Joss Lowden

Joscelin Lowden
Lowden at the 2021 World Championships
Personal information
Full nameJoscelin Kate Lowden
NicknameJoss
Born (1987-10-03) 3 October 1987 (age 37)
Team information
Current teamUno-X Mobility
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2016–2017Lewes Wanderers CC
2017Aprire Bicycles/HSS Hire
2018Storey Racing
2019Independent Pedaler
2019Brother UK/Fusion
Professional teams
2019–2021Drops[1][2]
2022–Uno-X Mobility
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Women's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Yorkshire Team time trial
mixed relay

Joscelin Kate Lowden (born 3 October 1987) is a British professional racing cyclist,[3] who rides for Uno-X Mobility as of 2024. On 30 September 2021 she became the holder of the women's hour record.[4]

Professional career

2021 season

In 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

Lowden's partner is fellow cyclist Dan Bigham.[8][9]

Major results

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

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ "Drops". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Joscelin Lowden's 'borrowed' national hill-climb winning bike". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b Matt Warwick. "Hour record: Joss Lowden breaks women's record in Switzerland". BBC.
  5. ^ "ProCyclingStats - Tour de Feminin stage 4". Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Joscelin Lowden sets unofficial Hour Record in training". Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Joscelin Lowden signs two-year contract with new Uno-X women's team". Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  8. ^ "News: Joss Lowden Breaks Women's Hour Record". 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Dan Bigham announces Hour Record attempt". 28 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.