The HTC-Columbia women captured their first win of the 2010 season Friday in the inaugural Merco Classic 20-mile Team Time Trial in Merced, California. The HTC-Columbia team included four riders: Ina Teutenberg [GER], Kim Anderson [USA], Evelyn Stevens [USA] and Chloe Hosking [AUS].
\"The team did a good job in this very technical event,\" noted sport director Rene Wenzel. \"We had two very experienced TTT riders with Ina [Teutenberg] and Kim [Anderson], and two inexperienced riders with Evelyn [Stevens] and Chloe [Hosking], and considering that it was the first team time trial of the season together, we had an excellent outcome.\"
HTC-Columbia won on the rolling and relatively windy course with a time of 43:51. Tomorrow the team continues the Merco Classic with the Downtown Criterium at 11:30am, followed by the Merco Classic Foothills Road Race on Sunday.
HTC-Columbia press release
| Results | |
| 1 Chole Hosking (HTC Columbia) | 0:43:53 |
| 1 Ina Teutenberg (HTC Columbia) | 0:43:53 |
| 1 Evelyn Stevens (HTC Columbia) | 0:43:53 |
| 1 Kim Anderson (HTC Columbia) | 0:43:53 |
| 2 Katheryn Mattis (Other Team) | 0:44:48 |
| 2 Cara Gillis (Other Team) | 0:44:48 |
| 2 Jane Despas (Other Team) | 0:44:48 |
| 2 Molly Vanhouweling (Other Team) | 0:44:48 |
