American Criterium Cup: Skylar Schneider and Jordan Parra win exciting showdowns at Boise Twilight
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The pro women ride 2024 Bailey Glasser Boise Twilight Criterium around Idaho’s capital(Image credit: American Criterium Cup)
The elite women begin in front of the Idaho state capitol (Image credit: American Criterium Cup)
Criterium winner Jordan Parra rides next to runner-up and REIGN Storm Racing teammate Danny Summerhill, wearing the green sprint jersey of the American Criterium Cup series(Image credit: American Criterium Cup)
The men raced 70 minutes in Boise(Image credit: American Criterium Cup)
Skylar Schneider (Miami Blazers) and Jordan Parra (REIGN Storm Racing) won the third round of the American Criterium Cup (ACC) at the Bailey Glasser Boise Twilight Criterium.
Even though the women’s field included only 19 riders on Saturday, Skylar Schneider rose to the occasion with top form and won her fourth consecutive criterium in Boise, Idaho.
“Obviously having won here three times in a row made this a big goal for me so my teammates were definitely on my side tonight,” she said after the race.
“It was a small field but really strong which meant we had to be a bit more creative. Lapping the field was a bit of a surprise and that made the race more of a chess match than anything, but I’m really happy to finish it off.”
In the overall ACC standings of the eight-race series, Skylar Schneider extended her lead for individual women by 18 points over Arielle Verhaaren (Automatic-ABUS Racing), and another handful of points over DNA pair Rylee McMullen and Makayla Macpherson, who are third and fourth, respectively.
The men’s individual standings tightened to a one-point lead for Bryan Gomez (REIGN Storm Racing), who remained at the top of leaderboard despite suffering a crash on the final lap and taking no points. His teammate Parra is in third, tied on points with second-placed Luke Lamperti (Soudal-QuickStep).
Rylee McMullen (DNA Pro Cycling) and Danny Summerhill (REIGN Storm Racing) continued as sprint leaders.
Skylar Schneider used the support of her teammates Samantha Schneider, who was part of the six-rider breakaway, and Alexi Ramirez to secure the win. At the half-way point of the race, the Schneider sisters were part of a move with Macpherson and Kimberly Lucie of DNA as well as Regina Doty (LA Sweat) and Verhaaren that went from a small gap to catching the back of the field with 10 laps to go.
From the field sprint to settle the podium, Skylar Schneider surged with 200 metres to go and won ahead of Verhaare, who recently placed…