[6][7] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France.

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.

[12] Media related to Shane Archbold at Wikimedia Commons