Laura Bissell
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Laura Elizabeth Bissell (born Welwyn, UK, 19 June 1983) is an accomplished English
road and track racing cyclist.
Bissell has represented her country at international events on several occasions, she was a member of the British Cycling
Development Plan squad alongside Nicole Cooke
, competing at the 2000 and 2001 junior road world championship and the 2001 junior track world championships in Trexlertown, US.
Bissell lives in Stevenage
, Hertfordshire
. Her brother, Peter Bissell
was also a successful cyclist.
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
road and track racing cyclist.
Bissell has represented her country at international events on several occasions, she was a member of the British Cycling
British Cycling
British Cycling is the national governing body for cycle racing in Great Britain. It administers most competitive cycling in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man...
Development Plan squad alongside Nicole Cooke
Nicole Cooke
Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE is a Welsh professional road bicycle racer for the Mario Cipollini - Giordana Team team, and is the current Olympic road race champion.-Early life:...
, competing at the 2000 and 2001 junior road world championship and the 2001 junior track world championships in Trexlertown, US.
Bissell lives in Stevenage
Stevenage
Stevenage is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated to the east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1, and is between Letchworth Garden City to the north, and Welwyn Garden City to the south....
, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
. Her brother, Peter Bissell
Peter Bissell
Peter Robert Bissell was an English road and track racing cyclist, who died aged 21. In 2006 he was the British under-23 road race champion....
was also a successful cyclist.
Palmarès
1999- 3rd Points race, British National Track ChampionshipsBritish National Track ChampionshipsThe British National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by British Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age, gender and disability categories.-Senior :-Amateur :...
- U16 - 3rd Scratch race, British National Track ChampionshipsBritish National Track ChampionshipsThe British National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by British Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age, gender and disability categories.-Senior :-Amateur :...
- U16 - 3rd Sprint, British National Track ChampionshipsBritish National Track ChampionshipsThe British National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by British Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age, gender and disability categories.-Senior :-Amateur :...
- U16 - 3rd Pursuit, British National Track ChampionshipsBritish National Track ChampionshipsThe British National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by British Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age, gender and disability categories.-Senior :-Amateur :...
- U16
2000
- 1st British National 25mile Time Trial Championships
2001
- 4th Pursuit, British National Track ChampionshipsBritish National Track ChampionshipsThe British National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by British Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age, gender and disability categories.-Senior :-Amateur :...
2002
- 3rd Points race, British National Track ChampionshipsBritish National Track ChampionshipsThe British National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by British Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age, gender and disability categories.-Senior :-Amateur :...
2003
- 4th Scratch race, British National Track ChampionshipsBritish National Track ChampionshipsThe British National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by British Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age, gender and disability categories.-Senior :-Amateur :...
- 4th Points race, British National Track ChampionshipsBritish National Track ChampionshipsThe British National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by British Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age, gender and disability categories.-Senior :-Amateur :...
- 6th Pursuit, British National Track ChampionshipsBritish National Track ChampionshipsThe British National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by British Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age, gender and disability categories.-Senior :-Amateur :...
- 1st Pursuit, Women’s Cycle Racing Association Track Championships
2004
- 3rd 800m, National Grass Track Championships
- 1st Pursuit, Women’s Cycle Racing Association Track Championships
- 3rd Scratch race, Women’s Cycle Racing Association Track Championships
- 5th National Women’s Team Series - Round 1, AstwoodAstwoodAstwood is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes, ceremonial Buckinghamshire, England, on the border with Bedfordshire.The village name is Anglo Saxon and means Eastern Wood....
- 5th National Women’s Team Series - Round 7, TowcesterTowcesterTowcester , the Roman town of Lactodorum, is a small town in south Northamptonshire, England.-Etymology:Towcester comes from the Old English Tófe-ceaster. Tófe refers to the River Tove; Bosworth and Toller compare it to the "Scandinavian proper names" Tófi and Tófa...
- 8th British National Circuit Race ChampionshipsBritish National Circuit Race ChampionshipsThe 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 introduced in 1993 but only 3 of these were held as...
- 11th British National Time Trial ChampionshipsBritish National Time Trial ChampionshipsThe British National Time Trial Championships 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 the country to show their status as national champion...
2005
- 3rd Scratch race, Women’s Cycle Racing Association Track Championships
- 1st British National Derny ChampionshipsBritish National Derny ChampionshipsThe British National Derny Championships are annual bicycle races held in the UK.The event is often known as the motor paced or stayers championships, but this is a misnomer because a motor paced or stayers race is one where the pacing machine is a modified motorbike of anything from 100cc to...
- 2nd Pursuit, British National Track ChampionshipsBritish National Track ChampionshipsThe British National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by British Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age, gender and disability categories.-Senior :-Amateur :...
2006
- 1st National Women’s Team Series Race - Sid Standard RR
- 2nd British National Derny ChampionshipsBritish National Derny ChampionshipsThe British National Derny Championships are annual bicycle races held in the UK.The event is often known as the motor paced or stayers championships, but this is a misnomer because a motor paced or stayers race is one where the pacing machine is a modified motorbike of anything from 100cc to...
- 2nd WCRA Circuit Race Championships
- 8th British National 10 mile Time Trial Championships
- 1st Part of winning team at British National 10 mile Time Trial Championships
- 10th British National 10 mile Time Trial Championships
- 3rd Scratch race, British National Track ChampionshipsBritish National Track ChampionshipsThe British National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by British Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age, gender and disability categories.-Senior :-Amateur :...
- 5th Pursuit, British National Track ChampionshipsBritish National Track ChampionshipsThe British National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by British Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age, gender and disability categories.-Senior :-Amateur :...
(In personal best time: 3.52.075)
2007
- 3rd Overall Rudy Project National TT series
- 2nd Rudy Project National TT series - Event 1 of 8, 13 miles - 34.08
- 3rd Rudy Project National TT series - Event 3 of 8, 26 miles - 1.10.18
- 2nd Rudy Project National TT series - Event 6 of 8, 26 miles - 50.19
- 4th Rudy Project National TT series - Event 7 of 8, 20 miles
- 2nd Rudy Project National TT series - Event 8 of 8, 21 miles - 56.46
- 15th (out of 52) British National 25 mile Time Trial Championships
Personal Bests
To Date: 23.21 in 2002 - 24.36 in 2008 - 24.24 in 2009: 57.46 in 2004: 2.7.02 in 2006- 3000 metres: 3.52.075 in 2006