Ruth Edwards (cyclist)
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Ruth Joyce Edwards (née Winder born July 9, 1993) is a British-born American professional cyclist. She took up the sport as a teenager, and went on to turn professional with UnitedHealthcare in 2014. In July 2021, Winder announced that she would retire from professional competition at the end of the season. During the 2021 UCI Road World Championships in Flanders, she was elected to a four-year term as a representative for road cycling on the Union Cycliste Internationale Athletes' Commission, winning 83 percent of the vote. In 2024, after a two-year "sabbatical", she rejoined the professional peloton, signing a contract with Human Powered Health.
Major results
Road
2009
National Junior Road Championships 1st Road race 2nd Time trial
2012
1st Cherry Pie Criterium
2nd Johnson Health Grand Prix
2013
1st Land Park Criterium
8th Grand Prix GSB
2015
5th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race 1st Young rider classification
7th Road race, Pan American Games
2017
1st Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Overall Joe Martin Stage Race 1st Stages 1 (ITT), 2 & 4
1st Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic 1st Stage 5
1st Anniston McClellan Road Race
2nd Overall Belgium Tour
2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Overall North Star Grand Prix 1st Stages 3 & 5
4th Overall Tour of the Gila 1st Young rider classification
5th Overall Tour of California
8th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
10th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
2018
1st Team time trial, Ladies Tour of Norway
Giro Rosa 1st Stage 1 (TTT) & 5 Held after Stage 5
4th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche 1st Points classification 1st Stages 3 & 6
10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
2019
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT
1st Stage 1 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
6th Overall Belgium Tour 1st Prologue
7th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour
8th Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden
9th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
10th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
2020
1st Overall Women's Tour Down Under 1st Stage 3
8th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
2021
1st Brabantse Pijl
Giro Rosa 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Held after Stage 1
1st Stage 4 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
2nd Donostia San Sebastián Klasikoa
7th Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs
10th Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa
2024
1st Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour
National Road Championships 2nd Road race 4th Time trial
4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
10th Tre Valli Varesine
2025
6th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
9th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
Track
2010
National Track Championships 1st Team pursuit 1st Junior scratch
2011
2nd Team pursuit, National Track Championships
2013
1st Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships
1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships
2nd Team pursuit, Los Angeles Grand Prix (with Kimberly Geist, Sarah Hammer and Jennifer Valente)
2015
1st Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships (with Kelly Catlin, Sarah Hammer and Jennifer Valente)
2nd Team pursuit, Pan American Games (with Kelly Catlin, Sarah Hammer, Lauren Tamayo and Jennifer Valente)
2nd Team pursuit, 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali
3rd Team pursuit, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali
2016
3rd Team pursuit, 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Hong Kong
External links
- atCycling Archives()
- atProCyclingStats