Olivia Dillon
.jpg) Dillon at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 May 1973 |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2008–2009 | Touchstone Climbing |
| 2010 | Specialized D4W / Bicycle Haus Cycling Team |
| 2010–2011 | Twenty12 |
| 2012–2013 | NOW and Novartis for MS |
| 2013 | Breast Cancer Care Cycling Team (guest) |
| 2013 | Keukens Redant (guest) |
| 2014 | Colavita–Fine Cooking |
| 2014 | FCS Cycling Team (guest) |
| 2015 | Visit Dallas Cycling p/b Noise4Good[1] |
Olivia Dillon (born 4 May 1973) is an Irish former racing cyclist.[2] She competed in the 2012 UCI women's road race in Valkenburg aan de Geul and in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.[3][4]
Dillon won her national tour, Rás na mBan, on three occasions: 2010, 2011 and 2013. She is the only rider to win the event on more than one occasion. Dillon won the Irish National Time Trial Championships on four occasions: 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012 and she took victory in the Irish National Road Race Championships in 2010, one of five medals she won in the event.
Personal life
[edit]Dillon is married to American professional cyclist Tayler Wiles.[5]
Major results
[edit]- 2008
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 2009
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 2010
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 1st
- 1st Overall Rás na mBan
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 (ITT)
- 2011
- 1st Overall Rás na mBan
- 1st Stages 2, 3 & 4
- 2012
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Sea Otter Classic
- 7th Overall Tour of the Gila
- 2013
- 1st Overall Rás na mBan
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT)
- 7th Overall Tour of Elk Grove
- 2014
- 1st Stage 5 Rás na mBan
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Overall Armed Forces Association Cycling Classic
- 9th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
- 9th Overall North Star Grand Prix
- 2015
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 10th Overall Tulsa Tough
References
[edit]- ^ "Visit Dallas Cycling Debuts New Cycling Team". Orbea. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ "Olivia Dillon". Velocio.cc. Velocio, LLC. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
The former professional road racer is no stranger to hard efforts and resilience.
- ^ "Final Results / Résultats finaux: Road Race Women Elite / Course en ligne femmes élite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 28 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Olivia Dillon". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (15 February 2021). "Tayler Wiles: I hope the men's peloton becomes more accepting of gay riders". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- Olivia Dillon at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Olivia Dillon at ProCyclingStats
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