Ruth Winder

{{short description|American racing cyclist}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{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{{cite web |url=http://www.usacycling.org/ruth-winder.htm |title=Ruth Winder|website=USA Cycling |accessdate=December 5, 2014}}}}

| height = {{convert|5|ft|4|in|cm|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|130|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|HPW}}

| disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype = All rounder{{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}}

| 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}}{{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}}{{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}}

| proyears5 = 2024–

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|HPW|2024}}{{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}}

| 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.{{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 }} 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.{{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= |date=28 September 2021 |website=Union Cycliste Internationale |access-date=4 October 2021}}