{{short description|American racing cyclist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Other people|Ruth Edwards}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Ruth Edwards | image = 2024 Fleche Wallonne Ruth Edwards1.jpg | caption = Winder in 2024 | fullname = Ruth Joyce Edwards | nickname = | birth_name = Ruth Joyce Winder | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1993|07|09}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|Keighley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom<ref name=usac>{{cite web |url=http://www.usacycling.org/ruth-winder.htm |title=Ruth Winder|website=USA Cycling |accessdate=December 5, 2014}}</ref>}} | height = {{convert|5|ft|4|in|cm|abbr=on}}<ref name=usac /> | weight = {{convert|130|lb|kg|abbr=on}}<ref name=usac /> | currentteam = {{UCI team code|HPW}} | disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}} | role = Rider | ridertype = All rounder<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uhcprocycling.com/womens-team/ruth-winder/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122040709/http://uhcprocycling.com/womens-team/ruth-winder/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 22, 2014|title=UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Pro Cycling Team}}</ref> | amateuryears1 = 2010 | amateurteam1 = Peanut Butter P/B 2012 | amateuryears2 = 2011 | amateurteam2 = HDR P/B Lombardi Sports | amateuryears3 = 2012–2013 | amateurteam3 = Vanderkitten | proyears1 = 2014–2015 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|UHC2|2014}} | proyears2 = 2017 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|UHC2|2017}} | proyears3 = 2018 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|TLP|2018}} | proyears4 = 2019–2021 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|TFS2|2019}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://racing.trekbikes.com/stories/trek-segafredo-women/trek-segafredo-announce-official-2019-rosters-for-men-and-women|title=Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women|work=Trek Bicycle Corporation|publisher=Intrepid Corporation|date=December 27, 2018|accessdate=March 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/trek-segafredo-women-add-two-to-2020-roster/|title=Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=October 25, 2019|accessdate=January 15, 2020}}</ref> | proyears5 = 2024– | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|HPW|2024}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/19522|title=Human Powered Health|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=May 23, 2024}}</ref> | majorwins = '''Stage races''' :Tour Down Under (2020) '''One-day races and Classics''' :{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (2019)}} :Brabantse Pijl (2021) | show-medals = no | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}} {{MedalSport | Women's track cycling}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Toronto|Team pursuit}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Championships}} {{MedalGold|2015 Santiago|Team pursuit}} }} '''Ruth Joyce Edwards''' (née '''Winder''' born July 9, 1993) is a British-born American professional cyclist. She took up the sport as a teenager, and went on to turn professional with {{UCI team code|UHC|2014}} in 2014. In July 2021, Winder announced that she would retire from professional competition at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ruth-winder-to-retire-from-professional-cycling-at-the-end-of-2021/ |title=Ruth Winder to retire from professional cycling at the end of 2021 |last=Frattini |first=Kirsten |date=9 July 2021 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=16 July 2021 }}</ref> During the 2021 UCI Road World Championships in Flanders, she was elected to a four-year term as a representative for road cycling on the Union Cycliste Internationale Athletes' Commission, winning 83 percent of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uci.org/pressrelease/road-cycling-philippe-gilbert-and-ruth-winder-elected-to-the-uci-athletes/wXY11BYCpJrxKls5magWR |title=Road cycling: Philippe Gilbert and Ruth Winder elected to the UCI Athletes' Commission |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=28 September 2021 |website=Union Cycliste Internationale |access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref> In 2024, after a two-year "sabbatical", she rejoined the professional peloton, signing a contract with {{UCI team code|HPH|2024}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/ruth-edwards-returns-to-the-pro-peloton-with-human-powered-health/ |title=Ruth Edwards Returns to the Pro Peloton with Human Powered Health |last=O"Shea |first=Sadhbh |date=20 October 2023 |access-date=5 April 2026 |website=velo.outsideonline.com}}</ref>

