Zoe Bäckstedt took a blistering win in the elite women’s time trial at the British National Road Championships in West Wales on Thursday, with an impressive ride on the hilly 27km (16.7-mile) course.
The former junior world and national time trial champion recorded 38:48 for the event, based on Aberaeron on the Welsh west coast – the only rider to break the 39-minute mark.
Morris, Georgi and Bäckstedt had all ridden superb second half of the race, but it was Bäckstedt who managed the most negative…

