Zoe Bäckstedt headlines British Cycling squad for Cyclo-cross European Championships

2021 junior European champion Backstedt moved up to under 23 ranks after clean sweep of junior world champion titles this year

Zoe Backstedt
(Image credit: SW Pix)

British Cycling has confirmed its 20-strong squad for the upcoming UEC Cyclocross European championships taking place in Namur, Belgium from 4-6 November. 

The 2021 junior European champion Zoe Bäckstedt has been moved up the the under-23 ranks this season. 

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.