Tour of the Gila 2017: Women Stage 3 Results

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Leah Thomas (Sho-Air) took todays TT win. (Image credit: Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us)

Sho-Air Twenty20's Leah Thomas won the Tyrone time trial during stage 3 at the Tour of the Gila Friday, covering the 27km course in 38:27 to beat runner-Up and current race leader Tayler Wiles (UnitedHealthcare) by six seconds. Amy D Foundation's Julie Emmerman was third, 56 seconds back.

"Right at the beginning I knew that my legs felt really good, then it became a mental game of pushing up the hills and staying as aero as possible on the descents," said Thomas, whose win moves her up to second on GC. "It does take hard work and a little luck and everything came together today."

Thomas now trails Wiles by 27 seconds in the overall, with Wiles' teammate Ruth Winder in third, 1:13 back. Stage 3 was Wiles' second consecutive runner-up finish after coming second to Tibco's Lex Albrecht on stage 2 when she took the overall lead.

"This is a really hard time trial," Wiles said. "I haven't done it in five years and that year I flatted, so I wanted to redeem myself. Before the race, I talked to my coach about a pacing strategy. I think I executed it pretty well. I may have gone a little too deep, because on the downhill before the finish I was just dying. I lost that top spot on the podium by five seconds, which hurts a little, but I'm really excited for the rest of the race, and we're really confident.”

Wiles also retains her lea dint he points competition, while Melinda McCutcheon (Visit Dallas DNA) leads the mountains classification and Winder sits comfortably in the lead of the best young rider competition.

The 2017 Tour of the Gila continues Saturday with the downtown Silver City Criterium.

Results

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Leah Thomas (USA) Sho-Air Twenty20	0:38:27
2	Tayler Wiles (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:00:06
3	Julie Emmerman (USA) Amy D Foundation	0:00:56
4	Ruth Winder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:00:58
5	Brianna Walle (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:01:11
6	Lauren Stephens (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:01:22
7	Kathryn Buss (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:01:59
8	Scotti Lechuga (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint	0:02:02
9	Katharine Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:02:04
10	Emma White (USA) Rally Cycling	0:02:18
11	Abigail Mickey (USA) Colavita/Bianchi	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Alison Tetrick (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:02:25
13	Melinda McCutcheon (USA) Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling	0:02:31
14	Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:03:07
15	Lindsay Bayer (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint	0:03:10
16	Lex Albrecht (Can) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:03:11
17	Stefanie Sydlik (USA) Amy D Foundation	0:03:16
18	Miriam Brouwer (Can) Rise Racing	0:03:19
19	Breanne Nalder (USA) Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling	0:03:23
20	Marie Soliel Blais (USA) Landis - Trek	0:03:25
21	Emma Grant (GBr) Colavita/Bianchi	0:03:27
22	Sara Bergen (Can) Rally Cycling	0:03:32
23	Kathryn Donovan (USA) Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling	0:03:35
24	Tarah Cole (USA) Landis - Trek	0:03:39
25	Sofia Arreola (Mex) Sho-Air Twenty20	0:03:47
26	Erica Clevenger (USA) Visit Dallas DNA Cycling	0:03:58
27	Margot Clyne (USA) Amy D Foundation	0:04:20
28	Caitlin Laroche (USA) Rally Cycling	0:04:23
29	Allison Beveridge (Can) Rally Cycling	0:04:27
30	Beth Ann Orton (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint	0:04:30
31	Amber Pierce (USA) Colavita/Bianchi	0:04:36
32	Lauretta Hanson (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:04:43
33	Nicolle Bruderer (Gua) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:04:45
34	Diana Carolina Peñuela (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:05:00
35	Kaitlin Antonneau (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Shayna Powless (USA) Sho-Air Twenty20	0:05:01
37	Gillian Ellsay (Can) Colavita/Bianchi	0:05:20
38	Emily Jordan (USA) Landis - Trek	0:05:25
39	Megan Alderete (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint	0:05:27
40	Holly Breck (USA) Sho-Air Twenty20	0:05:35
41	Elizabeth Williams (Aus) Hagens Berman / Supermint	0:05:41
42	Lindsay Myers (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:05:48
43	Lauren Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:05:51
44	Jamie Gilgen (Can) Rise Racing	0:05:56
45	Joelle Numainville (Can) Cylance Pro Cycling	Row 44 - Cell 2
46	Claudia Vernica Leal Balderas (Mex) Conade-Visit Mexico-Specialized	0:06:03
47	Kat Salthouse (USA) Landis - Trek	0:06:10
48	Andrea Thomas (USA) Amy D Foundation	0:06:13
49	Amy Benner (USA) Rally Cycling	0:06:17
50	Liza Rachetto (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint	0:06:23
51	Marcela Elizabeth Prieto Moreno (Mex) Conade-Visit Mexico-Specialized	0:06:33
52	Karlee Gendron (Can) Rise Racing	0:06:49
53	Aliya Traficante (USA) Amy D Foundation	0:06:59
54	Illi Gardner (USA) Amy D Foundation	Row 53 - Cell 2
55	Ariadna Gutierrez Arzaluz (Mex) Conade-Visit Mexico-Specialized	0:07:12
56	Sally Aston (USA) Landis - Trek	0:07:21
57	Maureen Mcauliffe (USA) Landis - Trek	0:07:26
58	Erica Zaveta (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:08:50
59	Lori Nedescu (Can) Rise Racing	0:09:14
60	Julyn Renee Aguila Hernandez (Mex) Conade-Visit Mexico-Specialized	0:09:31
OTL	Maria Antonieta Gaxiola Gonzalez (Mex) Conade-Visit Mexico-Specialized	0:11:52