==Major results== ===Road=== {{div col}} ;2009 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st 20px Road race ::2nd Time trial ;2012 : 1st Tour of Somerville : 1st Cherry Pie Criterium : 2nd Johnson Health Grand Prix ;2013 : 1st Land Park Criterium : 8th Grand Prix GSB : 9th Grand Prix el Salvador ;2015 : 5th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race ::1st 20px Young rider classification : 7th Road race, Pan American Games ;2017 : 1st 20px Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska ::1st 20px Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 1st 20px Overall Joe Martin Stage Race ::1st Stages 1 (ITT), 2 & 4 : 1st 20px Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic ::1st Stage 5 : 1st Anniston McClellan Road Race : 2nd Overall Belgium Tour : 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall North Star Grand Prix ::1st Stages 3 & 5 : 4th Overall Tour of the Gila ::1st 20px Young rider classification : 5th Overall Tour of California : 8th Overall Women's Tour Down Under : 10th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen ;2018 : 1st Team time trial, Ladies Tour of Norway : Giro Rosa ::1st Stage 1 (TTT) & 5 ::Held 20px|alt=Pink jersey after Stage 5<ref name=giro /> : 4th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche<ref name=ardechefinal>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-cycliste-feminin-international-de-lardeche-2018/stage-7/results/ |title=Niewiadoma wins Tour de l'Ardeche|date=18 September 2018 |website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> ::1st 20px Points classification<ref name=ardechefinal /> ::1st Stages 3<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.velonews.com/news/road/winder-on-track-for-worlds-with-ardeche-stage-win/ |title=Winder on track for worlds with Ardèche stage win|date=14 September 2018 |website=VeloNews |access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> & 6<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-cycliste-feminin-international-de-lardeche-2018/stage-6/results/ |title=Tour de l'Ardeche: Winder wins stage 6 in Montboucher sur Jaborn|date=17 September 2018 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> : 10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships ;2019 : 1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT : 1st Stage 1 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana : 6th Overall Belgium Tour ::1st Prologue : 7th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour : 8th Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden : 9th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race : 9th GP de Plouay – Bretagne : 10th Overall Women's Tour Down Under ;2020 : 1st 20px Overall Women's Tour Down Under ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro Rosa : 8th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race ;2021 : 1st Brabantse Pijl : Giro Rosa ::1st Stage 1 (TTT)<ref name=giro>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ruth-winder-i-did-not-expect-to-take-the-giro-donne-leaders-jersey/ |title=Ruth Winder: I did not expect to take the Giro Donne leader's jersey |last=Knöfler |first=Lukas |date=2 July 2021 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> ::Held 20px|alt=Pink jersey after Stage 1<ref name=giro /> : 1st Stage 4 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche : 2nd Donostia San Sebastián Klasikoa : 7th Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs : 7th La Flèche Wallonne : 10th Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa ;2024 : 1st 20px Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::4th Time trial : 4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race : 10th Tre Valli Varesine ;2025 : 6th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race : 9th Overall Women's Tour Down Under {{div col end}}

===Track=== {{div col}} ;2010 : National Track Championships ::1st 20px Team pursuit<ref name=usac /> ::1st 20px Junior scratch<ref name=usac /> ;2011 : 2nd Team pursuit, National Track Championships ;2013 : 1st 20px Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships : 1st 20px Team pursuit, National Track Championships : 2nd Team pursuit, Los Angeles Grand Prix (with Kimberly Geist, Sarah Hammer and Jennifer Valente) ;2015 : 1st 20px Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships (with Kelly Catlin, Sarah Hammer and Jennifer Valente) : 2nd 15px Team pursuit, Pan American Games (with Kelly Catlin, Sarah Hammer, Lauren Tamayo and Jennifer Valente) : 2nd 15px Team pursuit, 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali : 3rd 15px Team pursuit, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali ;2016 : 3rd 15px Team pursuit, 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Hong Kong {{div col end}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Cycling Archives|61424}} *{{Procyclingstats|ruth-winder}}

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