Maggie Coles-Lyster | |
Fullname: | Maggie Coles-Lyster |
Birth Date: | 1999 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada |
Currentteam: | Roland Cycling |
Role: | Rider |
Amateuryears1: | 2017 |
Amateurteam1: | (guest) |
Amateuryears2: | 2018 |
Amateuryears3: | 2018 |
Amateurteam3: | Tag Cycling Race Team (guest) |
Amateuryears4: | 2019 |
Amateurteam4: | Pickle Juice Pro Cycling |
Proyears1: | 2020–2022 |
Proteam1: | [1] |
Proyears2: | 2023 |
Proteam2: | Zaaf Cycling Team[2] |
Proyears3: | 2023 |
Proteam3: | Israel–Premier Tech[3] |
Proyears4: | 2024– |
Proteam4: | Roland Cycling[4] |
Show-Medals: | no |
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]