Zoe Roche

Zoe Roche (born 9 May 2008) is a British cyclist. In 2025, she was a gold medalist at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in the mixed team relay.

Career In August 2022, she won the U14 European Mountain Bike Championship XCE (Eliminator), 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.

In January 2025, she won the British Junior National Championships in Cyclo-cross at Cyclopark in Kent. 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. 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. It was her debut race at the World Championships. She also competed in the Junior women's race at the same event, finishing 18th.

Roche won the Junior Female, National Trophy Series after winning three rounds in Derby, South Shields and Paignton.

On 23 February 2025, Roche represented Great Britain in cross-country mountain bike at the Shimano Super Cup where came 4th in Banyoles. Her next XC mountain bike race was in the British National Cross-country Series at Cannock, England where she came 2nd.

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.

In October 2025 CAMS Majaco announced that Roche would be joining the team for 2026 as a second year junior.

In January 2026, Roche placed third in the U23 race at the British National Cyclo-cross Championships having elected to race up from Juniors to Elite/U23.

Roche was the highest ranked British rider at the first Junior Nations Cup of 2026 at the Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda , where she came 4th in a sprint. A week later she was 4th again at the senior women's CiCLE Classic .

In August 2026, Roche was included in the UCI cyclocross team, Decathlon CMA CGM, to compete in the 2026-27 season .

Personal life Roche is from Sutton, London. She also holds Taiwanese citizenship through her mother.

Major results Road 2026 2nd Emakume Gazteen Itzulia, 2.Ncup 1st Points Classification Winner Stage 2 2nd Stage 1 1st 4th Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda, 1.Ncup 4th Anexo/CAMS Women's CiCLE Classic, Nat A 4th Junior National Championship, Harrogate 3rd Vuelta Cantabria (Nat Junior) 1st Mountain Classification Winner 1st Points Classification Winner Stage 3 3rd Stage 2 2nd Stage 1 5th (TT) 15th III Challenge Volta Osona Femenina, Spain (1.15 2 NAT) 2nd Junior Classification Stage 1 (TT) 16th (3rd Junior) Stage 2 (Road) 6th ( 1st Junior & white jersey) Stage 3 (Road) 15th (2nd Junior) 5th Kanegem GP, Belgium (1.15 A NAT) 6th City of London Nocturne, Elite Women (CRTP) 10th Ronde van Vlaanderen (1.1 Belgium) 2nd Witham Hall Junior Stage Race (National Junior Series) Stage 1 (TT 9km) 2nd Stage 2 (Kermesse) 1st Stage 3 (TT uphill) 3rd Stage 4 (Road) 1st 10th GP La Taintignoise, Belgium (NAT Junior) 15th East Cleveland Classic, Nat A 20th Liège-Bastogne-Liège Women Juniors (NAT) Belgium 21st In Flanders Fields - In Ieper (NAT) Belgium

Road 2025 12th Watersley Ladies Challenge, Junior Nations Cup 3rd Youth Classification Stage 1 (TT) 35th Stage 2 3rd Stage 3 27th 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 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 , UCI World Championship, Hulst, Netherlands 4th Mixed Team Relay, UCI World Championship, Hulst, Netherlands 3rd Women U23, British National Cyclo-cross Championship UCI World Cup 4th Women Junior, Dendermonde, Belgium 7th Women Junior, Tabor, Czech 10th Women Junior, Flamanville, France Telenet Superprestige 1st Women Junior, Overijes, Belgium 1st Women Junior, Gullegem, Belgium 4th Women Junior, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium Other Races 2nd Women Junior , X2O Trophy, Leonhout, Belgium 8th Women Elite Nacht van Woerden, Netherlands

British National Cyclo-cross Trophy 1st Derby 1st Falkirk 1st Clanfield

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