Evans upstages Corset on opening day
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American Shelley Evans (USA National Team) spoiled the day for the home team by taking out the sprint from a group of 24 riders that formed a successful breakaway on the opening stage. Evans bested Australian National Champion Ruth Corset (Nashua Ladies Pro Cycling Team) and her teammate Cherise Taylor after taking advantage of a botched job by the New Zealand lead-out train.
Evans, previously known as Shelley Olds before her marriage, credited her team for putting her in a good position coming into the finale.
"Then I just jumped on the New Zealand train," said Evans, a World Cup medalist on the track. With the stage win she claimed the overall lead in the Women's Tour of New Zealand, and said she was confident her team could keep her in the yellow jersey.
"We definitely have some of the best riders in the world on our team and we aim to ride aggressively in this tour."
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| 1 | Shelley Evans (USA) USA National Team | 2:49:19 |
| 2 | Ruth Corset (Aus) Nashua Ladies Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:04 |
| 3 | Cherise Taylor (RSA) Nashua Ladies Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:06 |
| 4 | Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) New Zealand National Team | 0:00:10 |
| 5 | Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Karen Fulton (NZl) Litespeed Team | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Xin Liu (Chn) Giant Racing Team | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Sara Mustonen (Swe) Hitec Products UCK | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Rie Katayama (Jpn) Japan National Team | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Amber Halliday (Aus) Nashua Ladies Pro Cycling Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Masami Morita (Jpn) Japan National Team | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Janel Holcomb (USA) USA National Team | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Linda Villumsen (NZl) New Zealand National Team | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 16 | Serena Sheridan (NZl) Cyclosport Team | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| 17 | Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Litespeed Team | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| 18 | Min Gao (Chn) Giant Racing Team | 0:00:16 |
| 19 | Rushlee Buchanan (NZl) New Zealand National Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Lisa Jacobs (Aus) Australia NTID Team | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Catherine Cheatley (NZl) New Zealand National Team | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| 22 | Alexandra Carle (Aus) Australia NTID Team | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| 23 | Courteney Lowe (NZl) New Zealand National Team | 0:00:20 |
| 24 | Kaytee Boyd (NZl) New Zealand National Team | 0:00:28 |
| 25 | Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Lotto Ladies Team | 0:01:50 |
| 26 | Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Racing Team | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| 27 | Emily Collins (NZl) Cyclosport Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| 28 | Mel Burke (NZl) Penny Cycling Team | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| 29 | Liza Rachetto (USA) R.A.C.E. Team | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 30 | Kirsty Broun (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 31 | Kristine Saastad (Nor) Hitec Products UCK | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Sarah Roy (Aus) Australia NTID Team | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| 33 | Nimesha Smith (NZl) Lotto Ladies Team | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| 34 | Yiu Wong Wan (HKg) Giant Racing Team | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| 35 | Carly Light (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| 36 | Gayle Brownlee (NZl) Handy Rentals Team | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| 37 | Xiaoling Luo (Chn) Giant Racing Team | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| 38 | Nicole Whitburn (Aus) Prime Estate Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| 39 | Lana King (NZl) Mercedes Benz Team | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 41 | Laura Luxford (Aus) Australia NTID Team | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| 42 | Rachel Mercer (NZl) Handy Rentals Team | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| 43 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| 44 | Rebecca Locke (Aus) Prime Estate Team | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| 45 | Emma Crum (NZl) Cyclosport Team | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| 46 | Shara Gillow (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| 48 | Laura Medley (Aus) Mercedes Benz Team | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| 49 | Naila Hassan (NZl) Handy Rentals Team | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| 50 | Sia Svendsen (NZl) Handy Rentals Team | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| 51 | Josephine Tomic (Aus) Lotto Ladies Team | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| 52 | Bronwyn Ryan (Aus) Australia NTID Team | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| 47 | Irene Digenis (Aus) Prime Estate Team | 0:02:10 |
| 40 | Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Lotto Ladies Team | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| 53 | Felicity Wilson (Aus) R.A.C.E. Team | 0:13:09 |
| 54 | Yvette Hill-Willis (NZl) Litespeed Team | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
| 55 | Kate Chilcott (NZl) BP Team | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
| 56 | Charlotte Van De Merwe (RSA) Nashua Ladies Pro Cycling Team | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
| 57 | Rebecca Domange (Aus) R.A.C.E. Team | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| 58 | Genevieve Whitson (NZl) BP Team | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
| 59 | Tracy Best (NZl) Cyclosport Team | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
| 60 | Jessica Phillips (USA) USA National Team | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
| 61 | Chubby Hale (NZl) Penny Cycling Team | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
