Mattia De Marchi, Tsgabu Grmay, Courtney Sherwell, Annabel Fisher debut with Life Time Grand Prix in 2025

Keegan Swenson wins the overall of the 2024 Life Time Grand Prix
Keegan Swenson wins the overall of the 2024 Life Time Grand Prix (Image credit: Life Time)

The main rosters for the invitation-only 2025 Life Time Grand Prix were revealed today, with an extensive selection of new international challengers making the cut to unseat three-time men's series champion Keegan Swenson and two-time women's winner Sofia Gomez Villafane.

Headliners on the men's side are three-time The Traka 360 winner Mattia De Marchi (Italy) and former WorldTour road pros Lawrence Naesen (Belgium), Tsgabu Grmay (Ethiopia) and Simon Pellaud (Switzerland).

Jackie Tyson
North American Production editor

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).