Ganzar wins Winston Salem Cycling Classic women's race
Sierra second and Dygert-Owen third
Leigh Ann Ganzar (Hagens Berman-Supermint) won the Winston Salem Cycling Classic road race on Monday. She took a solo win ahead of chasers Arlenis Sierra (Astana) and Chloe Dygert-Owen (Twenty20-Shor-Air).
"This was the biggest win of my career and a full team effort," Ganzar said. "I couldn't have done it without my teammates. The intent [of the last attack] was to keep it fast. I looked back and had a gap, didn't see anyone come across, so I put my head down and tried to last as long as I could."
The women raced for 96km in and around Bailey Park. A decisive 10-rider breakaway cleared the field over the penultimate queen of the mountain and with roughly 15km to the finish line, 1 lap.
The group included Lauren Stephens (Tibco-SVB), Arlenis Sierra (Astana), Chloe Dygert-Owen and Shayna Powless (Twenty20-Sho-Air), Leigh Ann Ganzar and defending champion Lily Williams (Hagens Berman-Supermint), Sara Bergen (Rally UHC), Deborah Paine and Edwige Pitel (Cogeas - Mettler Pro Cycling Team), and Australia's Emily Roper.
Ganzar attacked at the start of the final lap, which gave her teammate Williams a chance to recover in the chase group. She held a 30-second gap up the final climb.
Dygert-Owen jumped over the top of the climb to try and close the gap to Ganzar, with Sierra on her wheel. Dygert-Owen pushed hard on the pedals and cut the gap down to 10 seconds on the way to the finish line. Sierra started helping Dygert-Owen in the final kilometres, both trying to catch Ganzar, but they weren't able to shut it down before the finish line.
Full results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Leigh Ann Ganzar (USA) Hagens Berman-Supermint | 2:35:36 |
2 | Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana Women's Team | 0:00:04 |
3 | Chloe Dygert (USA) Sho-Air Twenty20 | 0:00:20 |
4 | Emily Roper (Aus) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Sara Bergen (Can) Rally UHC Cycling Women | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Lily Williams (USA) Hagens Berman-Supermint | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Lauren Stephens (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | 0:00:27 |
8 | Deborah Paine (NZl) Cogeas Mettler Look | 0:00:29 |
9 | Edwige Pitel (Fra) Cogeas Mettler Look | 0:00:31 |
10 | Shayna Powless (USA) Sho-Air Twenty20 | 0:01:07 |
11 | Sarah Gigante (Aus) | 0:01:25 |
12 | Jessica Parra Rojas (Col) | 0:01:32 |
13 | Lex Albrecht (Can) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | 0:01:43 |
14 | Justine Barrow (Aus) | 0:01:45 |
15 | Peta Mullens (Aus) | 0:01:47 |
16 | Caroline Baur (Sui) | 0:01:48 |
17 | Marie Soleil Blais (Can) Astana Women's Team | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Katie Clouse (USA) | 0:01:49 |
19 | Madeline Bemis (USA) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Blanca Liliana Moreno Canchon (Col) Astana Women's Team | 0:01:50 |
21 | Emma Langley (USA) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Daniely Del Valle Garcia Butrago (Col) | 0:02:07 |
23 | Olivia Ray (Nzl) | 0:02:08 |
24 | Michaela Drummond (Nzl) | 0:02:10 |
25 | Philippa Sutton (Nzl) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Margot Clyne (USA) Sho-Air Twenty20 | 0:02:13 |
27 | Regina Lecce (USA) | 0:02:19 |
28 | Tina Pic (USA) | 0:02:23 |
29 | Emily Spence (Can) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Jolene Holland (USA) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Claudia Verónica Leal Balderas (Mex) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Holly Breck (USA) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Jennifer Valente (USA) Sho-Air Twenty20 | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Kat Sweatt (USA) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Sharlotte Lucas (NZl) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Larissa Castelari de Lima (Bra) | 0:02:28 |
37 | Lizbeth Yareli Salazar Vazquez (Mex) Astana Women's Team | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Emily Ehrlich (USA) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Gillian Ellsay (Can) Rally UHC Cycling Women | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Erica Allar (USA) Rally UHC Cycling Women | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Allie Dragoo (USA) Sho-Air Twenty20 | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Kendall Ryan (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | 0:04:22 |
43 | Natalia Franco Villegas (Col) | 0:05:33 |
44 | Starla Teddergreen (USA) Hagens Berman-Supermint | 0:05:35 |
DNF | Whitney Allison (USA) Hagens Berman-Supermint | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Heather Fischer (USA) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ella Bloor (Aus) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Georgia Simmerling (Can) Sho-Air Twenty20 | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Caroline Poole (Can) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Summer Moak (USA) Rally UHC Cycling Women | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Katherine Maine (Can) Rally UHC Cycling Women | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Brenna Wry-Simpson (USA) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Luz Adriana Tovar Salgado (Col) | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Cogeas Mettler Look | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Emma Chilton (Aus) | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Natalie Redmond (Aus) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicolle Bruderer Cofiño (Gua) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lisa Cordova (USA) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Abby Krawczyk (USA) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Scotti Lechuga (USA) | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kimberly Lucie (USA) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julie Kuliecza (USA) Hagens Berman-Supermint | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rachel Langdon (GBr) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Harriet Owen (GBr) Hagens Berman-Supermint | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Clio Dinan (USA) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rebecca Wiasak (Aus) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Manuela Escobar Jaramillo (Col) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sommers Creed (USA) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Hannah Shell (USA) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Katherine Compton (USA) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Samantha Schneider (USA) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Emily Marcolini (Can) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Luisa Fernanda Motavita Duarte (Col) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ana Maria Hernandez Delgado (Mex) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Courteney Lowe (Nzl) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rachel Jordan (USA) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Madison Kelly (USA) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Cinthia Lehner (USA) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jenna Dunham (USA) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Grace Chappell (USA) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Silvia Fernanda Polanco Dominguez (Mex) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Angie Liliana Sanabria Puerto (Col) | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Merrill Thierman (USA) | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Hayley Bates (USA) | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Virginie Perizzolo Pointet (Swi) Cogeas Mettler Look | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ashlyn Woods (USA) | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gracie Pendleton (USA) | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jennifer Caicedo (Col) | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Danielle Clark (USA) | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Maria Fernanda Paz Robles (Col) | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Paige Kostanecki (USA) | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daisy Johana Puin Gaitan (Col) | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jenette Williams (USA) | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Allison Beveridge (Can) Rally UHC Cycling Women | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yusseli Mendivil Soto (Mex) | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Flora Yan (USA) | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Janelle Cole (USA) | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Brooke Hannon (USA) | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
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