Frances Newstead (born 7 May 1973) is an English road and

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

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 Valerie Rushworth is a British road bicycle racing, road and track cycling, track racing cyclist. Biography Rushworth's first sport was running, she was a member of the Wakefield Harriers. She started cycling with Monckton CC. She was British ...

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 The 2002 UCI Road World Championships took place in the region of Limburg, Belgium, between 8 and 13 October 2002. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women. Events summary ...

. Newstead competed in the road race and time trial at the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

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. 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 The British National Circuit Race Championships cover several different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually. The first championships were held in 1979 for professional cyclists only. Amateur championships were ...

: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 The British National Time Trial Championships for cycling are held annually. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic white cycling jersey featuring blue and red stripes, which can be worn by the rider at other time trial events in ...

:2nd CTT Time Trial Championships, 25 Miles :3rd

Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden The Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden also known as Rabo Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden due to former sponsorships reasons is a 3 days elite women's road bicycle stage race held in the province of Zeeland, Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau ...

::2nd Stage 3 :7th Points race, Commonwealth Games :8th Road race, Commonwealth Games :8th Time trial, Commonwealth Games :12th

Holland Ladies Tour The Holland Ladies Tourhttp://www.hollandladiestour.nl/ Official site is a women's elite professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in September since 1998 in the Netherlands. It's a tour with 6 or 7 stages. For sponsorship reasons ...

;2003 :2nd Pursuit, British National Track Championships :1st CTT Time Trial Championships, 25 Miles ;2004 :9th

Profronde van Oostvoorne Profronde van Oostvoorne ( en, Proftour of Oostvoorne) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in Oostvoorne, the Netherlands. The first edition was in 1985. The event is one of the post-Tour de France cr ...

:10th Sparkassen Giro Bochum (UCI 1.9.2) ::5th Climbs classification ;2005 :2nd Pursuit, British National Track Championships

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Newstead, Frances 1973 births Living people English female cyclists English track cyclists People from Holmfirth Cyclists from Yorkshire Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for England