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By Tom McCall

This year, the Tour de Francewill commence in Liege in theWalloon (French-speaking) area ofBelgium on July 3rd, and it willwind its way anti-clockwise roundFrance, through Normandy andBrittany, passing through thesemi-mountainous area called theMassif Central before reaching thePyrenees. Only a short time afterthat, it will pass through the Alpson its route back to Paris where itfinishes on July 25th.

It will be a Tour like no other,for a number of reasons. LanceArmstrong will be attempting tobecome the outright record manwith six wins. Correspondingly,because of the design of its route,it will be the most open Tour inyears. The only time trial whichwill feature in the first half of therace will be the team time trial onstage 4, but the Tour Organizershave brought in a ground breakingnew regulation. No team will loseany more than 2 minutes 30 sec-onds on the day, meaning thatthere will be no big deficits for theclimbing teams when they reachthe Pyrenees. Ignoring the moun-tain time trial finishing at Alped’Huez, there are only two atsummit finishes this year - in thePyrenees, back-to-back on stages12 and 13, at La Mongie andPlateau de Beille, respectively.

There will then be a mountaintime trial on stage 16 from Bourgd’Oisans to the top of Alped’Huez right in the middle ofthree major days in the Alps. Thiswill be of 15.5kms (just under 10

miles) in duration, and it will rep-resent around 40 minutes of sheerhell, even for the top men. Themajor flat time trial of 55kms(about 35 miles) is very late in therace this year on the penultimateday.

It is difficult to try to read theminds of the organizers in theirquest for an “open” Tour this year,but I have put my interpretationon it. Throughout the first half ofthe race, there is no major obsta-cle that could open up large timegaps between the major players.Correspondingly, the tough roadsin the Massif Central could stimu-late some breaks that would shuf-fle lesser-known riders up the gen-eral classification, with the teamsof the top riders keeping closewatch on each other. This meansthat a less-expected rider may bein yellow as the Tour reaches the

By Dave WardPublisher

I am psyched. My wife,Karma, and I had such a greattime at the Tour de France lastyear that we are going again.This year, we will following therace through the Alps and in toParis. We are traveling onceagain with the English company,Graham Baxter Sporting Tours.We signed up for a tour that willbe staying just under one kilo-meter from the top of L’Alped’Huez, and plan on cheeringArmstrong on to his sixth Tourvictory.

Last year, the ride guide forour tour group was TomMcCall. Tom is a seasoned“Veteran Leaguer”, as the age-challenged racers in England arecalled. I was impressed withTom’s understanding of the Tourand familiarity with the racers.As such, I asked Tom to writean exclusive preview to the Tourfor cycling utah, and we areglad to present that to you. Tomalso graciously wrote a shortarticle on one of our localfavorites, Levi Leipheimer,which we have included as well.

Enjoy Tom’s articles, root forLance (and Tyler and Levi), andthink jealous thoughts of Karmaand me basking in the excite-ment at the top of Alpe d’Huez.

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By Tom McCall

Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) hashad a hard time over the last year.To succeed in pro bike racing in theEuropean arena, you need talent,strength of character, and an ele-ment of luck. Leipheimer has talentand strength of character in abun-dance, but he has been deserted bylady luck.

Leipheimer burst into the scenein 2001. Having spent some timewith the United States based Saturnteam, he moved to the US PostalService team, and it was during the2001 Tour of Spain (Vuelta aEspaña) that he achieved a sensa-tional result. He was there primari-ly to work for US Postal’s RobertoHeras, but Heras was not goingquite well enough to win.Leipheimer, however, had been rid-ing so strongly that he was up withthe leaders, and in the time trial onthe penultimate date, he produced asensational ride, finishing second byjust fourteen seconds to SantiagoBotero, who was to go on to win theWorld Time Trial Championship.This ride meant that Leipheimerleapfrogged over his teammate, andhe ended up on the podium in thirdplace overall.

This ride brought him to theattention of the powerful Dutch out-fit Rabobank, and they offered hima contract, as they could see him asa potential Tour de France rider.2002 was a dream transition year for

him. He won a mountaintop stageof the tough Route du Sud stagerace at Plateau de Beille en route towinning the race overall. He thensubsequently reinforced his positionwith the superb performance in hisfirst Tour de France to finish eighthoverall.

After this result, he had greatself-belief, and with the agreementof Rabobank he prepared speciallyfor the 2003 Tour. He maintained agradual build-up in the spring withthe aim of achieving peak fitness forthe Tour. He was twelfth in the pro-logue Time Trial, underlining hisgood form, but it all came to a haltat the end of the first road stage .He was unfortunate to run into amass pile up in the final 500 metersof the stage, just out of sight rounda sharp bend leading into the finish-ing straight. He hit the ground hard,and he was unable to continue, hav-ing fractured his hp and his pelvis.

Pro bike racing is an unkindbusiness at times, and Leipheimerhas spent the best part of the lastyear wondering about what mighthave been. However, he was com-peted well in the tough early seasonevents in the South of France, and,once more, he is looking forward tothe Tour de France. Coincidentally,one of the Pyrenean stages of thisyear’s Tour finishes at Plateau deBeille, and he will be thinking of hisprevious triumph there in the Routedu Sud, and wondering if lady luckwill be finally on his side.

-Levi rode for Mi Duole andBrackman’s in Salt Lake City in theearly nineties prior to making thejump across the pond.

Cover Photo: CharlieGibson (Racer’s Cycle

Service) on his way to vic-tory in the Pro category of

the Chris Allaire UtahOpen State

Championships at Solitudeon June 26, 2004.Photo: Dave Iltis

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By Gregg Bromka

Punishing climbs, white-knuckle descents, and the pursuitof high-caliber singletrack(arguably the purest form ofmountain biking) lure many tothe world of fat-tire cycling. Butfor those who are just starting outor for families with children,something a bit more mellowmight be in order. Like a radiostation that plays easy-listeningtunes rather than head-bangingrock, the Beaver Creek Trail isperfect for those seeking the“softer side” of mountain biking.You won’t have to worry aboutdicing it up with a pack ofwannabe NORBA champs,they’re too busy charting theirheart rate on marathon ridesacross entire mountain ranges.Instead, you’ll likely encounterother first time bikers with theirchildren, too, along the BeaverCreek Trail.

Beaver Creek is neither dirtroad nor singletrack rather a“mega-track.” It’s part of theTaylor Fork ATV trail system.Sure ATVs tend to be noisy andobtrusive, but they can packdown a fine trail for mountainbikes. The route parallels a gentlymeandering creek pooled occa-sionally by beaver dams. On oneside lies the creek’s willow- andgrass-filled flood plain, and onthe other rises forested slopes ofthe lower Uinta Mountains.Midroute, the trail passes throughthe Beaver Creek Campgroundand Picnic Area, where you canrestock on water and have asnack under a shady pine.

Details:

From the roadside trailhead, crossthe wooden footbridge overBeaver Creek and follow the traileastward alongside the lush floodplain. Tackle the short modest hilland then breathe a sign of reliefknowing that the tough part isover.

One-half mile down the trail,

stay straight where a dirt roadenters from the left and straightagain where the Cedar Loop forksright (a good climb for racers intraining). The route changes fromATV trail to dirt road then backto ATV trail before passing theBeaver Creek Campground and atrail information board 3 milesfrom the trailhead. The mapdirects ATV users toward “CedarLoop- rough and rocky” (uphill)or “Beaver Creek--not so tough”(straight). Hmm, what do you saywe go straight? Go throughShingle Creek Campground andstay on a westward bearing wherethe trail joins and branches from

campground roads; then pass areflective pool created by thetrail’s namesake rodents.

Both bumpy and smoothtreads continue to take you alongthe fringe of mountain and valleyuntil you enter a small clearingwhere the Pine Valley Trail forksright. This is the recommendedturnaround point because the trailahead descends steeply to a fordof the North Fork Provo Riverand to Pine Valley Campground.Retrace your tracks to the trail-head while vengefully bombingdown that hill near the start.

For a shorter version, embarkfrom Shingle Creek or BeaverCreek Campgrounds at midroute.For more miles, either head southon the Pine Valley Trail as far asdesired, or splash through theNorth Fork and continue on theextended Beaver Creek Trail 3miles more to Soapstone BasinRoad. Want to go big, really big?Pick up a copy of the Taylor ForkATV Trail map from the KamasRanger District and chase downCedar Loop. And yes, it is “roughand rocky,” but nothing NORBA-caliber legs and full suspensioncan’t tame.

Location: 6 miles east of Kamason the Mirror Lake Highway.

Distance: 9.5 miles out-and-back.Tread: ATV trail. Think of it asan ultra-wide singletrack.Physical Difficulty: Easy.There’s a pesky little hill at theoutset; thereafter, it’s about as flatas a true off-road ride can get.

Technical Difficulty: Low-mod-

erate. Mostly packed dirt butthere are rocky sections that maymake your saddle spank your buttlightly.

Elevation gain: The route is vir-tually flat. Gain is a “whopping”600 feet. You’ll feel fresh at day’send not bonked.

Finding the trail: From the inter-section of Main and CenterStreets in Kamas, travel east onthe Mirror Lake Highway/UT 150to milepost 6 at the Wasatch-Cache National Forest Boundary.The trailhead is on the right/southside of the highway.

Additional Notes:You must pay a recreational

use if you park and recreate any-where along the Mirror LakeHighway: $3.00 per day or $6.00per week.

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By Charles Pekow

Maybe metropolitan planningorganizations (MPOs) can becomegreat catalysts for promoting bicy-cling. Not familiar with your localMPO? At least one in Utah isdoing a variety of works for bicy-clists. But a national effort toassess MPOs’ work on cyclists’behalf came up with an incom-plete portrait for both theMountain West states and thenation. The reason: a lack ofresponses.

In conjunction with theNational Center for Bicycling &Walking (NCBW), the Associationof Metropolitan PlanningOrganizations sent a questionnaireto all 340 MPOs, of which 144responded. Mountainland (Utah,Summit, and Wasatch Counties)was the only MPO in Utah orIdaho that provided a detailedreply. So it’s not clear if surveyresults reflect the national picture;it’s possible those with the mostdeveloped bicycling and walkingprograms were more eager torespond. Also, NCBW notes thatit’s not always possible to separatethe work of MPOs from the stateand local agencies they have towork with.

Since 1973, federal law hasrequired states to establish MPOsto develop TransportationImprovement Programs in eachurban area with a populationabove 50,000. States fund MPOsthrough the Highway Trust Fund.Most MPOs, however, don’t man-age or fund programs directly,leaving construction and planningof bicycle facilities to transporta-tion departments or other state andlocal agencies. The vast majority(90 percent) of MPOs get somefederal TransportationEnhancement money. About 28percent get federal CongestionManagement Air Quality (CMAQ)grants, which they can use to pro-mote biking to relieve traffic con-gestion and air pollution.

(The referenced federal funding

programs are currently in limbo asCongress continues to work on asurface transportation bill that wassupposed to be ready by lastOctober.)

Based on the survey results,NCBW released "Taking Steps:An Assessment of MPO Supportfor Bicycling & Walking." Thestudy cites good works done bythe Mountainland MPO but saysthat nationwide, MPOs couldpotentially do a lot more to pro-mote cycling.

