{"id":123262,"date":"2026-06-19T02:03:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T02:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/us-road-national-championships-kendall-ryan-defends-criterium-title-late-crash-reduces-field\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T02:03:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T02:03:46","slug":"us-road-national-championships-kendall-ryan-defends-criterium-title-late-crash-reduces-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/us-road-national-championships-kendall-ryan-defends-criterium-title-late-crash-reduces-field\/","title":{"rendered":"US Road National Championships: Kendall Ryan defends criterium title, late crash reduces field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-8f2baeb5-a3e5-476d-88cf-9f6e224d9a82\">Kendall Ryan held onto the elite women&#8217;s criterium title at the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/usa-cycling-pro-road-national-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/usa-cycling-pro-road-national-championships\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/usa-cycling-pro-road-national-championships\/\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Cycling Pro Road National Championships<\/a> in Charleston, repaying the work of her Caldera Medical x Aurea Racing teammates with a powerful leap from the final corner.<\/p>\n<p>The sprint played out from among a reduced field, with a crash midway through, right on the line of the mile long circuit, as the bell rang for the last lap. 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