Sara Penton Explained

Sara Penton
Fullname:Sara Marie Penton
Birth Date:15 November 1988
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2015
Amateurteam1:De Jonge Renner
Proyears1:2016
Proyears2:2017–2019
Proteam2:[1]
Proyears3:2020–2021
Proteam3:[2] [3]

Sara Marie Penton (born 15 November 1988) is a Swedish former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2016 and 2021 for the, and 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 300km (200miles) 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

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Team Virtu Cycling. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 4 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190303210535/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/10870/1002151/243. 3 March 2019.
    2. Web site: Drops. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 26 January 2020. https://archive.today/20200126193905/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14172/1002055/258. 26 January 2020.
    3. Web site: Drops-Le Col supported by Tempur. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 21 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210121183915/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15429/1002055/277. 21 January 2021.
    4. Web site: About Sara. 29 September 2014 . 2 August 2017.
    5. Web site: Women's Cycling Profiles: Sara Penton . ProCyclingUK.
    6. News: National Road Championships – Sweden. 2 August 2017. UCI.
    7. Web site: Who is retiring from pro cycling in 2021? . Timms . Joe . 18 October 2021 . Rouleur. 24 December 2021.

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