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| Full name | Frances Newstead | ||
| Born | 7 May 1973 England United Kingdom |
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| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 62 kg (140 lb) | ||
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| Discipline | Road and track | ||
| Role | Rider and Coach | ||
| Rider type | Endurance | ||
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| 1998 1999-2001 2002-2003 2004 |
Holme Valley Wheelers AC Slumberland GS Strada AC Slumberland |
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| Infobox last updated on 6 April 2009 |
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Frances Newstead (born 7 May 1973) is an English road and track cyclist from Holmfirth, West Yorkshire.
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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.[1] 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.[2]
She has worked alongside Chris Boardman,[3] she is also a coach and worked with British Cycling's Talent Team in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.[4]
Newstead has also been working with British Cycling's Paralympic team.[5] In 2007 she helped Melaine Easter win the silver medal at the Pan American Championships, as tandem pilot in the road race.[6]