Mountainland said it wasengaged in at least five activitiesto promote cycling. TheMountainland MPO staffer whocompleted the survey wrote thatthe Utah Department ofTransportation eagerly cooperatedwith it, saying state officials"invited me to help them writetheir pre-construction manual, tospecifically focus on non-motor-ized transportation….Also, I workclosely with each community tobegin to incorporate non-motor-ized transportation into their cityplans. We have come a long way."

Mountainland falls way aheadof most MPOs in that category, asNCBW reports "few MPOs report-ed an effective relationship withtheir state department of trans-portation."

The Intermodal SurfaceTransportation Efficiency Act(ISTEA) of 1992 gave MPOs thepower to approve spending of fed-eral transportation funds and eachmust create a transportation plancovering all users, from motoriststo bicyclists. This created powerstruggles as "most state depart-ments of transportation resistedsharing their power with MPOs.For their part, many MPOs wereill prepared for the changesbrought about by ISTEA. Afteryears of minimal funding andresponsibilities, MPOs were thrustinto the position of being keyplayers in transportation plan-ning," NCBW concludes.

Today, some MPOs merelycarry out the wishes of state and

local governments, while othersactively participate in creating bik-ing strategies, NCBW reports.Most at least pay bicycling lip ser-vice. Almost three-quarters ofMPOs responding to the surveyassigned bicycle/pedestrian issuesto a specific staffer (some considerbicycle and pedestrian issues sepa-rately; others didn’t). The 27 per-cent that didn’t assign specificstaffers spread the responsibilityout "under the assumption thatbike-ped issues are everyone’sresponsibility."

Asked what they did for bicy-clists, MPOs most commonly sited

helping local governments withplanning, workshops, and creatingbike maps.

Only three percent of MPOsreported spending 40 hours a weekor more of staff time on bike-pedissues and 53 percent reportedspending five hours or less. "Evenwith a small staff of five people,this would yield no more than 2.5percent of total time spent onthese modes. We then consideredthe 58 percent of MPOs who didnot…respond to our survey, andshuddered," the report says.

On the other hand, NCBWacknowledges that no one has ever

calculated a recommended numberof hours or percentage of stafftime that should be devoted tothese issues and time spent doesn’tguarantee results. (Also, numberof hours will necessarily vary withstaff size.) "So, we simply suggestthat MPOs estimate the amount oftime they spend supporting bike-ped issues, ask themselveswhether they are achieving thegoal set by (the Federal HighwayAdministration) in interpreting(federal surface transportation


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By John McConnell

On the whole, most Utah cyclistshead to Evanston and the classicheld there every year. Despite this,a number of resilient Whoo-tanschoose to stay on home turf and bat-tle for gold and yellow jerseys at theUtah Summer Games in Cedar City.Sure, it’s true the fields are smaller,and only a few USCF/UCA regularsattend, but USG brings out loads ofjuniors, women and masters of allages. The cycling event at the sum-mer games is a four race omnium.Each of the four challenges is aunique test of a rider’s ability, if anage group or category is small; thereare other fields to race, including

your own personal records. Askanyone who has raced Cedar morethan once how they did, and moreoften than not you’ll hear; "I was 30seconds faster than last year" or "Igot second in the crit, the highestplace I’ve ever got".

Long story short, if it’sThursday—you race the clock.Brian Jeppson, owner of CedarCycles has been unbeatable openingmorning for years, ascending the 4mile, 2,000 foot climb to the "C’that looks over the valley of Cedar.Brian’s 20 minute sprint up RightHand Canyon is quickly becomingthe stuff of legends, as most mortalsneed a calendar to time the painfulslog to the top.

If there’s no wind, plan on sheepto keep things interesting for theTime Trial on Thursday evening.Warming up near the intersection ofLund Highway and Midvalley Roadon a windless late afternoon, therejust had to be woolly fauna waitingsomewhere down the road to messthe race up. Chris Rowley of Ogdenblew past all five sheep, apolice/shepherd and more than a fewracers as his time of 21:25 was morethan a minute and a half faster thananyone else who sauntered up anddown the 10.3 mile course.

Friday is the Chekshani CliffsCriterium, a fast and breathtakingvenue right at the foot of the famousred cliffs of southern Utah. Four

races were scheduled, two early 30minute crits, one for boys and menover 60 and the second for an allwoman field. Thirteen year oldBruce Hoffman of Layton won thefirst battle of the day, followed byBrian Head’s D.J. Morrisette in thewomen’s skirmish thirty minuteslater. Ogden One’s Dennis Porterpunished the masters and juniors inthe 45 minute crit, before tearing outof a six man pack with a lap and ahalf to go for an impressive victory.There was no contest, other thanhow many laps Cameron Hoffmanwas going to put on the hour crew,before the criterium officially endedto cap the day’s racing.

Road Race Saturday fires upearly, and is 25, 40 or 60 milesdepending on your age group, gen-der or category. The sixty mile guysdisappear early to drive up highway56 over Iron Mountain to Newcastleand back. Cameron Hoffman dis-tanced himself on the finishing hillfrom a group of four to take top

honors in the open USCF category.A lead pack of ten were in site ofthe 1 mile to go banner in the fortymile race when first year junior,Bryson Garbett, and master, SteveWilcox, split the leaders on the finalclimb of the day. Mark Zimbelmanwas able to reel them back just intime to nip a win at the line. Thefirst race of the day to finish was thetwenty-five miler, won by BruceHoffman, as he was followed close-ly by twelve year olds, women of allages and folks over eighty.

"Raise the Bar" was the USG crythis year. The commitment pro-duced for the games was evident asgoals for faster personal records(PR’s), higher placing and motiva-tion to achieve one of Quinn’s allu-sive yellow jerseys was apparenteverywhere. The passion to "Raisethe Bar" this year can be illustratedby stories contenders brought toCedar City.

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By Shawn Stinson

Big-time cycling returns toUtah this summer with the inau-gural Park City Cycling Festivalpresented by USA Cycling,August 12-22. The Festival is an11-day cycling extravaganza host-ing the 2004 NationalChampionship competition forJunior, Espoir (U23) and Mastercategory road cyclists, with plansfor the Elite cyclists to competehere in 2005 and 2006.

Hosted by Park City and co-managed by Blue Wolf Events andTeam Big Bear, the Park CityCycling Festival is bringingtogether Junior, Espoir and Mastercyclists at the same location forthe first time at a NationalChampionship event. When it’sall said and done, the Festival willhave crowned 100 NationalChampions in men’s and women’stime trial, criterium, and road raceevents in numerous Junior, Espoirand Master classes. The Festival isalso featuring the first-everwomen’s Espoir road race andtime trial, newly created eventsreplacing the current formatcrowning the Espoir women’snational champion. In addition,the Park City Cycling Festivalalso includes tandem racing inboth Elite and Master classifica-tions. When the medal count istallied, individual National ‘Starsand Stripes’ jerseys will be award-ed to 24 Juniors, four Espoirs and53 Masters, while tandem champi-onships will go to three Elite and16 Masters teams.

Park City and the surroundingarea provide unique and challeng-ing courses worthy of crowning aNational Champion. The roadraces start and finish adjacent toFestival Headquarters, TheLodges at Deer Valley, near thebase of Deer Valley Resort andfeature a tour of the outlying com-munities, while the criterium racesare being held on a circuit withinthe Resort itself. The time trialhighlights one of the nation’s mostunique landmarks, the Great SaltLake, with the course on AntelopeIsland State Park.

The Park City CyclingFestival’s web site (www.parkcity-cylcingfest.com) is chock full ofinformation, from registration and

eligibility to course maps, profilesand a daily schedule of the event.In addition, the site lists volunteeropportunities, other activities todo in the Park City area for com-petitors and spectators alike, adining guide, and a link to speciallodging packages for Festival par-ticipants.

Eligible cyclists must be a U.S.citizen or a permanent resident -for junior 17-18 and U23, youhave to be a US citizen, for theother age groups, you can also bea permanent resident. Cyclistsmust have a valid USCF annuallicense with correct categoryaffixed to it prior to check-in (noonsite upgrades will be done) orUCI international license.Additional rules are availablewhen registering. Licenses can bepurchased online atusacycling.org. (Why not give it atry?)

All Individual Time Trials areopen to all categories (Master,Espoir and Junior) with male cate-gory 1-5 eligible and female cate-gory 1-4 eligible. The road racesand criteriums carry slightly dif-ferent eligibility standards.Masters men age groups 30-34through 50-54 must be at least aCat 3, while ages 55-59 through70+ will race in categories 1-5.Masters women age groups 30-34through 40-44 must be at least aCat 3 and age groups 45-49through 60+ will race Cat 1-4.Category 1-5 racers are eligible inJunior male age groups 10-12 and13-14, while age groups 15-16and 17-18 must carry at least aCat 3 license. Junior females 10-12 through 17-18 will compete inCat 1-4. Both male and femaleEspoir cyclists planning to com-pete in the road races must carry aCategory 1 or 2 license.

The schedule for the Park CityCycling Festival is broken intoroughly two time periods, Aug.12-17 for all Masters, tandem andEspoir men, while the Juniors andEspoir women will compete Aug.19-22. The NationalChampionship jerseys will beawarded each evening from theTown Lift Plaza on Park City’slower Main Street.

By Lonnie Wolff

At some point in mostcyclists’ lives they feel a desireto try something bigger, a needto do something that can setthem apart or mark a personalmilestone in their cycling. Ifyou’re in this frame of mind youmight want to consider trying aChallenge Ride. Challenge Ridescan simply be defined as cyclingevents that are among the mostdifficult category. Usually theyare held during a single day, butsometimes span over severaldays with no break in the action.Often, they are not races, justevents of unusual difficulty orduration. Simply completingthem is a significant accomplish-ment regardless of time or plac-ing. These rides include both onand off-road events, are usuallyover 100 miles in distance andsometimes have 12 or 24 hourtime limits.

Challenge Rides are not newto cycling, many have beenaround for a long time. TheGrand Tour, held by the LAWheelmen is currently in its46th year and offers 200, 300,and 400 mile routes. The DavisDouble Century is celebrating its35th anniversary and theMarkleeville Death Ride is in its24th year. Other classic eventslike RAAM and the FurnaceCreek 508 are well over 20 yearsold. Over the past 10 years how-ever there has been a markedincrease in the number of eventson the calendar with a trendtowards more and more difficultone day events. Often the moredifficult the ride, the more popu-

lar it is, with events like theDeath Ride selling out 2500spots months in advance.

An organization calledCalifornia Triple Crown Series,created by ex-Utahn ChuckBramwell offers special recogni-tion to riders who complete 3double centuries in a single yearout of 15 available qualifyingevents. Chuck started this seriesin 1990 with just 4 qualifyingevents and awarded 32 TripleCrown winners. In 2003 wellover 400 riders were awardedthe Triple Crown, and 2004 is ona pace for another record break-ing year.

