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Ruth Winder
American racing cyclist
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 UnitedHealthcare 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]
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| Full name | Ruth Joyce Edwards | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Ruth Joyce Winder (1993-07-09) July 9, 1993 (age 30) Keighley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Lidl–Trek | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rider type | All rounder[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010 | Peanut Butter P/B 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | HDR P/B Lombardi Sports | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Vanderkitten | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2014–2015 | UnitedHealthcare | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | UnitedHealthcare | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Team Sunweb | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Trek–Segafredo[3][4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Road
- 2009
- National Junior Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- 7th Road race, Pan American Games
- 2017
- 1st
Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- 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
- 4th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche[8]
- 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 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
Track
- 2010
- National Track Championships
- 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
- "Ruth Winder". USA Cycling. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. December 27, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- "Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. October 25, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- Frattini, Kirsten (July 9, 2021). "Ruth Winder to retire from professional cycling at the end of 2021". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- "Road cycling: Philippe Gilbert and Ruth Winder elected to the UCI Athletes' Commission". Union Cycliste Internationale. September 28, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
- Knöfler, Lukas (July 2, 2021). "Ruth Winder: I did not expect to take the Giro Donne leader's jersey". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- "Niewiadoma wins Tour de l'Ardeche". cyclingnews.com. September 18, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- "Winder on track for worlds with Ardèche stage win". VeloNews. September 14, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- "Tour de l'Ardeche: Winder wins stage 6 in Montboucher sur Jaborn". cyclingnews.com. September 17, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- Ruth Winder at Cycling Archives
- Ruth Winder at ProCyclingStats