Zoe Bäckstedt

Zoe Jane Bäckstedt[3] (born 24 September 2004) is a Welsh professional racing cyclist riding for UCI Women's World Tour Team Canyon–SRAM zondacrypto, competing across road, cyclo-cross and track racing disciplines.

[1][4] At the 2021 UCI Road World Championships, Bäckstedt won the gold medal in the junior women's road race,[5][6] and silver in the junior women's time trial.

A year later, she upgraded junior time-trial silver to gold, winning the event by over a minute and a half before successfully defending her road race title with a dominant solo victory, and her third road world championship at junior level.

In 2025 she won her first 'senior' World Championship at the 2025 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in the mixed team relay for Great Britain; while technically still an under-23 rider, she took the elite rider spot in the relay, allowing Cat Ferguson to take the under-23 leg.

In 2022, at the age of 17, Bäckstedt signed with UCI Women's World Tour Team EF Education–Tibco–SVB[9] In 2024, Bäckstedt won first place in the U23 Women's race at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.