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Sebastian Haedo (Jamis-Hagens Berman) and Hannah Barnes (UnitedHealthcare) took the flowers in Saturday’s Downtown Silver City Criterium at the Tour of the Gila.
Elite men raced 40 laps on the 1.74km, four-corner circuit, while elite women tackled 25.
Barnes finished fastest among the women, overhauling Leah Kirchmann (Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies), with Alison Jackson (Twenty16-Ridebiker) rounding out the podium in third.
In the men’s race, Haedo out-kicked Wouter Wippert (Drapac Professional Cycling) and Eric Young (Optum).
On the overall, Mara Abbott (Amy D Foundation) tops the women’s standings by eight seconds. Lauren Stephens (Tibco-SVB) sits second at eight seconds with Jasmin Glaesser (Optum) third at 53 seconds.
Rafael Montiel (Orgullo Antioqueno) leads the men by 24 seconds ahead of Rob Britton (Team StartStop), with Daniel Jaramillo Diez (Jamis-Hagens Berman) third at 54 seconds.
Sunday’s final stage is the Gila Monster Road Race — 161.9km for men and 106.1km for women.
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