Melissa Lowther

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| name = Melissa Lowther

| image = Melissa Lowther - 2017 Tour Series (Motherwell, pre-race).jpg

| caption = Lowther in 2017

| fullname = Melissa Lowther

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|5|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = {{nowrap|Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England}}

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| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

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| amateuryears1 = 2014

| amateurteam1 = Matrix Racing Academy

| amateuryears2 = 2016–2017

| amateurteam2 = Team Breeze

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| proyears1 = 2015

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|MAT|2015}}

| proyears2 = 2018

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|WNT|2018}}{{cite news |title=Melissa Lowther inks a one year deal with Team WNT Pro Cycling for 2018 |url=https://www.team-wnt.com/uk/news/blog.html?tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=1493&cHash=a68a0e899deda3bb140b1d4c50317298 |accessdate=4 June 2018 |work=WNT Rotor |date=20 September 2017}}

| proyears3 = 2018

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|STR2|2018}}

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Melissa Lowther (born 15 May 1996) is an English professional racing cyclist,{{cite web |url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/Melissa_Lowther |title=Melissa Lowther |accessdate=22 March 2015 |work=ProCyclingStats}} who last rode for UCI Women's Team {{UCI team code|STR2|2018}}.{{cite news |title=A busy month and Mel Lowther joins the team |url=http://storeyracing.cc/manic-may-mel-lowther-joins-the-team/ |accessdate=4 June 2018 |work=Storey Racing |date=1 June 2018}} Lowther won the Under-23 British National Road Race Championships in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/nationalroadchampionships/article/20170625-roadchamps-Lizzie-Deignan-wins-fourth-title-at-2017-HSBC-UK---National-Road-Championships-0|title=Cummings completes double as Deignan wins fourth title at 2017 HSBC UK - National Road Championships|publisher=|accessdate=25 June 2017}}

Lowther learnt the day before the time trial at the 2018 Commonwealth Games that she would not be allowed to compete because a Team England administrator had neglected to tick a box on an entry form.{{cite news|first1=Martha|last1=Kelner|title=Unticked box leaves English cyclist Melissa Lowther unable to race|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/apr/10/unticked-box-leaves-english-cyclist-melissa-lowther-unable-to-race|date=10 April 2018|newspaper=The Guardian}}