{"id":294456,"date":"2025-12-02T07:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T07:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/294456\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T07:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T07:25:11","slug":"zoe-backstedt-looking-for-racing-return-by-end-of-the-year-after-breaking-wrist-in-training-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/294456\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoe B\u00e4ckstedt looking for racing return by end of the year after breaking wrist in training crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

After being left with a fractured wrist after crashing in training a month ago, Zoe B\u00e4ckstedt<\/a> is now far enough down the recovery path that she can contemplate the possibility of a return to racing this year before the cyclocross season is over.<\/p>\n

Last year the rider, who also races on the road with Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto<\/a>, had already got her cyclocross season underway early in November and she was on track with a build that ultimately culminated in her claiming the U23 rainbow jersey.<\/p>\n

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This year it is going to be a later start for the 21-year-old but as she said at the time “setbacks are made to be overcome, and I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be able to come back stronger from this”. It looks like the journey back is now well on the way.<\/p>\n

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“My wrist is healing well, I\u2019m on the bike but turbo only which is driving me crazy but that\u2019s life,” said B\u00e4ckstedt in a post on social media<\/a>. “Hopefully after my next check up I can train outside and get the all clear to start thinking about racing again!”<\/p>\n

B\u00e4ckstedt is certainly not the only rider who has had to make a late start due to injury, with Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Fenix-Deceuninck) returning from a knee injury on Sunday<\/a> at Flamanville and making it a solid return with a third place. The British rider however warned earlier in November that maybe the expectations shouldn’t be too high for the first few race, “but I think once I find my rhythm again, it\u2019ll be all good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year B\u00e4ckstedt not only won the Under 23 World Championships at the age of 20 but also came fourth overall in the Women’s Elite category of the World Cup and was the first U23 rider after racing every World Cup round.<\/p>\n

Two of the UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup races for 2025\/2026 have already taken place and there are six more through December and four in January. The earlier December races might be off the table but it sounds like there is hope for the two in the final week of this month, Gavere on December 26 and Dendermonde on December 28.<\/p>\n

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“If all goes well I\u2019ll be back around the end of the year,” said B\u00e4ckstedt. “Keep your fingers crossed for me.”<\/p>\n