Tour of the Gila#Women

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Before the 2009 running, the race almost folded before SRAM was brought in as principal sponsor.{{cite web |url=http://www.sram.com/news/sram-takes-over-tour-gila-title-sponsorship-us |title=SRAM takes over Tour of the Gila title sponsorship (US) |author=Press release |publisher=SRAM |date=March 14, 2009 |access-date=May 12, 2010}} Shortly thereafter, the race entered the spotlight when three riders from Astana (which was also sponsored by SRAM) -- Lance Armstrong and his {{UCI team code|AST|2009}} teammates Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner—announced they would attend the race in preparation for the Giro d'Italia. In addition, it was Armstrong's first race after he underwent surgery to repair a broken collarbone sustained in the Vuelta a Castilla y León. The three entered the race under the team name "Mellow Johnny's", in reference to Armstrong's nickname and the name of his Austin bicycle shop.{{cite news|title=Astana trio's Gila bid back on|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/apr09/apr28news3}} Leipheimer went on to win the event overall, while Armstrong took second.{{cite news|title=2009 Tour of the Gila Results:Final Stage|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2009/apr09/gila09/gila095}} On the women's side, Olympic gold medalist Kristin Armstrong won for the second time, during her planned final season (though she un-retired in 2011).

Once again, Leipheimer and Armstrong competed as part of Armstrong's "Mellow Johnny's" team, along with Team RadioShack teammate Jason McCartney. Armstrong also entered a "Livestrong" team of under-23 riders, including Jesse Sergent, who won the stage 3 time trial, and Taylor Phinney, who won stage 4, which, when combined with Leipheimer's stage 1 victory, gave Armstrong's teams victories in three of the five stages. Fellow American professionals Tom Danielson and David Zabriskie, who ride for Garmin–Slipstream, also entered, as part of Zabriskie's "DZ Nuts" team. Ultimately, Leipheimer defeated Danielson by 59 seconds for his second consecutive Gila title. On the women's side, Mara Abbott, the 2007 winner, won again.

After the success of the previous two editions of the Tour of the Gila, the event's organizers applied for the race to be added to the 2010–11 UCI America Tour calendar.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gila-jumps-to-the-uci-ranks-in-2011 |title=Gila jumps to the UCI ranks in 2011 |author=Kirsten Frattini|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|date=August 10, 2010|access-date=May 15, 2011}} However, the organizers were unable to attract sufficient funding and had to request in January 2011 that the race be moved back to the U.S. national calendar.{{cite web |url=http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=5820 |title=Tour of the Gila 2011 NRC status adjusted |author=Press release |publisher=USA Cycling |date=January 12, 2011 |access-date=May 15, 2011}} As a result, no UCI Pro Tour riders entered, unlike the previous two years. The men's race was won by Francisco Mancebo of Realcyclist.com, who won two road stages, with 18-year-old Australian Dale Parker of Armstrong's Trek-Livestrong U23 team winning the time trial and finishing second.{{cite web |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/04/news/trek-livestrong-repeats-at-gila-time-trial-hughes-takes-over-womens-lead_170509 |title=Trek-Livestrong repeats at Gila time trial; Hughes takes over women's lead|author=Steve Frothingham|publisher=VeloNews.com|date=April 29, 2011|access-date=May 15, 2011}} In the women's race, 1996 Olympic medalist Clara Hughes of Pactimo Cycling won the time trial and criterium stages and defeated defending champion Mara Abbott of the Italian team Diadora Pasta Zara by about three minutes.{{cite web |url=http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=6276 |title=Mancebo, Hughes top NRC standings after Tour of the Gila and Dana Point Grand Prix |author=Press release |publisher=USA Cycling |date=May 2, 2011|access-date=May 15, 2011}}

