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Amber Joseph – A girl on…

NEWS: March '22 Amber remains in the Top-10 of the UCI Rankings for the Omnium heading into the new season and takes her first couple of USA Crit wins with  L39ion. July '21 After a sparse season disrupted by COVID and lockdowns Amber bounced back with a bang becoming Pan-American Champion for the Scratch race and taking Bronze in the Points race.  She is also on a learning curve with L39ion of Los Angeles racing USA Pro Crits .

Feb '20 After a tough season of World Cups and the World Championships in Berlin, Amber finishes the year ranked 20th in the UCI rankings for the Omnium (the Olympic event) and in the World top 12 for the Scratch Race and Points Race. A good season and hopefully good opportunities ahead.

Feb '19: Amber qualifies for the World Championships in Poland and takes 7th in the Scratch Race and 11th in the Points (see Video), projecting her upto 3rd in the UCI end-of-season rankings for the Scratch and 10th for the Points Race.

As a coach you expect to see your athletes progress, but sometimes their progress surprises you. Amber’s progress astounds me. She came to UK in Nov 2013, from Barbados, with very little experience of track cycling and originally found the level of competition in the UK pretty difficult. Amber had a lot of work to do, but in 36months, Amber's hard work and focus had taken her from bunch race novice to a rider ranked as one of the top-5 Junior in UCI rankings. In 2016 Amber had focussed on the sprint route but she also retained her endurance base and after the BC National Champs 2016, where she placed 4th in Sprint she made the jump to track-endurance and went to the 2016 Junior Pan-American Track Champs, where she rode for Barbados, taking 4th in the Scratch Final and a SILVER medal in the Omnium. She then competed as the youngest rider (at 16yrs) in the Revolution Series for the VoxWomen Team in a field peppered with World and Olympic Champions. Amber returned to the Junior Pan-American Track Champs in 2017 repeating her silver in the Omnium, but taking GOLD in the Points Race Championship with an impressive 46pts. In 2018 she  turned Senior and competed in the Elite Pan-American Track Champs, placing 5th, 6th & 7th in a field with world class riders such as Valente (USA), Beveridge (Can), Salazar (Mex). Alongside her on-bike tenacity and toughness is a lively and enthusiastic personality that has led to her being the Junior Ambassador for PedalSure , with senior international riders Alex Dowsett and Andy Tennant. Amber also assisted with promotion of the WATTBIKE ATOM

After a spell at the UCI Centre in Aigle Switzerland Amber is based part of the year in the USA based in LA or T-Town, part of the year in Spain and the remaining time in Barbados. I think Amber will go far, or go fast, or probably both  © John Wann, CyclingCoach

2021 Results Update

Pan-American Championships Scratch Race:  Gold 

Pan-American Championships Points Race:  Bronze 

Pan-American Championships Omnium:  4th

2019 Results Update 

UCI World Championships Scratch Race:  7th 

UCI World Championships Points Race:  11th  

UCI CL1 France; Pursuit 3rd; Scratch 4th; Omnium 8th