Zoe Roche

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Zoe Maia Roche
Personal information
Born (2008-05-09) 9 May 2008 (age 17)
Sutton, London
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Team information
Discipline Cyclo-cross
Mountain biking
Road
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2022-2024Ribble-Verge Sport
2018-2022WXC World Racing
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Women's cyclo-cross
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Lievin Team relay
National Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2025 Cyclopark, KentJunior Female
Women's Mountain Bike
UEC Youth MTB Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Capriasca, SwitzerlandXCE U15 Female

Zoe Roche (born 9 May 2008) is a British cyclist. [1] In 2025, she was a gold medalist at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in the mixed team relay.

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Career

In August 2022, she won the U14 European Mountain Bike Championship XCE (Eliminator), [2] held in Capriasca, Switzerland.

In July 2024, she finished 2nd U16 in short-track (XCC) at the British National Mountain Bike Cross-country Cycling Championships. [3]

In January 2025, she won the British Junior National Championships in Cyclo-cross at Cyclopark in Kent. [4] That month in Lievin, France she was a member of the British team which won the gold medal in the mixed team relay at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. [5] The team, comprising Roche, Zoe Bäckstedt, Cat Ferguson, Thomas Mein, Oscar Amey, and Milo Wills became the first British team to win gold in the event. [6] It was her debut race at the World Championships. [7] Zoe also competed in the Junior women's race at the same event, finishing 18th. [8]

Zoe was winner of the Junior Female, National Trophy Series after winning three rounds in Derby, [9] South Shields [10] and Paignton. [11]

On 23rd February, 2025, Zoe represented GB in cross-country mountain bike at the Shimano Super Cup where came 4th in Banyoles. [12] Her next XC mountain bike race was in the British National Cross-country Series at Cannock, England where she came 2nd. [13]

On 21st June, 2025, Zoe raced at the VIA Criterium at Kings Cross in London, where she won the Elite Women's race, marking her first win in a senior road race. [14]

Personal life

Roche is from Sutton, London. [15]

Major results

Road 2025
12th Watersley Ladies Challenge, Junior Nations Cup
3rd Jersey white.svg Youth Classification
Stage 1 (TT) 35th
Stage 2 3rd
Stage 3 27th
1st E/1/2/3 Female, VIA Criterium, Kings Cross, London, England
7th E/1/2/3 Female, Ronde Van Wymeswold, Long Clawson, Melton Mowbray, England
1st Jersey violet.svg Points Jersey Winner
Stage 1 2nd
Stage 2 10th
Stage 3 5th
4th E/1/2/3 Female, Duncan Murray Wines Road Race, Naseby, England
Mountain Bike 2025
2nd Junior Female, British National XC Series, Cannock, England
4th Junior Female, Shimano MTB Super Cup Massi, Banyoles, Spain
British National Mountain Bike Championships, Woody's, Cornwall, England
2nd Junior Female, XCC
3rd Junior Female, XCO
Cyclo-cross 2024–2025
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team relay, UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships
18th Junior Female, UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships
1st Jersey of Great Britain.svg Junior Female, British National Cyclo-cross Championships
1st Jersey blue.svg Junior Female, National Cyclo-cross Trophy series
1st Derby
1st South Shields
1st Paignton
Junior Coupe de France
6th Troyes 1
6th Troyes 2

References

  1. "Zoe Roche". cyclocross24.com. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  2. XCOMTB (7 August 2022). "Race Report – European Youth Championships 2022 - www.xcomtb.com". XCOMTB.com. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  3. Bentley, Nick (20 July 2024). "XCC Race Report: UK National XC Championships 2024 - Dalby Forest". Pinknike. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  4. "Crees crowned national champion as Mason claims hattrick of titles at 2025 National Cyclo-cross championships". British Cycling. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  5. "Great Britain win world mixed team relay gold". BBC Sport. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  6. Davidson, Tom (31 January 2025). "Great Britain win first ever mixed relay title at Cyclo-cross World Championships". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  7. "GB Team Win World Title at CX Worlds". VeloUK. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  8. "Two top 20 finishes for junior women debutants on day two of the 2025 UCI Cyclo-cross world championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  9. "Baker and Mein storm to opening round wins of National Trophy Series". British Cycling. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  10. "Mein and Baker double up in South Shields at Lloyds National Trophy Series". British Cycling. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  11. "Thomas Mein and Anna Flynn fly to victory in Paignton". British Cycling. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  12. "Results – SHIMANO MTB SUPER CUP MASSI" . Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  13. "Events". British Cycling. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  14. https://thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2025/06/22/2025-via-criterium-report-and-results/
  15. "Success for Sutton cyclists in London Cyclocross League". Your Local Guardian. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2025.