# Ruth Winder

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.

## Major results
### Road
#### 2009

    National Junior Road Championships
       1st Road race
       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
       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
    9th GP de Plouay – Bretagne
    10th Overall Women's Tour Down Under

#### 2020

    1st Overall Women's Tour Down Under
       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)
       Held after Stage 1
    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

    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