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2016 AMGEN BREAKAWAY FROM HEART DISEASE WOMENS RACE EMPOWERED WITH SRAM ROSTERS ANNOUNCED
Best of Womens Cycling Including Eight Team USA Olympic Hopefuls Will Compete in the Four-Day Stage Race Beginning Thursday in South Lake Tahoe
LOS ANGELES (May 18, 2016) AEG announced rosters for the Amgen Breakaway from Heart Disease Womens Race Empowered with SRAM, which was selected as the first of only two U.S. events on the first-ever UCI Womens WorldTour. One of the largest platforms in the world for womens cycling, the race roster includes six of the top-10 UCI ranked cyclists, including top-ranked Emma Johansson (Wiggle High5), who also took home the 2008 Olympic road race silver medal.
Also racing will be 11 World Champions, including two-timer Kristin Armstrong of Twenty16 Ridebiker, the accomplished U.S. rider who also earned two Olympic gold medals in the time trail (2008 and 2012). Two other Olympians in the lineup include UnitedHeathcare Pro Cycling Teams Lauren Tamayo (USA), who won silver in the 2012 team pursuit, and Rabo-Liv Women Cycling Teams Marianne Vos (NED), who took gold in the 2012 road race and the 2008 points race.
The womens event will run in concert with the final four days for the Amgen Tour of California mens race, with both concluding in Sacramento Sun., May 22.
Featuring 18 teams of six cyclists, the women will face off over a 197.8-mile course during the four-stage event taking place in South Lake Tahoe, Folsom (team time trial), Santa Rosa and Sacramento. Favorites in popular categories include:
General Classification (Overall Contenders) Emma Johansson (SWE) Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling (WHT) Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels-Dolmans Cycling Team (DLT) Lisa Brennauer (GER) Canyon/SRAM Racing (LPR) Lucinda Brand (NED) Rabo-Liv Women Cycling Team (RBW) Kirsten Wild (AUS) Hitec Products (HPU) Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels-Dolmans Cycling Team (DLT) Alena Amialiusik (BLR) Canyon/SRAM Racing (LPR) Lauren Stephens (USA) Team TIBCO-SVB (TIB) Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo-Liv Women Cycling Team (RBW) Emily Collins (NZL) Team TIBCO-SVB (TIB) Sprinters Barbara Guarischi (ITA) Canyon/SRAM Racing (LPR) Lauren Tamayo (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team (UHC) Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels-Dolmans Cycling Team (DLT) Kirsten Wild (AUS) Hitec Products (HPU)
Climbers Mara Abbott (USA) Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling (WHT) Lauren Stephens (USA) Team TIBCO-SVB (TIB) Lex Albrecht (CAN) BePink (BPK) Emily Collins (NZL) Team TIBCO-SVB (TIB) Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels-Dolmans Cycling Team (DLT) Alena Amialiusik (BLR) Canyon/SRAM Racing (LPR) Stage Wins Emma Johansson (SWE) Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling (WHT) Marianne Vos (NED) Rabo-Liv Women Cycling Team (RBW) Linda Villumsen (NZL) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team (UHC) Lisa Brennauer (GER) Canyon/SRAM Racing (LPR) Tayler Wiles (USA) USA Cycling (USA) Lauren Stephens (USA) Team TIBCO-SVB (TIB) Barbara Guarischi (ITA) Canyon/SRAM Racing (LPR) Lex Albrecht (CAN) BePink (BPK) Chloe Dygert (USA) Twenty16 RideBiker (T16)
"We're so proud to offer the best women in cycling a platform to showcase their talent to an international audience that continues to expand each year", said Kristin Klein, president of the race and executive vice president of AEG Sports. "These athletes are some of the fastest on the planet, and they are going to wow fans across California and the world again this year as we kick off another womens raceour biggest ever."
NBC Sports Group will air highlights of the womens race throughout its daily coverage of the 2016 Amgen Tour of California and will present a comprehensive highlight show featuring robust coverage of the womens race on Thurs., May 26 at 10:30 p.m. PDT/ Friday, May 27 at 1:30 a.m. EDT on NBCSN. « 2016 Tour of California Live Dashboard |
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