Kendall Ryan (L39ION of Los Angeles) defended her 2022 title Saturday and won the women’s elite race at the Audi Denver Littleton Twilight Criterium. Jordan Parra (American Cycling Group) earned his first victory of the year in the men’s event. The Colorado races were the eighth stop in the American Criterium Cup national series.
The women’s contest on the six-corner, L-shaped course in the historic downtown of Littleton saw multiple attacks, with DNA Pro Cycling’s Daphne Karagianis surging with a solo break for the bulk of the second half of the race. As the setting sun wiped away shadows, the peloton sensed urgency and erased the escape.
