Rider Profile
Keegan Swenson
Cannondale Factory Racing

Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2014 - Cannondale Factory Racing
- 2013 - Cannondale Factory Racing
- 2012 - Cannondale Factory Racing
Biography:
Keegan Swenson, born February 16, 1994, grew up on a mountain bike riding in and around Park City, Utah and had won a US junior national cross-country title at 15 and was competing in World Cup competitions by age 17. He began his professional racing career in 2012 with the Cannondale Factory Racing team in 2012. Two years later he won a US U23 XCO National Championship.
As he continue with mountain bike World Cups overseas, he also competed in the US at endurance MTB events, like the Park City Point-to-Point, which he won in 2016, and Whiskey Off-road 50, going third that same year. He won his first elite men's XCO national title in 2019, and had his eyes on qualifying for Team USA's MTB squad for the Tokyo Olympic Games. However, he did not earn enough qualifying points when his racing was disrupted for the entire 2020 season due to the global pandemic.
He refocused in 2021 to competitions near home, winning his first Leadville Trail 100 MTB and earning double golds at US Mountain Bike Nationals in XCC and XCO. The next year was the debut for the Life Time Grand Prix, and Swenson went on a full assault of the gravel and MTB events in the series, winning the title for elite men across the first three seasons, 2022-2024. Among his top results in those three years included winning Unbound Gravel 200 in 2023, sweeping Leadville Trail 100 MTB each time, and going fifth at the inaugural UCI Gravel World Championships. In 2022 he was selected for the US elite men's squad and competed at UCI Road World Championships in Australia.
In 2025, Swenson won a rainbow jersey in the elite men's UCI Marathon Mountain Bike World Championships in Switzerland. He would finish fourth in the Life Time Grand Prix series at the end of the season.
After five seasons with Santa Cruz htSQD off-road team, Swenson moved to Specialized Off-road for the 2026 season.
Related Articles

'You're not going to fake it up Columbine' - Keegan Swenson returns sights on fifth win at Leadville Trail 100 MTB
By Jackie Tyson published
News Four-time men's champion could go under 5 hours, 30 minutes as 'the race gets faster every year as people get more comfortable with altitude'

'Everyone's fighting to be top dog' - Can Keegan Swenson strike on new Sea Otter course to set up fourth Life Time Grand Prix title?
By Jackie Tyson published
News Cape Epic teammate Matt Beers looks to unseat US rider in series, 'at the end of the day we race each other'

Who can keep undefeated champion Annika Langvad from record sixth win? - Contenders for 2025 Cape Epic
By Jackie Tyson, Simone Giuliani published
Analysis 2022 winner Sofia Gomez Villafañe teams with Langvad for record assault on eight-day MTB race while defending men's champion Matt Beers joins forces with Keegan Swenson

Swenson and Villafañe duplicate series titles in Life Time Grand Prix
By Jackie Tyson published
News Cecily Decker, Lauren De Crescenzo and Michaela Thompson use Big Sugar Gravel results to move into women's top 10

Keegan Swenson seals Life Time Grand Prix overall with Rad Dirt Fest victory
By Laura Weislo published
Results Stetina, Easter round out race podium in Colorado

Keegan Swenson expects Rad Dirt Fest, with 10,613 feet of climbing and punchy finale, to 'blow up a fair bit'
By Jackie Tyson published
News US rider could seal third overall title at Life Time Grand Prix with win, but top contenders battling for shares in $300,000 purse

Lachlan Morton sees 'limited opportunities to invent a new tactic' to unseat Swenson as Leadville champion
By Jackie Tyson published
News Payson McElveen, second overall in Life Time Grand Prix, calls three-time Leadville winner 'generational talent at 10,000-feet plus'

Another unreleased SRAM Red groupset uncovered at Unbound Gravel, this time with 13-speed cassette
By Josh Croxton published
news It only launched two weeks ago, but is the SRAM Red groupset about to get another update?
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