Mara Abbott

Mara brings a lot of experience to the team. A former swimmer and student at Whitman College, she transitioned to cycling. In her second year as a professional cyclist Mara won the US National Road Title and placed fourth in the Time Trial, took a podium placing in the Montreal World Cup, won Tour of the Gila and represented USA at the road World Championships and has since had two successful years racing for Columbia-HTC with stellar results including 2nd General Classification Giro D’Italia Femminile, 1st Stage 6 Giro D’Italia Femminile, and 1st Stage 3 Giro D’Italia Femminile. She is currently studying to be a yoga instructor in her hometown of Boulder, CO.

On her first year in Team Columbia-HTC Abbott won and led the Redlands Classics and achieved her first European win when she won a mountain stage in Giro della Toscana.