Life Time has unveiled the men’s and women’s rosters for the 2025 Life Time Grand Prix.
Returning for the fourth year, the Life Time Grand Prix is positioned as the premier elite off-road cycling series in the United States, drawing athletes and fans from across the globe.
The 2025 elite rider lineup is the most international yet, with 12 countries represented across the men’s and women’s competitions and over a third of the selected athletes originating from outside the US.
Drawing from hundreds of applicants representing 23 countries, the initial selection includes 22 male and 22 female athletes who will compete in the six-race series. An additional three men and three women will then be selected as wildcard athletes after the Life Time UNBOUND Gravel 200 concludes on Saturday, May 31, 2025.
Men’s field
Three-time returning champion Keegan Swenson will be joined by the remainder of the 2024 Life Time Grand Prix overall podium – Matthew Beers and Payson McElveen.
Almost half the men’s field will be made up of international riders, including three-time The Traka 360 winner Mattia De Marchi (Italy) and ex-UCI WorldTour road racer Lawrence Naesen (Belgium).
A number of other athletes will shake up the roster for 2025, including 10-time Ethiopian national champion Tsgabu Grmay, and Switzerland’s Simon Pellaud, who arrives fresh from a 12-year road career.
- Matthew Beers
30, Cape Town, South Africa - John Borstelmann
33, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA - Zach Calton
27, Ogden, UT, USA - Hugo Drechou
33, Ceret, France - Griffin Easter
33, Salt Lake City, UT, USA - Sean Fincham
26, Squamish, BC, Canada - Russell Finsterwald
34, Colorado Springs, CO, USA - Tsgabu Grmay
33, Mekelle, Ethiopia - Howard Grotts
31, Durano, CO, USA - Finn Gullickson
24, Boulder, CO, USA - Dylan Johnson
29, Brevard, NC, USA- Brendan Johnston
32, Canberra, Australia - Bradyn Lange
25, Fairfax, CA, USA - Payson McElveen
31, Durango, CO, USA - Mattia De Marchi
33, Noale, Italy - Lawrence Naesen
32, Ostend, Belgium - Simon Pellaud
32, Chemin-Dessus, Switzerland - Cole Paton
26, Cashmere, WA, USA - Torbjørn Andre Røed
27, Asker, Norway - Keegan Swenson
30, Midway, UT, USA - Alexey Vermeulen
30, Dexter, MI, USA - Alex Wild
32, San Jose, CA, USA
- Brendan Johnston
Women’s field
Over two thirds (68%) of the women’s field is made up of returning Life Time Grand Prix athletes, including defending champion Sofia Gomez Villafañe and all top-10 finishers from the 2024 series.
Six female riders are set to make their Life Time Grand Prix debuts in 2025 including France’s Cécile Lejeune, who placed second at this year’s Tucson Bicycle Classic; reigning Australian gravel champion, Courtney Sherwell, and Annabel Fisher (Great Britain), winner of the 2024 Octopus Gravel.
- Crystal Anthony
43, Beverly, MA, USA - Ellen Campbell
27, Durango, CO, USA - Lauren De Crescenzo
34, Broomfield, CO, USA - Cecily Decker
26, Santa Fe, NM, USA - Axelle Dubau-Prévot
28, Reims, France - Annabel Fisher
35, Leeds, Great Britain - Sofia Gomez Villafañe
30, Esquel, Argentina - Stella Hobbs
31, Whitefish, MT, USA - Erin Huck
43, Boulder, CO, USA - Sarah Lange
33, Brattleboro, VT, USA - Cécile Lejeune
26, Tucson AZ, USA
- Deanna Mayles
31, Colorado Springs, CO, USA - Paige Onweller
35, Bella Vista, AR, USA - Hannah Otto
29, Salt Lake City, UT, USA - Hayley Preen
26, Cape Town, South Africa - Jenna Rinehart
40, Mankato, MN, USA - Melisa Rollins
28, Salt Lake City, UT, USA - Samara Sheppard
35, Wellington, New Zealand - Courtney Sherwell
36, Bendigo, Australia - Alexis Skarda
35, Great Junction, CO, USA - Haley Smith
31, Waterloo, Quebec, Canada - Michaela Thompson
22, Durango, CO, USA
Wildcard selection
The final three spots in each the men’s and women’s fields will be filled following the completion of Sea Otter Classic Gravel and UNBOUND Gravel. Athletes must contest both events, and the top performers amongst the pool of athletes will earn a spot in the 2025 Life Time Grand Prix series.
Additionally, should an athlete within the originally selected 22 athletes drop out of the series between now and UNBOUND Gravel, their spot will be backfilled by a wildcard athlete.
Kimo Seymour, Senior Vice President of Life Time Events said “The fourth season of the Life Time Grand Prix, building on three years of momentum, is set to bring a whole new level of competition.
“We’re excited to announce the 2025 athlete roster with a mix of new and returning talent across both the men’s and women’s fields. We continue to elevate the series’ global profile and increase engagement amongst gravel and mountain bike racing fans both in the US and around the world; as a result, we’re thrilled to share that this year’s cohort of racers is the most international yet.”
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