{{Short description|English cyclist (born 2003)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Joseph Blackmore | image = TDA2024 Joseph Blackmore.jpg | image_size = | caption = Blackmore in 2024 | full_name = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|2|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Sidcup, London, England | height = 1.81 m | weight = 66 kg | currentteam = {{UCI team code|IPT}} | discipline = {{ubl|Road|Mountain bike|Cyclo-cross|Gravel}} | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = 2023 | amateurteam1 = Team Inspired | amateuryears2 = | amateurteam2 = | proyears1 = 2024 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|ISA|2024}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/19751 | title=Israel Premier Tech Academy | work=UCI.org | accessdate=23 February 2024}}</ref> | proyears2 = 2024– | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|IPT|2024}} | majorwins = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's cyclo-cross}} {{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2023 Hoogerheide|Team relay}} | show-medals = }} '''Joseph Blackmore''' (born 23 February 2003) is an English cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam {{UCI team code|IPT}}.<ref name="ipt">{{cite web | url=https://israelpremiertech.com/joe-blackmore-graduates-to-israel-premier-tech/ | title=Joe Blackmore graduates to Israel – Premier Tech | publisher={{UCI team code|IPT|2024}} | work=israelpremiertech.com | date=3 May 2024 | accessdate=6 May 2024}}</ref> ==Biography== Blackmore finished third at the 2022 National Cyclo-Cross Championships.<ref name=TE>{{cite web |url=https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/joseph-blackmore |title=Team England profile |publisher=Team England |access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref> He joined Team Inspired from ROTOR Race Team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cyclocross24.com/rider/joseph-blackmore/ |title=Joseph Blackmore teams & results |publisher=CycloCross24 |access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref>

In 2022, he was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where he competed in the men's mountain biking cross country and finished in 5th place, a result he counts as the best of his career.<ref name=TE/><ref>{{Cite web |author=llyjb7date=2023-02-01 |title=Joe Blackmore: 'I Want To Be Competitive in Hoogerheide' |url=https://chocolatechainring.co.uk/2023/02/01/joe-blackmore-i-want-to-be-competitive-in-hoogerheide/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=The Chocolate Chainring |language=en}}</ref><ref name=Birm22>{{cite web |url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/56784 |title=Official Commonwealth Games profile |publisher=Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd |access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/points?person_id=14899&year=2019&d=6#gsc.tab=0 |title=Points Joseph Blackmore |publisher=British Cycling |access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref>

Blackmore took his first UCI Cyclo-cross win at Clanfield in the 2022-2023 season, beating national champion Thomas Mein in the process and finished 2nd in the National Cyclocross Championships, winning the U23 title. Despite racing lightly due to a busy Mountainbike schedule finished 8th in his only U23 World Cup race of the season in France.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |date=2023-02-01 |title=Joe Blackmore: 'I Want To Be Competitive in Hoogerheide' |url=https://chocolatechainring.co.uk/2023/02/01/joe-blackmore-i-want-to-be-competitive-in-hoogerheide/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=The Chocolate Chainring |language=en}}</ref> He won the British National Gravel Championship in Suffolk in September 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/joe-blackmore-and-xan-crees-win-british-gravel-championships|website=Cycling Weekly|accessdate=13 January 2025|title= Joe Blackmore and Xan Crees win British Gravel Championships|first=Tom|last=Davidson|date=16 September 2023}}</ref>

In 2024, Blackmore joined UCI Continental team {{UCI team code|ISA|2024}}, winning the Tour du Rwanda, Tour de Taiwan, Circuit des Ardennes and Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs in the spring.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-du-rwanda-2024/stage-8/results/ | title=Joe Blackmore wins Tour du Rwanda | work=Cycling News | date=25 February 2024 | accessdate=6 May 2024}}</ref> He also finished fourth in the Brabantse Pijl after helping leadout teammate Dylan Teuns.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fotheringham |first1=Alasdair |title=Brabantse Pijl: Benoît Cosnefroy turns podium performances into victory in Overijse |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/de-brabantse-pijl-2024/elite-men/results/ |website=Cycling News |access-date=10 April 2024 |date=10 April 2024}}</ref> After this success, he was promoted early to {{UCI team code|IPT|2024}} on 3 May after the retirement of Rick Zabel opened up a spot on the team.<ref name="ipt"/>

==Major results== ===Cyclo-cross=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;2019–2020 : National Junior Trophy Series ::3rd Pembrey ;2021–2022 : National Trophy Series ::1st Milnthorpe : 3rd National Championships : 3rd Clanfield ;2022–2023 : 1st {{cjersey|uk}} National Under-23 Championships : 1st Clanfield : 2nd 15px Team relay, UCI World Championships : National Trophy Series ::2nd Paignton ::2nd Broughton Hall ::2nd Gravesend : 2nd National Championships : 2nd Andover {{div col end}}

===Gravel=== ;2023 : 1st {{cjersey|uk}} National Championships

===Mountain bike=== {{div col|colwidth=50em}} ;2022 : 2nd Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships ;2023 : 1st {{cjersey|uk}} Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships : National XC Series ::1st Margam ::2nd Winchester : 2nd Under-23 Heubach ;2024 : 1st {{cjersey|europe}} Short track, UEC European Under-23 Championships : National XC Series ::1st Tong {{div col end}}

===Road=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;2023 : 6th Overall Tour du Rwanda : 9th Overall Orlen Nations Grand Prix ;2024 <small>(4 pro wins)</small> : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour du Rwanda ::1st Stages 6 & 8 : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Circuit des Ardennes ::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification ::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification ::1st Stage 4 : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour de l'Avenir ::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour de Taiwan : 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs : 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Championships : 4th Brabantse Pijl : 5th Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships : 5th Overall Tour of Britain : 8th Grand Prix de Wallonie : 8th Volta NXT Classic : 10th Overall Arctic Race of Norway ;2025 : 4th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes ::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification {{div col end}}

====Grand Tour general classification results timeline==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2025 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|pink}} Giro d'Italia | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de France | 48 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|red}} Vuelta a España | |}

{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}

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