Colorado Classic Women's Race 2018: Stage 4 Results

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The pace increases (Image credit: Jonathan Devich)

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An attack from Rally (Image credit: Jonathan Devich)

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Another attempt at a break (Image credit: Jonathan Devich)

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There were attacks but no big breaks (Image credit: Jonathan Devich)

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Katie Hall on the final stage (Image credit: Jonathan Devich)

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The final stage podium of Emma White, Kendall Ryan, and Allison Beveridge (L-R) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich)

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The final podium of Leah Thomas, Katie Hall, and Abigail Mickey (L-R) (Image credit: Jonathan Devich)

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The bunch (Image credit: Jonathan Devich)

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The UnitedHealthcare team on the podium (Image credit: Jonathan Devich)

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The final stage took place in downtown Denver (Image credit: Jonathan Devich)

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An attack pings off (Image credit: Jonathan Devich)

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The final sprint (Image credit: Jonathan Devich)

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Jennifer Valente wins stage 4 of the Colorado Classic (Image credit: Jonathan Devich)

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The classification winners (Image credit: Jonathan Devich)

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Kendall Ryan (Tibco-SVB) won stage 4 at the Colorado Classic Women's Race in Denver on Sunday, closing out the four-day stage race by winning the bunch sprint ahead of Rally Cycling duo Emma White and Allison Beveridge.

Katie Hall (UnitedHealthcare) won the overall title by 24 seconds ahead of her teammate Leah Thomas and 1:22 over third-placed Abigail Mickey (Rally Cycling).

Hall has been undefeated in stage races on US soil, having won Joe Martin Stage Race, Tour of the Gila, Redlands Bicycle Classic and the Women's WorldTour's Amgen Tour of California earlier this year. She announced earlier this week that she would be racing for Boels-Dolmans in 2019.

In Colorado, Thomas won the mountain competition, while UnitedHealthcare won the team classification. Rally's Gillian Ellsay took home the best young rider's jersey and Jennifer Valente (Twenty20-Sho-Air) won the points classification.

How it unfolded

The finale stage 3 of the Colorado Classic Women's Race was held in Denver on four laps of a 14.6km circuits, totalling 59km. There were three intermediate sprints before the finish line at roughly 45km, 30km and 15km to go.

Katie Hall (UnitedHealthcare) held a 24-second lead over her teammate Leah Thomas, and 1:22 over Abigail Mickey (Rally Cycling) heading into the last day of racing.

The previous day's winner Jennifer Valente (Twenty20) secured the first two intermediate sprints to add to her overall lead in the points classification. Jess Cerra of the Hagens Berman team took full points at the last sprint, but that didn't affect Valente's stronghold over the special jersey.

A crash along the final lap of the race took down several riders, but those involved were able to get back on their bikes. Three riders did not finish the final stage.

Rally Cycling was the most organised of the teams in the closing kilometres, looking for a stage win with their fast women Emma White and Megan Jastrab.

As in the previous day's criterium, Tibco-SVB moved up with a lead-out for their sprinter Kendall Ryan, as did Twenty20 for Valente. In the end, Tibco-SVB's Ryan took the bunch sprint for the stage win.

