{"id":119717,"date":"2026-05-04T00:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T00:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/tour-of-the-gila-samuel-florez-and-kylee-hanel-win-gila-monster-stage-5-finale\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T00:09:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T00:09:36","slug":"tour-of-the-gila-samuel-florez-and-kylee-hanel-win-gila-monster-stage-5-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/tour-of-the-gila-samuel-florez-and-kylee-hanel-win-gila-monster-stage-5-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour of the Gila: Samuel Florez and Kylee Hanel win Gila Monster stage 5 finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-903aa3c8-bbcd-4fcd-aa67-dadd81269bc6\">The Aegis x Leaders of Enchantment team continued to dominate the women\u2019s 2026 <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-of-the-gila\/stages\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-of-the-gila\/stages\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-of-the-gila\/stages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tour of the Gila<\/a>, sweeping the podium Sunday on the daunting 65.9-mile (106km) Gila Monster stage 5 with 5,487 feet (1672m) of climbing. The American squad won four of the five stages in New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Kylee Hanel rode to a solo stage victory, finishing 56 seconds clear of her teammates, Grace Arlandson and race leader <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/lauren-stephens\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/lauren-stephens\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/lauren-stephens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lauren Stephens<\/a>. It was Stephens&#8217; third consecutive overall title, built on three stage wins and a start-to-finish grip on the leader\u2019s jersey. Emily Gilbert (Virginia&#8217;s Blue Ridge TWENTY28) was fourth, seven seconds later and one second ahead of Ashley Frye (Competitive Edge Racing).<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-903aa3c8-bbcd-4fcd-aa67-dadd81269bc6-2\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Frye and Gilbert did enough to hold onto second and third place in the final women&#8217;s standings. Frye finished 2:03 back for second, and Gilbert was third, at 2:57 down.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-continues-below block py-2 text-sm\">Article continues below <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"inline-block w-2.5 h-2.5 ml-2\" fill=\"currentColor\" preserveaspectratio=\"xMidYMid meet\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\"><path d=\"M1000 100L500 900 0 100h1000z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-2 pb-0 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The Aegis team also took home all the jerseys, for the first time in the 39-year history of the race. Stephens won the mountains classification, stage 4 winner Arlandson topped the sprint standings, and Hanel, fourth overall, was the best young rider. Aegis also won the teams classification.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"elk-28dd18ef-caf2-4070-a12c-9a0421ea339f\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1208px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:149.83%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kdh5UhvCMsh5z6JgNCLkkD-1200-80.png.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kdh5UhvCMsh5z6JgNCLkkD-1024-80.png.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kdh5UhvCMsh5z6JgNCLkkD-970-80.png.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kdh5UhvCMsh5z6JgNCLkkD-650-80.png.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kdh5UhvCMsh5z6JgNCLkkD-480-80.png.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kdh5UhvCMsh5z6JgNCLkkD-320-80.png.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/>\n<\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">The overall women&#8217;s podium with Lauren Stephens (Aegis x Leaders of Enchantment) first, Ashley Frye (Competitive Edge) second and Emily Gilbert (Virginia&#8217;s Blue Ridge TWENTY28) in third <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Tour of the Gila)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"elk-417ef488-0ec5-4c66-8f63-70d9dfe1f101\">In the men\u2019s Gila Monster stage, Modern Adventure\u2019s Samuel Florez took the win in Pi\u00f1os Altos with teammate Kieran Haug 10 seconds back. Two seconds later, Henrique de Silva Avancini (Localiza Meoo-Swift) finished third, but it was enough to overturn a 17-second deficit and claim the overall title.<\/p>\n<p>De Silva Avancini topped the GC with 24 seconds on defending champion Haug, with Diego Camargo (Medell\u00edn-EPM) third at 37 seconds. Overnight race leader Walter Vargas (Medell\u00edn-EPM) struggled on the 100.6-mile stage with 9,957 feet of climbing to finish 14 minutes behind the stage winner, dropping to 27th in the final GC.<\/p>\n<p>Stage 2 winner Robinson L\u00f3pez (GW Erco SportFitness) topped the mountains standings, stage 4 victor Patrick Welch (APS) won the sprint classification and 20-year-old Florez, fourth on GC, took home the best young rider title. 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The American squad won four of the five stages in New Mexico. 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