Utah, not to be outdone byanyone, has its own schedule ofChallenge Rides. The LotojaClassic (203 miles) and the 24Hours of Moab are perhaps thebest known Utah events. Threeother newer events, theBrianhead Epic 100 (offroad),The Endurance 100 (offroad inPark City), and the PanguitchDesperado Dual (200 mile roadride) are both making their markon Utah cycling. Each one of

these events will demand themost of you and in return pro-vide the greatest sense of accom-plishment. A cyclist will oftenlearn the most about themselveswhen they must dig the deepest.The satisfaction taken from fin-ishing an event is often propor-tional to the effort expended inaccomplishing it.

Think you can’t do one ofthese big rides? Think again! Adouble century is within thereach of almost anyone who cando a century ride. All it takes isgood preparation, a good atti-tude, pacing yourself, and eatingand drinking properly during theevent. Go ahead and GO BIG,you will surprise yourself onhow well you will do.

For a complete listing ofcycling events in the west visitthe Western States RideCalendar atwww.bbcnet.com/ridecalendar/ridelistdate.asp or visitwww.cyclingutah.com for linksto the above mentioned events.


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On course at last year’s test version of the DesperadoDual 200 Miler.

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By Greg Overton

Among the diminishing school ofartisans in the cycling world, includ-ing frame builder, painter, silk sew-up "seamster"?, we now must offi-cially include the wheel builder.Second possibly to the framebuilder, the magical voodoo per-formed by a great wheel smith hasbeen one of those grand goldenthreads linking cycling’s past to itpresent. Will there be a link to itsfuture?

In the not too distant past, a bikeshop’s wheel expert was usually awise old sage who had been handeddown the knowledge and traditionsof the bicycle wheel and its secrets.Someone who could transform a pileof spokes, hub and rim into a won-der of science - or magic - thatcould rocket a racer to a sprint vic-tory or be the reliable barrier thatkept the tourist’s feet from having tohit the pavement on a long journey.

The wheel builder would have anassortment of odd, purpose-built andusually shop-made tools to manipu-late a bent rim, remove a flat spotbetween the spokes or cut notches ina hub flange so that it would acceptflat bladed spokes. Typically thesewere made from wood and shapedto either provide pressure or supportto particular rims or areas of rimswhile the builder manipulated a sickwheel to health. There is a very

much-copied tool in many oldershops that works wonders in pullinga flat section of rim back into thecorrect radius to ride smoothly andundetected on the smoothest roads.This tool was never commerciallyavailable, but I have seen at least tenversions, in different areas of theU.S., all very closely matched. Thewheel builder’s wisdom ever pre-sent.

A builder will have declared hisfavorite spoke wrench, amid a work-bench of many. A chosen tool fromthe more than dozen designs avail-able, all made for simply turning aspoke nipple. It would be the onethat felt just right in the hand anddidn’t seem to jump to the shopfloor between turns. I have an oldfriend who used to build wheels forseveral professional racers inEurope, and he unexplainablyprefers the plastic Spo-key wrench.It seems like a toy to me, compared

to the nice weighty metal alterna-tives, but hey, he’s the magician. Heis the wheel builder, and I don’tquestion his choice.

Knowledge is a key to being agreat wheel builder as well. To be atrue wheel builder, as opposed toone who just builds wheels, onemust have knowledge of the rider’sintended use for the wheels, and therider’s style of riding - is the ridersmooth and fluid or does he wrestlethe bike side to side and miraculous-ly hit every pothole in his path? Hewill match spoke strength, lacingpattern, spoke tension, and rim tobest suit the rider. The wheel builderwill gauge the rider’s size andstrength and the road conditions hewill most frequently ride. Then thebuilder must know products, thereattributes and shortcomings, in orderto match all of these factors into awheel set that will give years oftrouble free service.

Above all else, a wheel buildermust know and possess the mostimportant characteristic: Patience.One must be willing to live in aworld of quarter turns on the spokenipple and repeated de-tensioning ofthe wheel to arrive at spoked nir-vana, a wheel that is both round andtrue, with consistent spoke tensionthroughout. Those who are in a rush,or those being rushed by others,must resist the temptation of short-cuts. This is the underlying wisdomthat has been passed down since the

spoked wheel came into existenceover one hundred years ago, replac-ing the heavy and non-elastic wood-en spoked wheels before it.

Once perfected, although it’s inpoor conduct to intimate that a per-fect wheel has been built, the wheelcan withstand nearly any traumaintroduced to it. It has the ability tosupport its weight a hundred fold,while propelling its load rapidly andobeying the rider’s input faithfully,even if that input directs the wheelto the possible peril of a railroadcrossing or curb. The wheel builder,with the proper knowledge, canbuild a wheel that will withstand itall and then some. But alas, theirdays are dwindling.

There is no longer debate overpizza and beer after hours in thebike shop as to the merits of tyingand soldering spokes, whether thespokes of a radial wheel are bestinserted inbound or outbound. Orfor that matter, whether there shouldeven be radially laced wheels. Thereis no more experimenting with thecool-looking twisted mess called the"race lace" or "Clark Kent", pattern.Nor is it unusual any more to see arear wheel with radial lacing on thenon-drive spokes, or lacing a 36hole rim to a hub with fewer holes,skipping holes in the rim, on thenotion that if lighter is truly better,then the material missing in a rimwith more holes must logically belighter and better. Well, maybe all

was not sage wisdom in those daysof the wheel builder’s rein.

Today’s wheel experts are work-ing at computers and in wind tun-nels, and the scientific knowledgethat is being passed down is possi-bly more concrete and verifiable,but it’s not as magical or romanticas debating whether your wheelbuilder is as good as mine. Or asquirky. The artistry is lost to finiteanalysis, production costs and mar-ketability. It’s easier to build awheel, by machine, with a big pieceof extruded aluminum rim, cool-looking minimal spoking, and a pro-prietary large flanged hub, and mar-ket it as strong and stiff. If you putenough metal into the rim, you caneven make it aerodynamic.Marketing those attributes is easy,and who needs a wheel builder?

Are traditional wheel buildingmethods lost to a new generation ofriders? Perhaps, just as the methodsof frame artisans who could similar-ly create a bike that was tailored toits rider have been eschewed duringthe past decade. Although there areseveral keepers of the flame, and asmall resurgence of interest in tradi-tional hand made frames hassparked an even smaller resurgenceof interest in classically built wheelsutilizing traditional, reliable andgreat-riding wheels. There is hope,and everything is cyclical, indeed.

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By Lou Melini

This being a new column, I am hoping that it will generate moreinterest in the bicycle commuter, or those that use their bike in autilitarian manner. If you wish to be profiled, or know someone thatshould be in this column, please contact me [email protected]. You do not have to be a supercommuter,even fair-weather, part-time commuters are welcome to share theirstory. The first lucky winner of bicycle fame is Ashley Patterson.Over the past 10-15 years Ashley has embraced a lifestyle thatreduces pollution' utilizes recycling or has simply reduced her needsto become more earth friendly. In doing so, she has now put herexpertise in a business, The Green Building Center (1952 East on2700 South) where you can obtain earth friendly paints, flooring, orsimply a candle holder made from recycled bicycle parts. (I obtainedmy copy of "Divorce your Car" from here). The Green BuildingCenter is a Pedal Pass Participant.

Cycling Utah: What inspired you to take up the bicycle to go towork? A.P.: At first, I realized that it didn't make sense to rush homein my car to go out on my bike for exercise or drive to the spa. Whynot do both, go to work and get exercise. This also was not onlybenefiting me, but I was also reducing air and noise pollution, andreducing congestion on the streets.

C.U.: How long did this transition to the bike take? A.P.: I startedout dedicating one day a week to riding to work, then 2 days andsoon it became easier and more natural to jump on the bike to go towork. I'm continually doing more errands, visiting friends, or goingout for meals on my bike. I have also incorporated using the bus andTrax as well as trying to car pool when possible to reduce my caruse. I once took a week long class in Orem using a combination ofTrax, the bus and my bike to get to and from there. Overall I havereduced my car use from 12,000 miles/year to 4000.

C.U.: Do you have any tips for other commuters? A.P.: I prefer pan-niers over backpacks or messenger bags. Lights are a must if youride in the dark-they are cheep insurance like a helmet. Fenders aregreat for keeping you clean in wet weather.

C.U.: One of the questions I consistently hear is safety on the bike.Is this more a perception? What are your thoughts? A.P.: I had someinitial concerns, especially as a woman, but I think mostly it was justtypical anxiety in making the change to a bike as a means of trans-portation. I don't have a big problem with safety. Riding defensively,being courteous, make yourself seen, and just using good judgementis all it takes. Cars and bikes can co-exist on the roads.

C.U.: Anything else that you wish to say? A.P.: Just get on your bikeand go to work. I will be waving and saying hello to you as we crosspaths.

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Pyrenees, and, if I read correctlybetween the lines, I think the orga-nization would like this.

It may appear that this year’sTour has been scripted in such away as to give the maximumchance to a climber, with minimalrisk of time-loss before thePyrenees. However, I do not thinkso, as the mountain climbing daysare much less severe than inrecent years, so maybe this “open”Tour quest is genuine. The firstday in the Pyrenees on stage 12could be so much harder, as itonly has the Col d’Aspin en routeto the summit finish at La Mongie,a ski resort only part way up theCol du Tourmalet. The really bigPyrenean stage could be the nextday, with four major climbs enroute to a summit finish at Plateaude Beille. The Alpine stages,apart from the Alpe d’Huez timetrial, are slightly disappointing, asmany of the really big classicclimbs have been avoided. Thetwo highest Alpine climbs, the Colde la Madeleine, and the Col deGlandon are on the stage afterAlpe d’Huez, but, again disap-pointingly, they are both coveredin the first half of the stage.

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Let’s look at the form of themajor players.

Lance Armstrong (USPostal/Berry Floor). He is in goodform, having undertaken hisdetailed approach to the Tour.Followers in the USA will beaware of his success in the Tourde Georgia not too long ago, andhe has maintained steady progresssince then. He has undergone aslight set back in the just-finishedDauphine Libere stage race whichhe won overall last year. He wasbeaten by two minutes in a timetrial up Mont Ventoux by SpaniardIban Mayo, who went on to winoverall, with Lance finishing 4thoverall. I see this purely as anirritation, but not a serious set-back for Lance. Mont Ventoux istwice as long as Alpe d’Huez, andLance will be fit and ready on thedate. Last year, after four years ofdomination, Lance was made tofight like never before, as he suf-fered two days of dehydrationafter the furnace-hot time trial atGaillac. We all know the story ofthe magic day at Luz Ardidenwhen Lance conquered hisdemons, but it is a different routethis year, and different circum-stances.

Iban Mayo (Euakaltel-Euskadi).He has had a good build-up to theTour, with a string of single andmulti-stage victories in Spain,prior to the Dauphine Libere. Hisconfidence must be high, and hethinks he can win this year. Watchfor him in the Pyrenees. He willbe shouted on by the mass hyste-ria of the Basque fans who turnthe mountain slopes into a sea oforange.

Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile). Just whenwe were all wondering if Jan hadbeen eating too many cream cakesagain this year, he has a good top-ten finish overall in the Tour ofGermany, and he follows this upwith a win of the Tour of

Switzerland. He ran Lance closelast year, but I feel even he wassurprised at his own form, and hedid not capitalize on one or twoopportunities when Lance wasstruggling. If he goes as well aslast year, and he has more belief,we will have a race on our hands.On top of that, the prodigal hasreturned to the might of the T-Mobile team.