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Kendall Ryan (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	1:16:29
2	Emma White (USA) Rally Cycling
3	Allison Beveridge (Can) Rally Cycling	0:00:01
4	Harriet Owen (GBr) Hagens Berman - Supermint
5	Jennifer Valente (USA) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air
6	Rebecca Wiasak (Aus) Fearless Femme
7	Kristina Clonan (Aus) Fearless Femme
8	Rachel Langdon (USA) Team Affinity
9	Esther Meisels (USA) Point S Auto p-b Nokian Tyres
10	Mia Kilburg (USA) Team Affinity	0:00:03
11	Jess Cerra (USA) Hagens Berman - Supermint	0:00:04
12	Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling
13	Jillian Bearden (USA) Palmares
14	Diana Penuela (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
15	Lex Albrecht (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:00:05
16	Flavia Oliviera (Bra) Fearless Femme
17	Katherine Compton (USA) Fearless Femme
18	Emily Newsom (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
19	Hanna Muegge (USA) Point S Auto p-b Nokian Tyres
20	Eleanor Velez (USA) Amy D. Foundation
21	Haley Gill (Can) Amy D. Foundation
22	Megan Jastrab (USA) Rally Cycling	0:00:06
23	Daphne Karagianis (USA) ALP Cycles Racing
24	Alexandra Millard (USA) Orion Racing
25	Lauren Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
26	Natalia Franco (Col) Stages Cycling Team
27	Janelle Cole (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
28	Abigail Mickey (USA) Rally Cycling
29	Katherine Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:00:07
30	Beth Ann Orton (USA) Point S Auto p-b Nokian Tyres
31	Shayna Powless (USA) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air
32	Leah Thomas (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
33	Charlotte Backus (USA) Palmares
34	Leigh Ann Ganzar (USA) Team Affinity	0:00:08
35	Holly Breck (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling
36	Allison Baca (USA) Hagens Berman - Supermint
37	Steph Roorda (Can) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air	0:00:09
38	Carlyn Jackson (USA) Orion Racing
39	Jennifer Tetrick (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
40	Maddy Ward (USA) Amy D. Foundation
41	Gillian Ellsay (Can) Rally Cycling	0:00:10
42	Erica Clevenger (USA) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air
43	Hayley Lytle (USA) Palmares
44	Lisa Cordova (USA) Amy D. Foundation
45	Rachel Plessing (USA) ALP Cycles Racing	0:00:12
46	Ashlee Ankudinoff (Aus) Fearless Femme	0:00:13
47	Jasmine Soh (USA) Amy D. Foundation
48	Caroline Mani (Fra) Palmares
49	Allie Dragoo (USA) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air
50	Carol Seipp (USA) Orion Racing
51	Emma Lujan (Can) Swisse Femme Equipe
52	Andrea Thomas (USA) ALP Cycles Racing	0:00:14
53	Sara Poidevin (Can) Rally Cycling
54	Lynne Anderson (USA) ALP Cycles Racing	0:00:25
55	Gwen Inglis (USA) Stages Cycling Team	0:00:28
56	Kristina Kvrouwenvelder (USA) ALP Cycles Racing	0:00:49
57	Kathryn Buss (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
58	Jennifer Hale (USA) Orion Racing	0:02:40
59	Emily Marcolini (Can) Swisse Femme Equipe	0:02:42
60	Jeannie Kuhajek (USA) Stages Cycling Team
61	Melanie Wong (USA) Point S Auto p-b Nokian Tyres	0:04:27
DNF	Manuela Escobar (Col) ALP Cycles Racing
DNF	Clio Dinan (USA) Amy D. Foundation
DNF	Anne Donley (USA) Fearless Femme

Sprint 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jennifer Valente (USA) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air	5	pts
2	Allie Dragoo (USA) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air	3
3	Kristina Clonan (Aus) Fearless Femme	1

Sprint 2
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jennifer Valente (USA) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air	5	pts
2	Lauren Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	3
3	Flavia Oliviera (Bra) Fearless Femme	1

Sprint 3
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jess Cerra (USA) Hagens Berman - Supermint	5	pts
2	Emily Newsom (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	3
3	Diana Penuela (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	1

Finish
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Kendall Ryan (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	15	pts
2	Emma White (USA) Rally Cycling	12
3	Allison Beveridge (Can) Rally Cycling	10
4	Harriet Owen (GBr) Hagens Berman - Supermint	7
5	Jennifer Valente (USA) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air	6
6	Rebecca Wiasak (Aus) Fearless Femme	5
7	Kristina Clonan (Aus) Fearless Femme	4
8	Rachel Langdon (USA) Team Affinity	3
9	Esther Meisels (USA) Point S Auto p-b Nokian Tyres	2
10	Mia Kilburg (USA) Team Affinity	1

