And no wonder: She’s the current world record holder in the three-kilometer pursuit and has won six World titles in track racing. Until recently, the 23-year-old was perhaps best known for her stellar results in track racing. The 2019 World Time Trial champion, Chloé Dygert is a force. “My goals are to encourage desire and participation of women in the sport of cycling, equality of women in cycling, share my knowledge with the up and coming, and win every race we show up to,” Ryan said in 元9ION’s team announcement in November. Pro Criterium champion in 2015, won stage one of the Tour of California in 2018, and won both the Crystal City Cup and the Clarendon Cup in 2019. Ryan’s past results show that she’s certainly capable: she was the U.S. “We wanted to win races while making the sport inclusive,” Williams told The New York Times. Kendall Ryan and her sister Alexis have been powerhouses in American road racing for nearly a decade, and after almost as long riding with Team Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank, the 28-year-old recently announced that she’s switching teams to 元9ION of Los Angeles, a team developed by pro racer Justin Williams with an aim to bring more diversity to the sport… While still winning races. track team and has signed with Team Sunweb for the 2021 season, so expect to see more of Jastrab on the global stage as racing resumes. Her late-race attack showed her tactical savvy and iron nerves, essential qualities for a successful road racer.ĭespite her young age (now 18), she’s on the long list for an Olympic spot on the U.S. In 2019, Jastrab was eligible to compete for the Junior World Championship title-and she won it. On the cobbles in Belgium, she finished second at the junior race at Gent-Wevelgem. She’s also found success in Europe with a win at the junior version of the Trofeo Alfredo Binda World Cup in Italy. She was 15 at the time and racing on junior gears.Īt 17, she won both the road race and time trial at Junior Nationals. Racing was an obvious next step to her, and in 2016, she turned heads by winning the sprint for second in the criterium stage at the Redlands Bicycle Classic. At 12, Jastrab completed a 65-mile bike tour around Apple Valley, California, where she grew up.
She and her brother Ryan jammed around town on their mother’s old Schwinn until she saved up enough money to buy a bike of her own. Megan Jastrab started racing BMX at 8 years old.
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