Cat Ferguson (born 27 April 2006) is a British racing cyclist, competing across road, cyclo-cross and track racing disciplines. A British junior time trial champion, she won the silver medal in the junior road race at the 2023 UCI World Road Championships. In 2024, she will ride for Movistar Team as a Stagiaire before joining them full time in 2025.
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| Born | 27 April 2006[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Shibden Hope Tech Apex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| -2022 | Team Storey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Shibden Hope Tech Apex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | Movistar Team (Stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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==Early life==|South Craven High School]].[2] She started riding mountain bikes as a child with her father on local trails in Yorkshire. From there she graduated to attending the British National School of Racing.[3] She was also a competitive skier, specialising in slalom skiing as a youth.[4]
Career edit
2021 edit
Ferguson won her first national title, becoming U16 National Female Road Circuit Champion, in Redbridge, London in July 2021.[5] Later that month, Ferguson won her first national track cycling championship, clinching the U16 Madison title alongside her partner Carys Lloyd, in Glasgow.[6]
2022 edit
In January 2022, Ferguson won the British U16s Cyclocross National Championships in Crawley, Sussex.[7]
In August 2022, she and Carys Lloyd retained their U16 National Madison title in Newport.[8]
Ferguson was a double gold medalist at the 2022 European Youth Olympics in Banská Bystrica in July 2022, winning both the road race and time trial.[9] That month, riding for Team Storey, she also won the British National U16 Road Racing title in Scarborough.[10]
2023 edit
Ferguson won a silver medal in the team relay at the 2023 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hoogerheide in a team that included Anna Kay and Zoe Backstedt.[11]
Ferguson rode as a junior for the UK-based team Shibden Hope Tech Apex. She won on her Nations Cup road racing debut for Great Britain at the Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda aged 16 years-old. She then won the junior edition 2023 Tour of Flanders for Women, and the junior British Time Trial title, in 2023. She also finished sixth at the junior Cyclo-cross World Championships.[12][13]
Ferguson won a silver medal in the junior women's road race at the 2023 UCI World Road Championships in Glasgow in August 2023.[14]
In November 2023, Ferguson won a silver medal in the Mixed Team Relay at the European Cyclo-cross Championships, alongside Cameron Mason, Anna Kay, Dan Barnes, Oscar Amey, and Imogen Wolff.[15] She later won a second silver medal at the championships, in the junior women's race.[16]
In late 2023 it was announced that Ferguson will join Movistar Team in 2024 as a stagiaire before becoming a full-time professional on a three-year contract.[17] She will continue to race for her British junior team Shibden Hopetech Apex during the 2023–24 winter but will also attend Movistar training camps while working with their performance team.[18]
2024 edit
In January 2024, Ferguson won the junior national title at the British Cyclo-cross Championships.[19] At the 2024 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships Ferguson won silver in both the Women's junior race and the team relay.
Major results edit
Cyclo-cross edit
- 2022–2023
- Junior National Trophy Series
- 1st Derby
- 1st Broughton Hall
- 1st Junior Andover
- 4th UEC European Junior Championships
- 2023–2024
- 1st
National Junior Championships - 2nd
UCI World Cyclo-cross Team relay - 2nd UCI World Junior Championships
- 2nd
UEC European Junior Championships - 2nd Overall UCI Junior World Cup
- 1st Troyes
- 1st Antwerpen
- 2nd Dublin
- 2nd Hoogerheide
- 3rd Benidorm
- Junior Hope Supercross
- 1st Bradford
- 1st Houghton Le Spring
- Junior National Trophy Series
- 1st Thornton in Craven
Road edit
- 2023
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- UCI World Junior Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 10th Time trial
- 2nd
- 1st Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda
- 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen WJ
- 3rd Overall EPZ Omloop van Borsele Juniors
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Bizkaikoloreak
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 5th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie femmes
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 2024
- 1st
Overall EPZ Omloop van Borsele Juniors
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
- 1st
- 2nd Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda
References edit
- ^ "Cat Ferguson". First Cycling. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "South Craven schoolgirl crowned National Time Trial champion". Craven Herald. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Jary, Rachel (29 November 2023). "'I'M GRATEFUL TO WOMEN BEFORE ME WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE': CAT FERGUSON ON SIGNING WITH MOVISTAR AS A 17-YEAR-OLD". Rouleur.cc. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Davidson, Tom (1 October 2023). "'They aren't just good, they're brilliant' – Meet Great Britain's junior super-talents". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "YOUTH NATIONAL CIRCUIT CHAMPIONS CROWNED ON THE 'HOGGENBERG' IN REDBRIDGE". British Cycling. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "NEW UNOFFICIAL WORLD RECORD AND MORE TITLES AWARDED ON DAY FOUR OF THE 2021 NATIONAL YOUTH AND JUNIOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Cycling. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Mason, Viv (12 January 2022). "South Craven's Cat Ferguson is proving her cyclocross prowess yet again". Craven Herald. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "NATIONAL YOUTH AND JUNIOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAY-BY-DAY UPDATES". British Cycling. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Lloyd, Owen (26 July 2022). "Ferguson and Goszczurny storm to cycling golds at Banská Bystrica EYOF in poor weather". Inside The Games. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "FERGUSON AND ROWE CROWNED YOUTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONS WITH SENSATIONAL WINS IN SCARBOROUGH". British Cycling. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "2023 Hoogerheide UCI Cyclocross World Championships Results: Team Relay". cxmagazine. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Beckett, Adam (19 September 2023). "British junior joins Movistar to become one of the youngest WorldTour pros ever". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "Cat Ferguson:Beginners pluck". The British Continental. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Thewlis, Tom (5 August 2023). "Cat Ferguson forced to settle for silver in junior women's road race at Glasgow World Championships". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "GREAT BRITAIN CLAIM TEAM RELAY SILVER AFTER EPIC CHASE AT THE 2023 UEC CYCLO-CROSS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Cycling. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "TRIPLE MEDAL SUCCESS FOR GREAT BRITAIN ON FINAL DAY OF THE UEC 2023 CYCLO-CROSS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Cycling. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Mitchell, Mathew (12 September 2023). "Movistar Team signs junior Cat Ferguson as 2024 stagiaire and the following 3 years". Pro Cycling UK. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (19 September 2023). "Teenager Cat Ferguson to turn pro with Movistar women's team". Cycling News.
- ^ Thewlis, Tom (15 February 2024). "Cat Ferguson wins by nearly four minutes at British Cyclo-cross Championships". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
External links edit
- Cat Ferguson at ProCyclingStats