Tyler Hamilton (Phonak). Tyler ison good form this year, after a winoverall in the tough Tour ofRomandie in Switzerland, and,fingers crossed, he is injury free.He fancies his chances this year,and any friendship with Lancewill be put on one side temporari-ly during battle. He is withPhonak this year, who must besignificant in having one of theworst team designs!

Alexandre Vinokourov. Third lastyear, the aggressive man fromKhazakstan prepared specially forthe Tour this year. However, hehas now been sidelined by injuryand will not be in the Tour.

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I don’t see anyone else being aserious overall contender, butthere are several outsiders.

Christophe Moreau (CreditAgricole). The top French finish-er last year, he is on good formwith a recent overall win in therevamped and renamed Midi Librestage race. However, his build isagainst him, and he strugglesagainst the lightweight climbers inthe high mountains.

Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros).He has left Lance this year andgone to Spanish team LibertySeguros. However, no sign of realform this year yet.

Denis Menchov (Iles Balears-Banesto.com). Last year’s bestyoung rider has made goodprogress this year with an overallwin in the Spanish stage race, theTour of the Basque Country.

Gilberto Simoni (Saeco). Aninteresting entrant. The two-timewinner of the Giro d’Italia lookedat one time as though he couldwin for a third time this year, buthe was eclipsed by a younger and

stronger teammate, DamianoCunego. Gilberto was not veryhappy about it at all, but he had totow the team line. Cunego is notriding the Tour, so there is just achance that Simoni may havesomething to prove!

Levi Leipheimer. See the sidebaron the former Salt Lake rider.

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In the other competitions, theGreen Jersey will probably oncemore be between Baden Cooke(Fdjeux.com) and RobbieMcEwen (Lotto-Domo).However, Alessandro Petacchi(Fassa Bortolo) is also there, freshfrom a record nine stage wins inthe Giro. If he can ride to the fin-ish, that may be another matter,but he has not managed it yet.The race is also brightened by thepresence of Mario Cipollini(Domina Vacanze) in his swan-song year, but his main aim willprobably be to win a stage.

In the mountains competition,look no further than the “house-wives’ favorite” Richard Virenque(Quick Step-Davitamon).Although he has been a bad boy inthe past, the public loves him. Hewon one stage last year, and wonthe climber’s competition for arecord-equaling sixth time.

In summary, this year’s Tourmay have genuinely beendesigned by the organizers to pro-vide an open race. Because of therace profile, it would seem unlike-ly that any of the race favoriteswill gain much time on each otherbefore the Pyrenees, and that isprobably where the first big shoot-out will occur. The Alpe d’HuezTime Trial will be crucial as anytime losses may be difficult tomake up without too many days togo.

If I were a cynical person, Iwould say that the course has beendesigned to make it difficult forLance Armstrong to achieve therecord six wins he so covets.With no more than two and a halfminutes to be gained in the teamtime trial, there will be climbingteams swarming all over him inthe Pyrenees with minimal timedeficits. Once more, and for dif-ferent reasons, Lance is going tohave to show courage as well asaggression to win. I still think heis capable.

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By Jill Homer

A comfortable bicycle tour isall about what you do (anddon’t) bring along.

In fact, the only thing thatreally separates vehicle-support-ed cyclists from self-supportedtourists (besides two horizontalfeet of bulky panniers and theoccasional rear trailer) isincreased restrictions on thebasic necessities of survival.

On one side of the spectrum,there are private touring compa-nies, who provide four-coursemeals cooked in Dutch Ovensand cots placed in spring-bartents, already set up the minutecyclists arrive at camp. One theother side, there’s Hans, aDenmark native I met on thewinding roads of northernBritish Columbia last summer.

Hauling only two tiny rearpanniers, Hans was on a tear topedal from Anchorage, Alaska toRaleigh, North Carolina in lessthan six weeks. With an itinerarythat topped 100 miles every day,Hans explained he could onlyafford to carry 12 kg of gear.This included two water bottles,a one-man tent, a sleeping bag, arain jacket, a thin pad to insulateagainst the sub-arctic nights, twochanges of cloths, tools, and thesupply of oatmeal that he ate,cold, for almost every meal.

Somewhere in the middle arethe rest of us, willing to carrymore weight for the sake of sani-ty (image eating ONLY cold oat-meal through hundreds of milesof vast Canadian wilderness),but still unclear on what exactlyto bring. After all, even if ourdaily grind falls short of 100miles, we still have to be able topedal our gear over those steephills.

A good rule of thumb toremember for any bicycle vaca-tion (because, yes, it is a vaca-tion) is to never take what youdon’t need, but never leavebehind what makes you trulyhappy. With this in mind, here isa list of gear that will support atrip of any length, hold up inalmost any kind of weather, caneasily fit in four panniers or alarge trailer, and ranges between45 and 65 pounds total weight(including bags and racks).

In the front panniers:

• Sleeping bag: small syntheticbags rated to 15 or 20 degreesare most ideal. Look for bagsthat weigh three pounds or less. • Camping pillow: These are anecessity if you ask me - youcan buy a travel pillow for as lit-tle as $4 and bunch it into thepocket of your jacket if needed.• Sleeping pad: Self-inflatingpads compress into small spacesand still make comfortable bed-ding.• Clothing: No matter how longyour trip, keep it light. Also,keep in mind that even a shorttrip in Utah’s climate could

experience rain, wind, snow,sleet, dust and even ice. • three nylon or lycra shortsleeve tops• two pair padded lycra cyclingshorts• one pair synthetic fabric longjohns• one pair nylon pants• four pair synthetic fabric socks• one polar fleece jacket• one water-proof parka withhood• one pair water-proof gloves• one pair bicycling gloves• face/ear warmerI have been on two-week tripsthat ranged from 27 degrees andsnowing to 90 degrees and drywith 30 mph headwinds. I usedevery single thing on this list,and was thankful to have it.

In the handlebar bag:

• Tools: Allen wrench, two sparetubes, spare rubber, tire repairkit, screwdriver, and pocketknife.• Energy bars: This is my cover-up term for chocolate andgummy bears. Others havefound the real thing to be satis-factory.• Sunglasses• Pencil and paper, for quicknotes• Cash: You never know whenyou’re going to bike by an icecream shop. • Weather radio. If there’s amajor thunderstorm coming, it’snice to have a heads-up.

In the rear panniers:

• Water: Carry a lot in Utah,which, in general, is a dry,remote place. I have foundmyself carrying up to two gal-lons in my pack. I also strap ahydration pack to my back,which would make puristscringe, but I’m willing to enduream occasional shoulder crampfor easy-to-access water. • Tent and tarp: Small, water-proof backpacking tents areideal. For two people, look forsomething that weighs 6 poundsor less. Use the tarp to coverbikes when it rains.• Camping stove: A single burn-er camp stove that utilizes thosepropane/butane disposable canis-ters are the best way I’ve foundto carry enough fuel for an entiretrip – and carry several, becauseyou never know where you’regoing to find more.• Aluminum backpacking pot:works as a pot, plate, bowl andcup.• Sunscreen: I’m forced to useSPF 30, and easily go through afour-ounce. bottle in a week.Others are blessed with moresun tolerance than I am, but ifnot, it’s probably to most impor-tant thing you’ll carry next towater.• Bug spray: Remember: On abicycle camping trip, you’re out-doors 24/7.• Other toiletries: toothpaste,

toothbrush, camp soap - whichworks as shampoo, dish washingsoap, hand washing soap, andlaundry soup.• Two to four days worth offood. The groceries that travelbest are: dried instant beans,instant rice, soft tortilla shells,pasta, packets of pasta sauce,carrots, onions, apples, orangesand peppers, dried soup packets,chocolate, cheese (doublewrapped), pancake mix, granola,dried milk, bagels, tuna fishpackets, mixed nuts — and oat-meal, if you want to mix it up abit. • Zipping plastic bags, all shapesand sizes. These act as water-proofing for stuff when it rains,garbage bags, and food storagebags.• Headlamp: Use a flashlight incamp, and as a double headlighton night rides.• And, of course, the optionalstuff that makes a traveler com-plete - camera, notepad, sketchbook, laptop computer, pencils,cards, pens, magazines, books.Don’t leave all "optional" stuffbehind. Whatever comfort youmake up for in lost weight you’lleventually lose in sheer campboredom.

The above gear list is fairlycomprehensive, although thereare many items left off that somepeople would deem completelynecessary, and there are items onthe list that others would neveruse. While some, like Hans,choose to go the minimalistroute and concentrate on mileageand speed, most tourists willfind themselves wasting moretime seeking out the creaturecomforts they neglected to bringalong. When planning a bicycletrip, it’s important to write up alarge list, assess every singleitem on it, and ask yourself, "inwhat situation would I use this?"Then determine if you actuallywill.

Bicycle tour packing alsoinvolves a certain amount of cre-ativity. Dave Iltis, the editor ofCycling Utah, suggested carry-ing a thin sheet of packing foamto utilize as insulation againstwet benches and picnic tables.Another tourist I know uses gal-lon-sized plastic bags and rubberbands to keep her feet dry inrain. Yet another, who can’tafford the luxury of front pan-niers, and can’t fit them on hismountain bike anyway, straps aplastic milk crate to his rear rackfor extra storage space. "BikePacking," like any great travelexperience, is all about makingthe most with what you have.

-Read about Jill’s adventuresin the April and May issues ofcycling utah online atcyclingutah.com or visit herwebsite at biketoshine.com

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By Dave IltisEditor

Close to 250 riders participatedin Help to Heal's Porcupine GrillBig Cottonwood Hillclimb onSaturday, June 26th. The racepreceded the ICS mountain bikerace at Solitude which saw anadditional 200 plus racers andmade for a big day of racing in thecanyon.

The licensed and citizen's cate-gories started separately on the 14mile, 3880 vertical foot jaunt fromthe Porcupine Grill at the mouthof the canyon to Brighton SkiResort. Junior rider Mike Sohmtook top honors in the citizen'scategory with a time of01:12:52:05 followed by EricBonder at 01:14:28:01.

In the USCF race, all cate-gories started together and so the

lower categories could see howthey rate against the seasoned vet-erans. Johnny Osguthorpe (OgdenOne), fresh off a seventh placefinish in the National Road Race,took command of the race earlyon, "I wanted to be by myself, so Iattacked at every steep spot." AtStorm Mountain, the lead groupwas down to eight, and by the S-Curve, it was down to just JohnnyO, Joseph Smith(Porcupine/Contender), and NormBryner (Guthrie), a nineteen yearold category three rider. The threeworked together from the S-Curveuntil they reached the Solitude SkiResort when the fun and gamesbegan. "Norm attacked at entryone. I waited for Joseph to do thework, and then jumped across to

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By Tommy Murphy

Wow! What a month Junewas. These past few weeks havebeen absolutely amazing playinghost to some of the best racingon American soil. The finalspots for the 2004 U.S. OlympicTeam have been filled, theUSPRO has been crowned, andNational Champions have beenhonored. I guess all of this wasjust an appetizer for what’s tocome; the Tour de France. Wenow have what many have beencalling in cycling "the biggestmonth of the year" to look for-ward to; July and the Tour. Aseverybody knows LanceArmstrong and the US PostalService are going for theirrecord sixth consecutive Tour deFrance victory this month whichhas everybody begging the ques-tion; Can Lance do it?

