Shane William Archbold (born 2 February 1989) is a New Zealand former professional racing cyclist who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2023.
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 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
2005 1st Time trial, National Novice Road Championships 2006 2nd Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships 2007 National Junior Track Championships 1st Individual pursuit 1st Points race Australian Youth Olympic Festival 1st Points race 3rd Individual pursuit 1st Stage 4 Tour du Pays de Vaud 2008 1st Stage 4 Tour de Vineyards 2011 1st Stage 4 Mi-Août en Bretagne 2nd Omnium, UCI Track World Championships 10th Overall Rás Tailteann 2013 1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Dylan Kennett) 1st Stage 2 Rás Tailteann 2014 Commonwealth Games 1st Scratch 3rd Team pursuit 2nd Omnium, Fenioux Piste International 9th Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic 2015 2nd Classica Corsica 3rd Grand Prix d'Isbergues 5th Omloop van het Houtland 8th Rund um Köln 2017 7th Coppa Bernocchi 2018 6th Road race, Commonwealth Games 7th Grand Prix de Denain 2019 1st Stage 2 Czech Cycling Tour 2020 1st Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska 2021 9th Grote Prijs Marcel Kint 2022 National Road Championships 1st Criterium 8th Road race
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Giro d'Italia————— Tour de FranceDNF———— Vuelta a España———151—
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
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