Ladies Grand Prix Roster
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Zoe Langham
Zoe is a Nottingham-based rider who is a Junior Doctor. Starting as a runner, injuries meant she turned to cycling, where she had some success. Since then, she can be found on the UK’s Hillclimb scene with wins at Holly lane, Hardwick hall and a 7th at nationals. Zoe came 3rd in the eSports World Cahmpionships in 2022 and 2nd in 2023! Zoe is an avid supporter of women’s participation in eRacing and looks forward to competing as captain of the PL team this season.
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Laura Simenc
A granfondo cyclist from Slovenia, who likes dynamic and hard routes. I would describe myself as an all-rounder. My biggest successes in cycling are 3 times granfondo world champion in road race and time trial. I am proud also of winning Granfondo Nove Colli in 2022 and Granfondo Pinarello in 2021. Cycling is for me a way of life and my happy place where I feel most alive.
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Frances Owen
Hi, I’m Frances - lover of bergs and all things aero.
I started racing time trials and hill climbs in 2020 for my local club after dabbling in triathlon (badly) for a few years previous. In 2021, I became the jack-of-all-distances - from 5 minute hill climbs to 100 mile TT’s - with a knack for frequenting the top 5 at National Cycling Time Trials, but never actually landing on the podium! I started road/circuit racing in 2022 and became instantly addicted - the hillier the course the better!
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Illi Gardner
Illi is a VFX artist currently based in Wales. She grew up swimming and running competitively, which inevitably led to triathlons -- while cycling was originally her worst leg, it only took a few years to become her favourite! Illi spent a few years racing at UCI level, but climbing and riding in the mountains have always been her favourite part of the sport. Illi has been enjoying racing the Premier League with WLC, in which she has picked up a few top 10 finishes. Illi is also the current World Record Holder in Everesting, and the current European and British Hill Climbing Champion.
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Jo Patterson
Jo is an Irish based Cyclist living in Scotland and working as a Doctor. Jo is a triathlete with a love for the outdoors and especially cycling. Jo is the current Irish TT champion and the 50 mile and 100 mile TT UK Champion, Jo came 19th in the 2022 Commonwelath Games and 28th in the Euro Championships.
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Lizi Brooke
Lizi works as a coach with a degree in Osteopathy and specialises in sports injury. She is a London-based rider who learnt to ride on Zwift back in 2017 before she learnt to ride on the road and has since become a 4 x overall Ironman winner and 5 x UK time Trial course record holder. Still, since joining the team, she has quickly learned to develop her sprinting ability and has recently become one of the more explosive 1k sprinters on Zwift.
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Lucy Gadd
I am a professional cyclist riding for French Continental on the road but living in the the south of England. I have a passion for being outdoors so can be found cycling or walking at the beach when not stuck inside at my job in a school. My proudest achievements are podiuming at the National TT Championships and riding into the velodrome at the end of Paris-Roubaix. Having learnt how to race on Zwift in lockdown, I am very excited to join a strong bunch of women and enjoy some hard racing!
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Elyse Gallagos
Elyse is a USA based triathlete turned cyclist. 5x Ironman World Championship Qualifier, Ironman overall Female winner and World Championship Podium finisher. She is a Mom of two toddler boys and avid zwifter because of them. This is her first year racing Grand Prix with hopefully many more to come.
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Caitlin Conyers
Caitlin is a qualified lawyer working in access to information in Bermuda. She started cycling five years ago and spent the last three years cycling full-time, representing Bermuda at the Pan American Games, Central American and Caribbean Games and World Championships. She was a Zwift Academy finalist in 2021 and is excited for her first season racing on Zwift!
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Rachel Brown
Rachel is a mum of two girls and works as a Public Health Intelligence Manager. She was a runner in her youth but after having children began running competitively again, but injuries led her to take up cycling. Since then she has won National Duathlon championship titles and represented Great Britain in the Elite World Duathlon championships. This year Rachel also finished 4th in the National 25 mile time trial championships. She loves E-racing with Wahoo and was proud to be part of the strong GB team in the 2023 World Esports Championsh
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Madelaine le Roux
South African triathlete turned cyclist in part thanks to the pandemic lockdown period; where I discovered Zwift. Graduated as a teacher, but for the last 2yrs I have been a member of the World Cycling Centre Women's Continental Team and would probably describe myself as a climber; the longer the climbs, the better, but I'd love to believe I can do a good Time Trail as well. I am looking forward to racing with WLC; getting back to where it all started.