Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon-SRAM) successfully defended her British elite women’s time trial title in Lampeter, Wales, on Thursday.
The 21-year-old won her second elite title on the 25.6km course, beating four-time track world champion Anna Morris by 21 seconds. Bäckstedt’s sister, Elynor (UAE Team ADQ), rounded out the podium in third place, finishing 1:05 down.
Last year, Bäckstedt put in a similar ride to win in Aberaeron, triumphing by 20 seconds ahead of Anna Henderson. The Lidl-Trek rider was present again this time around, though she finished her effort in eighth place, 1:54 down on the reigning champion.
The win goes down as the 10th of Bäckstedt’s road career to date, and her third of the 2026 season, following a triumph at the Vuelta Extremadura Feminas time trial and on stage 3 of the recent Tour de Suisse.
The elite women’s race was run shortly after the under-23 men’s time trial, which was won by Bradley Wiggins’ son, Ben (Hagen Bermans-Jayco). The under-23 women’s time trial and elite men’s time trial will follow later in the day.
Imogen Wolff (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Carys Lloyd (Movistar) will take part in the under-23 women’s race, while Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Ethan Hayter (Soudal-QuickStep) are among the elite men’s competitors.
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