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Lael Wilcox

July 4, 2016 in Modern Worthies

Lael Wilcox

The First Woman to Win the Trans Am Bike Race

Lael Wilcox is the first woman to win the Trans Am Bike Race, an unsupported ultra-distance cycling race that covers over 4,000 miles from the Pacific coast of Oregon to the Atlantic coast of Virginia.

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