Women's Tour of New Zealand 2010: Stage 1 Results

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The race has fractured into many small groups after the climb up Te Wharau Hill. (Image credit: Pete Bruggeman)

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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Results
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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General Classification
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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Under 23 Classification
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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Teams Classification
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