Sally Bigham

During her career she won six national championships and 16 races in the UCI MTB Marathon Series.

She has been awarded the silver medal twice (2013, 2016) in the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships.

Prior to becoming a professional mountain bike rider in 2010, she was a medical researcher and university lecturer.

In 2009 she again won the Trek National Marathon Championship, despite a high-speed crash early in the race.

Rain in the previous week made the course slippery and required the competitors to plan their tactics carefully over the 4.5 hour race.