Kendall Ryan held onto the elite women's criterium title at the USA Cycling Pro Road National Championships in Charleston, repaying the work of her Caldera Medical x Aurea Racing teammates with a powerful leap from the final corner.
The sprint played out from among a reduced field, with a crash midway through, right on the line of the mile-long circuit, as the bell rang for the last lap. That left around ten riders on the ground and out of the running.
