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Full name | Maggie Coles-Lyster | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada | 12 February 1999|||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Roland Cycling | |||||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
Amateur teams | ||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Lares–Waowdeals (guest) | |||||||||||||||||
2018 | Macogep–Argon18–Girondins | |||||||||||||||||
2018 | Tag Cycling Race Team (guest) | |||||||||||||||||
2019 | Pickle Juice Pro Cycling | |||||||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | DNA Pro Cycling[1] | |||||||||||||||||
2023 | Zaaf Cycling Team[2] | |||||||||||||||||
2023 | Israel–Premier Tech[3] | |||||||||||||||||
2024– | Roland Cycling[4] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maggie Coles-Lyster (born 12 February 1999)[5] is a Canadian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for Roland Cycling.
Coles-Lyster competed at the 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup where she won a bronze medal in the team pursuit. She also competed at the 2018 Pan American Track Cycling Championships, where she won a bronze medal in the team pursuit event,[6] and at the 2019 Pan American Games where she won silver medals in the team pursuit,[7] and madison events.[8] In 2022 she won gold in the Canadian National Road Race Championships.[9]
In 2020, she came forward with allegations of sexual assault which occurred at a race in the Netherlands in 2017.[10] A formal investigation has been opened by the cycling governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale.[11]
In 2023, she was a rider on in the ill-fated Zaaf Cycling Team, which disintegrated amidst news of unpaid riders,[12] and ended up being picked-up mid season by Israel–Premier Tech.[13]