VBR Twenty28 and USA Cycling's Anna Hicks

Anna Hicks | Virginia's Blue Ridge TWENTY28 | Road & Track

Anna Hicks is a 26-year-old pro cyclist from Placerville, California — raised in the Sierra Nevada foothills as a 4H kid — now based in Boulder, Colorado, and one of the fastest-rising names in U.S. women's cycling.

The backstory Anna's athletic gifts showed up early. One season of high school cross-country was enough to earn her a Division 1 scholarship. She attended Cal Poly SLO, then turned her focus to the bike after college. Teamtwenty28

Road breakout In her first elite road season (2023), she finished 8th at the Pro Road National Championship, then crossed disciplines to finish 3rd at Big Sugar Gravel. Endurance Sportswire

The track explosion This is the part that stops people: Hicks raced on a track for the first time at a local event in June 2025. Less than nine months later, she won gold at the Pan American Track Championships in the Points Race — beating reigning World Champion Yareli Acevedo. USA Cycling

Team & program She rides for Virginia's Blue Ridge TWENTY28, a program built specifically as a pipeline to the Olympics. Off the bike, Anna is a certified sports nutritionist and coach. Endurance SportswireTeamtwenty28

Olympic trajectory She was named to the 2026 Pan American Track Championships squad in the Points Race — and the LA 2028 Olympics are squarely in view.