014: NI's Lydia Boylan 21st in women's road race". bbc.co.uk. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Entry List: Women" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Omagh-based Irish Championships hailed 'best ever'". Tyrone Constitution. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Cecilie Ludwig se adjudica la Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, Lydia Boylan la última etapa". Retrieved 1 May 2017.