Rachel Neylan

Rachel Neylan (born 9 March 1982) is an Australian former professional road cyclist. She won a silver medal at the 2012 World Championships in the women's road race event. She won the inaugural women's Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in January 2015.

Early life Neylan was born in Sydney, Australia. She competed in athletics throughout her teenage years, before taking up rowing. She studied at the University of Sydney after which she became a physiotherapist. Between 2006 and 2007, she worked as a physiotherapist for the Australian rowing team.

Career In late 2007, Neylan was accepted onto the development program at the South Australian Sports Institute. She rode domestic Australian races throughout 2008 and rode in both the US and Europe during the 2009 season, before signing with Team System Data for the 2010 season. however was forced out of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships after crashing on a training ride in Italy resulting in a broken jaw.

Neylan signed for the team for the 2011 season. during which time she finished second in the World Championships Road Race behind Marianne Vos, before signing with for the 2013 season. Neylan competed in the road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing in 22nd position.

Neylan rode for during the 2019 season, during which time she won a stage at the Gracia–Orlová and recorded two more Top 10 finishes in the WorldTour. At the end of 2019, Virtu Cycling closed the women's team and Neylan signed for new Spanish outfit . However one of the major backers of the team pulled their funding, preventing Neylan from taking part in the races required for her to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics. During the 2021 mid-season transfer window, Neylan moved to . In August 2021, Neylan finished sixth overall in the Ladies Tour of Norway.

Major results

2009 6th Time trial, Oceania Road Cycling Championships 9th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand 2010 9th Overall Tour Féminin en Limousin 10th Emakumeen Saria 2011 9th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand 2012

3rd Road race, National Road Championships 4th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche 2014 5th Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin 2015

1st Stage 3 1st Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 4th Road race, Oceania Road Cycling Championships 6th Overall Women's Tour Down Under 7th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand 2016 1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 5th La Classique Morbihan 2017 2nd Erondegemse Pijl 7th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche 2019 3rd Overall Women's Tour Down Under 5th Overall Gracia–Orlová 1st Stage 2b 7th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2020 10th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite 2021 2nd La Choralis Fourmies Féminine 3rd Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite 6th Overall Ladies Tour of Norway 2022 3rd La Périgord Ladies 4th Grand Prix de Wallonie 6th Overall Tour de la Semois 7th Overall Bretagne Ladies Tour 2023 9th Overall Women's Tour Down Under