Mara Abbott is a U.S professional women’s bicycle racer from Boulder, Colorado, who rides on the Wiggle High 5 team. This is a British professional cycling team based in Belgium which competes in elite road bicycle racing and track cycling events.
She took up road bicycle racing at Whitman College as a springtime activity and then from there she started competing. She won first place in 2007 in National Road Cycling Championships. She won first place in 2008 in 4 Mount Hood Classic, Krasna Lipa Tour,and Giro della Toscana. In 2010, Abbott became the first U.S. cyclist ever to win the Giro Donne, one of the Grand Tours of women’s bicycle racing in 2008. In addition, she has won first 9 times over a 2 year period. Abbott retired after the 2016 Olympic Games road race. Road cycling requires a lot of training and effort for long hours like any other sport; cycling is done in nature (roads, mountains) in both harsh and good weather. In addition to cycling, Abbott is a yoga instructor. She is a freelance writer published in the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colorado as well as the Wall Street Journal and EspnW.
