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Megan Guarnier wears the leaders jersey
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Megan Guarnier at the sign on for stage one
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Megan Guarnier enjoying her time on the podium
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The USA Women on the podium
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Team USA powering to the line
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The USA National Team were all together at the finish
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Team Tibco approach the line
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DNA Cycling p/b K4
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Lauren Kitchen leads the Australia National Team
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Pepper Palace p/b Happy Tooth
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The High5 Dream Team
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The Holden Womens Team were the fastest for a while.
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Ruth Corset leads Fagan Motors home
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The Australian National Team looked good out of the start
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Until tomorrow….
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The US national team won the opening team time trial at the UCI Women's Tour of New Zealand on Wednesday in Masterton. They won the 15km event in 18:49, beating Australia and Team TIbco-SVB. American rider Megan Guarnier took the first leader's jersey heading into stage 2's 125km road race also in Masterton.
"We will defend the yellow jersey tomorrow, we are keen to keep it so really looking forward to tomorrow stage," said Megan Guarnier.
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Brief Results
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Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
United States
0:18:49
2
Australia
0:00:18
3
Team Tibco-SVB
0:00:42
4
Holden Racing Team
0:01:05
5
Ramblers Club
0:01:15
6
HI5 Dream Team
0:01:30
7
Pepper Palace Pro Cycling p/b The Happy Tooth
0:01:33
8
DNA Cycling p/b K4 Racing
0:01:38
9
New Zealand
0:01:45
10
Japan
0:02:12
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General classification after stage 1
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Megan Guarnier (USA) United States
0:18:49
2
Lauren Hall (USA) United States
Row 1 - Cell 2
3
Lauren Komanski (USA) United States
Row 2 - Cell 2
4
Evelyn Stevens (USA) United States
Row 3 - Cell 2
5
Tayler Wiles (USA) United States
Row 4 - Cell 2
6
Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Australia
0:00:18
7
Katrin Garfoot (Aus) Australia
Row 6 - Cell 2
8
Rachel Neylan (Aus) Australia
Row 7 - Cell 2
9
Alexandra Manly (Aus) Australia
Row 8 - Cell 2
10
Rebecca Mackey (Aus) Australia
Row 9 - Cell 2
