Olivia Dillon
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![]() Dillon at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships | |
Personal information | |
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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
Dillon is married to American professional cyclist Tayler Wiles.[5]
Major results
- 2008
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2009
- National Road Championships
- 2010
- National Road Championships
- 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
- 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
- ^ "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. "Tayler Wiles: I hope the men's peloton becomes more accepting of gay riders". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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