| 62 | Alison Starnes (USA) USA National Team | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
| 63 | Rebecca Halliday (Aus) Australia NTID Team | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
| 64 | Ayako Toyooka (Jpn) Japan National Team | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
| 65 | Jeannie Kuhajek (NZl) Cyclosport Team | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
| 66 | Jessica Jolly (NZl) Cyclosport Team | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
| 67 | Jessie Maclean (Aus) Nashua Ladies Pro Cycling Team | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| 68 | Tone Hatteland (Nor) Hitec Products UCK | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
| 69 | Nathalie Lamborelle (Lux) Hitec Products UCK | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
| 70 | Tracy Clark (NZl) Penny Cycling Team | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
| 72 | Emma Lawson (Aus) R.A.C.E. Team | 0:14:31 |
| 73 | Anna Kauffmann (Aus) Mercedes Benz Team | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
| 74 | Kanako Nishi (Jpn) Japan National Team | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
| 75 | Davina Summers (RSA) Nashua Ladies Pro Cycling Team | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
| 71 | Carma Watson (NZl) Prime Estate Team | 0:14:51 |
| 76 | Emma Petersen (NZl) Litespeed Team | 0:14:59 |
| 77 | Anna Stevenson (NZl) Penny Cycling Team | 0:17:52 |
| 78 | Yukiyo Hori (Jpn) Ready Go Japan | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
| 79 | Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Japan National Team | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
| 80 | Huili Gu (Chn) Giant Racing Team | 0:19:02 |
| 81 | Sakiko Sato (Jpn) Ready Go Japan | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
| 82 | Kazumi Yoneda (Jpn) Ready Go Japan | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
| 83 | Josephine Giddens (NZl) Litespeed Team | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
| 84 | Janine Copp (NZl) Mercedes Benz Team | 0:23:51 |
| 85 | Waka Takeda (Jpn) Ready Go Japan | 0:28:20 |
| 86 | Eyelien Bekkering (Ned) BP Team | 0:29:46 |
| 87 | Kerri-Anne Torckler (NZl) BP Team | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
| 88 | Kendelle Hodges (Aus) R.A.C.E. Team | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Ashleigh Moolman (Rsa) Lotto Ladies Team | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
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| 1 | Shelley Evans (USA) USA National Team | 2:49:19 |
| 2 | Ruth Corset (Aus) Nashua Ladies Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:04 |
| 3 | Cherise Taylor (RSA) Nashua Ladies Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:06 |
| 4 | Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) New Zealand National Team | 0:00:10 |
| 5 | Amanda Spratt (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Karen Fulton (NZl) Litespeed Team | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Xin Liu (Chn) Giant Racing Team | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Sara Mustonen (Swe) Hitec Products UCK | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Rie Katayama (Jpn) Japan National Team | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Amber Neben (USA) USA National Team | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Amber Halliday (Aus) Nashua Ladies Pro Cycling Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Masami Morita (Jpn) Japan National Team | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Janel Holcomb (USA) USA National Team | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Linda Villumsen (NZl) New Zealand National Team | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 16 | Serena Sheridan (NZl) Cyclosport Team | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| 17 | Toni Bradshaw (NZl) Litespeed Team | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| 18 | Min Gao (Chn) Giant Racing Team | 0:00:16 |
| 19 | Rushlee Buchanan (NZl) New Zealand National Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Lisa Jacobs (Aus) Australia NTID Team | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Catherine Cheatley (NZl) New Zealand National Team | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| 22 | Alexandra Carle (Aus) Australia NTID Team | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| 23 | Courteney Lowe (NZl) New Zealand National Team | 0:00:20 |
| 24 | Kaytee Boyd (NZl) New Zealand National Team | 0:00:28 |
| 25 | Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Lotto Ladies Team | 0:01:50 |
| 26 | Lang Meng (Chn) Giant Racing Team | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| 27 | Emily Collins (NZl) Cyclosport Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| 28 | Mel Burke (NZl) Penny Cycling Team | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| 29 | Liza Rachetto (USA) R.A.C.E. Team | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 30 | Kirsty Broun (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 31 | Kristine Saastad (Nor) Hitec Products UCK | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Sarah Roy (Aus) Australia NTID Team | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| 33 | Nimesha Smith (NZl) Lotto Ladies Team | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| 34 | Yiu Wong Wan (HKg) Giant Racing Team | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| 35 | Carly Light (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| 36 | Gayle Brownlee (NZl) Handy Rentals Team | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| 37 | Xiaoling Luo (Chn) Giant Racing Team | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| 38 | Nicole Whitburn (Aus) Prime Estate Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| 39 | Lana King (NZl) Mercedes Benz Team | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 41 | Laura Luxford (Aus) Australia NTID Team | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| 42 | Rachel Mercer (NZl) Handy Rentals Team | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| 43 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| 44 | Rebecca Locke (Aus) Prime Estate Team | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| 45 | Emma Crum (NZl) Cyclosport Team | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| 46 | Shara Gillow (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| 48 | Laura Medley (Aus) Mercedes Benz Team | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| 49 | Naila Hassan (NZl) Handy Rentals Team | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| 50 | Sia Svendsen (NZl) Handy Rentals Team | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| 51 | Josephine Tomic (Aus) Lotto Ladies Team | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| 52 | Bronwyn Ryan (Aus) Australia NTID Team | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| 47 | Irene Digenis (Aus) Prime Estate Team | 0:02:10 |
