Olivia Ray
Personal information
Full nameOlivia Ray
Born (1998-07-04) 4 July 1998
Auckland, New Zealand
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight45 kg (99 lb)[2]
Team information
DisciplineTrack cycling
RoleRider
Professional team
2021–2022Rally Cycling
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2022)

Olivia Ray (born 4 July 1998) is a New Zealand racing cyclist who raced professionally for Rally Cycling in 2021.[3]

Career

In 2022 Ray won the National road race championships in a reduced bunch sprint of six.[4]

In 2021 Olivia won $15,000 in a criterium where she beat the current US criterium champion by 1 second to the line.[5] By December she had not received her prize money.[6]

She was removed from the Human Powered Health roster without explanation in March 2022.[7] According to USADA there is a current investigation into Ray.[8] In July 2022, Ray confessed in an interview to having used the banned substance Clenbuterol at least twice out of competition, claiming that it was under pressure from her then boyfriend. At that point, she was uncertain what penalty USADA would give her, but said she would retire if she received a ban longer than one year.[9]

Major results

2021
1st Criterium, National Road Championships
1st Gravel and Tar La Femme
2022
1st Road race, National Road Championships

References

  1. ↑ "Olivia Ray". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Olivia Ray". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "HUMAN POWERED HEALTH". UCI. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Grassroots Trust Elite Road National Championships Road Race". my4.raceresult.com. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Olivia Ray roars to Lion's Den victory". Human Powered Health. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Olivia Ray 'still waiting' for $15,000 winner's prize for Into The Lion's Den Criterium". cyclingnews.com. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  7. ↑ Price, Mathilda (12 March 2022). "Olivia Ray removed from Human Powered Health roster". VeloNews.
  8. ↑ "New Zealand champion Olivia Ray dropped by team with USADA investigation underway". CyclingTips. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Exclusive: 'I did drugs' - Kiwi cycling champion's admission and abuse allegations". NZ Herald. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
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