Katie Compton (open in new tab), after winning 15 consecutive national cyclocross championships and five medals at the UCI World Cyclocross Championships, is beginning to put an end to her professional career, according to partner Mark Legg.

Legg posted on social media this weekend that Compton will be competing in her final season. She will compete in cyclocross in the winter of 2021 and 2022, and if she is selected to represent the US, the World Championships in Arkansas will be her last race.

"It's been an up and down few years. As much as we love our job, it's time to hang our race bikes on a hook next season. I'm going to miss my great friends and every day is a Saturday," Legg wrote.

Compton, who turned 42 earlier this month, first came into the limelight at the 2004 Paralympics when he piloted the tandem of the blind Carissa Witzel to two gold medals in the road race/time trial and track pursuit. 2004 was also the first year Compton won a national title in cyclocross, which became her profession and passion.

In 2007, Compton became a pioneer for American women in cyclocross after a successful race in Belgium. She won her first UCI Cyclocross World Cup race, took first place in Pijnacker and Koksijde, and won a silver medal at the World Championships behind Maryline Salvetat.

She was a consistent contender at the World Championships, finishing fourth last February and reaching the podium five times.

Throughout her career, Compton has 25 World Cup wins (the last one in Nomei in 2018) and four Pan American Championship wins. She has won the overall World Cup twice, in 2013 and 2014.

In recent years, she has concentrated on the DVV Trophy (now the X20 Budkamers Trophy), winning the overall series in 2018; in 2019, she finally relinquished the American title to Clara Honsinger.