Kendall Ryan (L39ION of Los Angeles) defended her 2022 identify Saturday and gained the ladies’s elite race on the Audi Denver Littleton Twilight Criterium. Jordan Parra (American Biking Workforce) earned his first victory of the 12 months within the males’s occasion. The Colorado races have been the 8th forestall within the American Criterium Cup nationwide sequence.
The ladies’s contest at the six-corner, L-shaped direction within the ancient downtown of Littleton noticed a couple of assaults, with DNA Professional Biking’s Daphne Karagianis surging with a solo ruin for the majority of the second one part of the race. Because the atmosphere solar wiped away shadows, the peloton sensed urgency and erased the get away.
Ryan crossed the road with room to spare for her 5th win of the season. Valentina Scandolara (Denver Disruptors) outsprinted Paola Muñoz (Miami Nights) to spherical off the rostrum.
Ryan gave the entire credit score to Julyn Aguila, the one different L39ION teammate at the two-rider squad in Littleton, as former two-time US professional criterium champion took goal at the ultimate nook.
“Yeah, Julyn simply did the paintings of 5 folks, which was once superior. I used to be simply satisfied to be on the proper spot on some wheels and check out to win the final nook,” Ryan mentioned on the end. “With one different teammate within the staff, you most effective have such a lot of playing cards to play. It was once an actual gamble letting sure breaks pass up the street. We knew that if there have been 3 or 4 [riders in a break], we surely wouldn’t wish to let it pass.
“This race is tremendous amusing. My first time was once final 12 months within the rain, in order that was once loopy. I’m satisfied to protect the win.”
Along with her 3rd position, Muñoz extends her general ACC result in 580 issues, 163 forward of Miami Nights teammate Andrea Cyr and 246 forward of Samantha Schneider (L39ION of Los Angeles). Whilst Muñoz had all however locked up the person identify with two races closing within the sequence, Kim Lucie of DNA Professional Biking scored sufficient issues to fasten within the dash tilt and power a quartet of riders – DNA teammate Holly Breck, Alexis Ryan (L39ION of Los Angeles), Rachel Plessing (ButcherBox), Leah Kirchmann (Denver Disruptors) to race for moment position.
The boys’s race noticed a disruption by way of an enormous transfer at the opening lap by way of Denver Disruptors’ Riley Sheehan, which become a solo time trial that opened a 25-second hole. However the squads of American Biking Workforce, ButcherBox Biking p/b LOOK and Miami Nights closed down the risk and arrange a host dash.
American Biking’s Parra scored the win forward of Suave Martinez (Miami Nights). Dusan Kalaba (ButcherBox Biking p/b LOOK) then grabbed 3rd position forward of Alfredo Rodriguez (Miami Nights).
ACC males’s general chief Danny Summerhill (American Biking Workforce) retained his most sensible place within the standings with a sixth-place end, 529 general ACC issues, however Rodriguez closed the distance to simply 29 issues making the general two rounds vital. Kalaba remained in 3rd general with 312 issues, an 11-point margin over Martinez.
“The entire drama early season coming to this, I’m tremendous, tremendous, tremendous satisfied for Jordan,” mentioned Summerhill.
Summerhill persevered a robust dangle at the inexperienced jersey with 150 issues, and most effective teammate Michael Hernandez was once ready to catch him, 75 issues again.
Race quantity 9 of the 10-event American Criterium Cup takes position on August 26 in Indianapolis, Indiana, on the IU Well being Momentum Indy. The finale is September 3 in St. Louis, Missouri, on the Giro della Montagna, which is a part of the four-day Gateway Cup.
| Pos. | Rider Identify (Nation) Group | End result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kendall Ryan (L39ION of Los Angeles) | 0:59:15 |
| 2 | Valentina Scandolara (Denver Disruptors) | |
| 3 | Paola Muñoz (Miami Nights) | |
| 4 | Mariana Valadez (LA Sweat) | 0:00:01 |
| 5 | Kaitlyn Agnew (ButcherBox Biking p/b LOOK) | 0:00:02 |
| 6 | Daphne Karagianis (DNA Professional Biking) | |
| 7 | Leah Kirchmann (Denver Disruptors) | |
| 8 | Julianna Rutecki (Miami Blazers) | 0:00:03 |
| 9 | Kate Seiler (CCB p/b LLG) | |
| 10 | Holly Simonson (LA Sweat) | 0:00:04 |
| Pos. | Rider Identify (Nation) Group | End result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Parra (American Biking Workforce) | 1:01:28 |
| 2 | Suave Martinez (Miami Nights) | 0:00:01 |
| 3 | Dusan Kalaba (ButcherBox Biking p/b LOOK) | |
| 4 | Alfredo Rodriguez (Miami Nights) | |
| 5 | Brandon Feehery (Miami Blazers) | |
| 6 | Danny Summerhill (American Biking Workforce) | 0:00:02 |
| 7 | Andrew Giniat (ButcherBox Biking p/b LOOK) | |
| 8 | Sam Morris (Undertaking Echelon Racing) | |
| 9 | Luke Elphingstone (Primal-Audi Denver) | |
| 10 | Riley Sheehan (Denver Disruptors) | 0:00:03 |
