Frances Newstead

Frances Newstead (born 7 May 1973) is an English road and track cyclist from Holmfirth, West Yorkshire.

Frances Newstead

Personal information
Full name	Frances Newstead
Born	(1973-05-07) 7 May 1973 (age 52)  England  United Kingdom
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road and track
Role	Rider and Coach
Rider type	Endurance
Amateur teams
1998	Holme Valley Wheelers
1999-2001	AC Slumberland
2002-2003	GS Strada
2004	AC Slumberland
Major wins
British Champion

Biography

Newstead took up cycling at Huddersfield University, where she studied sports science, commuting by bike before joining the university mountain bike club. She was spotted by coach Val Rushworth at Manchester velodrome while a riding the track league.^[1] She rode World Cup events in 2003 and 2004, and the 2002 UCI road world championships.

Newstead competed in the road race and time trial at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, finishing eighth in both.^[2]

She has worked alongside Chris Boardman,^[3] she is also a coach and worked with British Cycling's Talent Team in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.^[4]

Newstead has also been working with British Cycling's Paralympic team.^[5] In 2007, she helped Melaine Easter win the silver medal at the Pan American Championships, as tandem pilot in the road race.^[6] Frances now has 7 kids and is living a happy life. She is married and no longer cycles, although she coaches.

Palmarès

2000

1st British National Circuit Race Championships

1st Points race, British National Track Championships

3rd Pursuit, British National Track Championships

1st Points race, Round 5, Ipoh, 2000 Track World Cup

2nd Pursuit, Round 5, Ipoh, 2000 Track World Cup

2nd CTT Time Trial Championships, 10 Miles

2002

1st British National Time Trial Championships

2nd CTT Time Trial Championships, 25 Miles

3rd Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden

2nd Stage 3

7th Points race, Commonwealth Games

8th Road race, Commonwealth Games

8th Time trial, Commonwealth Games

12th Holland Ladies Tour

2003

2nd Pursuit, British National Track Championships

1st CTT Time Trial Championships, 25 Miles

2004

9th Profronde van Oostvoorne

10th Sparkassen Giro Bochum (UCI 1.9.2)

5th Climbs classification

2005

2nd Pursuit, British National Track Championships