Lydia Boylan

Lydia Boylan (born 19 July 1987) is an Irish racing cyclist, who competes in the track and road disciplines of the sport. Boylan won the Irish National Road Race Championships in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

She competed for Northern Ireland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where she finished 21st in the women's road race, 14th in the scratch race and 16th in the points race. She is eligible to represent Northern Ireland through her mother. She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. She has competed for the and  teams during her career.

Personal life
Outside of cycling, Boylan is a qualified engineer, graduating with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from University College Dublin in 2008 and a master's degree in Earthquake Engineering from Imperial College London in 2010. Since November 2013 she has combined her cycling career with teaching at the University of Nottingham's School of Architecture.

Major results
Source:


 * 2015
 * 1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Road race, National Road Championships


 * 2016
 * 1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Road race, National Road Championships


 * 2017
 * 1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Scratch, National Track Championships
 * 1st Stage 4 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
 * 2nd Silver medal europe.svg Madison, UEC European Track Championships (with Lydia Gurley)
 * 6th Overall Six Days of London
 * 2nd Scratch
 * 2nd Madison (with Katie Archibald)


 * 2018
 * 1st MaillotIrlanda.PNG Omnium, National Track Championships


 * 2019
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships


 * 2022
 * 1st Mallorca 167