{"id":657575,"date":"2026-06-25T13:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/657575\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:44:10","slug":"zoe-backstedt-defends-her-british-time-trial-title-ahead-of-anna-morris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/657575\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoe B\u00e4ckstedt defends her British time trial title ahead of Anna Morris"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zoe B\u00e4ckstedt<\/a> (Canyon-SRAM) successfully defended her British elite women’s time trial title in Lampeter, Wales, on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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’s sister, Elynor (UAE Team ADQ), rounded out the podium in third place, finishing 1:05 down.<\/p>\n

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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

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The win goes down as the 10th of B\u00e4ckstedt’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

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.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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