
Lauren De Crescenzo has proven she is fast and fit, on both paved surfaces and rock-strewn odysseys. Now as one of 15 new women among the 70-rider field of the Life Time Grand Prix, she's working on her technical talents in order to contend in four of the mountain bike events among the seven-race series.
The 2021 Unbound Gravel champion, and runner-up last year, is in her third season at Cinch Cycling with a calendar dominated with gravel events, in the US and abroad. Unlike the past two years, she has a new approach coming into Emporia, Kansas for another top finish at Unbound, which is "not using racing to build fitness."