Skylar Schneider (Williams Racing Devo) received Saturday’s Arrowhead Orthopaedics Criterium, stage 4 of the Redlands Bicycle Classic for the second 12 months in a row, Makayla MacPherson (DNA Pro Racing) was second and Marlies Mejias (Virginia’s Blue Ridge Twenty24) took third within the 75-minute criterium in downtown Redlands.
Schneider was sitting on her sister Samantha’s wheel on the ultimate lap earlier than opening up her dash after the ultimate nook. The reigning Pan-American street race champion was capable of maintain everybody off for the victory.
“DNA did an exceptional lead out. They had been very quick and really easy and we knew precisely the place we wished to leap and so they made it laborious for us as a result of we had been shifting so quick. But we had been on a mission in the present day to get the primary one for WR Devo,” mentioned Schneider who owns a bakery together with her sister in Wisconsin.
“And yeah, two weeks in the past, I used to be doing all-nighters within the bakery so I’m actually pleased to be right here.”
DNA Pro Cycling Team did the vast majority of the pace-making on the entrance of the sphere, with a two-fold objective, ensuring that the yellow jersey Nadia Gontova stayed protected and likewise going for the stage win.
The intermediate sprints delivered just a few skirmishes with Mejias going for factors to solidify her lead within the dash classification. Schneider did take a look at her legs within the first dash the place she took third earlier than going again within the subject to attend for the ultimate bunch dash.
Gontova completed safely within the pack and remained on prime of the overall classification with one stage to go.
Before the beginning of the race, Linda Jackson acquired the Redlands Bicycle Classic “Legend” award which symbolizes and honours the numerous proficient people which have made this occasion really legendary.
Jackson is likely one of the most profitable feminine skilled cyclists to have come from Canada, and since retiring in 2000 has devoted the following chapter of her profession to creating alternatives for American and Canadian ladies to pursue their Olympic goals.
The Redlands Bicycle Classic concludes on Sunday with Redlands Sunset Road Race the place ladies will full the 6.8-mile loop 9 instances for a complete of 68.1 miles starting at 10 a.m.
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