Joscelin Kate Lowden (born 3 October 1987) is a British professional racing cyclist,[3] who rides for Uno-X Mobility as of 2024[update]. On 30 September 2021 she became the holder of the women's hour record.[4]
 Lowden at the 2021 World Championships | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Joscelin Kate Lowden | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Joss | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 October 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Uno-X Mobility | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Lewes Wanderers CC | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Aprire Bicycles/HSS Hire | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Storey Racing | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Independent Pedaler | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Brother UK/Fusion | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Drops[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Uno-X Mobility | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Professional career
edit2021 season
editIn 2021, Lowden established herself as a team leader within Drops–Le Col by finishing eleventh overall at the Healthy Ageing Tour and fifth at Brabantse Pijl. Lowden took her first professional victory on Stage 4 of the Tour de Feminin. After launching a long range attack, she won the stage by over five minutes, earning the victory in the overall general classification.[5]
In February 2021, Lowden set an unofficial hour record of 48.160km while in training, beating the existing record of 48.007km set by Vittoria Bussi.[6] However, as it was not an official attempt, it did not qualify as a new record. It was later announced that Lowden would attempt an official assault on the record on 30 September at the Tissot Velodrome in Grenchen (Switzerland).
In August 2021, it was announced that Lowden had signed a two-year contract to join the newly formed Uno-X Women's Pro Cycling Team.[7]
On 30 September 2021, she set a new world record mark of 48.405 km in one hour.[4]
Personal life
editLowden's partner is fellow cyclist Dan Bigham.[8][9]
Major results
edit- 2019
- 3rd
Team relay, UCI Road World Championships
- 2021
- Hour record: 48.405 km
- 1st
Overall Tour de Feminin
- 1st Stage 4
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 5th Brabantse Pijl
- 8th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 10th Overall The Women's Tour
- 2022
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships
References
edit- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (15 May 2019). "Tour of California Women's Race – Preview". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
Other riders to watch include Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (WNT-Rotor), Krista Doebel-Hickok (Rally UHC), Brodie Chapman (Tibco-SVB), Tatiana Guderzo (BePink), Chloe Dygert (Twenty20-ShoAir), Leigh Ann Ganzar (Hagens Berman-Supermint), Joscelin Lowden (Drops), Elisa Balsamo (Valcar) and Edwige Pitel (Cogeas Mettler Look).
- ^ "Drops". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Joscelin Lowden's 'borrowed' national hill-climb winning bike". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ a b Matt Warwick. "Hour record: Joss Lowden breaks women's record in Switzerland". BBC.
- ^ "ProCyclingStats - Tour de Feminin stage 4". Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Joscelin Lowden sets unofficial Hour Record in training". Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Joscelin Lowden signs two-year contract with new Uno-X women's team". Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "News: Joss Lowden Breaks Women's Hour Record". 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Dan Bigham announces Hour Record attempt". 28 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
External links
edit- Joscelin Lowden at UCI
- Joscelin Lowden at Cycling Archives
- Joscelin Lowden at ProCyclingStats
- Joscelin Lowden at Cycling Quotient
- Joscelin Lowden at CycleBase