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The Latest Breaking News from Zoe Backstedt

Fem van Empel beats Lucinda Brand to thrilling Cyclocross World Cup win in Benidorm

Marie Schreiber and Marianne Vos take third and fourth in Spain

Cycling News

‘I'm pretty happy’ - Marianne Vos on fifth place at Besançon World Cup

Eight-time ‘cross champion chases from fifth row start

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‘I was giving it my all’ - Zoe Backstedt on career-best World Cup second place

Brit led for half of the race in treacherous conditions

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Lucinda Brand dominates women's Dublin UCI Cyclocross World Cup

Van Empel falters on her way to second as Backstedt claims third

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Zoe Bäckstedt heads into cyclo-cross season ‘without expectation’

After winning her first WorldTour race last month, the under-23 world champion is heading back to the mud

Cycling Weekly

Simac Ladies Tour: Lorena Wiebes wins two in a row with sprint victory on stage 3

Balsamo second, Kopecky third in wind-swept, echelon stage into Zeewolde, Bäckstedt holds onto yellow

Cycling News

Canyon-SRAM injuries, illness, crashes leave yellow jersey Zoe Bäckstedt without teammates at Simac Ladies Tour

'She has to be very smart to try to defend this jersey in the best way she can' says father and sports director Magnus Bäckstedt

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Canyon enters the shoe game with Tempr CFR shoes for both road and gravel

Canyon has collaborated with Boa, Solestar, and Vibram for its first cycling shoes

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Zoe Backstedt interview: A Classique family affair for teenage cycling star

The sport is in Zoe’s blood, who has enjoyed a meteoric rise with one eye on the summer Olympics

Evening Standard

Zoe Backstedt dominates U23 women's race at Cyclocross World Championships

Welsh rider beats Zemanova and Bentveld to add another world title to her incredible palmares

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Medal prospects in Tabor from the juniors to the elites

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Puck Pieterse clinches crash-marred Zonhoven World Cup with solo triumph

Race leader Lucinda Brand crashes out on third lap

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Zoe Backstedt claims first win of 2024 in Hexia Cross Gullegem

Manon Bakker claims second, Inge van der Heijden third

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Pieterse dominates fast circuit to claim flawless Superprestige Diegem victory

Alvarado races to second place and takes the series lead

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AFP

Tearful British cycling star adds to soaring reputation on 18th birthday

Wollongong (Australia) (AFP) - Unstoppable all-rounder Zoe Backstedt was in tears as she crossed the finish line after blitzing the field Saturday to win a fifth cycling world title across four disciplines -- and on her 18th birthday.

AAP

Backstedt dominant in world junior cycling

Great Britain's Zoe Backstedt continues to show she is a once-in-a-generation cycling talent, now dominating the junior road race at the world championships.

The Independent UK

Zoe Backstedt and Joshua Tarling win junior time trials at Road Cycling World Championships

The teenagers ensured double joy for Great Britain in Wollongong

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