Evelyn Stevens (cyclist)

Evelyn Lee Stevens (born May 9, 1983) is an American retired professional road cyclist.^[3]

Evelyn Stevens

Stevens at the 2016 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
Personal information
Full name	Evelyn Lee Stevens
Born	(1983-05-09) May 9, 1983 (age 41) Claremont, California
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight	56 kg (123 lb) (2012)[1]
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional teams
2010–2014	Team HTC–Columbia Women
2015–2016	Boels–Dolmans[2]
Major wins
Stage races The Exergy Tour (2012) La Route de France (2012) Women's Tour of New Zealand (2012) Gracia–Orlová (2012) Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol (2013) Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen (2014) Holland Ladies Tour (2014) One day races National Time Trial Championships (2010, 2011) La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (2012) Other UCI Hour record: 47.980 km
Medal record Women's road cycling Representing  United States World Championships 2012 Valkenburg Time trial 2014 Ponferrada Time trial Pan American Championships 2014 Puebla Time trial 2011 Medellín Time trial Representing Specialized–lululemon World Championships 2012 Valkenburg Team time trial 2013 Florence Team time trial 2014 Ponferrada Team time trial Representing Boels–Dolmans World Championships 2016 Doha Team time trial

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

2019

1st 2019 Credit Suisse Sponsored Flywheel World Championships

References

1. "Athletes: Evelyn Stevens". london2012.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
2. Nagel, Maxwell (December 12, 2014). "Specialized, Evelyn Stevens move to Boels-Dolmans women's cycling team in 2015". VeloNews. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
3. "Stevens at Procyclingstats.com". Procyclingstats.com. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
4. "Evelyn Stevens". USA Cycling. Archived from the original on August 16, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
5. Klajman, Ed (August 6, 2012). "Evelyn Stevens relishes Olympic experience". Wicked Local Acton.
6. "Catching up with rising star Evelyn Stevens". VeloNews. July 14, 2009. Archived from the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
7. 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.
8. "Olympic Results, Gold Medalists and Official Records". International Olympic Committee. February 18, 2019.
9. Kirsten Frattini. "Evelyn Stevens Hour Record Attempt 2016: Results - Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com.
10. McMahon, Daniel (February 27, 2016). "Evelyn Stevens sets new cycling hour record". Business Insider.
11. 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.
12. Evelyn Stevens at Cycling Archives (archived)
13. Atkins, Ben (July 8, 2010). "Evelyn Stevens solos over Ghisallo to take Giro Donne stage seven". velonation.com.
14. "Evelyn Stevens wins Exergy Tour". ESPN. May 28, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2012.

External links

• Evelyn Stevens at UCI
• Profile at Velocio–SRAM Pro Cycling
• Evelyn Stevens at ProCyclingStats
• Evelyn Stevens at CQ Ranking