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General Classifiction after stage 3
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Tayler Wiles (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	7:24:25
2	Leah Thomas (USA) Sho-Air Twenty20	0:00:27
3	Ruth Winder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:01:13
4	Julie Emmerman (USA) Amy D Foundation	0:01:23
5	Lauren Stephens (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:01:41
6	Scotti Lechuga (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint	0:02:05
7	Brianna Walle (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:02:10
8	Katharine Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:02:18
9	Kathryn Buss (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:02:32
10	Melinda McCutcheon (USA) Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling	0:03:06
11	Abigail Mickey (USA) Colavita/Bianchi	0:03:21
12	Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:03:31
13	Emma White (USA) Rally Cycling	0:03:32
14	Lex Albrecht (Can) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:03:33
15	Lindsay Bayer (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint	0:03:40
16	Stefanie Sydlik (USA) Amy D Foundation	0:03:46
17	Emma Grant (GBr) Colavita/Bianchi	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Sara Bergen (Can) Rally Cycling	0:03:50
19	Kathryn Donovan (USA) Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling	0:04:05
20	Erica Clevenger (USA) Visit Dallas DNA Cycling	0:04:28
21	Miriam Brouwer (Can) Rise Racing	0:04:30
22	Megan Alderete (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint	0:05:51
23	Breanne Nalder (USA) Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling	0:06:30
24	Elizabeth Williams (Aus) Hagens Berman / Supermint	0:06:33
25	Joelle Numainville (Can) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:06:43
26	Claudia Vernica Leal Balderas (Mex) Conade-Visit Mexico-Specialized	0:07:03
27	Lindsay Myers (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:07:06
28	Caitlin Laroche (USA) Rally Cycling	0:07:10
29	Marcela Elizabeth Prieto Moreno (Mex) Conade-Visit Mexico-Specialized	0:15:00
30	Jamie Gilgen (Can) Rise Racing	0:16:48
31	Liza Rachetto (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint	0:18:07
32	Alison Tetrick (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:18:44
33	Lauretta Hanson (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:18:45
34	Gillian Ellsay (Can) Colavita/Bianchi	0:18:54
35	Marie Soliel Blais (USA) Landis - Trek	0:20:14
36	Tarah Cole (USA) Landis - Trek	0:20:52
37	Margot Clyne (USA) Amy D Foundation	0:21:30
38	Kaitlin Antonneau (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:22:07
39	Diana Carolina Peñuela (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:22:13
40	Sofia Arreola (Mex) Sho-Air Twenty20	0:22:27
41	Emily Jordan (USA) Landis - Trek	0:22:38
42	Beth Ann Orton (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint	0:22:46
43	Nicolle Bruderer (Gua) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:23:01
44	Shayna Powless (USA) Sho-Air Twenty20	0:23:17
45	Allison Beveridge (Can) Rally Cycling	0:23:26
46	Lauren Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:23:39
47	Karlee Gendron (Can) Rise Racing	0:24:10
48	Amy Benner (USA) Rally Cycling	0:25:16
49	Amber Pierce (USA) Colavita/Bianchi	0:25:53
50	Kat Salthouse (USA) Landis - Trek	0:27:25
51	Andrea Thomas (USA) Amy D Foundation	0:27:28
52	Holly Breck (USA) Sho-Air Twenty20	0:28:05
53	Julyn Renee Aguila Hernandez (Mex) Conade-Visit Mexico-Specialized	0:28:11
54	Illi Gardner (USA) Amy D Foundation	0:30:26
55	Lori Nedescu (Can) Rise Racing	0:30:29
56	Aliya Traficante (USA) Amy D Foundation	0:31:48
57	Maureen Mcauliffe (USA) Landis - Trek	0:41:20
58	Ariadna Gutierrez Arzaluz (Mex) Conade-Visit Mexico-Specialized	0:42:29
59	Erica Zaveta (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	0:45:05
60	Sally Aston (USA) Landis - Trek	0:45:18

