Americ⛄ans top new criterium points series after 🦩Athens Twilight victories
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John Murphy (Hoℱlowesko|Citadel | Arapahoe) wins Athens Twilight 2018(Image credit: Bear Cieri, USA CRITS)
John Murphy (Holowesko|Citadel | Arapahoe) wins Athens Twilight 2018, his teammate Bryan✱⭕ Gomez was second(Image credit: Bear Cieri, USA CRITS)
Samant♔ha Schneider (Iscorp Pro Cycling) wins Athens Twilight, round one of Cyclingnews' Bell Lap criteꦓrium series(Image credit: Bear Cieri, USA CRITS)
US criterium ch෴ampion Erica Allar (Rally) racing Athe🧔ns Twilight 2018(Image credit: Bear Cieri, USA CRITS)
Murphy relied on his Holowesko-Citadel teammates to provide him a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:perfectly timed lead-out to win the men's ra🌞ce, while his teammate Bryan G𓆉omez finished second and Frank Travieso (EDA-Evolution Cycling Team) finished third.
In⛦ winning Athens Twilight, Murphy secured 25 points toward The Bell Lap series and took the overall lead. His teammate Gomez sits in second place with 18 points and Travieso is third with 15 points.
In the women's race, Schneider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:out-sprinted US professional criterium champio⛎n Erica Allar (Rally C🐻ycling) and Harriet Owen (The Meteor-Intelligentsia).
Schneider now leads The Bell Lap series with 25 points, Allar is in second with 18 points and Owen ꦑis in third with 15 poin🍌ts.
Cyclingnews created The Bell Lap point se﷽ries to highlight the most important, historic and challenging races on the criterium circuit. Athens Twilight was the first race of the series whereby points are awarded to the top 10 men and women throughout the 16 events (19 race days).
Points will be awarded after each criterium as follows: 1st place - 25 points; 2nd -18; 3rd - 15♏; 4th -12; 5th - 10; 6th - 8; 7th - 6; 8th - 4; ඣ9th - 2; 10th - 1.
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Round two of The Bell Lap series will take place at Rochester Twilight - Rochester, New Yorᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚk, on May 19.
The final race of the series is held on Septembe✨r 15 at the Atl🎃antic City Resurgence Fest Criterium in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Bell Lap men's and women's titles will be awarded to the riders who score the most points over the course of the season in the final overall standings.
2018 Bell Lap standings after Athens Twilight - Brief Results
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Men
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
John Murphy (Holowesko-Citadel | Arapahoe)
25
pts
2
Bryan Gomez (Holowesko-Citadel | Arapahoe)
18
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Frank Travieso (Eda / Evolution Cycling Team)
15
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Kevin Mullervy (Team Clif Bar)
12
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Daniel Holloway (Texas Roadhouse)
10
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Lachlan Holliday (Piedmont College)
8
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Shane Kline (Smartstop Self Storage)
6
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Cooper Willsey
4
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Akil Campbell (Ngca Elite p/b Tyler Perry Studios And Pharmaco)
2
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Declan Irvine (Devo Tnn)
1
Row 9 - Cell 3
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Women
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Samantha Schneider (Iscorp Pro Cycling)
25
pts
2
Erica Allar (Piedmont College)
18
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Harriet Owen (The Meteor-Intelligentsia)
15
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Georgia Baker (Fearless Femme Racing)
12
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Caroline Baur (Iscorp Pro Cycling)
10
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Christina Gokey Smith (Colavita/Bialetti Pro Cycling Team)
8
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Yussely Mendivil Soto (Iscorp Pro Cycling)
6
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Laura Jorgensen
4
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Tina Pic (Colavita/Bialetti Pro Cycling Team)
2
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Jennifer Caicedo (Palmetto State Medical Elite Cycling Team)