The 2012 edition was scheduled for May 2 to 6, 2012, with the same stages as during the previous three editions. Because of the Tour of the Gila's upgrade to UCI America Tour status, Tour organizers are required to invite the top three teams in the UCI America Tour rankings from the prior year.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-releases-continental-team-rankings-for-2012 |title=UCI releases Continental team rankings for 2012 |date=January 27, 2012 |work=CyclingNews.com |access-date=February 11, 2012}} Ultimately, three UCI Pro Continental teams chose to enter: {{UCI team code|UHC|2012}} and {{UCI team code|TT1|2012}} from the US and Champion System from China.{{cite web |url=http://www.usacycling.org/asian-cyclists-to-make-us-debut-at-sram-tour-of-the-gila.htm |title=Asian cyclists to make U.S. debut at SRAM Tour of the Gila |publisher=USA Cycling |date=April 26, 2012 | access-date=May 8, 2012}} National teams from Mexico and Colombia also competed. The women's race, with its higher prize money, attracted a field led by two-time champion (and defending Olympic gold medalist) Kristin Armstrong of Team Exergy TWENTY12.{{cite web |url=http://www.usacycling.org/olympic-medalist-armstrong-to-race-womens-sram-tour-of-the-gila.htm |title=Olympic medalist Armstrong to race Women's SRAM Tour of the Gila |publisher=USA Cycling |date=April 26, 2012 |access-date=May 8, 2012}} In the race, American Rory Sutherland of {{UCI team code|UHC|2012}} won the first stage and stayed close in the others to win the men's title by 15 seconds over Chad Beyer of Competitive Cyclist Racing Team, while Armstrong won four of the five stages to win the women's title for the third time by a decisive 6:41 over Carmen Small.{{cite web |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/05/race-report/armstrong-sutherland-go-wire-to-wire-at-gila-craddock-wins-on-gila-monster_216888 |title=Armstrong, Sutherland go wire-to-wire at Gila; Craddock wins on Gila Monster |publisher=VeloNews |date=May 6, 2012 |access-date=May 8, 2012}} Surprisingly, the Bontrager-LiveStrong under-23 youth team, a remnant of the now-defunct Team RadioShack, took the top two places in the "Gila Monster" final stage with Lawson Craddock and Ian Boswell and won the men's team competition.{{cite web|url=http://www.elpasotimes.com/sports/ci_20564275/tour-gila-bontrager-livestrong-tame-monster |title=Tour of the Gila: Bontrager-Livestrong tame Monster |author=Danny Udero |publisher=Silver City Sun-News |date=May 6, 2012 |access-date=May 8, 2012}}

• 20px – leader of the General classification
• 20px – leader of the Points classification
• 20px – leader of the Mountains classification
• 20px – leader of the Young rider classification

File:Hoehn Gila First Overall 2023.jpg won the 2023 edition]]

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{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1988|name={{sortname|Gavin|O'Grady}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Cannondale Racing Team}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1989|name={{sortname|John|Lieswyn}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1990|name={{sortname|Drew|Miller|Drew Miller (cyclist)}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1991|name={{sortname|Björn|Bäckmann||Backmann, Bjorn}}|nat=SWE|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1992|name={{sortname|Kevin|Livingston}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1993|name={{sortname|José|Robles|José Robles (cyclist)}}|nat=COL|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1994|name={{sortname|Drew|Miller|Drew Miller (cyclist)}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1995|name={{sortname|Jonathan|Vaughters}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1996|name={{sortname|Burke|Swindlehurst}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1997|name={{sortname|Bart|Bowen}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Saturn}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1998|name={{sortname|Burke|Swindlehurst}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Nutra Fig}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1999|name={{sortname|Chris|Wherry}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Saturn Cycling Team}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2000|name={{sortname|Eric|Wohlberg}}|nat=CAN|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SHA|2000}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2001|name={{sortname|Scott|Moninger}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Mercury–Viatel}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2002|name={{sortname|Chris|Wherry}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Mercury Cycling Team}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2003|name={{sortname|Drew|Miller|Drew Miller (cyclist)}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Trek–Volkswagen}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2004|name={{sortname|Scott|Moninger}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|HNM|2004}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2005|name={{sortname|Burke|Swindlehurst}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Team Seasilver}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2006|name={{sortname|Chris|Baldwin|Chris Baldwin (cyclist)}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|TUP|2006}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2007|name={{sortname|Nathan|O'Neill}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|HNM|2007}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2008|name={{sortname|Gregorio|Ladino}}|nat=COL|natvar=|team=Tecos de la Universidad de Guadalajara|}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2009|name={{sortname|Levi|Leipheimer}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Mellow Johnny's}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2010|name={{sortname|Levi|Leipheimer}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Mellow Johnny's}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2011|name={{sortname|Francisco|Mancebo}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team=Realcyclist.com Cycling Team}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2012|name={{sortname|Rory|Sutherland|Rory Sutherland (cyclist)}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|UHC|2012}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2013|name={{sortname|Philip|Deignan}}|nat=IRL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|UHC|2013}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2014|name={{sortname|Carter|Jones}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|OPT|2014}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2015|name={{sortname|Rob|Britton}}|nat=CAN|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|SSC|2015}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2016|name={{sortname|Lachlan|Morton}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|JBC|2016}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2017|name={{sortname|Evan|Huffman}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|RLY|2017}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2018|name={{sortname|Rob|Britton}}|nat=CAN|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|RLY|2018}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2019|name={{sortname|James|Piccoli}}|nat=CAN|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ELV|2019}}}}

