Mara Katherine Abbott was born on November 14,1985 and is a US former professional women's bicycle racer.
13 Facts About Mara Abbott
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In 2010, Abbott became the first US cyclist ever to win the Giro Donne, one of the Grand Tours of women's bicycle racing.
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Mara Abbott was born in and, as of 2016, still lives in Boulder, Colorado.
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Mara Abbott was a competitive swimmer, primarily specializing in distance freestyle races, at Whitman College, which is where she took up road bicycle racing as a springtime activity.
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Mara Abbott won back-to-back championships in the Mount Evans Hill Climb in 2005 and 2006.
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Mara Abbott turned professional in 2007 and joined the Webcor Builders team.
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Mara Abbott continued to swim for Whitman in the fall and graduated with a degree in economics from Whitman.
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Mara Abbott joined the HTC-Columbia Women's Team in 2008 and began to excel in European races, winning a mountain stage in the Giro della Toscana.
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Mara Abbott won two more stages and the overall championship at the Giro Donne, which was the only women's Grand Tour event held in 2010.
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Mara Abbott won one stage and finished second in the Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin.
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Mara Abbott won one stage and finished second overall in the Tour of the Gila, behind 1996 Canadian Olympic medalist Clara Hughes.
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On October 7,2014, Wiggle High5 announced that Mara Abbott had signed with them for the 2015 season.
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Mara Abbott is a freelance writer published in the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colorado as well as the Wall Street Journal and espnW.