The US national team won the opening team time trial at the UCI Women's Tour of New Zealand on Wednesday in Masterton. They won the 15km event in 18:49, beating Australia and Team TIbco-SVB. American rider Megan Guarnier took the first leader's jersey heading into stage 2's 125km road race also in Masterton.
"We will defend the yellow jersey tomorrow, we are keen to keep it so really looking forward to tomorrow stage," said Megan Guarnier.
Brief Results
Swipe to scroll horizontally
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
United States
0:18:49
2
Australia
0:00:18
3
Team Tibco-SVB
0:00:42
4
Holden Racing Team
0:01:05
5
Ramblers Club
0:01:15
6
HI5 Dream Team
0:01:30
7
Pepper Palace Pro Cycling p/b The Happy Tooth
0:01:33
8
DNA Cycling p/b K4 Racing
0:01:38
9
New Zealand
0:01:45
10
Japan
0:02:12
Swipe to scroll horizontally
General classification after stage 1
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Megan Guarnier (USA) United States
0:18:49
2
Lauren Hall (USA) United States
Row 1 - Cell 2
3
Lauren Komanski (USA) United States
Row 2 - Cell 2
4
Evelyn Stevens (USA) United States
Row 3 - Cell 2
5
Tayler Wiles (USA) United States
Row 4 - Cell 2
6
Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Australia
0:00:18
7
Katrin Garfoot (Aus) Australia
Row 6 - Cell 2
8
Rachel Neylan (Aus) Australia
Row 7 - Cell 2
9
Alexandra Manly (Aus) Australia
Row 8 - Cell 2
10
Rebecca Mackey (Aus) Australia
Row 9 - Cell 2
Get The Leadout Newsletter
The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!