The Aegis x Leaders of Enchantment staff continued to dominate the ladies’s 2026 Tour of the Gila, sweeping the rostrum Sunday on the daunting 65.9-mile (106km) Gila Monster stage 5 with 5,487 toes (1672m) of climbing. The American squad gained 4 of the 5 phases in New Mexico.
Kylee Hanel rode to a solo stage victory, ending 56 seconds away from her teammates, Grace Arlandson and race chief Lauren Stephens. It was Stephens‘ third consecutive general title, constructed on three stage wins and a start-to-finish grip on the chief’s jersey. Emily Gilbert (Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY28) was fourth, seven seconds later and one second forward of Ashley Frye (Aggressive Edge Racing).
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Within the males’s Gila Monster stage, Trendy Journey’s Samuel Florez took the win in Piños Altos with teammate Kieran Haug 10 seconds again. Two seconds later, Henrique de Silva Avancini (Localiza Meoo-Swift) completed third, but it surely was sufficient to overturn a 17-second deficit and declare the general title.
De Silva Avancini topped the GC with 24 seconds on defending champion Haug, with Diego Camargo (Medellín-EPM) third at 37 seconds. In a single day race chief Walter Vargas (Medellín-EPM) struggled on the 100.6-mile stage with 9,957 toes of climbing to complete 14 minutes behind the stage winner, dropping to twenty seventh within the remaining GC.
Stage 2 winner Robinson López (GW Erco SportFitness) topped the mountains standings, stage 4 victor Patrick Welch (APS) gained the dash classification and 20-year-old Florez, fourth on GC, took house one of the best younger rider title. With 4 riders within the high 10, Trendy Journey gained the groups classification.
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