Sara Mustonen (Retired)
Sara Mustonen is a retired Swedish professional cyclist who raced internationally for more than a decade. A versatile all-rounder with a strong sprint, she represented Sweden at two Olympic Games and achieved stage-race victories alongside a series of strong performances in major one-day races.
Sara Mustonen profile
- Name: Sara Johanna Mustonen
- Nationality: Swedish
- Place of birth: Höganäs, Sweden
- Date of birth: 8 February 1981
- Status: Retired
- Current Team: Retired
- Previous Teams: S.C. Michela Fanini Rox, Team CMAX Dila, Cykelcity.se, Hitec Products, Faren-Let’s Go Finland, Team Giant-Shimano, Team Liv-Plantur, Team Virtu Cycling Women, Experza-Footlogix, Health Mate-Cyclelive Team
Career overview
Mustonen won the Tour de Pologne Féminin overall in 2008 and represented Sweden in the road race at the Beijing Olympics that year. She later finished sixth at the 2009 Open de Suède Vårgårda and fifth at the 2013 Tour of Chongming Island World Cup. Mustonen returned to the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 and twice finished second in the Swedish road race championship. One of her strongest late-career results came with third at the 2018 Tour of Guangxi Women’s WorldTour. She ended her career on a high in 2019, winning a stage and the overall classification at the Tour of Uppsala before retiring from professional cycling at the end of the season.
