CALIFORNIAN KENDALL RYAN WINS STAGE ONE OF WOMEN’S THREE-DAY RACE
AMGEN TOUR OF CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S RACE EMPOWERED WITH SRAM
As the women’s race kicked off today, the anticipated sprint to the finish ended with Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank delivering their 2015 National Champion (Criterium) Kendall Ryan, (born Thousand Oaks, Calif. / resides Ventura, Calif.) to the stage victory.
“Today I just was able to surf the bunch and stay hidden from the wind and my teammates just made sure that I was protected and in the right spot in the end,” said Ryan, whose sister Alexis Ryan is also in the race with Canyon//SRAM. “All the hard work and heartbreak and all the suffering I’ve gone through just finally paid off… It’s just huge for me – I’ve never won yellow, I’ve never been on a stage like this before and won a race like this… You’re with the best of the best in the entire world and everyone shows up with their A-game and everyone shows up with their top team for this race, and you have to do everything right.”
Next over the line were Rally Cycling’s Emma White (Duanesburg, New York) and Wiggle High5’s former track World Champion and 2012 Olympic Omnium Bronze Medalist Annette Edmondson (AUS).
The opening stage for the women’s race returns to Elk Grove, which made its first race appearance last year, for an 80-mile day with two Sprints and no Queen of the Mountain climbs (QOMs) – a very fast and flat route that delivered the expected bunch sprint to the finish.
Just over halfway into Stage 1 presented by Visit California, a breakaway including BePink’s Lisa Morzenti (ITA) and Hagens Berman | Supermint Pro Cycling’s Whitney Allison (Fort Collins, Colo.). Allison spent solo time off the front to earn the Breakaway from Heart DiseaseTM Most Courageous Rider Jersey before being reabsorbed by the peloton as they began arranging to deliver their sprinters to the finish with about 6 miles left to ride.
Stage 1 Podium
1. Kendall Ryan (USA), Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank (USA)
2. Emma White (USA), Rally Cycling (USA)
3. Annette Edmondson (AUS), Wiggle High5 (GBR)
Jersey Winners after Stage 1:
Amgen Race Leader Jersey – Kendall Ryan (USA), Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank (USA)
Visit California Sprint Jersey – Kendall Ryan (USA), Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank (USA)
TAG Heuer Best Young Rider Jersey – Emma White (USA), Rally Cycling (USA)
Breakaway from Heart DiseaseTM Most Courageous Rider Jersey – Whitney Allison (USA), Hagens Berman | Supermint Pro Cycling (USA)
Presented by Visit California, tomorrow’s Stage 6 (M) and Stage 2 (W) both include the HC climb up Kingsbury Grade. The women will spend the day on a 67.1-mile climb-centric day in South Lake Tahoe, where the men will also finish after a 122.1 mile trek including seven categorized climbs that they’ll begin to encounter shortly after they depart from Folsom.
The 2018 edition of America’s premier cycling stage race covers 645 miles of roadways, highways and coastlines during seven stages from Long Beach to Sacramento May 13-19, while the Amgen Tour of California Women’s Race empowered with SRAM, showcasing the world’s best women cyclists, runs concurrently May 17-19, covering upward of 187 miles over three stages. The annual professional cycling events are the only U.S. races on the UCI WorldTour calendar and continue to attract some of the most renowned cyclists and teams in the world.
