Jane Zoe Bäckstedt (born 24 September 2004) is a Welsh professional racing cyclist riding for UCI Women's World Tour Team , competing across road, cyclo-cross and track racing disciplines.
At the 2021 UCI Road World Championships, Bäckstedt won the gold medal in the junior women's road race, and silver in the junior women's time trial. A year later, she upgraded junior time-trial silver to gold, winning the event by over a minute and a half before successfully defending her road race title with a dominant solo victory, and her third road world championship at junior level.
At the 2022 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Bäckstedt won a second world junior title, this time in the cyclo-cross discipline. In 2025 she won her first 'senior' World Championship at the 2025 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in the mixed team relay for Great Britain; while technically still an under-23 rider, she took the elite rider spot in the relay, allowing Cat Ferguson to take the under-23 leg.
This completed a hat-trick of world titles across three different disciplines, having won the Madison at the 2022 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships. Bäckstedt is a three time European junior champion on the track and a junior and under-23 European cyclo-cross champion.
In 2022, at the age of 17, Bäckstedt signed with UCI Women's World Tour Team
In 2024, Bäckstedt won first place in the U23 Women's race at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.
At the 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda, Bäckstedt won the under-23 time trial. She also won the time trial on the opening stage of the 2026 Vuelta a Extremadura.
Bäckstedt's mother, Megan Hughes, and father, Magnus, are both former professional cyclists, and her sister Elynor also rides professionally.
Major results
Cyclo-cross
2020âÂÂ2021
1st Overall UCI Junior World Cup
:1st Tábor
2021âÂÂ2022 <small>(3 pro wins)</small>
1st UCI World Junior Championships
1st UEC European Junior Championships
Ethias Cross
:1st Essen
:2nd Meulebeke
Stockholm Weekend
:1st Täby Park
:1st Stockholm
2nd Overall UCI Junior World Cup
:1st Tábor
:1st Namur
:1st Dendermonde
Junior Superprestige
:1st Gieten
Junior XòO Badkamers Trophy
:1st Lille
3rd Gullegem
2022âÂÂ2023 <small>(1)</small>
1st National Championships
2nd UCI World Under-23 Championships
Coupe de France
:2nd Nommay II
UCI World Cup
:4th Gavere
:4th Besançon
5th UEC European Under-23 Championships
2023âÂÂ2024 <small>(3)</small>
1st UCI World Under-23 Championships
1st UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Gullegem
1st Indianapolis I
1st Indianapolis II
2nd Waterloo
UCI World Cup
:3rd Dendermonde
:3rd Dublin
:3rd Zonhoven
:4th Hoogerheide
:5th Waterloo
3rd Woerden
2024âÂÂ2025
UCI World Championships
:1st Under-23
:1st Team relay
UCI World Cup
:2nd Zonhoven
:2nd Maasmechelen
:3rd Dublin
:4th Besançon
:5th Gavere
:5th Dendermonde
Superprestige
:2nd Gullegem
2025âÂÂ2026
XòO Badkamers Trophy
:3rd Baal
UCI World Cup
:4th Hoogerheide
Road
2021
UCI World Junior Championships
:1st Road race
:2nd Time trial
1st Time trial, National Junior Championships
5th Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge
:1st Youth classification
:1st Stage 2 (ITT)
2022
UCI World Junior Championships
:1st Road race
:1st Time trial
National Junior Championships
:1st Road race
:1st Time trial
1st Overall EPZ Omloop van Borsele Juniors
:1st Points classification
:1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 3
1st Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge
:1st Mountains classification
:1st Stages 1, 2 (ITT) & 3
1st Overall U6 Cycle Tour
:1st Points classification
:1st Young rider classification
:1st Stages 1 (ITT), 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (ITT)
2023
1st Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Championships
5th Overall Simac Ladies Tour
:1st Young rider classification
2024 <small>(1 pro win)</small>
2nd Antwerp Port Epic
3rd Overall Simac Ladies Tour
:1st Young rider classification
:1st Stage 1 (ITT)
2025 <small>(6)</small>
1st Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
1st Time trial, National Championships
1st Overall Baloise Ladies Tour
:1st Young rider classification
:1st Prologue, Stages 3a & 3b (ITT)
1st Stage 5 (ITT) Simac Ladies Tour
5th Dwars door het Hageland
2026 <small>(1)</small>
1st Stage 1 (ITT) Vuelta a Extremadura
4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
Track
2021
UEC European Junior Championships
:1st Individual pursuit
:1st Madison (with Millie Couzens)
:1st Team pursuit
National Junior Championships
:1st Individual pursuit
:1st Madison (with Millie Couzens)
2022
1st Madison, UCI World Junior Championships (with Grace Lister)
Mountain bike
2021
3rd Cross-country, National Junior Championships
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