Ruth Winder Explained

Ruth Edwards
Fullname:Ruth Joyce Edwards
Birth Name:Ruth Joyce Winder
Birth Date:1993 7, mf=yes
Height:5feet
Weight:130lb
Role:Rider
Ridertype:All rounder[1]
Amateuryears1:2010
Amateurteam1:Peanut Butter P/B 2012
Amateuryears2:2011
Amateurteam2:HDR P/B Lombardi Sports
Amateuryears3:2012–2013
Amateurteam3:Vanderkitten
Proyears1:2014–2015
Proyears2:2017
Proyears3:2018
Proyears4:2019–2021
Proteam4:[2] [3]
Proyears5:2024–
Proteam5:[4]
Majorwins:Stage races

Tour Down Under (2020)One-day races and Classics

Brabantse Pijl (2021)

Show-Medals:no

Ruth Joyce Edwards (née Winder born July 9, 1993) is a British-born American professional cyclist. She took up the sport as a teenager, and went on to turn professional with in 2014. In July 2021 Winder announced that she would retire from professional competition at the end of the season.[5] During the 2021 UCI Road World Championships in Flanders, she was elected to a four-year term as a representative for road cycling on the Union Cycliste Internationale Athletes' Commission, winning 83 percent of the vote.[6]

Major results

Road

2009
  • National Junior Road Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 2nd Time trial
    2012
  • 1st Tour of Somerville
  • 1st Cherry Pie Criterium
  • 2nd Johnson Health Grand Prix
    2013
  • 1st Land Park Criterium
  • 8th Grand Prix GSB
  • 9th Grand Prix el Salvador
    2015
  • 5th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 7th Road race, Pan American Games
    2017
  • 1st Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stages 1 & 2
  • 1st Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
  • 1st Stages 1 (ITT), 2 & 4
  • 1st Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
  • 1st Stage 5
  • 1st Anniston McClellan Road Race
  • 2nd Overall Belgium Tour
  • 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
  • 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 3rd Overall North Star Grand Prix
  • 1st Stages 3 & 5
  • 4th Overall Tour of the Gila
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 5th Overall Tour of California
  • 8th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
  • 10th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
    2018
  • 1st Team time trial, Ladies Tour of Norway
  • Giro Rosa
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT) & 5
  • Held after Stage 5
  • 4th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche[7]
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stages 3[8] & 6[9]
  • 10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    2019
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 1st Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT
  • 1st Stage 1 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
  • 6th Overall Belgium Tour
  • 1st Prologue
  • 7th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour
  • 8th Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden
  • 9th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
  • 9th GP de Plouay – Bretagne
  • 10th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
    2020
  • 1st Overall Women's Tour Down Under
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro Rosa
  • 8th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
    2021
  • 1st Brabantse Pijl
  • Giro Rosa
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT)[10]
  • Held after Stage 1
  • 1st Stage 4 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
  • 2nd Donostia San Sebastián Klasikoa
  • 7th Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs
  • 7th La Flèche Wallonne
  • 10th Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa
    2024
  • National Road Championships
  • 2nd Road race
  • 4th Time trial
  • 4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
  • 1st Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour[11]

    Track

    2010
  • National Track Championships
  • 1st Team pursuit
  • 1st Junior scratch
    2011
  • 2nd Team pursuit, National Track Championships
    2013
  • 1st Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships
  • 1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships
  • 2nd Team pursuit, Los Angeles Grand Prix (with Kimberly Geist, Sarah Hammer and Jennifer Valente)
    2015
  • 1st Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships (with Kelly Catlin, Sarah Hammer and Jennifer Valente)
  • 2nd Team pursuit, Pan American Games (with Kelly Catlin, Sarah Hammer, Lauren Tamayo and Jennifer Valente)
  • 2nd Team pursuit, 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali
  • 3rd Team pursuit, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali
    2016
  • 3rd Team pursuit, 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Hong Kong

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Pro Cycling Team.
    2. News: Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women. Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. December 27, 2018. March 9, 2019.
    3. News: Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. October 25, 2019. January 15, 2020.
    4. Web site: Human Powered Health. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. May 23, 2024.
    5. Web site: Ruth Winder to retire from professional cycling at the end of 2021 . Frattini . Kirsten . 9 July 2021 . . 16 July 2021 .
    6. Web site: Road cycling: Philippe Gilbert and Ruth Winder elected to the UCI Athletes' Commission . . 28 September 2021 . . 4 October 2021.
    7. Web site: Niewiadoma wins Tour de l'Ardeche. 18 September 2018 . cyclingnews.com. 16 July 2021.
    8. Web site: Winder on track for worlds with Ardèche stage win. 14 September 2018 . . 16 July 2021.
    9. Web site: Tour de l'Ardeche: Winder wins stage 6 in Montboucher sur Jaborn. 17 September 2018 . . 16 July 2021.
    10. Web site: Ruth Winder: I did not expect to take the Giro Donne leader's jersey . Knöfler . Lukas . 2 July 2021 . . 16 July 2021.
    11. News: Weislo . Laura . Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour: Ruth Edwards wins overall as Sandra Alonso takes stage 6 . 1 July 2024 . Cyclingnews.

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