Shelley Evans wins Stage 5 of Tour of New Zealand

Photo: Pete Bruggerman

1st Shelley Evans

A break escaped and team USA led by Neben with 10k to go, drilled it caught them and then set up Shelley for the sprint. Shelley Evans back in yellow. One more stage to go! Amazing team work everyone worked really hard as a cohesive unit.

With just one stage remaining Shelley Evans (USA National Team) looks set to repeat Amber Halliday’s feat of 2009, winning her debut International Cycling Union (UCI) stage race. Evans regained the leader’s jersey by winning today’s stage, taking it off the shoulders of team-mate Amber Neben.

Evans again proved to be the quickest in the final sprint, taking the win from Australian national champion Ruth Corset and China’s Xin Liu (Giant Pro Cycling). It was Evans’ third stage victory at the event, with the 10 bonus seconds on offer putting her six ahead of team-mate Neben on general classification.

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