Joseph Blackmore

Joseph Blackmore (born 23 February 2003) is an English cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Biography Blackmore finished third at the 2022 National Cyclo-Cross Championships. He joined Team Inspired from ROTOR Race Team.

In 2022, he was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where he competed in the men's mountain biking cross country and finished in 5th place, a result he counts as the best of his career.

Blackmore took his first UCI Cyclo-cross win at Clanfield in the 2022-2023 season, beating national champion Thomas Mein in the process and finished 2nd in the National Cyclocross Championships, winning the U23 title. Despite racing lightly due to a busy Mountainbike schedule finished 8th in his only U23 World Cup race of the season in France. He won the British National Gravel Championship in Suffolk in September 2023.

In 2024, Blackmore joined UCI Continental team , winning the Tour du Rwanda, Tour de Taiwan, Circuit des Ardennes and Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs in the spring. He also finished fourth in the Brabantse Pijl after helping leadout teammate Dylan Teuns. After this success, he was promoted early to on 3 May after the retirement of Rick Zabel opened up a spot on the team.

Major results Cyclo-cross

2019–2020 National Junior Trophy Series 3rd Pembrey 2021–2022 National Trophy Series 1st Milnthorpe 3rd National Championships 3rd Clanfield 2022–2023 1st National Under-23 Championships 1st Clanfield

National Trophy Series 2nd Paignton 2nd Broughton Hall 2nd Gravesend 2nd National Championships 2nd Andover

Gravel 2023 1st National Championships

Mountain bike

2022 2nd Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships 2023 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships National XC Series 1st Margam 2nd Winchester 2nd Under-23 Heubach 2024 1st Short track, UEC European Under-23 Championships National XC Series 1st Tong

Road

2023 6th Overall Tour du Rwanda 9th Overall Orlen Nations Grand Prix 2024 (4 pro wins) 1st Overall Tour du Rwanda 1st Stages 6 & 8 1st Overall Circuit des Ardennes 1st Points classification 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 4 1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir 1st Points classification 1st Stage 3 1st Overall Tour de Taiwan 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Championships 4th Brabantse Pijl 5th Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships 5th Overall Tour of Britain 8th Grand Prix de Wallonie 8th Volta NXT Classic 10th Overall Arctic Race of Norway 2025 4th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes 1st Points classification

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2025 Giro d'Italia — Tour de France 48 Vuelta a España

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish