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Melissa Rollins

Melissa Rollins

Professional cyclist specializing in gravel and endurance mountain bike racing; 2024 Leadville 100 MTB winner and Liv Racing Collective rider.

Jul 8, 2026

22:50
Melissa, will you tell us what happened back in March that has taken you off the start list for
22:57
tomorrow? It's been a long journey since March for me, but I will give a brief description.
23:04
Last year in September, I was asked by the current reigning world champion of marathon mountain bike to race the Cape Epic with her this March.
23:15
And so I derailed all of my winter plans and changed my entire spring and prepared in a way that I'd never have.
23:26
And one week before the race, I was super ready and I was... doing a very average person thing, which was going to the grocery store and I took a scooter, one of those electric scooters, back to my accommodation and I went over a speed bump and fell and broke my elbow.
23:46
So the last two and a half months have been spent sort of like on a bit of a roller coaster journey trying to get my elbow straight again.
23:58
We're not quite there, but I have been doing some bicep curls with the one pounder.
25:48
I talked to pretty much anyone with
22:50
Melissa, will you tell us what happened back in March that has taken you off the start list for
22:57
tomorrow? It's been a long journey since March for me, but I will give a brief description.
23:04
Last year in September, I was asked by the current reigning world champion of marathon mountain bike to race the Cape Epic with her this March.
23:15
And so I derailed all of my winter plans and changed my entire spring and prepared in a way that I'd never have.
23:26
And one week before the race, I was super ready and I was... doing a very average person thing, which was going to the grocery store, and I took a scooter, one of those electric scooters, back to my accommodation, and I went over a speed bump and fell and broke my elbow.
23:46
So the last two and a half months have been spent sort of like on a bit of a roller coaster journey trying to – get my elbow straight again.
23:58
We're not quite there, but I have been doing some bicep curls with, um, the one pounder.
25:48
I talk to pretty much anyone with ears about it.

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