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American racing cyclist
Evelyn Lee Stevens (born May 9, 1983) is an American retired professional
road cyclist .
[3]
Early life
Stevens was born in
Claremont, California , but grew up in
Acton, Massachusetts ,
[4] where she attended
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School .
[5] She studied government and women and
gender studies at
Dartmouth College in
New Hampshire and was a member of the college's tennis team.
[6]
After graduating in 2005
[4] she moved to
New York City where she worked for
Lehman Brothers for two years, then for
mezzanine fund Gleacher Mezzanine before quitting in July 2009 to take up cycling full-time.
[7]
Career
She competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics in the
women's road race , finishing 24th.
[8] In July 2014, Stevens competed at the
Giro d'Italia and
Thüringen Rundfahrt over 17 consecutive days of racing, finishing 14th and 1st respectively.
On February 27, 2016, Stevens rode to a new UCI Hour record for women at the
Olympic Training Center Velodrome in
Colorado , United States, with a distance of 47.980 km.
[9] She broke the record set January 22 by Australian
Bridie O'Donnell in Adelaide, Australia, by 1.1 km.
[10]
[11] Stevens was one of only three women (along with
Trixi Worrack and
Ellen van Dijk ) to win four gold medals in the
women's team time trial at the
UCI Road World Championships .
Major results
As part of the
Specialized–lululemon team, Stevens (second from left) won the
team time trial at the
2013 UCI Road World Championships .
Source:
[12]
2008
1st Green Mountain Stage Race Cat 3/4 Women
2009
1st Overall
Tour of the Battenkill
1st Overall Jiminy Peak
1st Overall Bear Mountain
1st Overall Housatonic Hills
1st Overall Fitchburg Longsjo Classic
1st Overall
Cascade Cycling Classic
2nd
Time trial , National Road Championships
2nd Overall
La Route de France
1st Stage 5
2010
1st
Time trial , National Road Championships
1st
Chrono Gatineau
1st Stage 7
Giro d'Italia Femminile
[13]
1st Stage 6
North Star Grand Prix
5th Overall
Redlands Bicycle Classic
1st Stage 3
5th
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
5th
GP de Plouay – Bretagne
6th
Time trial ,
UCI Road World Championships
6th
Sparkassen Giro
9th Overall
Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
2011
1st
Time trial , National Road Championships
1st Stage 2 (
TTT )
Trophée d'Or Féminin
1st Stage 5
Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
2nd
Time trial,
Pan American Road Championships
2nd
GP de Plouay – Bretagne
7th
Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
9th
Memorial Davide Fardelli
9th
Chrono Champenois
2012
UCI Road World Championships
1st
Team time trial (with
Ellen van Dijk ,
Charlotte Becker ,
Amber Neben ,
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg and
Trixi Worrack )
2nd
Time trial
1st
Overall
Women's Tour of New Zealand
1st
Overall
Gracia-Orlová
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
1st
Overall
Exergy Tour
[14]
1st
Overall
La Route de France
1st Stages 7 & 9
1st
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
Open de Suède Vårgårda
1st
Team time trial
9th Road race
1st Stage 4b (
TTT )
Energiewacht Tour
2nd
Time trial , National Road Championships
2nd Overall
Holland Ladies Tour
1st Stage 2 (
TTT )
2nd
Chrono Gatineau
3rd Overall
Giro d'Italia Femminile
1st Stage 3
5th
GP de Plouay – Bretagne
10th
Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau
2013
UCI Road World Championships
1st
Team time trial (with
Ellen van Dijk ,
Carmen Small ,
Katie Colclough ,
Lisa Brennauer and
Trixi Worrack )
4th
Time trial
5th
Road race
1st
Overall
Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
1st
Points classification
1st Stage 1b
1st
Philadelphia Cycling Classic
1st Amgen Tour of California Women's Time Trial
1st Merco Cycling Classic
Open de Suède Vårgårda
1st
Team time trial
6th
Road race
1st Stage 1 (
TTT )
Belgium Tour
1st Stage 2 (
TTT )
Holland Ladies Tour
2nd Overall
Gracia-Orlová
1st Stage 1
3rd Overall
Emakumeen Euskal Bira
3rd Overall
La Route de France
3rd
Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
5th Overall
Giro d'Italia Femminile
2014
UCI Road World Championships
1st
Team time trial (with
Carmen Small ,
Lisa Brennauer ,
Chantal Blaak ,
Karol-Ann Canuel , and
Trixi Worrack )
3rd
Time trial
1st
Time trial,
Pan American Road Championships
1st
Overall
Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
1st Stage 4
Active rider award, Stage 2
1st
Overall
Holland Ladies Tour
1st
Philadelphia Cycling Classic
1st
Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
National Road Championships
3rd
Road race
3rd
Time trial
4th
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
10th
Tour of Flanders for Women
2015
1st Amgen Tour of California Women's Time Trial
1st
Mountains classification
Ladies Tour of Norway
UCI Road World Championships
2nd
Team time trial
6th
Time trial
3rd Overall
Women's Tour of New Zealand
1st Stage 1 (
TTT )
3rd
Crescent Women World Cup Vårgårda TTT
4th
Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
6th
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
6th
Philadelphia Cycling Classic
7th Time trial,
EPZ Omloop van Borsele
8th
GP de Plouay
9th Overall
Giro d'Italia Femminile
10th Overall
Emakumeen Euskal Bira
2016
Hour record : 47.980 km
1st
Team time trial ,
UCI Road World Championships
1st
Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour TTT
2nd Overall
Giro d'Italia Femminile
1st Stages 2, 6 & 7 (
ITT )
2nd
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
3rd Overall
Tour of California
4th
Philadelphia Cycling Classic
8th Overall
Emakumeen Euskal Bira
10th
Time trial ,
Summer Olympics
References
^
a
b
"Athletes: Evelyn Stevens" . london2012.com . Archived from
the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2012 .