Young rider
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Emma White (USA) Rally Cycling	1:16:29
2	Kristina Clonan (Aus) Fearless Femme
3	Esther Meisels (USA) Point S Auto p-b Nokian Tyres
4	Eleanor Velez (USA) Amy D. Foundation
5	Megan Jastrab (USA) Rally Cycling
6	Natalia Franco (Col) Stages Cycling Team
7	Janelle Cole (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
8	Charlotte Backus (USA) Palmares
9	Gillian Ellsay (Can) Rally Cycling
10	Jasmine Soh (USA) Amy D. Foundation
11	Sara Poidevin (Can) Rally Cycling

Team
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Rally Cycling	3:49:27
2	Fearless Femme
3	TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank
4	Hagens Berman / Supermint
5	Team Affinity
6	Point S Auto p/b Nokian Tyres
7	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
8	Twenty20 pb Sho-Air
9	Amy D. Foundation
10	Palmares
11	Orion Racing
12	ALP Cycles Racing

Final general classification after stage 3
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Katherine Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	4:12:44
2	Leah Thomas (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:00:24
3	Abigail Mickey (USA) Rally Cycling	0:01:22
4	Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:01:36
5	Gillian Ellsay (Can) Rally Cycling	0:01:57
6	Sara Poidevin (Can) Rally Cycling	0:01:58
7	Leigh Ann Ganzar (USA) Team Affinity	0:02:10
8	Maddy Ward (USA) Amy D. Foundation	0:02:48
9	Jess Cerra (USA) Hagens Berman - Supermint
10	Jillian Bearden (USA) Palmares	0:02:53
11	Lauren Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
12	Diana Penuela (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:02:59
13	Allie Dragoo (USA) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air	0:03:08
14	Emily Newsom (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:03:17
15	Flavia Oliviera (Bra) Fearless Femme	0:03:24
16	Lex Albrecht (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:03:42
17	Rachel Langdon (USA) Team Affinity	0:03:44
18	Charlotte Backus (USA) Palmares	0:03:55
19	Emma White (USA) Rally Cycling	0:03:59
20	Katherine Compton (USA) Fearless Femme	0:04:12
21	Jennifer Valente (USA) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air	0:04:13
22	Kathryn Buss (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:04:24
23	Ashlee Ankudinoff (Aus) Fearless Femme	0:04:32
24	Shayna Powless (USA) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air	0:04:42
25	Allison Beveridge (Can) Rally Cycling	0:04:56
26	Hanna Muegge (USA) Point S Auto p-b Nokian Tyres	0:04:58
27	Eleanor Velez (USA) Amy D. Foundation	0:05:05
28	Natalia Franco (Col) Stages Cycling Team	0:05:18
29	Emma Lujan (Can) Swisse Femme Equipe	0:05:23
30	Kendall Ryan (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:06:17
31	Haley Gill (Can) Amy D. Foundation
32	Caroline Mani (Fra) Palmares	0:06:24
33	Rachel Plessing (USA) ALP Cycles Racing	0:06:41
34	Rebecca Wiasak (Aus) Fearless Femme	0:07:04
35	Alexandra Millard (USA) Orion Racing	0:07:23
36	Erica Clevenger (USA) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air	0:07:42
37	Esther Meisels (USA) Point S Auto p-b Nokian Tyres	0:07:51
38	Lisa Cordova (USA) Amy D. Foundation	0:07:53
39	Carlyn Jackson (USA) Orion Racing	0:07:54
40	Steph Roorda (Can) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air	0:08:00
41	Daphne Karagianis (USA) ALP Cycles Racing	0:08:16
42	Beth Ann Orton (USA) Point S Auto p-b Nokian Tyres	0:08:34
43	Allison Baca (USA) Hagens Berman - Supermint	0:08:40
44	Lynne Anderson (USA) ALP Cycles Racing	0:08:43
45	Holly Breck (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:08:50
46	Hayley Lytle (USA) Palmares	0:09:01
47	Mia Kilburg (USA) Team Affinity
48	Janelle Cole (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:09:08
49	Megan Jastrab (USA) Rally Cycling	0:09:16
50	Kristina Clonan (Aus) Fearless Femme	0:09:20
51	Gwen Inglis (USA) Stages Cycling Team	0:09:24
52	Harriet Owen (GBr) Hagens Berman - Supermint	0:09:38
53	Jennifer Tetrick (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:09:41
54	Andrea Thomas (USA) ALP Cycles Racing	0:09:44
55	Jasmine Soh (USA) Amy D. Foundation	0:10:08
56	Kristina Kvrouwenvelder (USA) ALP Cycles Racing	0:12:00
57	Carol Seipp (USA) Orion Racing	0:18:55

