Abi Smith
Junior National Hill Climb Champion
Junior National 10 Mile Champion
Born into an active family, Abi spent her childhood chasing her brother around triathlons. After catching everyone after being at the back on the swim, and losing gains on the run the realisation hit that cycling was her best discipline so she started to enter a few local bike races.
In 2018 Abi entered her first National Youth Road Series event and placed top 10 on all four stages, resulting in being scouted by British Cycling.
She went on to win the women’s Junior National Road Series in 2019 – her first year as a junior – and rounded off the season at the World Champs in Yorkshire (having only being cycling ‘properly’ for just under a year). In 2020, Abi won the Junior National Hill Climb Championship and the Junior National 10 Mile Championship, and the Rydale Grand Prix in 2022.
Abi joined the elite field as part of EF Education-Tibco-SVB building on her experience and shone with a brilliant performance in the Santos Women's Tour Down Under 2023, coming 10th in the General Classification. Abi now rides for dsm-firmenich PostNL, learning and developing alongside strong teammates such as Pfeiffer Georgi.
Off the bike, Abi writes a regular blog for Voxwomen about her stories and experiences of the season, and is a hugely talented artist.