^ Nagel, Maxwell (December 12, 2014).
"Specialized, Evelyn Stevens move to Boels-Dolmans women's cycling team in 2015" .
VeloNews . Retrieved January 3, 2015 .
^
"Stevens at Procyclingstats.com" . Procyclingstats.com . Retrieved March 30, 2015 .
^
a
b
"Evelyn Stevens" .
USA Cycling . Archived from
the original on August 16, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2012 .
^ Klajman, Ed (August 6, 2012).
"Evelyn Stevens relishes Olympic experience" .
Wicked Local Acton .
^
"Catching up with rising star Evelyn Stevens" . VeloNews . July 14, 2009. Archived from
the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2012 .
^ Albergotti, Reed (August 10, 2009).
"Cycling's One-in-a-Million Story: Overworked Wall Streeter Buys a Bike to Stay Fit, Discovers an Elite Talent" .
The Wall Street Journal .
^
"Olympic Results, Gold Medalists and Official Records" . International Olympic Committee . February 18, 2019.
^ Kirsten Frattini.
"Evelyn Stevens Hour Record Attempt 2016: Results - Cyclingnews.com" . Cyclingnews.com .
^ McMahon, Daniel (February 27, 2016).
"Evelyn Stevens sets new cycling hour record" .
Business Insider .
^ McMahon, Daniel (February 27, 2016).
"A former Wall Street analyst just set a new world hour record in cycling" .
Business Insider . Retrieved February 29, 2016 – via
Yahoo.com .
^
Evelyn Stevens at Cycling Archives
^ Atkins, Ben (July 8, 2010).
"Evelyn Stevens solos over Ghisallo to take Giro Donne stage seven" . velonation.com .
^
"Evelyn Stevens wins Exergy Tour" . espn.go.com . May 28, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2012 .
External links
National teams (1987–1993)
1987 : Soviet Union (
Kibardina ,
Jakovleva ,
Poliakova ,
Pugovichnikova )
1988 : Italy (
Bandini ,
Bonanomi ,
Canins ,
Galli )
1989 : Soviet Union (
Kibardina ,
Poliakova ,
Zilporytė ,
Melyokhina )
1990 : Netherlands (
Van Moorsel ,
Knol ,
Westland ,
Schop )
1991 : France (
Clignet ,
Gendron ,
Odin ,
Marsal )
1992 : United States (
Stephenson ,
Golay ,
Bolland ,
Bankaitis-Davis )
1993 –
1994 : Russia (
Sokolova ,
Bubnenkova ,
Polkhanova ,
Koliaseva )
Trade teams (2012–2018)
2012 :
Team Specialized–lululemon (
Becker ,
Neben ,
Stevens ,
Teutenberg ,
Van Dijk ,
Worrack )
2013 :
Specialized–lululemon (
Brennauer ,
Colclough ,
Small ,
Stevens ,
Van Dijk ,
Worrack )
2014 :
Specialized–lululemon (
Blaak ,
Brennauer ,
Canuel ,
Small ,
Stevens ,
Worrack )
2015 :
Velocio–SRAM (
Amialiusik ,
Brennauer ,
Canuel ,
Guarischi ,
Kröger ,
Worrack )
2016 :
Boels–Dolmans (
Blaak ,
Canuel ,
Deignan ,
Majerus ,
Stevens ,
Van Dijk )
2017 :
Team Sunweb (
Brand ,
Kirchmann ,
Mackaij ,
Rivera ,
Stultiens ,
Van Dijk )
2018 :
Canyon–SRAM (
Amialiusik ,
A. Barnes ,
H. Barnes ,
Cecchini ,
Klein ,
Worrack )