Evans' Olympic dreams switch to the road

Shelley Evans (right) with her Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12 teammate Lauren Tamayo

Shelley Evans (right) with her Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12 teammate Lauren Tamayo (Image credit: Nicola Cranmer)

Track rider Shelley Evans (Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12) has turned her focus toward competing in the road race for the 2012 London Olympic Games after the International Olympic Committee removed her specialty, the points race, from the Olympic track program. She is currently racing on the road at the mountainous SRAM Tour of the Gila, a five-stage race that concludes on Sunday in Silver City, New Mexico.

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Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science. She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races, reporting on the WorldTour, Spring Classics, Tours de France, World Championships and Olympic Games.

She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. In 2018, Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy, race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023.