Joscelin Kate Lowden (born 3 October 1987) is a British former professional

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, who rode professionally between 2018 and 2024 for the , and teams. During her professional career, Lowden took three victories – a stage and the general classification at the 2021

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, and the 2022

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. She also held the women's

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from September 2021, until May 2022.

Professional career

Having won the 2017

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, Lowden signed a contract with for the 2018 season. At the

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, she was involved in an incident with a motorbike, suffering a fractured collarbone.

Drops (2019–2021)

Lowden joined the team midway through the 2019 season, making her first race start at the

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. She formed part of the British team for the inaugural mixed team relay at the

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in Yorkshire, winning a bronze medal. The following year, Lowden only rode one professional race – riding the

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in February, prior to the

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which effected the remainder of the 2020 cycling season. In 2021, Lowden established herself as a team leader within by finishing eleventh overall at the Healthy Ageing Tour and fifth at Brabantse Pijl. Lowden took her first professional victory on Stage 4 of the Tour de Feminin – after launching a long range attack, she won the stage by over five minutes, earning the victory in the overall general classification. She also finished in eighth place in the

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at the

in Belgium, and took two podium finishes at the British National Road Championships. Away from the roads, Lowden set an unofficial

of while in training in February, beating the existing record of set by Vittoria Bussi. However, as it was not an official attempt, it did not qualify as a new record. It was later announced that Lowden would attempt an official assault on the record on 30 September at the

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, Switzerland, and she ultimately set a new world record mark of in one hour.

Uno-X Pro Cycling (2022–2024)

In August 2021, it was announced that Lowden had signed a two-year contract to join the newly formed from the 2022 season. She took her only road victory with the team when she won the 2022

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by 23 seconds over her next closest competitor, Leah Dixon. She missed the 2023 season due to pregnancy, but was offered a contract extension for the 2024 season. She won the Graean Cymru

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race in September, before riding her final professional race the following month.

Personal life

Lowden is married to fellow professional cyclist

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, and the couple have a son, born in 2023. Prior to her 2022 move to the , she combined her racing with working for NTT Data.

Major results

Source: ;2019 : 3rd Bronze medal uci

Mixed team relay,

;2021 :

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: 48.405 km : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 4 : National Road Championships ::2nd

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::3rd Road race : 5th Brabantse Pijl : 8th

: 10th Overall

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;2022 : 1st

, National Road Championships

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lowden, Joss 1987 births Living people British female cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century British sportswomen