Fun the name of the game for multi-talented Zoe Backstedt

Zoe Backstedt (Great Britain)
Zoe Backstedt (Great Britain) (Image credit: Getty Images)

Racing multiple disciplines is very much in vogue these days and its future could be safe in the hands of Zoe Backstedt (Great Britain), who won a medal in her first World Championships on Tuesday but mostly just wants to have fun on her bike

"Fun" was the word she used repeatedly when effectively introducing herself to the world's media in Bruges after placing second in the junior women's time trial at the UCI Road World Championships. Amid the pomp and the circumstance of this global event, it's perhaps easy to lost sight of the fact that, for a 16-year-old, fun is probably all cycling should be.

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Patrick Fletcher

Patrick is an NCTJ-trained journalist, and former deputy editor of Cyclingnews, who has seven years’ experience covering professional cycling. He has a modern languages degree from Durham University and has been able to put it to some use in what is a multi-lingual sport, with a particular focus on French and Spanish-speaking riders. Away from cycling, Patrick spends most of his time playing or watching other forms of sport - football, tennis, trail running, darts, to name a few, but he draws the line at rugby.