Maggie Coles-Lyster
Coles-Lyster in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Maggie Coles-Lyster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 February 1999 Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Human Powered Health | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017 | Lares–Waowdeals (guest) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Macogep–Argon18–Girondins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Tag Cycling Race Team (guest) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Pickle Juice Pro Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020–2022 | DNA Pro Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Zaaf Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Israel–Premier Tech | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Roland Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Human Powered Health | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maggie Coles-Lyster (born 12 February 1999) is a Canadian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for Human Powered Health.
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, and at the 2019 Pan American Games where she won silver medals in the team pursuit, and madison events. In 2022 she won gold in the Canadian National Road Race Championships.
In 2020, she came forward with allegations of sexual assault which occurred at a race in the Netherlands in 2017. A formal investigation has been opened by the cycling governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale.
In 2023, she was a rider on in the ill-fated Zaaf Cycling Team, which disintegrated amidst news of unpaid riders, and ended up being picked-up mid season by Israel–Premier Tech.