Skylar Schneider (L39ION of Los Angeles) went back-to-back with USA CRITS wins in South Carolina, edging out rival Andrea Cyr (HigherDOSE – Renova) at the line in downtown Spartanburg Friday night. Rebecca Lange (Team Winston Salem-FLOW) followed in third from a three-rider move that nearly lapped the field.
Schneider, Cyr and Lang certainly put on a show for the evening crowd at the Spartanburg Criterium presented by Spartanburg Medical Center and Gibbs Cancer Center, gaining chunks of time with less than 30 laps to go.
As the three riders came through the final lap, Cyr attacked at the front but it was Schneider who used the slight uphill for a final push and snuck ahead at the line. Lang was off the throttle as she secured third place, the rest of the field was 18 seconds back. Elizabeth Castaño (One Hart Racing-Nashville Local Cycling) was the best in the chasing bunch in fourth place.
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The women’s individual leaderboard remained unchanged, with Liza Ray (Kingdom Elite Racing) finishing 11th and remaining at the top based on her win at LaGrange and runner-up spot at Sunny King criteriums. Her teammate Elizabeth Hardin was second and Rebecca Lang (Team Winston Salem-FLOW) was third, with One Hart Racing – Nashville Local Cycling duo Andrea Antu and Elizabeth Cantaño now fourth and fifth.
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