Sara Penton

Sara Marie Penton 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. She had begun to take cycling seriously for the first time in 2011 whilst working in a bike shop, completing the Vätternrundan sportive the same year. 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. Penton retired from competition at the end of the 2021 season.

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