As in any sport there are dif-ferent levels of competitiveness,interest, and competition, but itseems that just about everycyclist is interested in LanceArmstrong and the Tour deFrance. The Tour is an incredi-ble event, but even more so, ittakes an incredible athlete tocompete in and finish the Tourde France. Park City local,Marty Jemison, did so in both1997 and 1998 while riding forthe US Postal Service. The aver-age Tour rider produces between5 and 6 watts of power per kilo-gram of body weight at lactatethreshold with GC contenderspushing upwards of 6 watts ormore per kilogram of bodyweight. Recently, Dr. AndrewCoggan and Rik O’Shea esti-

mated Iban Mayo’s strength toweight ratio on his record55’51" ascension on Le MountVentoux during the 56thCritérium du Dauphiné Libéré tobe over 6.5 watts per kilogramof body weight.

So what does this all mean?What does power tell us? Powermeters allow us to measure theforce (work) produced whilecycling. This force is measureddifferently depending on thepiece of equipment used but isnormally measured in either thehub (Powertap) or crank (SRM).This force allows us to docu-ment results (work), so we cancompare athletes side by sidewhere heart rate and other indi-cators can’t. It’s similar toweight lifting. By using stan-dardized testing protocols ath-letes can compare themselves totheir competition and can mea-sure their progress or lossesmore accurately. So if a Tourrider produces upwards of 6watts of power per kilogram ofbody weight at lactate threshold,you’re probably asking yourselfwhere does the Category 1,Category 5 and recreationalcyclist lie in comparison?Research conducted by Dr.Andrew Coggan shows that amale Category 1 cyclist pro-duces upwards to 5.25 watts perkilogram of body weight in a 20minute lab test with the averagefalling around 4.75 watts.Category 5 cyclists fall between2.3 and 3.3 watts per kilogramof body weight while Category1 female cyclists producebetween 3.62 and 4.44 watts perkilogram of body weight.

Category 4 females producebetween 1.99 and 2.81 watts perkilogram. By using these num-bers and tests we can easilydetermine a cyclist’s perfor-mance level in comparison tothe best cyclists in the world.

Power training is a very com-prehensive and informativemeans of training, betteringmore popular training tools suchas heart rate monitors andcycling computers. There arethree primary power meters onthe market today, the Powertap,SRM, and the Ergomo. Lookingat these three systems they areall noticeably different. ThePowertap is a hub that is builtinto most any rim while theSRM is a crankset and theErgomo is a bottom bracket.Two versions of the Powertapare available to consumers, thePowertap Pro and StandardPowertap with prices rangingfrom $800 to $1,500 dependingon make, model and wheelbuild. SRM offers three modelsstarting with the Amateur at$1,800, the Professional whichretails for $2,700 and theScientific (well, we won’t gothere). The Ergomo is thenewest edition to the powermeter family retailing for$1,300. Each of these powermeters have their advantagesand disadvantages like any pieceof equipment, but we’ll leavethat for another day.

Ten, fifteen, or twenty yearsago, a coach comparing trainingregiments and progress wouldhave probably focused onmileage, training phases, time toride given courses, and percent-ages of rides spent in certaintraining zones; whereas now, welook at power data, VO2 andlactate testing, as well as otherlab and field tests in addition tothe above mentioned. Sincepower allows us to measure theactual work an athlete is per-forming it makes for a moreaccurate tool for day to daytraining. Heart rate is very infor-mative and is another greattraining tool, but can vary drasti-cally due to training load, sleep,diet, stress, and daily activities.Power allows us to focus on thework done and maximizing anindividuals training to get themost out of it. Most athletes andcoaches base training solely offheart rate which can be very

limiting where as power givesus a more accurate reading ofeffort and intensity. Manycyclists consider depressed heartrates as a sign of fatigue or over-training. This can be true inmany circumstances but can alsobe false. Normally after a hardday of training or racing, you’llfind lower (depressed) heartrates. Does this mean you arefatigued or over-trained? Notalways! Power allows us totrack the work done. Justbecause your heart rates areeither depressed or elevateddoesn’t mean that you can’t pro-duce the power needed for agiven workout or effort. In mostcases you can still produce thepower, but your heart rate maynot accurately reflect the effortexerted. This can lead individu-als to either work too hard to gettheir heart rate in the prescribedzone or to do too little work.Training with power allows indi-viduals to more closely monitortheir training by effectivelymeasuring their efforts and per-formance leaving out the guesswork commonly found withother training tools.

Looking back at Dr.Coggan’s data, if we took a 160pound male (72.7 kg) at theCategory 5 level that individualwould produce an average of203.5 watts (based off producing2.8 watts/kg, the average foundfor a Cat. 5 male) for a 20minute effort while a Category 1male (of the same weight)would produce an average of345.3 watts (based off the aver-age of 4.75 watts/kg for a Cat. 1male). A GC contender in theTour (of the same weight) pro-duces upwards of 480 watts dur-ing the same 20 minute test. TheTour de France is an incredibleevent with the battles in themountains, the speeds in thetime trials, and the exciting fin-ishes in the sprints, but evenmore so, is the performance ofthese great athletes.

Tommy Murphy coaches withCarmichael Training Systemsalong with his wife DarcieMurphy. He works with a widevariety of athletes from thebeginner to the professionalathlete. For more informationabout CTS services andcoaching, email Tommy [email protected] orcheck out www.trainright.com.


COACH’S CORNER

The TThe Tour and The Pour and The PowerowerLouder gets ResultsLouder gets Results

Salt Lake City rider JeffLouder (Navigator's Insurance)has had several good results thispast month. In addition to win-ning Gateway and Park Citycrits and the overall at the localBig 5 Criterium series, he hadseveral other top placings.

On May 22, Louder took tophonors in stage 4 of the Tour ofConnecticut, the 53-mileWaterbury (CT) Climber's Cup.On the 4th lap of 13, a break-away was able to establish itself.Navigators' strong-man JeffLouder was joined by ChrisWherry (Health Net), WilFrischkorn (Colavita), andImanol Ayestaran (Webcor) on aquest to steal the show. Withrepresentation from the 4strongest teams in the race, thegap climbed quickly to peak outat about 3:30 over the next 4laps.

The 4 'iron men' continueddriving on while the lap-cardscontinued to tick down. Most ofthe driving was being performedby Louder and Wherry as theirbreakaway companions had littlereason to contribute to the effort.Frischkorn was covering theattack in defense of teammateMcCormack, while Ayestaranhad team leader Chris Hornerback in the main field. With thelap cards showing 4-to-go,Ayestaran lost contact with theother leaders and lost groundquickly.

As the leaders entered thefinal 1000-meters around theTown Green, the 3-man sprintlooked more like a track race aseach rider cautiously watchedthe others, than the finish of oneof the most demanding coursesin North America. With all 3coming to the line together, itwas a bike-throw that gave Jeffthe winning edge over Wherryand Frischkorn. It was a well-deserved victory for Jeff Louder,and his Navigators Insuranceteammates.

On May 29th, in the "Frank'Nap' Torpey Memorial - Hills ofSomerset County" Road Race,Louder finished second to team-mate David McKenzie as thetwo crossed the line togetherabout 1-minute ahead of 3rdplace finisher Alejandro Acton(UPMC/Mike Fraysse) in this87-mile benefit race for the U.SBicycling Hall of Fame(www.usbhof.org). The defini-tive break came with about 30-miles remaining when 5 ridersescaped, and were soon joinedby Jeff Louder to make it aneven 6. With 10-miles remain-ing, McKenzie attacked and cre-ated a lead of nearly 1-minuteover the rest of the lead group.Louder soon bridged up, and theduo stayed out in front until theycrossed the finish line together,in front of the crowd on theAT&T Bridgewater campus.

Finally, in the G.P. Cyclistede Beauce, Canada (2.3), a sixstage international stage racefrom June 15-20th in Canada,Jeff took the KOM jersey andfinished 15th overall at 4:44back from winner TomaszBrozyna of Poland.

-Navigator’s Cycling Team con-tributed to this story

By Dave IltisEditor

On a gorgeous day at SolitudeSki Resort, Charlie Gibson(Racer's Cycle Service) and CindiHansen(Mtbchick.com/Cannondale) tooktop honors at the Chris AllaireUtah State Open ChampionshipsIntermountain Cup Series event onJune 26th.

The Pro men rode 20.7 milesover four big loops on a coursethat consisted of 80% single track.It was perfect for a championship.Ed Chauner, ICS organizer, notedthat "it's a great test of mountainbike skills. The course is decep-tive because there's so much sin-gletrack and technical descendingand climbing."

Lance Runyon (Stein EriksenSport/Sirius) took an early leadand looked smooth and fast on thetight descents. He held that leadover Gibson for the first two lapsbefore Gibson began to make uptime on the downhill and single-track climbs. "Charlie was ridingso smooth. He got me on thebeginning of the third lap. I rodeconstant my whole race. He rodefaster and faster," said Runyon.Gibson took the lead and extendedit to nearly two minutes by thefinish. "The course is so rough, sothe smoother the rider, the moretime you can gain through therough sections; and that's where Ican keep speed," said Gibson.Gibson and Runyon were fol-lowed by third place ThomasSpannring of Team Euclid. In thehunt for the ICS overall title,points leader Todd Tanner

(Cannondale/Guthrie) and secondrunner Trevor Simper (SteinEriksen Sport/Sirius) didn't havegreat days, finishing in 8th and9th respectively, but still main-tained their top positions.

The women's Pro categorystarted with a bit of see-sawingwith Hansen running past PamHanlon (Jan's) at one technicalspot on the course. The twostayed close together until acrashed sport rider got in the way."The sport men were in front of uson the downhill and she gotaround and I couldn't and I could-n't close it," said Hanlon. Hansenstayed out front but not withoutlooking over her shoulder: "Pam issuch a consistent climber and Iusually lose focus," said Hansen.

Hansen went on to win the 15.5mile, three-loop race despite a lastlap crash that left her a bit shakenbut unhurt save for a bit of roadrash. D.J. Morisette(Ellsworth/Copperchase Condos)finished third. Hansen currentlyleads Hanlon and Kathy Sherwin(Cannondale) in the season longpoints series.

Jon Gallagher took top honorsin the singlespeed category. Henoted that it was a "great course,great conditions, and great weath-er." The single speeders rode 14miles without shifters andGallagher had what he describedas a "no chain kind of day."

See results on page 22.

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MOUNTAIN BIKE RACING

Chris Allaire/Solitude Crowns New ChampionsChris Allaire/Solitude Crowns New Champions

Left: Mitchell Peterson (Balance Bar/Devo) won the Junior Expert 16-18 title.Above:Team Sugar’s Jennifer Hanks took the Women’s Expert medal.Photos: Dave Iltis See more photos at cyclingutah.com

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Colorado rider Cody Petersenused the strength of an impressivetwo-minute solo win in Saturday’sroad race over 10,700-foot BaldMountain to hold off competitorsand win the Pro 1/2 category atthe High Uintas Classic StageRace June 19-20 in Evanston.Bingham’s Cycling Team riderKris Walker of Pocatello put inpowerful efforts in both the roadrace and in Sunday morning’stime trial to capture the overallwomen’s title in the Pro 1/2/3.

