Anna Yamauchi is a rookie on the women’s scorecard of the 2023 Life Time Grand Prix presented by Mazda, one of 20 new women competing in the seven-race off-road series for a share in a $250,000 total prize purse. Before the first bumps and barges on the singletrack at Sea Otter Classic’s Fuego XL 100K this Saturday, Yamauchi is already an imposing contender for the second running of the Grand Prix.
Imposing for her technical abilities on a mountain bike more so than her stature, the 5-foot 4-inch California native parlayed her love for skiing into a newfound joy and job on the bike. In her third year of racing bikes, she’s soared to the win this year in Bakersfield at Rock Cobbler and podiums at Belgian Waffle Ride Arizona and Cactus Cup.