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Best Young Rider
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Ruth Winder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	7:25:38
2	Kathryn Buss (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:01:19
3	Emma White (USA) Rally Cycling	0:02:19
4	Erica Clevenger (USA) Visit Dallas DNA Cycling	0:03:15
5	Lauretta Hanson (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:17:32
6	Gillian Ellsay (Can) Colavita/Bianchi	0:17:41
7	Margot Clyne (USA) Amy D Foundation	0:20:17
8	Nicolle Bruderer (Gua) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	0:21:48
9	Shayna Powless (USA) Sho-Air Twenty20	0:22:04
10	Allison Beveridge (Can) Rally Cycling	0:22:13
11	Julyn Renee Aguila Hernandez (Mex) Conade-Visit Mexico-Specialized	0:26:58
12	Illi Gardner (USA) Amy D Foundation	0:29:13
13	Aliya Traficante (USA) Amy D Foundation	0:30:35
14	Maria Antonieta Gaxiola Gonzalez (Mex) Conade-Visit Mexico-Specialized	0:51:02

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Points Classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Tayler Wiles (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	23	pts
2	Ruth Winder (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	19	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Katharine Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	17	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Sara Bergen (Can) Rally Cycling	16	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Lex Albrecht (Can) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	15	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Jamie Gilgen (Can) Rise Racing	15	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Lauren Stephens (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	14	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Scotti Lechuga (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint	10	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	9	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Emma Grant (GBr) Colavita/Bianchi	8	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Elizabeth Williams (Aus) Hagens Berman / Supermint	8	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Joelle Numainville (Can) Cylance Pro Cycling	4	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Leah Thomas (USA) Sho-Air Twenty20	3	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Melinda McCutcheon (USA) Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling	3	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Lindsay Bayer (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint	2	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Julie Emmerman (USA) Amy D Foundation	1	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Brianna Walle (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank	1	Row 16 - Cell 3

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Mountains Classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Melinda McCutcheon (USA) Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling	10	pts
2	Tayler Wiles (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	9	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Katharine Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	9	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Scotti Lechuga (USA) Hagens Berman / Supermint	3	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Abigail Mickey (USA) Colavita/Bianchi	1	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling	1	Row 5 - Cell 3

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Teams Classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	22:17:13
2	Team Tibco - Silcon Valley Bank	0:02:00
3	Hagens Berman / Supermint	0:06:39
4	Visit Dallas DNA	0:07:08
5	Rally Cycling	0:10:38
6	Colavita/Bianchi USA	0:21:19
7	Amy D Foundation	0:22:41
8	Cylance Pro Cycling	0:23:44
9	Rise Racing	0:41:39
10	Sho - Air Twenty20	0:42:13
11	Conade-Visit Mexico-Specialized	0:43:57
12	Landis/Trek Team	0:59:46

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