USA’s Amber Neben defended her title within the elite girls’s particular person time trial on the 2024 Pan American Road Cycling Championships on Wednesday. Neben’s teammate Lauren Stephens joined her on the rostrum in second place.
Neben accomplished the 23.3km course in San José dos Campos, Brazil, in 31:40. It was her second consecutive ITT Pan Am gold, final yr successful in Panama City, Panama.
Stephens completed 43 seconds again and Arranza Villalón of Chile, who was second final yr, accomplished the rostrum in third, 1:46 off the successful tempo.
Both Neben and Stephens arrived in Brazil this week recent from the USA Cycling Pro Road National Championships in Charleston, West Virginia, the place Neben earned the bronze medal within the particular person time trial and Stephens was fifth. Riding for her Cynisca commerce crew, Stephens additionally competed within the street race and positioned fourth.
The Pan Am Road Championships, which run via May 26, embrace 340 riders from 29 nations. The elite males’s time trial will probably be held on May 23 on a 35.1km course. The street races will probably be contested on the weekend.
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