Sara Penton

Sara Marie Penton (born 15 November 1988) is a Swedish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Drops–Le Col. 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 300km Vätternrundan sportive the same year. In 2017, Penton won the Swedish National Road Race Championships: the first time in seven years neither Emma Johansson nor Emilia Fahlin were Swedish champion, notably neither Fahlin nor Johansson raced the 2017 championships.

Sara Penton

Sara Marie Penton (born 15 November 1988) is a Swedish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Drops–Le Col. 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 300km Vätternrundan sportive the same year. In 2017, Penton won the Swedish National Road Race Championships: the first time in seven years neither Emma Johansson nor Emilia Fahlin were Swedish champion, notably neither Fahlin nor Johansson raced the 2017 championships.