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Isla Rowntree
Isla Rowntree (born 13th April 1969) is a British business owner and former professional cyclist. She is best-known as the founder of Islabikes, a manufacturer specialising in bicycles for children and the over-65s. Rowntree got her first bike at four, a second-hand Raleigh Pixie. Around age 9 or 10, Rowntree progressed onto a Peugeot dropped handlebar bike. Her first race was in the local Wednesday evening time trial in 1981. Rowntree has been involved in the cycling industry for over 30 years, taking her first job in a local bike shop aged 16. Rowntree is best known in cycling for her achievements as a Cyclo-cross racer, taking part in her first cyclocross race at age 19. When Rowntree began her racing career she was put in the U16 men's category as there wasn’t a women’s category in her local league at the time. Rowntree was pivotal in setting up the first female National Cyclo-cross Championships in the United Kingdom and played a large part in the lobby that eventually secured a women’s World Championship event overseen by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).

Cycling Career highlights
Road 1996 Isle of Man Trophee (20/6) 7th place NC United Kingdom (26/6) 6th place 1997 NC United Kingdom (20/6) 2nd place

Track 1993 NC United Kingdom (24-25/7/1993) 3rd place in Sprint 1994 NC United Kingdom (23-29/7/1994) 4th place in Sprint 7th place in 1 km 8th place in Pursuit

Cyclo-cross 1993/1994 NC United Kingdom (3/1/1993) 2nd place NC United Kingdom (9/1/1994) 3rd place 1994/1995 NC United Kingdom (8/1/1995) 3rd place 1995/1996 Heerlen (29/10/1995) 2nd place NC United Kingdom (14/1/1996) 3rd place 1996/1997 NC United Kingdom (12/1/1997) 2nd place 1997/1998 NC United Kingdom (11/1/1998) 3rd place 1998/1999 NC United Kingdom (17/1/1999) 1st place 1999/2000 London - BCCA International (2000) 1st place 2000/2001 Ipswich (26/11/2000) 2nd place Leudelange (3/12/2000) 3rd place Heusden-Zolder (17/12/2000) 6th place NC United Kingdom (14/1/2001) 4th place Pontchateau (21/1/2001) 8th place World Championships (3/2/2001) 15th place 2001/2002 Mallory Park, Leicestershire (4/11/2001) 1st place Heather, Leicestershire (9/12/2001) 1st place Wortegem-Petegem (16/12/2001) 5th place Lee Valley (30/12/2001) 1st place NC United Kingdom (13/1/2002) 1st place World Championships (3/2/2002) 21st place 2002/2003 Matlock (6/10/2002) 1st place Cheltenham (20/10/2002) 1st place Ipswich (3/11/2002) 1st place Mallory Park, Leicestershire (17/11/2002) 1st place Rainham (15/12/2002) 2nd place Kalmthout (22/12/2002 - CDM) 8th place NC United Kingdom (12/1/2003) 1st place World Championships (2/2/2003) 15th place 2003/2004 Azencross (30/12/2003) 15th place NC United Kingdom (11/1/2004) 5th place 2004/2005 Cheltenham (17/10/2004) 6th place Mallory Park, Leicestershire (21/11/2004) 5th place 2006/2007 Ipswich (29/10/2006) 3rd place NC United Kingdom (7/1/2007) 3rd place Derby (14/1/2007) 1st place 2007/2008 NC United Kingdom (6/1/2008) 3rd place 2008/2009 Abergavenny (21/9/2008) 3rd place Ipswich (26/10/2008) 5th place Mallory Park, Leicestershire (16/11/2008) 4th place Whitwell (14/12/2008) 4th place NC United Kingdom (11/1/2009) 6th place Derby (18/1/2009) 2nd place 2011/2012 NC United Kingdom (8/1/2012) 6th place 2014/2015 NC United Kingdom (11/1/2015) 10th place 2015/2016 Durham (8/11/2015) 10th place 2016/2017 NC United Kingdom (8/1/2017) 6th place

MTB XC 1997 NC United Kingdom (3/8) 2nd place 1998 Budapest (3/5 - CDM) 20th place 1999 NC United Kingdom (25/7) 6th place 2000 NC United Kingdom (6/8) 4th place