Shane William Archbold (born 2 February 1989) is a New Zealand former professional racing cyclist^[6] who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2023.

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Shane Archbold

Shane Archbold (2019).
Personal information
Full name	Shane William Archbold
Nickname	Novie The Flying Mullet[1]
Born	(1989-02-02) 2 February 1989 (age 35) Timaru, New Zealand
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Disciplines	Track Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Lead out man
Amateur teams
2007	Calder Stewart Pink Batts
2008	Peak Fuel
2008	Kelford – Reiker
2010–2011	Powernet
Professional teams
2012	Marco Polo Cycling–Donckers Koffie
2013–2014	An Post–Chain Reaction
2015–2017	Bora–Argon 18
2018	Aqua Blue Sport
2019	EvoPro Racing
2019	Bora–Hansgrohe[2]
2020–2021	Deceuninck–Quick-Step[3][4]
2022–2023	Bora–Hansgrohe[5]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2020)
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Men's track cycling World Championships 2011 Apeldoorn Omnium Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Scratch race 2014 Glasgow Team pursuit

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Born in Timaru, Archbold competed in the men's omnium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and won the gold medal in the men's scratch race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, along with bronze in the men's team pursuit.^[6][7]

He was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France.^[8] During the 2016 Tour de France Shane crashed early on in the 17th stage and broke his pelvis but he struggled on to finish the stage.^[9] However, he was forced to withdraw from the race four days from the finish. In October 2017 it was announced that Archbold would join Aqua Blue Sport for the 2018 season.^[10]

In August 2018, he was without a professional road team because Aqua Blue Sport folded. He decided to team up with Aaron Gate to return to track cycling and participated in Six Day London and Six Day Melbourne of 2018–19 Six Day Series with the eye of entering madison event in 2020 Tokyo Olympics.^[11] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.^[12]