About ME
Hi! My name is Katie Allsop and I am fifteen years old. I've been riding and racing bikes since virtually before I could walk, but only in the last few years realised that everything off-road is where my heart is. I've always raced XCO and cyclo-cross, but also started doing enduros and DH during lockdown when there was no mass-start racing. I love techy, rooty tracks the best, but am starting to master bigger jumps too! I am proud to ride for Specialized Youth Development Team.
I'm lucky enough to live in the Chiltern Hills in the UK, where there is lots of natural riding, but this year have enjoyed riding further afield, both racing and for fun. Les Gets was a highlight, and Ard Rock was probably my favourite event this year. My goals for 2025 are to do well in my GCSEs, and hopefully race some UCI EDR World Cups in Europe once exams are over. I'm hoping to race some BNES Enduros and maybe some National Series DH and XCO if I have time between revising!
Aside from cycling, I play football for a local U18 ladies team, and I run competitively on the track (3000m, 1500m and 800m) for Chiltern Harriers, and run cross-country for the Buckinghamshire county squad and Chiltern Harriers in the winter months. This year I learned to ski, and I'm hoping to learn to snowboard too.
I'm also one half of the infamous 'ROTOR Rexs'. But shhhh.....don't tell anyone! Watch out for us at races this season and come and say hi!
SELECTED RESULTS
DOWNHILL
Winner - 100% Mini Downhill FoD U16 Girls Feb 2024
Winner - 100% Mini Downhill FoD U16 Girls Jan 2024
4th - Pearce Series Round 3 U19 Girls Sept 2024
ENDURO
Winner - Southern Enduro Champs U16 2024
2nd Overall - British National Enduro Series U16 2024
Winner - Ard Rock Enduro U16 2024
CROSSCOUNTRY XCO
Winner - Internationales XCO Chelva, Spain U14 2023
7th - British Cycling National XC Series #1 U16 2024
5th - British Cycling National Championships U14 2023
2nd - British National Short-Track Championships U14 2023
Cyclocross
12th - British Cycling National Championships U16 Girls 2024
8th - British Cycling National Trophy #5 U16 Girls 2023/24