Evelyn Stevens wins the Battenkill women’s race Saturday. The pro men’s race is Sunday.

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2009 Battenkill women’s race: Evie Stevens gets the win.

Photo: Barry Koblenz

Evelyn Stevens (CRCA/Radical Media) out sprinted a seven-woman breakaway to win the 62-mile women’s Pro-1-2-3 race at the Tour of the Battenkill Saturday.

Stevens, in her second year of racing, also won the Valley of the Sun road race in Arizona in February.

The 200km (124-mile) men’s pro invitational race will be held Sunday. In Saturday’s 82-mile pro-am men’s race, Chad Beyer (BMC) outsprinted Bissell’s Tom Zirbel to take the win. Team Type 1’s Ken Hanson was third.

2009 Battenkill women’s race: Lyne Bessette on the course’s longest paved hill, Joe Bean Hill.

Photo: Barry Koblenz

Please check back to VeloNews.com later Sunday for a complete report on the pro-am mens race by Andrew Bernstein, along with photos by Barry Koblenz.

Women’s Pro, 1-2-3
1. Evelyn Stevens CRCA/Radical Media
2. Carol-Ann Canuel, Specialized-Mazda
3. Ann McCloon, ALtarum Women’s Cycling
4. Natasha Elliot, Specialized-Mazda
5. Silke Wunderwald, Team Kenda
6. Elena Dale, Anthem Sports
7. Lyne Bessette, October Factory Team
8. Laura Van GIlder, C3 Sollay
9. Margaret Shirley, CRCA-Radical Media
10. Patty Buerkle, Zaveta

Men’s Pro-1

2009 Battenkill pro-am men’s race: The men’s podium: Zirbel, Beyer and Hanson.

Photo: Mark Suprenant

1. Chad Beyer, BMC Racing Team
2. Tom Zirbel, Bissell Pro Cycling
3. Kenneth Hanson, Team Type 1
4. Josh Dillon, BikeReg.com / Cannondale
5. Jonathan Garcia, BMC Racing Team
6. Bobby Lea, OUCH
7. Jackson Stewart, BMC Racing Team
8. Russell Langley, Battley Harley Davidson
9. John Minutrn, CRCA/Empire Cycling
10. Eric Schildge, BikeReg.com / Cannondale

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Results

Women’s Pro, 1-2-3
1. Evelyn Stevens CRCA/Radical Media
2. Carol-Ann Canuel, Specialized-Mazda
3. Ann McCloon, ALtarum Women’s Cycling
4. Natasha Elliot, Specialized-Mazda
5. Silke Wunderwald, Team Kenda
6. Elena Dale, Anthem Sports
7. Lyne Bessette, October Factory Team
8. Laura Van GIlder, C3 Sollay
9. Margaret Shirley, CRCA-Radical Media
10. Patty Buerkle, Zaveta

Men’s Pro-1
1. Chad Beyer, BMC Racing Team

2. Tom Zirbel, Bissell Pro Cycling

3. Kenneth Hanson, Team Type 1

4. Josh Dillon, BikeReg.com / Cannondale

5. Jonathan Garcia, BMC Racing Team

6. Bobby Lea, OUCH

7. Jackson Stewart, BMC Racing Team

8. Russell Langley, Battley Harley Davidson

9. John Minutrn, CRCA/Empire Cycling

10. Eric Schildge, BikeReg.com / Cannondale