Results:
STAGE CLASSIFICATION 1
ELK GROVE – ELK GROVE
THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2018
Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat B P Split Pl Bib Name First Name Team Nat B P Split
1 66 RYAN Kendall TIB USA B:10″ 00″
2 106 *WHITE Emma RLW USA B:06″ ‘ ‘
3 41 EDMONDSON Annette WHT AUS B:04″ ‘ ‘
4 54 RYAN Alexis CSR USA ‘ ‘
5 31 RIVERA Coryn SUN USA ‘ ‘
6 86 VALENTE Jennifer T20 USA ‘ ‘
7 134 *SPEROTTO Maria Vittoria BPK ITA ‘ ‘
8 116 WILLIAMS Lily HBS USA ‘ ‘
9 4 HANSON Lauretta UHC AUS ‘ ‘
10 25 *SCHNEIDER Skylar USA USA ‘ ‘
11 46 *STEWART Macey WHT AUS ‘ ‘
12 75 *LLOYD Manon DRP GBR ‘ ‘
13 5 PEĄUELA MARTINEZ Diana CarolUinHaC COL ‘ ‘
14 32 *LABOUS Juliette SUN FRA ‘ ‘
15 36 WINDER Ruth SUN USA ‘ ‘
16 3 HALL Lauren UHC USA ‘ ‘
17 61 DREXEL CLOUTHIER Ingrid TIB MEX ‘ ‘
18 64 JACKSON Alison TIB CAN ‘ ‘
19 124 *SALAZAR VAZQUEZ Lizbeth YareSlWi A MEX ‘ ‘
20 103 BERGEN Sara RLW CAN ‘ ‘
21 104 LAY Kirsti RLW CAN ‘ ‘
22 51 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna CSR POL ‘ ‘
23 71 WILES Tayler DRP USA ‘ ‘
24 143 ROCHA GUERRERO Mayra del RoMciEoX MEX ‘ ‘
25 35 SOEK Julia SUN NED ‘ ‘
26 142 MENDIVIL SOTO Yusseli MEX MEX ‘ ‘
27 1 HALL Katharine UHC USA ‘ ‘
28 12 *BERTIZZOLO Sofia ASA ITA ‘ ‘
29 101 *POIDEVIN Sara RLW CAN ‘ ‘
30 82 CLYNE Margot T20 USA ‘ ‘
31 21 GUARNIER Megan USA USA ‘ ‘
32 92 *ANDERSON Grace ILU NZL ‘ ‘
33 6 THOMAS Leah UHC USA ‘ ‘
34 2 BANKS Elizabeth UHC GBR ‘ ‘
35 125 *SANTOYO PEREZ Brenda AndreaSWA MEX ‘ ‘
36 33 *LIPPERT Liane SUN GER ‘ ‘
37 93 BEAUMONT Rebecca ILU CAN ‘ ‘
38 141 *BONILLA ESCAPITE Jessica MEX MEX ‘ ‘
39 14 RODRIGUEZ GUTIERREZ CarolinaASA MEX ‘ ‘
40 131 MAGNALDI Erica BPK ITA 09″
41 91 *HARVEY Mikayla ILU NZL ‘ ‘
42 123 PRIETO CASTAĄEDA Marcela ElizSaWbeAth MEX ‘ ‘
43 44 GARNER Lucy WHT GBR ‘ ‘
44 56 WORRACK Trixi CSR GER ‘ ‘
45 102 ALLAR Erica RLW USA ‘ ‘
46 84 DUEHRING Jasmin T20 CAN ‘ ‘
47 24 SCHNEIDER Samantha USA USA ‘ ‘
48 122 MUĄOZ GRANDON Paola AndreaSWA CHI ‘ ‘
49 63 COBB Alice TIB GBR ‘ ‘
50 45 LETH Julie WHT DEN ‘ ‘
51 62 CHAPMAN Brodie TIB AUS ‘ ‘
52 132 *MEDVEDOVA Tereza BPK SVK ‘ ‘
53 74 *HOLDEN Elizabeth DRP GBR ‘ ‘
54 135 VALSECCHI Silvia BPK ITA ‘ ‘
55 114 RACHETTO Liza HBS USA ‘ ‘
56 121 *RAMÍREZ FREGOSO Andrea SWA MEX ‘ ‘
57 133 *MORZENTI Lisa BPK ITA B:03″ ‘ ‘
58 115 TEDDERGREEN Starla HBS USA ‘ ‘
59 95 KASHIKI Shoko ILU JPN ‘ ‘
60 96 MILLARD Alexandra ILU USA ‘ ‘
61 73 HAMMES Kathrin DRP GER ‘ ‘
62 126 *VARGAS BARRIENTOS Maria JosSeWA CRC ‘ ‘
63 65 MALSEED Shannon TIB AUS ‘ ‘
64 43 BROWN Grace WHT AUS ‘ ‘
65 52 ERATH Tanja CSR GER B:01″ ‘ ‘
66 111 LUEBKE Jennifer HBS USA 17″
67 23 COMPTON Katherine USA USA ‘ ‘
68 113 CERRA Jessica HBS USA ‘ ‘
69 76 PAYTON Hannah DRP GBR 20″
70 72 CHRISTIAN Anna DRP GBR ‘ ‘
71 22 BIRCH Christina USA USA ‘ ‘
72 83 DRAGOO Allie T20 USA 22″
73 85 ROORDA Stephanie T20 CAN 28″
74 144 SALOMAN VALENZUELA Mitca BeMtsEaXbeeMEX ‘ ‘
75 55 THORVILSON Leah CSR USA 36″
76 26 WHEELER Jennifer USA USA ‘ ‘
77 94 CALDWELL Elizabeth ILU USA ‘ ‘
78 112 ALLISON Whitney HBS USA B:02″ ‘ ‘
79 105 *MAINE Katherine RLW CAN ‘ ‘
80 34 *MATHIESEN Pernille SUN DEN 39″
81 53 *RIFFEL Christa CSR GER ‘ ‘
82 42 *BARBIERI Rachele WHT ITA 00″
83 13 MORENO CANCHON Blanca LilianAaSA COL ‘ ‘
84 11 SIERRA Arlenis ASA CUB ‘ ‘
85 81 *DYGERT Chloe T20 USA ‘ ‘
