Zoe Roche
British cyclist (born 2008)
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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.
Sutton, London
Mountain biking
Road
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| Born | 9 May 2008 Sutton, London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Santini Cycling (Cyclocross) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Cyclo-cross Mountain biking Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2026 | camsmajaco (Road) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025–2026 | Santini Cycling (CX / MTB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Ribble-Verge Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | WXC World Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Major wins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cyclocross World Championship Mixed Relay 2025 – Gold
British Cyclocross Junior National Champion 2025 VIA Criterium, London, 2025 – First | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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] She also competed in the Junior women's race at the same event, finishing 18th.[8]
Roche won the Junior Female, National Trophy Series after winning three rounds in Derby,[9] South Shields[10] and Paignton.[11]
On 23 February 2025, Roche represented Great Britain 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 21 June 2025, Roche raced at the VIA Criterium at King's Cross, London, where she won the Elite Women's race, marking her first win in a senior road race.[14]
In October 2025 CAMS Majaco announced that Roche would be joining the team for 2026 as a second year junior.[15] In January 2026, Roche placed third in the U23 race at the British National Cyclo-cross Championships[16] having elected to race up from Juniors to Elite/U23.[17]
Personal life
Major results
- Road 2025
- 12th Watersley Ladies Challenge, Junior Nations Cup
- 3rd
Youth Classification - Stage 1 (TT) 35th
- Stage 2 3rd
- Stage 3 27th
- 3rd
- 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
Points Jersey Winner - Stage 1 2nd
- Stage 2 10th
- Stage 3 5th
- 1st
- 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 2025–2026
Championships
- 8th Junior Female[19], UCI World Championship, Hulst, Netherlands
- 4th Mixed Team Relay, UCI World Championship, Hulst, Netherlands
- 3rd Women U23,[20] British National Cyclo-cross Championship
- 4th Women Junior,[21] Dendermonde, Belgium
- 7th Women Junior,[22] Tabor, Czech
- 10th Women Junior,[23] Flamanville, France
- 1st Women Junior,[24] Overijes, Belgium
- 1st Women Junior,[25] Gullegem, Belgium
- 4th Women Junior,[26] Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
Other Races
- 2nd Women Junior[27], X2O Trophy, Leonhout, Belgium
- 8th Women Elite[28] Nacht van Woerden, Netherlands
British National Cyclo-cross Trophy
- Cyclo-cross 2024–2025
- 1st
Team relay, UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships - 18th Junior Female, UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships
- 1st
Junior Female, British National Cyclo-cross Championships - 1st
Junior Female, National Cyclo-cross Trophy series
- 1st Derby
- 1st South Shields
- 1st Paignton
- Junior Coupe de France
- 6th Troyes 1
- 6th Troyes 2
