Neve Bradbury, the winner of the 2020 Zwift Academy, finished her third year as a pro rider in 2023. After a stellar 2022, Neve admitted 2023 didn’t quite go to plan. She won the youth classification at Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour and finished second in the same classification at Setmana Ciclista and CIC-Tour Féminin Pyrénées stage races. Her season was disrupted with an elbow fracture and she was disappointed with her performance at her target race, the Giro d’Italia Donne where she was forced to abandon on stage nine.

Fast forward to 2024, and Neve’s emerging talent is again shining through. She won the U23 national road championship title in January followed by a third place in the general classification at the Santos Tour Down Under, her first-ever World Tour GC podium. With the wind in her sail, Neve finished second on the queen stage at the UAE Tour Women, taking another GC podium in second place, as well as winning the youth classification. The results catapulted the CANYON//SRAM Racing rider to the top of the Women’s World Tour rankings with the 21-year-old now ranked number one in the world for the Elite and Youth World Tour classifications.

Neve says, “After winning Zwift Academy in 2020, I leapt into the pro peloton, and it’s been quite a journey over the last four years. I’m sitting here now in the UCI World Tour leader’s jersey, and I couldn’t be more stoked. It’s a really special feeling to be leading the UCI World Tour. I didn’t think coming into this tour that it was something I would be coming away with. I was just focused on doing the best I could each day, so I feel like this is a bonus.”