{{Cycling past winner no race|year=2020–
2021|reason=the COVID-19 pandemic}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2022|name={{sortname|Sean|Gardner}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=CS Velo Racing}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2023|name={{sortname|Alex|Hoehn}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Above and Beyond Cancer Cycling Team}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2024|name={{sortname|Tyler|Stites}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|PEC|2024}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2025|name={{sortname|Kieran|Haug}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|PEC|2025}}}}

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{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1987|name={{sortname|Nancy|Shipp}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1988|name={{sortname|Jane|Marshall|Jane Marshall (cyclist)}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1989|name={{sortname|Carolyn|Donnelly}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1990|name={{sortname|Carolyn|Donnelly}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1991|name={{sortname|Laura|Peycke}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1992|name={{sortname|Jane|Gagne}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1993|name={{sortname|Martha|Wavrin}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1994|name={{sortname|Carolyn|Donnelly}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1995|name={{sortname|Carolyn|Donnelly}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1996|name={{sortname|Desiree|Margagliano}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=}}

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{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1998|name={{sortname|Jeannie|Longo}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1999|name={{sortname|Kimberly|Bruckner}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2000|name={{sortname|Mari|Holden}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Timex}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2001|name={{sortname|Geneviève|Jeanson}}|nat=CAN|natvar=|team=Rona}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2002|name={{sortname|Geneviève|Jeanson}}|nat=CAN|natvar=|team=Rona}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2003|name={{sortname|Geneviève|Jeanson}}|nat=CAN|natvar=|team=Rona Esker}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2004|name={{sortname|Amber|Neben}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=T-Mobile}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2005|name={{sortname|Kimberly|Baldwin}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=T-Mobile}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2006|name={{sortname|Kristin|Armstrong}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Team Lipton}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2007|name={{sortname|Mara|Abbott}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Webcor Builders}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2008|name={{sortname|Leah|Goldstein}}|nat=ISR|natvar=|team=ValueAct Capital}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2009|name={{sortname|Kristin|Armstrong}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CWT|2009}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2010|name={{sortname|Mara|Abbott}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Peanut Butter & Co. Twenty12}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2011|name={{sortname|Clara|Hughes}}|nat=CAN|natvar=|team=Pactimo Cycling}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2012|name={{sortname|Kristin|Armstrong}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|EXG|2012}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2013|name={{sortname|Mara|Abbott}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Exergy Twenty16}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2014|name={{sortname|Mara|Abbott}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|UHC2|2014}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2015|name={{sortname|Mara|Abbott}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Amy D Foundation}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2016|name={{sortname|Mara|Abbott}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Amy D Foundation}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2017|name={{sortname|Tayler|Wiles}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|UHC2|2017}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2018|name={{sortname|Katie|Hall|dab=cyclist}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|UHC2|2018}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2019|name={{sortname|Brodie|Chapman}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|TIB|2019}}}}

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2021|reason=the COVID-19 pandemic}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2022|name={{sortname|Lauren|De Crescenzo}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Cinch Rise}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2023|name={{sortname|Austin|Killips}}{{cite web|url=https://tourofthegila.com/2023-tour-of-the-gila-concludes-uci-women-press-release-stage-5/ |title=2023 Tour of the Gila Concludes-UCI Women Press Release – Stage 5 |date=May 1, 2023 |access-date=June 20, 2023}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Amy D Foundation}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2024|name={{sortname|Lauren|Stephens}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Cynisca Cycling}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2025|name={{sortname|Lauren|Stephens}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Aegis Cycling}}

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• {{Official website|http://www.tourofthegila.com}}
• [http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2009/apr09/gila09/default Results and Articles] Cyclingnews.com

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