Lauren Dickson

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Lauren Dickson
Personal information
Born (2000-04-26) 26 April 2000 (age 25)
Team information
Current teamHandsling Alba Development Road Team
Discipline
  • Road
RoleRider
Professional teams
2024–2025Handsling Alba Development Road Team
2026– FDJ–Suez

Lauren Dickson (born 26 April 2000) is a British cyclist from Scotland who rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Handsling Alba Development Road Team. [1]

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Career

She is from Scotland and started as a junior runner before an injury in 2019 led her to competed in duathlon and triathlon before focusing on road race cycling from 2024. [2] That year, she secured podium finishes at the Lancaster Grand Prix where she finished second riding for Edinburgh RC, and the Ryedale Grasscrete Grand Prix where she finished second after gaining a mid-season contract with Alba Development RT. She also claimed a victory at the Scottish National Hill Climb Championship. [3]

She won the Lincoln Grand Prix and placed third overall at the Tour of Norway. Riding for the Handsling Alba Development Road Team she finished seventeenth overall on her World Tour debut at the 2025 Tour of Britain Women. [4] [5] In June 2025, she had a top-ten finish at the British National Time Trial Championships. [6] Later that year she signed a two-year contact with FDJ–Suez, the number one ranked team on the UCI Women's World Tour. [7]

Personal life

From Edinburgh, she has been in a relationship with fellow cyclist Sean Flynn since they were both in high school. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Lauren Dickson". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "From Cat 4 licence to UCI podiums in 12 months - Inside Lauren Dickson's meteoric rise". The British Continental. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Lauren Dickson: Breakthrough Rider of the Year (Female)". The British Continental. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  4. ↑ Rogers, Owen (13 May 2025). "Lauren Dickson and James McKay take deserved success at the Rapha Lincoln GP". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  5. ↑ Challis, Dan (9 June 2025). "First road race to taking on the WorldTour in 14 months - this is Britain's fastest rising star". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  6. ↑ Shrubshall, James (26 June 2025). "'It's not quite home, but it's still home' - Zoe Bäcktstedt romps to first elite national time trial victory on Welsh roads". Cycling Weekly.
  7. 1 2 Davidson, Tom (1 September 2025). "'It's been pretty crazy' - how Lauren Dickson went from racing beginner to WorldTour in just 16 months". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2 September 2025.


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