What is Sharon Laws?
[[File:Sharon Laws 0011 (15473921419).jpg|right|200px|thumb|Laws in 2014]] '''Sharon Laws''' (7 July 1974 – 16 December 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=42803|title=Sharon Laws|publisher=Cycling Website|access-date=16 December 2017|archive-date=12 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225208/http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=42803|url-status=dead}}</ref> was a British professional cyclist and environmental consultant. She gained support in conservation and worked both before and during her cycling career as an environmental consultant to organisations including the British Government, the [[United Nations]] and for mining company [[Rio Tinto Group|Rio Tinto]] in Australia. ==Early life== Laws was born in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]], but was raised in [[Bourton-on-the-Water]], [[Gloucestershire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/matt-lloyd-and-oenone-wood-win-aussie-nationals-13980|title=Matt Lloyd and Oenone Wood win Aussie nationals|author=Paul Verkuylen|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|date=30 May 2008|access-date=16 December 2017|archive-date=13 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513070423/http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/matt-lloyd-and-oenone-wood-win-aussie-nationals-13980/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==Career== [[File:Sharon Laws - Women's Tour of Thuringia 2012 (aka).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Laws in 2012]] Her first victory with the team was the Cheshire Classic stage race, which she won after coming second on the first and second stages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080427_Cheshire_Classic.asp|title=Cheshire Classic Women’s Road Race|publisher=British Cycling|date=27 April 2008|access-date=16 December 2017|archive-date=28 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828055053/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080427_Cheshire_Classic.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her addition