Lauren Stephens (Aegis Biking Combined Group) started her defence of the Tour of the Gila elite girls’s general with a dominant victory within the stage 1 particular person time trial at this yr’s race on Wednesday. Eric Brunner (Aggressive Edge Racing) held off Owen Wright (Canel’s-Java) by simply 4 seconds to win the elite males’s ITT.
Stephens accomplished the 4.5-mile (7.2km) race in opposition to the clock in 38:28 and dusted the competitors. Her closest competitor fininshed one minute again, 17-year-old  Sidney Swierenga (TaG Biking) additionally taking the lead in the most effective younger rider competitors. Karen Villamizar Varon (PatoBike BMC) was third, 1:55 again, and one second higher than Marjorie Rinaldo (Fount Biking Guild).
Lauren Stephens rides to win on stage 1 Tyrone Time Trial and goes into GC lead (Picture credit score: Kevin Keller / Tour of the Gila)
Brunner stopped the clock in 33:28 within the elite males’s race within the village of Tyrone, which was sufficient for the win forward of Wright. Mission Echelon Racing’s duo Caleb Classen and Kieran Haug completed third and fourth, respectively.
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Each Brunner and Wright confronted off within the time trial at Redlands Bicycle Basic earlier this yr, Brunner going third and Wright fifth.
Thursday’s stage 2 is the Mogollon Highway Race, which begins in Gough Park in Silver Metropolis and ends on the standard Mogollon climb, with double-digit gradients going as excessive as 19%. The elite girls will cowl 71 miles (114.3km) whereas the elite males will race 92 miles (148km).
Stage 1 males’s podium with ITT winner Eric Brunner (Aggressive Edge Racing) on prime step as winner (Picture credit score: Kevin Keller / Tour of the Gila)
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