Rachel Neylan (born 9 March 1982) is an Australian professional

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, who rides for UCI Women's Continental Team

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. She won a silver medal at the 2012 World Championships in the women's road race event. She won the inaugural women's

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in January 2015.

Early life

Neylan was born in

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, Australia. She competed in

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throughout her teenage years, before taking up rowing. She studied at the

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after which she became a physiotherapist. Between 2006 and 2007, she worked as a physiotherapist for the Australian rowing team.

Career

In late 2007, Neylan was accepted onto the development program at the South Australian Sports Institute. She rode domestic Australian races throughout 2008 and rode in both the USA and Europe during the 2009 season, before signing with Team System Data for the 2010 season. During the season she finished fourth at the

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, however was forced out of the

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after crashing on a training ride in Italy resulting in a broken jaw. Neylan signed for the team for the 2011 season. She then moved to Abus–Nutrixxion for the 2012 season, during which time she finished second in the World Championships Road Race behind

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, before signing with for the 2013 season. However, she struggled with a knee injury during the 2013 season, and after recovering was hit by a car in 2014 which injured her knee a second time. In early 2015, Neylan finished second at the National Road Race championships and won the

, which resulted in her signing a contract for . Neylan competed in the road race at the

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, finishing in 22nd position. Neylan rode for during the 2019 season, during which time she won a stage at the

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and recorded two more Top 10 finishes in the WorldTour. At the end of 2019, Virtu Cycling closed the women's team and Neylan signed for new Spanish outfit . However one of the major backers of the team pulled their funding, preventing Neylan from taking part in the races required for her to qualify for the

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. During the 2021 mid-season transfer window, Neylan moved to . In August 2021, Neylan finished sixth overall in the

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Major results

;2009 : 6th Time trial,

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: 9th Overall

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;2010 : 9th Overall

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: 10th Emakumeen Saria ;2011 : 9th Overall

;2012 : 2nd Silver medal blank

Road race,

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: 3rd

Road race,

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Overall

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;2014 : 5th Overall

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;2015 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 1st

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Road race,

: 6th Overall

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: 7th Overall

;2016 : 1st

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: 2nd

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 5th

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;2017 : 2nd

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: 7th Overall

;2019 : 3rd Overall

: 5th Overall

::1st Stage 2b : 7th

;2020 : 10th

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