Leaving his breakaway com-panions on Saturday’s climb andtaking King of the Mountain hon-ors, Petersen actually stretched hisadvantage on the descent into thefinish, taking the stage two min-utes ahead of Salt Lake City’sSandy Perrins of the Global PhoneSales-Healthy Choice team.Perrins won the sprint from chase-group companions Aaron Jordinand John Osguthorpe.

"I couldn’t believe how muchtime Cody got on the downhillbetween the summit and the fin-ish," Perrins said. "We werekilling ourselves --- three guyswho were flying and not letting upjust trying to bring him back in.He only had 30 seconds on us atthe summit, and he just stretchedit out."

In the next day's time trial,Perrins’ teammate Gardie Jacksonscorched the flat 10-mile courseon his way to a half-second victo-ry over Colorado rider ClaytonBarrows. Perrins was third in thetime trial, 10 seconds back.

But Petersen, losing only 15seconds to Perrins in the time

trial, was able to hold onto theoverall victory in the final-stagecriterium later Sunday afternoon,despite suffering constant attacksfrom Perrins' Global Phone Sales-Healthy Choice teammates.Barrows was first in the rush tothe line in the criterium, followedby David Harward and KevinNichol.

"We threw the book at himSunday, and he didn’t lose anytime," Perrins said. "Going in tothe crit, we knew the time gap wasquite a bit to overcome, but wewere going to make him earn hisvictory. We attacked heavily, buthe was strong."

Perrins took 2nd overall in thefinal general classification, fol-lowed by Barrows of Colorado.

The weekend’s perfect weatherwas a radical departure from lastyear’s rain, snow and hail during

the road race, and women’s win-ner Walker used Saturday’s pleas-ant temperatures to break away onthe Bald Mountain climb withNew Moon Media’s Laura Howatof Salt Lake City. Riders began topeel off the back of the groupsoon after the road turned itssteepest, eventually leaving onlyMiller and Howat together aheadof a hard-charging RydeenStevens, who took third in thestage.

Walker said she and Howatagreed worked hard together onthe descent because they fearedthat the always-tough Stevenswould be a threat in a sprint, andthey stayed away for a sprint fin-ish, which Howat took.

"Laura was climbing great,then we pushed really hard on thedownhill," Walker said. "We knewRydeen was chasing hard and

she’s a greatrider, so wetried to get asmuch time aswe could."

Walkertook theQueen of theMountainbonus pointsat the summitof BaldMountain in asprint. Theroad race thisyear wasshortened tofrom 80 milesto 50 milesbecause ofconstructionnearEvanston. AndHowat, who ismore at homein the hills

than on the flats, said the two

hammered the descent because theshortened road race suited herstrengths.

"This is not a climber’s race at80 miles --- at 50, however, theclimbers have a chance to stayaway," Howat said. "I’ve beenahead before at the top of thisclimb, but I always get caught. Sowe worked this one hard."

Howat said she knew she need-ed to get as much time as possiblefrom the field before Sunday’s flattime trial, but she lost 1:46 in thetime trial to front-runner KarenDodge. More important, she lost1:22 to Walker, who took second.Tiffany Pezzula was third

Pezzula won the Sunday after-noon criterium, followed byStevens and Dodge leavingWalker in first overall with Howatsecond, and Stevens rounding outthe podium.

See Results on page 19.


ROAD RACING

PPetersen and Wetersen and Walker Claim High Uintas Classicalker Claim High Uintas Classic

By Cindi Hansen

Man, I’m sure glad that wedidn’t have to race on the roadheading up to Powder Mountain. Idon’t know what the grade it isgoing up, but it’s damn steep. Thebeauty about racing at PowderMountain, besides the scenery, isthat the race starts at the top. So,no climbing like Deer Valley, butthis fun, fast race course is diverseenough to challenge any level ofracer.

The weatherman’s rainy week-end prediction was fortunatelywrong as we were blessed withclear blue skies and cool tempera-

tures. The course had to be modi-fied slightly to avoid a patch ofsnow that was covering 15 feet ofthe trail, though competitors didn’tseem to mind less mileage, somedid mind less singletrack. "Thecourse description promised moresingletrack, there was nothingreally fun to look forward to,"mentioned Jean Carlan,Sugar/White Pine Touring, andwinner of the Sport Women.

The Pro Men’s field was 12strong at the startline. Many of theusual suspects were present andready to do damage. BlakeZumbrunnen, RevolutionMountain Sports, got the hole-shot

off the line and lead the field intothe first singletrack. As he round-ed the double-track corner anddropped onto the gopher-hole rid-den trail, Todd Tanner,Cannondale Mountain BikeTeam/Guthries, picked up the paceand passed him. " I didn’t want toget caught by the rest of the field,I just wanted to set a steady pace,"commented Tanner.

Chuck Gibson, Racer’s CycleService, pulled his way back tothe two leaders just asZumbrunnen attacked them on theroad climb. Unfortunately, a bro-ken chain kept Zumbrunnen fromfinishing his assault on the rest ofthe class, and Gibson and Tannerwere left out front to battle forfirst place.

Gibson set the pace for thenext two laps, but at the end of thethird, he made a small mistake,and Tanner took advantage of it.As he passed Gibson, he uppedhis tempo and opened a gap thatproved to be enough, as he rode infor first place. Gibson put in ahard fifth lap and finished just oneminute behind Tanner and LanceRunyan (Stein Eriksen Sport),wrapped up the podium in thirdplace.

As the three Pro Womenapproached the startline, it wasdecided that three, 30 minute lapsjust wouldn’t do. We wanted four.From the gun, I led the other twowomen into the singletrack, but itwas Pam Hanlon, Jan’s, who wasable to hang on. We rode togetherfor the next two and half laps untilI hit the short, muddy sectionbelow the switchbacks. I choosethe wrong line and had to get offmy bike. Hanlon rode past me andgained about ten seconds up theswitchbacks.

I followed her up the climbs,but wasn’t able to close the gapuntil we were on the road, startingour third lap. She got stuck behind

another rider going into the single-track, and hit a rock that had beenkicked up. I passed her as she wasfixing her flat, and I knew I had togo hard. Hanlon was an experi-enced rider and she had what ittook to pull her way back up tome.

I rode alone for the remainderof the race to take the top spot onthe podium, Jennifer Agger,Hoback Sports, finished second,and Hanlon recovered after herflat to place third.

Pro Men:1. Todd Tanner, CannondaleMountain Bike Team/Guthries,1:57:382. Chuck Gibson, Racer’s CycleService, 1:58:343. Lance Runyan, Stein EriksenSport, 2:00:00Pro Women:1. Cindi Hansen, mtbchick.com,1:56:342. Jennife Agger, Hoback Sports,1:57:213. Pam Hanlon, 2:08:28See results on page 18.


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General InfoIntermountain Cup information

(Utah) (801) 942-3498.

Wild Rockies Unplugged Seriesinformation (Idaho), (208) 342-3910.

USA Cycling, MountainRegion,(UT,AZ,NM,CO,WY,SD),Rogene Killen, (970) 587-4447.

Weekly MTB SeriesWednesdays — Soldier Hollow

Training Series, May 5, May 12,May 26, and every other Wed.until Sept. 1, 6:30 p.m., Midway,(801) 358-1145

Wednesdays — Sundance WeeklyMTB series, starting May 19 andevery other Wed. until August 25,6:30 pm, alternates with SoldierHollow Training Series, SundanceResort, (801) 223-4849

Utah MTB RacesJuly 3 — Sundance Super-D

Downhill Race, 9 am, SundanceResort, (801) 223-4849

July 3 — Brian Header,Intermountain Cup #10, BrianHead, UT, XC, Clark Krause, (435)586-2770

July 10 — Brian Head Epic 100,qualifier for the 2002 World SoloChampionships, Brian Head,(909) 866-4565

July 10 — Blue Mountain BikeChase, 25 mile race, MonticelloCity Recreation, Monticello, UT,(435) 587-2029

July 10-11 — Bald MountainChallenge Downhill #1, DH andSuper-D, Deer Valley, UT, (801)375-3231

July 17 — Snowbird Mountain Bout,17th Annual!, Intermountain Cup#11, 15th Annual, Snowbird,(801)942-3498

July 17 — Durango MTB 100,Durango, CO, (970) 259-7771

July 17-18 — Flyin' Brian I DownhillRace, DH and Super-D, BrianHead, UT, (801) 375-3231

July 24 — The Endurance 100/MindOver Mountains, 100 miler, 100km, 50 miler, 100 mile team relay,Park City, (435) 649-2129

August 14— Wolverine Ridge XCRace, 11th Annual,Intermountain Cup #12, SeriesFinals, Evanston, WY - contactPaul Knopf or Amanda Wannerat [email protected] or (307)783-6470 or (866) 783-6300

August 21 — Sundance Super-DDownhill Race, 9 am, SundanceResort, (801) 223-4849

August 22 — Widowmaker HillClimb 10 AM, to the top of the Tram,Snowbird Resort, (801) 583-6281

August 27-28 — WasatchAdventure Race, team race withMTB, trail run, paddling, andmore, Provo, UT, (801) 597-5177

September 4-6 — Flyin' Brian IIDownhill Race #2, DH and Super-D, Brian Head, UT, (801) 375-3231

September 11 — Sundance Super-D Downhill Race, 9 am,Sundance Resort, (801) 223-4849

September 11-12 — Bald MountainChallenge Downhill #2, DH andSuper-D, Deer Valley, UT, (801)375-3231

September 18 — Tour des Suds,Park City, (435) 649-6839

October TBD — Moab Rim Downhilland Freeride Contest, Moab, UT,(801) 375-3231

October TBD — Red Bull RampageFree Ride Contest, 3rd Annual,Virgin, UT (435) 772-BIKE

October 11-12 — Huntsman WorldSenior Games. Must be 50 yearsor older. three events: hill climb,downhill, and cross country. 800-562-1268 or [email protected]

October 16-17 — 24 Hours ofMoab, 9th Annual, (304) 259-5533

Regional MountainBike RacesJuly 7 — Teton Village Short Track

XC #2, 6 pm, Teton Village, WY,(307) 733-5228

July 11 — Tamarck Twister MTBRace, Knobby Tire Series,Tamarack Resort, Cascade, ID,(208) 325-1000 or (208) 338-1016

July 17-18 — Brundage BikeFestival, Wild Rockies Series #6,XC, DH, McCall, ID, (208) 587-9530

July 21 — Teton Village Short TrackXC #3, 6 pm, Teton Village, WY,(307) 733-5228

July 24 — Teton Pass Hill Climb,Wilson, WY, 8:30 road race, 10:30mountain bike race - points foreach race, (307) 733-5228

July 28 - August 1 — NORBA NCS#6, Schweitzer Mountain Resort,ID, XC/ST/DH/MTNX, (719) 866-4581

August 1 — Laramie Enduro, 111 Kmountain bike race, HappyJack, Laramie, WY, 307-745-4499

August 7-8 — 20th AnnualIntermountain Orthopaedics,White Knob Challenge and MTBStage Race, Knobby Tire Series,Mackay, ID, Kurt Holzer at (208)890-3118

August 14-15 — PomerellePeaks,XC on Sat, DH on Sun, WildRockies Series #7, Albion, ID,(208) 587-9530

August 21-22 — Idaho StateNORBA XC and DHChampionship Finals, Knobby TireSeries Final, Soldier Mtn. SkiResort, Fairfield, ID (208) 338-1016

August 26-29 — NORBA NCS #8,XC/ST/DH/MTNX Marathon,Durango, CO, (970) 259-4621

September 11 — Galena Grinder,Galena Lodge, ID, (208) 788-9184

Sepember 18 — Rendezvous HillClimb, Teton Village, WY, 6.1miles, 4139 vertical feet, (307)733-5335

September 18-19 — LavaRama,Wild Rockies Series #8, XC,DH, Road Criterium, Lava HotSprings, ID (208) 587-9530

General InfoUtah Road Racing - USCF, Utah

Cycling Association - DirkCowley, (801) 944-8488

USA Cycling, Mountain RegionRoad Racing (UT,AZ,NM,CO,WY,SD), George Heagerty, (719)535-8113.

