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Shane Archbold

New Zealand racing cyclist

Shane William Archbold (born 2 February 1989) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe.

Contents

  • 1 Career
  • 2 Major results
    • 2.1 Grand Tour general cl*ification results timeline
  • 3 References
  • 4 External links

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.

He was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France. 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. 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.

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. In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.

Major results

20051st Time trial, National Novice Road Championships20062nd Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships2007National Junior Track Championships1st Individual pursuit1st Points raceAustralian Youth Olympic Festival1st Points race3rd Individual pursuit1st Stage 4 Tour du Pays de Vaud20081st Stage 4 Tour de Vineyards20111st Stage 4 Mi-Août en Bretagne2nd Omnium, UCI Track World Championships10th Overall Rás Tailteann20131st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Dylan Kennett)1st Stage 2 Rás Tailteann2014Commonwealth Games1st Scratch3rd Team pursuit2nd Omnium, Fenioux Piste International9th Rutland–Melton CiCLE Cl*ic20152nd Cl*ica Corsica3rd Grand Prix d'Isbergues5th Omloop van het Houtland8th Rund um Köln20177th Coppa Bernocchi20186th Road race, Commonwealth Games7th Grand Prix de Denain20191st Stage 2 Czech Cycling Tour20201st Road race, National Road Championships3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska20219th Grote Prijs Marcel Kint2022National Road Championships1st Criterium8th Road race

Grand Tour general cl*ification results timeline

References

    External links

    Media related to Shane Archbold at Wikimedia Commons

    • Shane Archbold at Cycling Archives
    • Shane Archbold at ProCyclingStats
    • Shane Archbold at Cycling Quotient
    • Shane Archbold at CycleBase
    • Shane Archbold at Olympedia
    • Shane Archbold at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
    • Shane Archbold at the Commonwealth Games Federation