Full name Frances Newstead 1998 Holme Valley Wheelers Weight 62 kg Rider type Endurance Height 1.75 m | Role Rider and Coach Name Frances Newstead Discipline Road and track 1999-2001 AC Slumberland | |
Born 7 May 1973 (age 51) England United Kingdom ( 1973-05-07 ) | ||
Frances Newstead (born 7 May 1973) is an English road and track cyclist from Holmfirth, West Yorkshire.
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. 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.
She has worked alongside Chris Boardman, she is also a coach and worked with British Cycling's Talent Team in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Newstead has also been working with British Cycling's Paralympic team. In 2007, she helped Melaine Easter win the silver medal at the Pan American Championships, as tandem pilot in the road race.