Utah Weekly Series RacesRocky Mountain Raceways

Criterium — Tuesdays, A/B’s - 6pm, C/D’s 7 pm, 6555 W. 2100 S.,West Valley City, UT, (801) 944-8488

Salt Air Time Trial — Every otherThursday, I-80 Frontage RoadWest of the International Center,~8000 W., 6 pm, (801) 944-8488

DMV Criterium — Wednesdays,Driver's Training Center, Where:4700 S. 2780 W., West Valley CityTimes: A Flite - 6 pm. B Flite - 7 pm.,C/D Flite - 7:45 pm, (801) 553-1065

Royal Street Hillclimb TT — May 20- September 23, Every otherThursday, 5:30 p.m., 900’ eleva-tion gain, (435) 901-8872

For dates, see below.

Utah Road Races May 20 - September 23 — Royal

Street Hillclimb TT, Every otherThursday, 5:30 p.m., 900’ eleva-tion gain, (435) 901-8872

July 6,13,20,27 — RMR Crit Series,Salt Lake, (801) 944-8488

July 7,14,21,28 — DMV Crit Series,Every Wednesday, Salt Lake,(801) 553-1065

July 8,22 — Salt Air TT Series, Everyother Thurs, (801) 944-8488

July 3 — Snowbasin Earl MillerHillclimb Time Trial, 11 miles fromHuntsville to Snowbasin,Huntsville, UT, (801) 589-3675

July 10-11 — Gate City GrindStage Race, (208) 282-2503 or(208) 652-3532

July 17 — Sundance Hillclimb, 8mile climb from Hwy 189 (ProvoCanyon) to the top of the AlpineLoop, Provo, UT, (801) 400-6130

July 18 — Davis Tech CenterCriterium, State Championships,(801) 944-5042

July 31 — Herriman Road Race,Utah State Championships,LAJORS, (801) 280-8916

August 3,10,17,24,31 — RMR CritSeries, Salt Lake, (801) 944-8488

August 4,11,18,25 — DMV CritSeries, Every Wednesday, SaltLake, (801) 553-1065

August 5,19 — Salt Air TT Series,Every other Thurs, (801) 944-8488

August 1 — Antelope Island TT,Utah State Time TrialChampionships, Antelope Island,(801) 731-8335

August 7-8 — Tour de Gap StageRace, in conjunction with the IronCounty Fair, Parawon, UT, (435)990-1393

August 12-22 — Park City CyclingFestival, Masters, Junior, andEspoir National Championships,Park City, UT, (719) 866-4581

August 21 — Snowbird Hill Climb,7:30 AM, 10.2 Miles from Shopkoon 9400 S. 2000 E. to Snowbird,(801) 583-6281

August 28 — Jeff Rogers MemorialEureka RR, great road racethrough the Tintic Mining District,Eureka, UT, Jeremy Smith, (801)733-6687

September 3-6 — Cache ClassicStage Race, Logan, UT, (435) 752-5131 or (435) 787-2534

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September 7,14,21,28 — RMR CritSeries, Salt Lake, (801) 944-8488

September 1,8,15,22,29 — DMVCrit Series, Every Wednesday, SaltLake, (801) 553-1065

September 2,16,30 — Salt Air TTSeries, Every other Thurs, (801)944-8488

September 11 — LOTOJA, 203miles from Logan, UT to Jackson,WY, (801) 771-6200

October 5-8 — Huntsman WorldSenior Games. Must be 50 yearsor older. Four events: hill climb,time trial, criterium and roadrace. 800-562-1268 [email protected]

October 9 — City Creek Bike Sprint,10 am, 5 1/2 mile climb up CityCreek Canyon in Salt Lake City,road or mountain bikes, UCAPoints Series Event, (801) 583-6281

Regional Road Races

July 6 — Idaho Cycling EnthusiastsCriterium Series, Pocatello, ID,208-282-5426

July 10-11 — Gate City GrindStage Race, road race starts at10 a.m. Saturday morning inArimo - about 30 miles south ofPocatello, Time Trial 6:30 pmSatuday in Truckerville, HoltArena Criterium, 8:30 am onSunday, (208) 282-2503 or (208)652-3532

July 13 — Tuesday Nighter #12,Pleasant Valley/Ten Mile CreekRd., Boise, ID

July 17 — Grand Targhee Ski HillRoad Time Trial, 9 a.m., Alta, WY,(307) 353-2252

July 20 — Idaho CyclingEnthusiasts Criterium Series,Pocatello, ID, 208-282-5426

July 20 — Summer Night at theTrack #4, Road/Track, Boise, ID,(208) 343-3782

July 24 — Teton Pass Hill Climb,Wilson, WY, 8:30 road race, 10:30mountain bike race - points foreach Race, (307) 733-5228

July 24 — Well's Fargo TwilightCriterium, NRC Race!, Boise, ID,(208) 343-3782

July 25 — The Morning AfterCriterium, Boise, ID, (208) 343-9130

July 24-25 — BYRDS Stage Race,Juniors only, Boise, ID, (208) 343-9130 or (208) 343-2607

July 27 — Summer Night at theTrack #5, Road/Track, Boise, ID,(208) 343-3782

July 31 — Mt. Harrison Hill Climb,Boise, ID, (208) 336-3854

August 1 — Day at the Track, seriesfinal, Road/Track, Boise, ID, (208)343-3782

August 22 — Table Rock HC RR,Boise, ID, (208) 867-2488

August 26 — Lindsay's ThursdayNight TT Series Final, Nampa, ID,(208) 465-6491

August 28 — Magic Valley SeniorGames, Bill Hart (208) 543-4451

August 28-29 — IntermountainOrthopaedics Idaho State RRand Criterium Championships,Boise, ID, Kurt Holzer at (208) 890-3118

September 4 — Mt. Charleston HillClimb, Las Vegas, NV, 702-228-9460

September 5 — Quail HollowHillclimb, Boise, ID, (208) 343-3782

September 11 — Race to theAngel, 17th Annual, Wells, NV,(775) 752-3540

September 11 — Bogus Basin HillClimb, Boise, ID, (208) 343-3782

September 18-19 — LavaRama,Wild Rockies Series #8, XC,DH, Road Criterium, Lava HotSprings, ID (208) 342-3910

Mondays — April - September --Wasatch Women's Cycling Club(WWCC) Weekly Ride: fun/easy~1 hr. ride , meeting at 6:00 p.m.at 1500 E 1500 S (by Einstein's). Allwelcome!, Melissa at (801) 466-6312.

Weekend Group Rides — Saturdayand Sunday, 10 am, meet at 9thand 9th in Salt Lake City.

Sunday Group Ride — 9 a.m.,Canyon Bicycles in Draper, 762E.,12600 S., (801) 576-8844

July 18 — Mt. Nebo Loop, start inNephi to Springville to the Mt. Neboloop, (801) 943-2117

July 25-31 — Bicycle Idaho, Melba toKetchum to Melba, (541) 385-5257

July 31 - August 7 — Great DivideWind River, Jackson to Lander, WY,dirt and road, Adv. CyclingAssociation, (800) 755-2453

August 1 — Chalk Creek 100, ParkCity to Coalville to Chalk Creekand back, (801) 943-2117

August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 — Half-BogusRide, Bogus Basin, (208) 343-3782

August 7 — ULCER Training Ride, 75miles, location TBD, (801) 943-2117

August 8 — Stanley Challenge, Boise,ID, (208) 867-2488

August 14 — ULCER, Century Touraround Utah Lake, 100, 74, and 46mile options, (801) 947-0338

August 15 — Blue Cruise Wheels forWellness, Meridian, ID, (208) 387-6817

August 21 — Cycle For Life, benefitride for injured cyclists, 8, 30, 66,and 100 mile options, Eden Park,Eden, UT, (801) 272-1302

August 21 — Promontory Point 125,Brigham City to Promentory, (801)943-2117

August 23-28 — Bear Lake, NorthernUtah & Southern Idaho Tour, (801)556-3290

August 27-29 — Weekend atWallowa, Eastern Oregon, (208)890-6012 or (208) 384-3739

August 28 — Desperado Dual , 200mile double century in SouthernUtah, 100 mile option, Panguitch,(435) 586-7567

August 29 - September 4 — BBTCSouthern Utah Parks Tour, (801) 486-8140

August 29 — The Big Ride, 164 miles,Mt. Green over Monte Cristo, toEvanston and back, (801) 943-2117

August 30 - September 4 — SPUDS 10- Boise to Salmon, Idaho, 1-866-45-SPUDS

September 4 - Cache Valley CenturyTour - 100 mi/100 km/40mileoptions. Hosted by Cache ValleyVeloists Bicycle Touring Club. 7AMregistration/check in, 12 mi north ofLogan on Hwy 91. Reg. Feeincludes rest stops, lunch. For infor-mation and forms call 435-752-2253.

September 6-11 — WYCYC XV, rideacross Wyoming, Jackson Hole tothe Bighorns, Cyclevents, 1-888-733-9615.