| 40 | Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Lotto Ladies Team | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| 53 | Felicity Wilson (Aus) R.A.C.E. Team | 0:13:09 |
| 54 | Yvette Hill-Willis (NZl) Litespeed Team | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
| 55 | Kate Chilcott (NZl) BP Team | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
| 56 | Charlotte Van De Merwe (RSA) Nashua Ladies Pro Cycling Team | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
| 57 | Rebecca Domange (Aus) R.A.C.E. Team | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| 58 | Genevieve Whitson (NZl) BP Team | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
| 59 | Tracy Best (NZl) Cyclosport Team | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
| 60 | Jessica Phillips (USA) USA National Team | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
| 61 | Chubby Hale (NZl) Penny Cycling Team | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
| 62 | Alison Starnes (USA) USA National Team | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
| 63 | Rebecca Halliday (Aus) Australia NTID Team | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
| 64 | Ayako Toyooka (Jpn) Japan National Team | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
| 65 | Jeannie Kuhajek (NZl) Cyclosport Team | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
| 66 | Jessica Jolly (NZl) Cyclosport Team | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
| 67 | Jessie Maclean (Aus) Nashua Ladies Pro Cycling Team | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| 68 | Tone Hatteland (Nor) Hitec Products UCK | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
| 69 | Nathalie Lamborelle (Lux) Hitec Products UCK | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
| 70 | Tracy Clark (NZl) Penny Cycling Team | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
| 72 | Emma Lawson (Aus) R.A.C.E. Team | 0:14:31 |
| 73 | Anna Kauffmann (Aus) Mercedes Benz Team | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
| 74 | Kanako Nishi (Jpn) Japan National Team | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
| 75 | Davina Summers (RSA) Nashua Ladies Pro Cycling Team | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
| 71 | Carma Watson (NZl) Prime Estate Team | 0:14:51 |
| 76 | Emma Petersen (NZl) Litespeed Team | 0:14:59 |
| 77 | Anna Stevenson (NZl) Penny Cycling Team | 0:17:52 |
| 78 | Yukiyo Hori (Jpn) Ready Go Japan | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
| 79 | Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Japan National Team | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
| 80 | Huili Gu (Chn) Giant Racing Team | 0:19:02 |
| 81 | Sakiko Sato (Jpn) Ready Go Japan | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
| 82 | Kazumi Yoneda (Jpn) Ready Go Japan | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
| 83 | Josephine Giddens (NZl) Litespeed Team | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
| 84 | Janine Copp (NZl) Mercedes Benz Team | 0:23:51 |
| 85 | Waka Takeda (Jpn) Ready Go Japan | 0:28:20 |
| 86 | Eyelien Bekkering (Ned) BP Team | 0:29:46 |
| 87 | Kerri-Anne Torckler (NZl) BP Team | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
| 88 | Kendelle Hodges (Aus) R.A.C.E. Team | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
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| 1 | Cherise Taylor (RSA) Nashua Ladies Pro Cycling Team | 2:49:29 |
| 2 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Rushlee Buchanan (NZl) New Zealand National Team | 0:00:06 |
| 4 | Alexandra Carle (Aus) Australia NTID Team | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Courteney Lowe (NZl) New Zealand National Team | 0:00:10 |
| 6 | Emily Collins (NZl) Cyclosport Team | 0:01:40 |
| 7 | Rachel Mercer (NZl) Handy Rentals Team | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Australian Institute of Sport | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Emma Crum (NZl) Cyclosport Team | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Josephine Tomic (Aus) Lotto Ladies Team | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Kate Chilcott (NZl) BP Team | 0:12:59 |
| 12 | Charlotte Van De Merwe (RSA) Nashua Ladies Pro Cycling Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Jessica Jolly (NZl) Cyclosport Team | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Nathalie Lamborelle (Lux) Hitec Products UCK | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Emma Lawson (Aus) R.A.C.E. Team | 0:14:21 |
| 16 | Emma Petersen (NZl) Litespeed Team | 0:14:49 |
| 17 | Waka Takeda (Jpn) Ready Go Japan | 0:28:10 |
| 18 | Kendelle Hodges (Aus) R.A.C.E. Team | 0:29:36 |
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| 1 | Nashua Ladies Pro Cycling Team | 8:28:27 |
| 2 | USA National Team | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | New Zealand National Team | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Japan National Team | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | AIS Australia National Team | 0:00:06 |
| 6 | Giant Pro Cycling Team - China | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Prime Estate Team - Australia | 0:01:40 |
| 8 | Litespeed Team | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Australia NTID Team | 0:01:46 |
| 10 | Cyclosport Team | 0:03:20 |
| 11 | Lotto Ladies Team | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Hitec Products UCK | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Handy Rentals Team | 0:05:00 |
| 14 | Mecedes Benz Team | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | BP Team | 0:14:39 |
| 16 | Penny Cycling Team | 0:21:02 |
| 17 | Ready Go - Japan | 0:30:41 |
| 18 | R.A.C.E Team - Australia | 0:32:21 |
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