Sacramento, USA, 10 May 2015 - Velocio-SRAM's Trixi Worrack has claimed victory in an exciting final stage at the Amgen Tour of California Empowered with SRAM today in Sacramento. Worrack finished five seconds ahead of Leah Kirchmann (Optum p/b Kelly Benefits) and six seconds clear of Lauren Komanski (Twenty16 p/b Sho-Air).
Going into the final stage, Worrack was three seconds behind overall leader Komanski. With several bonus seconds available on the 54 kilometre circuit race the team had the plan to go for the intermediate sprints. "My team did an amazing job in the lead outs for the bonus seconds. We knew that these bonus seconds were our best way to take the overall leaders jersey," said Worrack. "The team has been working so well together in Spring and I was confident that if we could do the same here in the final stage, then I would be able to take enough bonus seconds to win."
The race was fast and furious with several teams invested in creating a breakaway group. With wide roads a fast pace and the strength of Velocio-SRAM there were no moves that were allowed to stay away. The lead out from Velocio-SRAM was unstoppable and Worrack won all three intermediate sprints, catapulting her to six seconds ahead of Komanski in the overall classification. The final stage was won by Kirchmann while Worrack's fourth position allowed her to seal the victory.
Team Director Sportif Beth Duryea said the tour had been a great success. "We were excited to bring our team to USA and to race the first women's edition of Amgen Tour of California Empowered with SRAM. SRAM are one of our major sponsors and their support for our team and women's cycling is incredible. We're pleased to be able to reward our sponsors with a win in such an important and high profile race."
The next race for Velocio-SRAM is the 2015 Women's Amgen Tour of California Invitational Time Trial on May 15 at Big Bear Lake, California.
