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.

Sara Penton

Penton at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships.
Personal information
Full name	Sara Marie Penton
Born	(1988-11-15) 15 November 1988 (age 36)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
2015	De Jonge Renner
Professional teams
2016	Lares–Waowdeals
2017–2019	Team VéloCONCEPT[1]
2020–2021	Drops[2][3]

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

• List of 2016 UCI Women's Teams and riders