Alison Tetrick is a pro road cyclist and a star of the growing gravel racing scene. In 2017, she racked up wins at Dirty Kanza (a 200-mile gravel race near Emporia, Kans.), Gravel Worlds (a 150-mile race near Lincoln, Neb.), and The Queen’s Stage Race (a three-day event near Ketchum, Idaho). She won Gravel Worlds a second time this summer.
She has a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry, with a focus in molecular biology, and, before turning pro, Tetrick worked in a molecular pharmacology lab at biopharma giant Amgen. Her response to a crash in 2010 that left her with a traumatic brain injury and broken pelvis was to go out and gain her master’s degree in clinical psychology.