Ruth Edwards

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 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 .

Major results Road

2009 National Junior Road Championships

2nd Time trial 2012 1st Tour of Somerville 1st Cherry Pie Criterium 2nd Johnson Health Grand Prix 2013 1st Land Park Criterium 8th Grand Prix GSB 9th Grand Prix el Salvador 2015 5th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race

7th Road race, Pan American Games 2017

1st Stages 1 & 2

1st Stages 1 (ITT), 2 & 4

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

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

10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 2019

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 9th GP de Plouay – Bretagne 10th Overall Women's Tour Down Under 2020

1st Stage 3 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro Rosa 8th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2021 1st Brabantse Pijl Giro Rosa 1st Stage 1 (TTT)

1st Stage 4 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche 2nd Donostia San Sebastián Klasikoa 7th Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs 7th La Flèche Wallonne 10th Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa 2024

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

2011 2nd Team pursuit, National Track Championships 2013

2nd Team pursuit, Los Angeles Grand Prix (with Kimberly Geist, Sarah Hammer and Jennifer Valente) 2015

2016