Millie Couzens

Early life Couzens was born in Banbury in Oxfordshire.

Cycling career Under-16 and Junior Couzens first found success in cyclo-cross, winning the under-16 race at the British National Cyclo-cross Championships in 2018 at the age of 14 and the junior (under-19) race in 2020, when she also took fourth place in the junior race at the World Championships.

She joined the British Cycling track team as a junior, taking three gold medals at the 2021 European Track Championships, in the omnium, the Madison (with Zoe Bäckstedt) and the team pursuit (with Bäckstedt, Grace Lister and Madelaine Leech).

Couzens also found success on the road as a junior, winning the British National Road Race Championships in 2021. A few weeks later at the Tour of Britain Women, she finished tenth in the general classification and second in the young rider classification, riding for the Great Britain national team. In June 2025, she won the under-23 category at the British National Time Trial Championships by 50 seconds.

At the 2026 European Championships in Konya, Couzens was part of the British team pursuit line-up who set a new world record en route to the gold medal. The team consisting of Couzens, Katie Archibald, Anna Morris and Josie Knight also set a new world record of 4:02.808 in the final against Germany. She also won a bronze medal in the individual pursuit. In June 2026, she finished third at the British National Road Race Championships.

Major results Cyclo-cross

2019–2020 1st National Junior Championships 4th UCI World Junior Championships 5th UEC European Junior Championships 2021–2022 National Trophy Series 1st Gravesend 2022–2023 National Trophy Series 1st Falkirk 1st Gravesend

Road

2021 4th Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge 6th Road race, UCI World Junior Championships 2023 3rd Argenta Classic-2 Districtenpijl 7th Overall Baloise Ladies Tour 2024 5th Road race, National Championships 2025 (1 pro win) 1st Road race, National Championships 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships 2nd Argenta Classic 3rd Dwars door het Hageland 6th Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships 10th Overall Tour of Britain 2026 3rd Road race, National Championships 5th Overall Baloise Ladies Tour 6th Trofeo Oro in Euro 8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

Track

2020 3rd Team pursuit, National Championships 2021 UEC European Junior Championships 1st Madison (with Zoe Bäckstedt) 1st Omnium 1st Team pursuit 1st Madison, National Junior Championships (with Zoe Bäckstedt) 2026 UEC European Championships 1st Team pursuit