Zoe Bäckstedt signed a three-year deal with CANYON//SRAM Racing, joining the World Tour team already at the start of the 2023/2024 cyclo-cross season.

Even at 19 years old, Zoe boasts a golden palmares. In 2022, she started the year by winning the 2021-2022 Junior Cyclo-cross World Champion title. She then added to this by holding the Junior World Champion titles in Road, ITT, and Madison, all in the same year. This came on the back of the Junior Road World Champion title a year prior and a host of European and national titles. Moving to the U23 ranks in cyclo-cross two winters ago, Zoe took a silver medal at the World Championships in Hoogerheide.

This winter, Zoe quickly showed her step to CANYON//SRAM Racing was a successful one, with a phenomenal season, capped by winning the rainbow jersey at the U23 World Cyclo-cross championhips in Tabor, Czechia. Zoe’s victory in Tábor capped off an outstanding cyclo-cross season, which included three elite World Cup podium finishes, second place overall in the U23 World Cup and a U23 European title.

Zoe says, “I was excited about the opportunities at CANYON//SRAM Racing. I get to race with a strong squad and have the freedom to race in any discipline I want to, as well. The team made a lot of developments last year and I really like that. Plus, the bikes and kit are pretty cool!”

An electric crowd in Tábor witnessed Zoe’s victory. “The crowd was incredible. I didn’t expect that many people. I had people out on the course trying to shout things to me, and I really couldn’t hear much over the cheering, chainsaws, and noise from the crowd. That type of atmosphere pushes you on a little bit more.”

A multi-disciplinary racer by heart, Zoe plans to continue to split her time between road, cyclo-cross and track throughout her contract.