The start to the women’s European campaign was a success with Ruth Winder nabbing wins on both the first and second stages of Tour de Feminin. On stage 1 Winder leapt out of the group with 30km to go and soloed away to win the 120km stage with 1:15 lead over second place.
All in all it was a great day. We all were attacking and at the end of the day, my attack is the one that stuck. I went with about 40 kilometers to go and saw that I had a gap pretty immediately, I just put my head down and thought, I’d better keep driving. I was able to hold it to the line for the win.
Ruth Winder
When asked about the victory Director Rachel Heal said, “This is a fantastic start to our European campaign. We’ve had a great season in the U.S. to date and it’s great to be able to come over to Europe and prove right from the start that we can mix it up over here as well.”
On stage 2 Winder repeated the win, this time sprinting out of the bunch after a hairy final few kilometers. A chaotic run-in to the finish line lead to a crash which took down teammate Lauretta Hanson, who is recovering and still racing. In spite of the messy finish the team led out Winder to deliver her to another safe victory on stage 2.
We showed good teamwork again today. We were present at the front of the group, we tried for another break with Tayler (Wiles) riding really strongly. It in the end came down to a fast and windy sprint finish. The team did a great lead out. Lauretta (Hanson) took me flying into the last 400 meters and set me up well for the finish. I’m happy for another win. I hope all the riders that went down today are okay.
Ruth Winder
Results for Tour de Feminin
- Stage 1
- Stage 2
- Stage 3 (ITT)
- Stage 4
Race Date City Start Distance 07/06/2017Krasna Lipa119- Stage
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Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team3:09:552KESSLER NinaHitec Products1:153WILKOS Katarzyna-1:1522UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:1556UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:1557UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:1569UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:1580UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:15Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team3:09:392KESSLER NinaHitec Products1:253UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:2557UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:3158UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:3170UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:3181UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:31Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:002KESSLER NinaHitec Products0:003WILKOS Katarzyna-0:0010UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:00Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1DRUYTS JessySport Vlaanderen - Guill D'or0:002UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:003THORVIK Caroline-0:006UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:00Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1SWINKELS KarlijnParkhotel Valkenburg - Destil Cycling Team3:11:092SCHNEIDER Skylar-0:013ERAUD SéverineFDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope0:01Pos. Team Time/pnt 1UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team9:32:152France1:153Sport Vlaanderen - Guill D'or1:15
Race Date City Start Distance 07/07/2017Jirikov101- Stage
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Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team2:56:262PEETOOM Kirsten-2:56:263KESSLER NinaHitec Products2:56:2634UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team2:56:2653UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team2:56:2655UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team2:56:2675UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:1290UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team2:54Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team6:05:522KESSLER NinaHitec Products1:343PEETOOM Kirsten-1:389UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:4344UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:4446UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:4467UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team2:5673UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team4:32Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:002KESSLER NinaHitec Products0:003WILKOS Katarzyna-0:0015UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:00Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:002DRUYTS JessySport Vlaanderen - Guill D'or0:003DUYCK Ann-sophieDrops0:006UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:00Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1SWINKELS KarlijnParkhotel Valkenburg - Destil Cycling Team6:07:342LABOUS JulietteTeam Sunweb6:07:343KOPECKY LotteLotto Soudal Ladies0:02Pos. Team Time/pnt 1UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team18:21:332France1:153Mat Atom Deweloper1:15
Race Date City Start Distance 07/08/2017Krasna Lipa15- Stage
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Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1DUYCK Ann-sophieDrops21:482UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:123THOMAS LeahSho - Air TWENTY200:195UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:346UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:5613UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:31132UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team5:26155UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team6:37Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team6:28:142DUYCK Ann-sophieDrops1:103UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:216UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team2:0612UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team2:4172UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team8:5973UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team9:24Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:002KESSLER NinaHitec Products0:003WILKOS Katarzyna-0:0013UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:0016UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:0017UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:00Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:002DRUYTS JessySport Vlaanderen - Guill D'or0:003DUYCK Ann-sophieDrops0:005UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:00Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1ERAUD SéverineFDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope6:30:412SOET AafkeParkhotel Valkenburg - Destil Cycling Team0:123SWINKELS KarlijnParkhotel Valkenburg - Destil Cycling Team0:42Pos. Team Time/pnt 1UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team19:28:392Parkhotel Valkenburg - Destil Cycling Team3:023Belgium4:22
Race Date City Start Distance 07/08/2017Rumburk71- Stage
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Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1VAN DER BURG Nancy-1:52:562DELZENNE EliseLotto Soudal Ladies1:52:563UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:52:5634UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:52:5643UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:52:5648UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:52:5650UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:52:5668UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:40Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team8:21:082DUYCK Ann-sophieDrops1:123UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team1:237UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team2:0812UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team2:4354UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team6:3261UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team9:41Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:002KESSLER NinaHitec Products0:003DELZENNE EliseLotto Soudal Ladies0:0013UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:0019UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:0020UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:00Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:002DRUYTS JessySport Vlaanderen - Guill D'or0:003ZANNER Beate-0:007UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:009UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team0:00Pos. Rider Team Time/pnt 1ERAUD SéverineFDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope8:23:352SOET AafkeParkhotel Valkenburg - Destil Cycling Team0:143SWINKELS KarlijnParkhotel Valkenburg - Destil Cycling Team0:44Pos. Team Time/pnt 1UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women?s Team25:07:272Parkhotel Valkenburg - Destil Cycling Team3:023Belgium4:22
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