{"id":249983,"date":"2026-06-25T11:35:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/zoe-backstedt-defends-her-british-time-trial-title-ahead-of-anna-morris\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T11:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:35:23","slug":"zoe-backstedt-defends-her-british-time-trial-title-ahead-of-anna-morris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/zoe-backstedt-defends-her-british-time-trial-title-ahead-of-anna-morris\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoe B\u00e4ckstedt defends her British time trial title ahead of Anna Morris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-b153de93-1647-45a9-b02c-acb10e9f40c1\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/zoe-baeckstedt\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/zoe-baeckstedt\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/zoe-baeckstedt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoe B\u00e4ckstedt<\/a> (Canyon-SRAM) successfully defended her British elite women&#8217;s time trial title in Lampeter, Wales, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>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. B\u00e4ckstedt&#8217;s sister, Elynor (UAE Team ADQ), rounded out the podium in third place, finishing 1:05 down.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-b153de93-1647-45a9-b02c-acb10e9f40c1-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Last year, B\u00e4ckstedt 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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-6 w-full overflow-hidden rounded-[10px] lg:my-8\" data-component-name=\"JwPlayer:Carousel\" data-jwp-carousel=\"\" data-jwp-carousel-payload=\"{&quot;ids&quot;:{&quot;playerID&quot;:&quot;jYDCcabO&quot;,&quot;searchPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;gwjdoYHD&quot;,&quot;divID&quot;:&quot;botr_gwjdoYHD_jYDCcabO_div&quot;,&quot;fallbackPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;gwjdoYHD&quot;,&quot;fallbackDivID&quot;:&quot;botr_gwjdoYHD_jYDCcabO_div&quot;,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;X9\\\/mXVGac0NphghLH9hZaqWA5d3dhAM\\\/Ih07grnEyMLjuO2E&quot;,&quot;tintLogo&quot;:true,&quot;useSearchPlaylist&quot;:false,&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;signPostingEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;signPostingLinkEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;waitForAdLoad&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnDesktop&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnMobile&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnTablet&quot;:false}\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-nowrap items-center justify-between gap-3 bg-zinc-900 px-[14px] py-3\" data-jwp-carousel-header=\"\">\n<div class=\"flex min-w-0 shrink items-center\"><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand inline-flex items-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aspect-video w-full min-h-[200px] lg:min-h-[330px] relative overflow-hidden bg-black\" data-jwp-carousel-container=\"\">\n<div class=\"absolute inset-0 size-full items-center justify-center bg-white\" data-jwp-carousel-fallback=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] max-h-12 w-auto\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">The win goes down as the 10th of B\u00e4ckstedt&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">The elite women&#8217;s race was run shortly after the under-23 men&#8217;s time trial, which was won by Bradley Wiggins&#8217; son, Ben (Hagen Bermans-Jayco). 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