 Rowson during a break in a 2014 race | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 May 1992 |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2010-2012 | Matrix Fitness–Prendas |
| 2013 | Breast Cancer Care |
| Professional team | |
| 2015- | Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling [1] |
Penelope "Penny" Rowson [2] (born 3 May 1992) is a British former professional racing cyclist. [3]
After finishing 3rd in the 2009 Cheshire Classic Road Race, [4] Rowson joined, in 2010, the Matrix Fitness professional team. [5]
In 2012, she became the first female winner of the Newport Nocturne cycling race. [6] She left Matrix in 2013 [5] and joined the cycling pro team run by the Breast Cancer Care charity. [7]
In 2014, she returned to the Matrix team but in August 2015 she announced her retirement from the sport. [8]
James McCallum is a Scottish former racing cyclist who last rode for the NFTO Pro Cycling squad. He represented Scotland in the Team Pursuit, Points & Scratch Races at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, and again in 2006 in Melbourne in the Scratch, Points & Road Races, winning a bronze medal in the Scratch race.
Ian Wilkinson is a British racing cyclist from England, who currently rides for British amateur team Spartans Velo Club. A prolific rider, he competes at the top level in cross country and marathon mountain bike racing, cyclo-cross, circuit and road racing. He is a multiple national champion, winning championships as a junior, under 23 and senior rider. He has represented Great Britain at many international events such as World Championships and World Cups in several disciplines. Outside of cycling, Wilkinson's occupation is as a builder.
Andrew James Fenn is a British former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2018 for four different teams.
Dame Laura Rebecca Kenny, OLY is a British professional track and road cyclist who specialises in track endurance events, specifically the team pursuit, omnium, scratch race, elimination race and madison disciplines. With six Olympic medals, having won both the team pursuit and the omnium at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and madison at the 2020 Olympics, along with a silver medal from the team pursuit at the 2020 Olympics, she is both the most successful female cyclist, and the most successful British female athlete, in Olympic history.
Danielle 'Dani' Rowe MBE is a British former road and track cyclist. She retired from cycling in December 2018.
Lucy May van der Haar is a British former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2013 and 2020 for the Team Liv–Plantur, Wiggle High5 and Hitec Products–Birk Sport teams. Van der Haar is a double junior world road race champion, winning in consecutive years, in 2011 and 2012.
Elinor Jane Barker is a Welsh road and track racing cyclist, who last rode professionally on the road for UCI Women's Team Drops. Representing Great Britain in international competitions, Barker is an Olympic champion, a three-time World champion and seven-time European champion in the team pursuit, as well as a three-time World champion in the points and scratch races, a World champion in the Madison, a two-time European Madison champion and one time European Elimination race champion. Representing Wales, Barker was also the 2018 Commonwealth Games Points race champion.
Amy Rose Roberts is a Welsh racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's Team Parkhotel Valkenburg.
Ciara Maurizia Horne is a British racing cyclist. Having formerly represented Ireland at an international level, Horne has switched nationality and currently rides on the track for the Welsh Cycling backed Team USN, and also races on the road for the Breast Cancer Care racing team. Horne formed part of the Great Britain team who became 2014 European champions in the team pursuit.
Hannah Mary Barnes is a British racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Uno-X Pro Cycling Team. She is the sister of fellow racing cyclist Alice Barnes, who rides for Canyon–SRAM.
Julie Norman Leth is a Danish racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's World Team Uno-X Pro Cycling Team. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence. Leth joined the Wiggle High5 team in 2017. In December 2018, Bigla Pro Cycling announced that Leth would join them for the following season, after Wiggle High5 folded.
Katie Archibald, is an elite Scottish and British racing cyclist, specialising in endurance track cycling events in which she represents Great Britain and Scotland.
Eileen Roe is a Scottish racing cyclist, who most recently rode professionally for UCI Women's Team WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling. Roe was the winner of the 2014 and 2016 British National Circuit Race Championships.
Matrix Fitness was a British cycling team which competed in road bicycle racing and track cycling events from 2009 to 2016. For the 2015 season the team registered as a UCI Women's Team, the top level of professional women's cycling, so could compete in elite international events including the UCI Women's Road World Cup. The team was sponsored by Matrix Fitness, Milltag, and Vulpine.
Christina Malling Siggaard is a Danish former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2014 and 2021 for the Firefighters Upsala CK, Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling, Team Virtu Cycling and Lotto–Soudal Ladies teams. Siggaard represented Denmark at the 2015 European Games in the women's road race, and also represented Denmark at the UCI Road World Championships and the European Road Championships.
Molly Weaver is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for British amateur team Epic Cycles.
Harriet Owen is a British professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team InstaFund Racing.
Podium Ambition Pro Cycling powered by Club La Santa was a UCI Women's cycling team based in the United Kingdom, founded in 2013. The team folded at the end of 2016.
Annasley Park is an English former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2016 and 2018 for Team Breeze and Trek–Drops. She rode in the women's road race at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships, finishing in 82nd place. Park finished second in the individual standings of the 2017 Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series.
Nicola Ann Juniper is a British racing cyclist, directeur sportif and former team owner. She rode in the women's road race at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire, England. In 2015, Juniper won the British National Circuit Race Championships in Barnsley.
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