Jessica Roberts Explained
Jessica Anne Roberts (born 11 April 1999) is a British cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team .[2]
She was part of the Great Britain squad which won gold in the team pursuit at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark.[3] [4] Later at the event she won silver in the omnium.[5]
Career
Roberts won the British National Road Race Championships in 2018. Her sister, Amy Roberts is also a professional cyclist.[6]
Roberts won her third national title at the 2023 British Cycling National Track Championships, she won the Team Pursuit for the third time, after previously winning the title in 2017 and 2019.[7]
Major results
Road
- 2016
2nd Road race, National Junior Championships
4th Time trial, UEC European Junior Championships
6th Overall Energiewacht Tour Juniors
- 2017
Healthy Ageing Tour Juniors
1st Prologue & Stage 3
4th Overall EPZ Omloop van Borsele
5th Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda
- 2018 (1 pro win)
1st Road race, National Championships
6th Dwars door de Westhoek
- 2019 (2)
Tour Series
1st Redditch
1st Motherwell
1st Aberdeen
1st Wortegem–Petegem
5th Overall Tour de Bretagne
1st Stages 4 & 5Track
- 2016
2nd Points race, UCI World Junior Championships
UEC European Junior Championships
3rd Omnium
3rd Team pursuit
- 2017
2nd Team pursuit, National Championships
- 2018
National Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Omnium
3rd Points race
UEC European Under-23 Championships
2nd Madison (with Megan Barker)
2nd Team pursuit
6th Dwars door de Westhoek
- 2019
European Games
1st Madison (with Megan Barker)
2nd Team pursuit
1st Omnium, UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Team pursuit, National Championships
- 2022
2nd Scratch, UEC European Championships
3rd Scratch, UCI World Championships
- 2023
National Championships
1st Scratch
1st Team pursuit
- 2024
UCI World Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Omnium
UEC European Championships
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Elimination
3rd Team pursuit, Olympic GamesExternal links
Notes and References
- News: 2020 Team Preview: Mitchelton-Scott Women . Laura . Weislo . . . 8 January 2020 . 15 January 2020.
- Web site: Jessica Roberts . Procyclingstats.com . 24 June 2022.
- Web site: GB win women's team pursuit gold at World Championships. BBC Sport. 18 October 2024.
- Web site: 'We came out swinging' - Great Britain make sensational catch to win team pursuit gold at World Championships. Cycling Weekly. 18 October 2024.
- Web site: GB's Finucane powers to gold to defend world sprint title. BBC Sport. 19 October 2024.
- Web site: Jessica Roberts . ProCyclingStats.com . 2 July 2018.
- Web site: 2023 British Cycling Track Championships Results . Velo UK . 12 March 2023.