Lael Wilcox (born July 18, 1986) is an ultra-endurance bicycle racer who won the Trans Am Bike Race[1] in 2016, and set Tour Divide's women's course record on an individual time trial (ITT) in 2015.

[5] Wilcox started bicycling in 2008 at age 20, when she and her then boyfriend, Nicholas Carman, decided to tour the world.

They started in North America, then traveled in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, logging over 100,000 miles (160,000 km).

[4][7][8] In the 2015–2016 winter and spring, Wilcox and Carman co-developed the off-pavement bikepacking Baja Divide route, which runs from San Diego, California through San Jose del Cabo and on to La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

[17] In 2016, Wilcox participated in the 4,400-mile (7,100 km) Trans Am Bike Race that crosses the United States from west to east.

[3] In 2015, Wilcox, still considered relatively inexperienced at road racing, broke the women's record on the Tour Divide by more than two days.

[23] She finished on September 11, 2024, having taken 108 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes to cycle 18,125 miles, beating Graham's record by more than a fortnight.