Sara Penton
Sara Marie Penton (born 15 November 1988) is a Swedish former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2016 and 2021 for the Lares–Waowdeals, Team Virtu Cycling and Drops–Le Col teams.
Career
A former football player who retired from that sport at around 18 years old in 2006 due to medical issues with her knees, Penton started her first cycling race in 2013.[4] She had begun to take cycling seriously for the first time in 2011 whilst working in a bike shop, completing the 300-kilometre (190-mile) Vätternrundan sportive the same year.[5] In 2017, Penton won the Swedish National Road Race Championships, becoming the first rider other than Emma Johansson and Emilia Fahlin – neither of whom raced the 2017 edition – to win the race in seven years.[6] Penton retired from competition at the end of the 2021 season.[7]
Major results
- 2015
- 9th Trofee Maarten Wynants
- 9th Erondegemse Pijl
- 2017
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
- 2018
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
See also
References
- ^ "Team Virtu Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Drops". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Drops-Le Col supported by Tempur". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "About Sara". 29 September 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ "Women's Cycling Profiles: Sara Penton". ProCyclingUK.
- ^ "National Road Championships – Sweden". UCI. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ Timms, Joe (18 October 2021). "Who is retiring from pro cycling in 2021?". Rouleur. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
External links
- Sara Penton at UCI
- Sara Penton at Cycling Archives
- Sara Penton at ProCyclingStats