Zoe Bäckstedt

Zoe Bäckstedt (born 24 September 2004) is a Welsh professional racing cyclist.[1][2] At the 2021 UCI Road World Championships, Bäckstedt won the gold medal in the junior women's road race,[3][4] and silver in the junior women's time trial.[5][6]

Zoe Bäckstedt
Bäckstedt in 2021
Personal information
Born (2004-09-24) 24 September 2004
Team information
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Medal record
Women's road cycling
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
2021 FlandersJunior road race
2021 FlandersJunior time trial

Bäckstedt's mother, Megan Hughes, and father, Magnus, are both former professional cyclists, and her sister Elynor also rides professionally.[7]

Major results

Cyclo-cross
2020–2021
1st Overall UCI Junior World Cup
1st Tábor
2021–2022
1st UEC European Junior Championships
Ethias Cross
1st Grand Prix Rouwmoer
2nd Berencross
Stockholm Weekend
1st Täby Park
1st Stockholm
UCI Junior World Cup
1st Tábor
Junior Superprestige
1st Gieten

Road
2021
UCI Junior Road World Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
5th Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge
1st Youth classification
1st Stage 2 (ITT)

Track
2021
UEC European Junior Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Madison (with Millie Couzens)
1st Team pursuit

References
  1. "Zoe Bäckstedt". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. "Fun the name of the game for multi-talented Zoe Backstedt". Cycling News. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  3. "GB's Zoe Backstedt wins women's junior road race at World Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. "World Championships: Zoe Backstedt wins junior women's road race title". Cycling News. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  5. "Final Results / Résultat final: Women Junior Individual Time Trial". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  6. "Cyclists Zoe Backstedt and Joshua Tarling win junior world time trial silver medals". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  7. "A family affair for 'disappointed' Zoe Bäckstedt at the World Championships, as 16-year-old takes GB's first medal". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
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