Lauren Stephens (Cynisca Cycling) climbed to a solo victory on the opening day of Tour of the Gila and took the primary chief’s jersey for the UCI girls’s class. Nadia Gontova (DNA Pro Cycling), current winner of the Redlands Bicycle Classic, completed second, simply 9 seconds again. Marcela Prieto (Steve Tilford Foundation) secured third, 1:01 off the tempo.
The trio of riders had shaped the breakaway of the day on Stage 1 Mogollon Road Race p/b Grant County and with half of the 71 miles (114km) lined had pushed forward of the peloton by as a lot as 12:50.