German Claudia Hausler, victor in the 2009 Giro Donne, won the Stillwater Criterium, final race in the Nature Valley GP series. Hausler moved into the NRC lead with 822 points, Allison Powers is second with 730 and Shelley Olds third with 688.
After the Optum win on Friday night in the Minneapolis Uptown Criterium, it looked like the orange and black clad ladies had everything going their way. New US road champion Jade Wilcoxson had won the previous day's road race near Cannon Falls, MN and her powerful team had delivered her first to the line in Uptown as well. The long and wearying Menomonie, WI road race on Saturday, however, ended with Wilcoxson having the infinitesimal advantage of one second over Tibco star and 2012 Olympian Shelley Olds, who had worked hard to collect as many bonus seconds as possible. On the final turn at Stillwater leading to the finish on Chilkoot Hill, Wilcoxson crashed into the outer barriers and was unable to cross the finish line. Given the time that the group she was with, she lost the general classification to Olds by 8 seconds.
Overall winner Shelley Olds also won the NVGP women's GC in 2010.
Best young rider winner Denise Ramsden of Optum Cycling and the Canadian Olympic team.
St. Paul Criterium winner Lauren Hall and Tibco mainstay Samantha Schneider.
Optum super rookie Brianna Walle finished fifth in the general classification.
All-around threat Joelle Numainville finished sixth in the GC.
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