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Ruth Edwards
Winder in 2024
Personal information
Full nameRuth Joyce Edwards
BornRuth Joyce Winder
(1993-07-09) July 9, 1993 (age 31)
Keighley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight130 lb (59 kg)
Team information
Current teamHuman Powered Health
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeAll rounder
Amateur teams
2010Peanut Butter P/B 2012
2011HDR P/B Lombardi Sports
2012–2013Vanderkitten
Professional teams
2014–2015UnitedHealthcare
2017UnitedHealthcare
2018Team Sunweb
2019–2021Trek–Segafredo
2024–Human Powered Health
Major wins
Stage races
Tour Down Under (2020)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2019)
Brabantse Pijl (2021)
Medal record
Representing  United States
Women's track cycling
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Team pursuit
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Santiago Team pursuit

Ruth Joyce Edwards (née Winder born July 9, 1993) is a British-born American professional cyclist. She took up the sport as a teenager, and went on to turn professional with UnitedHealthcare in 2014. In July 2021 Winder announced that she would retire from professional competition at the end of the season. During the 2021 UCI Road World Championships in Flanders, she was elected to a four-year term as a representative for road cycling on the Union Cycliste Internationale Athletes' Commission, winning 83 percent of the vote.

Major results

Road

2009
National Junior Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
2012
1st Tour of Somerville
1st Cherry Pie Criterium
2nd Johnson Health Grand Prix
2013
1st Land Park Criterium
8th Grand Prix GSB
9th Grand Prix el Salvador
2015
5th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
1st Young rider classification
7th Road race, Pan American Games
2017
1st Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
1st Stages 1 (ITT), 2 & 4
1st Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
1st Stage 5
1st Anniston McClellan Road Race
2nd Overall Belgium Tour
2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Overall North Star Grand Prix
1st Stages 3 & 5
4th Overall Tour of the Gila
1st Young rider classification
5th Overall Tour of California
8th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
10th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
2018
1st Team time trial, Ladies Tour of Norway
Giro Rosa
1st Stage 1 (TTT) & 5
Held Pink jersey after Stage 5
4th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
1st Points classification
1st Stages 3 & 6
10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
2019
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT
1st Stage 1 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
6th Overall Belgium Tour
1st Prologue
7th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour
8th Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden
9th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
9th GP de Plouay – Bretagne
10th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
2020
1st Overall Women's Tour Down Under
1st Stage 3
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro Rosa
8th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
2021
1st Brabantse Pijl
Giro Rosa
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
Held Pink jersey after Stage 1
1st Stage 4 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
2nd Donostia San Sebastián Klasikoa
7th Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs
7th La Flèche Wallonne
10th Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa
2024
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
4th Time trial
4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
1st Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour

Track

2010
National Track Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Junior scratch
2011
2nd Team pursuit, National Track Championships
2013
1st Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships
1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships
2nd Team pursuit, Los Angeles Grand Prix (with Kimberly Geist, Sarah Hammer and Jennifer Valente)
2015
1st Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships (with Kelly Catlin, Sarah Hammer and Jennifer Valente)
2nd Team pursuit, Pan American Games (with Kelly Catlin, Sarah Hammer, Lauren Tamayo and Jennifer Valente)
2nd Team pursuit, 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali
3rd Team pursuit, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali
2016
3rd Team pursuit, 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Hong Kong

References

  1. ^ "Ruth Winder". USA Cycling. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  2. "UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Pro Cycling Team".
  3. "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. December 27, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  4. "Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. October 25, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  5. "Human Powered Health". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  6. Frattini, Kirsten (July 9, 2021). "Ruth Winder to retire from professional cycling at the end of 2021". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  7. "Road cycling: Philippe Gilbert and Ruth Winder elected to the UCI Athletes' Commission". Union Cycliste Internationale. September 28, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  8. ^ Knöfler, Lukas (July 2, 2021). "Ruth Winder: I did not expect to take the Giro Donne leader's jersey". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  9. ^ "Niewiadoma wins Tour de l'Ardeche". cyclingnews.com. September 18, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  10. "Winder on track for worlds with Ardèche stage win". VeloNews. September 14, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  11. "Tour de l'Ardeche: Winder wins stage 6 in Montboucher sur Jaborn". cyclingnews.com. September 17, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  12. Weislo, Laura. "Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour: Ruth Edwards wins overall as Sandra Alonso takes stage 6". Cyclingnews. Retrieved July 1, 2024.

External links

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