Point classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jennifer Valente (USA) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air	58	pts
2	Kendall Ryan (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	37
3	Emma White (USA) Rally Cycling	26
4	Rebecca Wiasak (Aus) Fearless Femme	20
5	Allison Beveridge (Can) Rally Cycling	16
6	Rachel Langdon (USA) Team Affinity	14
7	Harriet Owen (GBr) Hagens Berman - Supermint	13
8	Lex Albrecht (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	12
9	Lauren Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	11
10	Diana Penuela (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	9
11	Kristina Clonan (Aus) Fearless Femme	8
12	Jess Cerra (USA) Hagens Berman - Supermint	5
13	Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	5
14	Leah Thomas (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	3
15	Jillian Bearden (USA) Palmares	3
16	Allie Dragoo (USA) Twenty20 p/b Sho-Air	3
17	Emily Newsom (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	3
18	Mia Kilburg (USA) Team Affinity	3
19	Megan Jastrab (USA) Rally Cycling	3
20	Sara Poidevin (Can) Rally Cycling	2
21	Flavia Oliviera (Bra) Fearless Femme	2
22	Esther Meisels (USA) Point S Auto p-b Nokian Tyres	2

Mountain classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Leah Thomas (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	14	pts
2	Katherine Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	13
3	Abigail Mickey (USA) Rally Cycling	7
4	Gillian Ellsay (Can) Rally Cycling	6
5	Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	3
6	Sara Poidevin (Can) Rally Cycling	3
7	Emma White (USA) Rally Cycling	3

Young rider classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Gillian Ellsay (Can) Rally Cycling	4:14:41
2	Sara Poidevin (Can) Rally Cycling	0:00:01
3	Charlotte Backus (USA) Palmares	0:01:58
4	Emma White (USA) Rally Cycling	0:02:02
5	Eleanor Velez (USA) Amy D. Foundation	0:03:08
6	Natalia Franco (Col) Stages Cycling Team	0:03:21
7	Esther Meisels (USA) Point S Auto p-b Nokian Tyres	0:05:54
8	Janelle Cole (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:07:11
9	Megan Jastrab (USA) Rally Cycling	0:07:19
10	Kristina Clonan (Aus) Fearless Femme	0:07:23
11	Jasmine Soh (USA) Amy D. Foundation	0:08:11

Team classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team	12:41:35
2	Rally Cycling	0:00:46
3	TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank	0:06:15
4	Fearless Femme	0:08:20
5	Twenty20 pb Sho-Air	0:09:10
6	Palmares	0:09:49
7	Amy D. Foundation	0:10:47
8	Hagens Berman / Supermint	0:11:30
9	Team Affinity	0:11:35
10	Point S Auto p/b Nokian Tyres	0:15:30
11	ALP Cycles Racing	0:18:09
12	Orion Racing	0:21:25

Kirsten Frattini

Kirsten Frattini has been involved in bike racing from the grassroots level all the way to the World Cup. She is an honours graduate of Kinesiology and Health Science from York University in Toronto, Canada. Kirsten has worked in both print and digital publishing. She started with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006, and was responsible for reporting from the US and Canadian racing scene. Now as a Production Editor, she produces international race coverage for all cycling disciplines, edits global news and writes features.