Kirchmann, UnitedHealthcare win NRC overall titles
Leah Kirchmann (Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies) and the UnitedHealthcare women’s team earned respective individual and team USA Cycling National Racing Calendar titles when the women’s series concluded at the Philadelphia International Cycling Classic on June 7.
Kirchmann finished seventh in Philadelphia, the sixth round of the women's UCI World Cup, for an overall point total of 664, which edged 2014 overall winner Lauren Stephens (Team TIBCO-SVB), whose 13th-place result gave her second-place 642 points. Mara Abbott (Wiggle-Honda) held on to third with 570 points despite not recording any points at the final race. Katie Hall (UnitedHealthcare), who finished 24th in Philly, brought her point total to 486 to just edge Amber Neben (Visit Dallas-Noise4Good) into fifth place at 484 points.
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UnitedHealthcare hung on to take the women’s team win with 1694 points on the heels of Coryn Rivera’s fifth-place effort in Philly, while Optum, which had three top-10 finishes in Philly, moved into second with 1574. Twenty16-Sho Air finished third with 1056 points, while Visit Dallas-Noise4Good and Tibco-SVB recorded 826 and 810 points, respectively, to round out the women’s team top five.
Canadian champion Leach Kirchmann topped the final 2015 USA Cycling NRC individual standings.
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