Josie Nelson

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Josie Nelson
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Personal information
Full nameJosephine Nelson
Born (2002-04-08) 8 April 2002 (age 23)
Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
Team information
Current team Team Picnic PostNL
Discipline
RoleRider
Amateur team
2021Isorex No-Aqua Ladies Cycling Team
Professional teams
2021–2023 Team Coop–Hitec Products
2024– Team dsm–firmenich PostNL

Josie Nelson (born 8 April 2002) is a British international cyclist. She rides for the Dutch Women's World Tour Team Picnic PostNL and represented Team England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [1] [2]

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Biography

In 2021, Nelson won a silver medal at the British National Road Race Championships riding for Team Coop–Hitec Products. She also won the third round of the UK Cyclo-Cross National Trophy and competed in the Under-23 European Championships. [3] [4] [5]

In 2022, she was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She competed in the women's road race. [1] [3]

Personal life

Her sister, Emily Nelson, is a former World and European champion. [3]

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2018–2019
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Junior National Trophy Series
National Trophy Series
3rd Ipswich
2019–2020
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Junior National Trophy Series
2nd National Junior Championships
2021–2022
National Trophy Series
1st Falkirk
2nd Gravesend
2nd Broughton Park
1st Clanfield

Road

2021
2nd Road Race, National Championships
2022
1st Jersey of Great Britain.svg Circuit Race, National Championships
7th Grand Prix International d'Isbergues
9th Overall Tour de la Semois
9th Leiedal Koerse
2023
4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
2024
1st Jersey of Great Britain.svg Time Trial, National Under-23 Championships
2nd Overall Tour de Normandie
1st Stage 4
3rd Altez GP Oetingen p/b Lotto
2025
5th Time trial, National Championships

References

  1. 1 2 "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. "Points Josie Nelson". British Cycling. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Team England profile". Team England. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  4. "Josie Nelson results". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  5. "Josie Nelson teams & results". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 8 June 2025.