September 7 — Half-Bogus Ride,Bogus Basin, (208) 343-3782

September 4-10 — Cycle Utah Tour,Southern Utah, Adv. CyclingAssociation, (800) 755-2453

September 11 — Hooper Horizontal100, State Agriculture Building toHooper and Back, (801) 943-2117

September 12 — Tour de Tahoe, ridearound Lake Tahoe, 72 miles, LakeTahoe, NV, (800) 565-2704

September 12 — Galena Tour,Galena Lodge, ID, (208) 788-9184

September 12-18 — Southern UtahNational Parks Tour, (801) 596-8430

September 26 - October 2 — OAT-BRAN, One Awesome Tour Bike RideAcross Nevada, following theLegendary Pony Express Trail on U.S.Hwy. 50 - America's Loneliest Road,5 days of riding, 420 miles from LakeTahoe to Great Basin National Park,(800) 565-2704

September 26 - October 2 —CANYONS III - A Ride AcrossSouthern Utah, Springdale toBlanding, 1-866-CycleUT

Oct 1-3 — Moab Century Ride,Moab to La Sals and back, Tourbenefits the Lance ArmstrongFoundation, 435-259-2698

October 3-8 — Monument Valley & 4Corners Tour, (801) 556-3290

October 9 — Yellowstone Fall OldFaithful Cycling Tour 2004, (406)646-7701

October 9-16 — LAGBRAU (LegacyAnnual Great Bike Ride AcrossUtah, Blanding to St. George, 400miles on scenic highways andthrough National Parks, fundraiserfor young Native American educa-tion, (801) 278-6220

October 16 — Las Vegas Century ,22,37,55,80 and 110 miles, benefitsRonald McDonald House. lasveg-ascentury.org, (702) 407-3077


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Deer Valley PedalFest, June 5,2004, Deer Valley, Utah,Intermountain Cup Bike RaceSeries #6

12 & Under1. Tanner J. Putt; X-Men 12:18:35 2. Stuart C. Povey; 12:20:01 3. Keegan Swenson 12:21:47 4. Blake Wiehe; Young Riders 12:21:58 5. Conor M. Lyne; Logan Race Club 12:24:25 9 & Under 1. Rhet C. Povey 12:10:23 2. Martin Lentz 12:11:22 3. Justin Griffin; UtahMountainBiking.com 12:11:24 4. Ben Sumsion; Dad 12:11:45 5. Jack Drain 12:13:31 Beg Men 13-15 1. Nicholas Castle 12:47:48 2. Jacob LaRocque 12:51:45 3. Douglas Hamilton; Young Riders 12:51:47 4. Gabriel F. Campbell; Young Riders 12:54:36 5. Alex Scott; Young Riders 12:58:01 Beg Men 16-18 1. Dustin Nordman; Young Riders 12:46:22 2. Kasey R. Curtis; Mad Dog Cycles 12:46:37 3. Derek J. Goeckeritz 12:47:10 4. Matt Taucher; Oakley School 1:00:06 Beg Men 19-29 1. Beau Johnson 12:41:13 2. Dustin Williams 12:43:42 3. Steve Saxton; DNA Cycling 12:43:53 4. Aaron Hagge 12:45:55 5. Rustin R. Jones 12:47:38 Beg Men 30-39 1. Trent Wignall; DNA Cycling 12:42:59 2. Chester Lao; New Moon Media 12:43:55 3. Stephen Burgess; Pedro's/Canyon Bicycles 12:44:19 4. Jay Grove 12:44:45 5. Shawn Dever 12:45:15 Beg Men 40+ 1. Kelly Lassiter; Team Visenka 12:46:19 2. Vincent Jones; bikeman.com 12:46:34 3. Scott Endicott; Pedros/Canyon Bicycles 12:47:19 4. Elton Reid 12:47:49 5. Lyle Castle 12:48:03 Beginner Women 1. Kerri A. Taracena 12:51:49 2. Stephanie Holland; Pedros/Canyon Bicycles12:59:59 3. Leah Bailey; Hank Hill Racing 1:03:48 4. Alisha Niswander 1:07:50 5. Shannon Kane 1:09:41 Clydesdale 1. Derryl R. Spencer; Guthrie Bicycle 1:07:42 2. Jonathan J. Kolon; Stein Eriksen Sprot 1:08:47 3. Ron Klepzig; Ogden One 1:17:33 4. Craig L. Povey 1:18:57 5. Aaron Mullins; Taylors Bike Shop 1:21:40 Exp Men 16-18 1. Kaleb J. LeGore; Revolution Mountain Sports 2:26:17 2. Dustin Wynne; Young Riders 2:27:26 3. Taylor Foss; Bingham Cyclery 2:29:15 4. Tyler Scott; Young Riders 2:35:16 5. Kevin Grey; Bangtail Bike/Ski 2:43:06 Exp Men 19-29 1. Marcelo Torre; Canyon Cycles 2:14:53 2. Quin G. Bingham; AOS/DJ Ortho 2:17:08 3. Paul Clark; Young Riders/Smith 2:19:02 4. Jake M. Pantone; Biker's Edge 2:21:14 5. Nate L. Stowers; AOS/DJ Ortho 2:21:43 Exp Men 30-39 1. Heinrich Deters; Young Riders 2:13:48 2. Brad W. Pilling; Revolution 2:14:15 3. Jonathan T. Finnoff; AOS/DJ Ortho 2:15:59 4. Marc Wimmer; Wimmer's Ultimate Bitler/LRC 2:17:28 5. Todd Henneman; Jans/Trek 2:17:29 Exp Men 40+ 1. Darrell Davis; Porcupine Pub/Contender 2:18:47 2. Robert Westermann; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle2:21:02 3. Tom Noaker; Young Riders 2:25:02 4. Bruce Allen; Jans/Trek 2:30:09 5. John Griffiths; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle 2:38:38 Expert Women 1. Roxanne Toly; Jans 2:02:15 2. Lynn Ware-Peek; Young Riders 2:07:47 3. Jennifer Hanks; Team Sugar/White Pine Touring2:08:23 4. Paula M. Seeley; Jan's 2:10:08 5. Amy Klepetar; White Pine Touring 2:13:14 Men 50+ 1. Larry Strom 1:03:08 2. Roger Gillespie; Biogen 1:05:03 3. Brad Mullen; Sports Den/Love Sac 1:07:40 4. Bill Dark; Mad Dog Cycles 1:08:27 5. Dwight Hibdon; Mad Dog Cycles 1:08:43 Pro Men 1. Carl Swenson; Rlx/Polo Sport 2:15:08 2. Lance R. Runyan; Stein Eriksen Sport 2:19:09 3. Ali Goulet; Stein Eriksen Sport 2:21:28 4. Thomas J. Spannring; Team Euclid 2:23:26 5. Todd Johnson; JHMR/Marmot 2:28:39 6. Ty Hansen; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle 2:28:52 7. Shannon Boffeli; Revolution Mountain Sports 2:28:55 8. Todd Tanner; Cannondale/Guthries 2:29:10 9. Trever Simper; Stein Eriksen Sport 2:32:27 10. Mitchell Peterson; Balance Bar/Devo 2:55:17 Pro Women1. Kathy Sherwin; Cannondale Mtn. Bike Team 2:28:01 2. Pamela Hanlon 2:40:08 3. Cindi Hansen; mtbchick.com/Cannondale 2:43:28 4. Jennifer Agger; Hoback Sports 2:44:34 5. Robin McGee; Jackson Hole Mt Resort 2:52:04 Single-Speed 1. Jon Gallagher; Cole Sport 1:49:35 2. Derek Newton; Jans 2:19:15 Sport Women

1. Michelle Passage; Revolution 1:13:06 2. Lisa R. White; 1:17:19 3. Ellen Guthrie; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle 1:15:58 4. Jean Carlan; Sugar/White Pine Touring 1:16:13 5. Liz Zumbrunnen; Revolution Mountain Sports1:16:47 Spt Men 16-18 1. Ryan Washburn; Mad Dog Cycles 1:44:53 2. Ryan Wyble; Young Riders 1:46:17 3. Rick Washburn; Mad Dog Cycles 1:49:51 4. Tres Wilson; Young Riders 1:51:26 5. Brandon A. Johnson; Mad Dog Cycles 2:00:12 Spt Men 19-29 1. Chris A. Holley; Mad Dog Cycles 1:34:01 2. Troy Child; Ogden/WSU 1:37:23 3. Tim G. Hodnett; Mad Dog Cycles 1:39:29 4. Seth Higginson; 1:39:58 5. Clint Carter; SportsDen/Love Sac 1:41:26 Spt Men 30-39 1. Ed Warr; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle 1:36:24 2. Tom L. Thorne 1:39:05 3. Troy J. Nye; Bikeman.com 1:39:39 4. Jeff Endo 1:40:29 5. Jeff Martinez; Pedros 1:41:40 Spt Men 40+ 1. Curt Bates 1:38:58 2. Jeff Butler; Mad Dog 1:41:40 3. Jordan Swenson; Young Riders 1:42:21 4. Dave Knoop; Sportsden 1:43:24 5. Scott Toly; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle 1:44:20 Spt/Exp Men 13-15 1. Mike H. Voth; Young Riders 1:08:55 2. Doug W. Johnson; Mad Dog Cycles 2:16:41 Women 35+ 1. Stacy McClurg; Canyon Bicycle/Pedros 12:51:54 2. Kathleen Wismer; Pedros/Canyon Bicycles 12:53:17 3. Priya M. Noronha; Peak Fasteners 12:54:43 4. Gina R. Riggs; Peak Fasteners 12:55:12 5. Mary Howard; Me 12:55:51

Bountiful Bomber Downhill,Bountiful, Utah, June 6, 2004Pro Men1. Silas Hesterberg 4.57.55; Cafferty's/Scott2. Moses Mexia 4.57.78; Scott USA3. Pete Schaffer 5.00.33; Go-Ride4. Kris Baughman 5.07.26; Go-Ride5. Scott Crabill 5.11.82; Go-Ride6. Phil Vega 5.12.74; Joyride7. Mark Christensen 5.16.31; Guthries8. Bart Bachura 5.33.29; Golsan/6-6-1Expert 19-29 Men1. Von Williams 4.51.58; Go-Ride2. Blake Robinson 5.22.58 3. Ian Kyees 5.32.62; DOD Racing4. Dan Prince 5.39.34; Zander Jewelery5. Chad Bryce 5.42.23; Ellsworth6. Art Widmar 6.10.33 7. Jeremy Little 6.15.29; OGD Mfg.8. Rob Norbutt 6.34.88; Go-RideExpert Men 30-391. Justin Alvey 5.00.43; Go-Ride2. David Beeson 5.11.92; Sky Electric3. Ben Craner 5.15.81; BTC Illustration4. Emmanuel Pons 5.19.83; Go-Ride/Michelin5. Mike Abbott 5.25.82; Mountain Cycle6. Joe Hanrahan 5.33.23; Spin Cycle/New Moon7. Brian Schafroth 5.45.00 8. Shad Donnell 5.46.87; Cole Sport9. Bryan Safarik 5.55.47; Mountain Cycle10. Dave Mosher 5.58.66; Mtn.West Off Road11. James Gillespie 6.03.67; Spoke & Wheel12. Brad Koyle 6.08.60; DOD RacingExpert Men 13-181. Andrew Pierce 5.22.79; Go-Ride2. Chris Hadley 5.28.16; Go-Ride3. Nate Davis 5.29.73; Go-Ride4. Kyle Wehmanen 5.30.52 5. Taylor Dennis 5.42.95; OGD Mfg.Expert Men 40+1. Rod Evans 5.46.91 2. Dave Barclay 6.08.17; Bikes 2 Boards3. Steve Waldron 6.22.24; Team WaldronPro Women1. Faith Bradley 6.33.04; Go-Ride2. Denise Wardwell 7.04.27; JoyrideExpert Women1. Michelle Camp 7.07.57; FitzgeraldsSport Men 19-291. Dustin Malley 5.10.04 2. Joe Harker 5.55.44; Biker's Edge3. Joshua Wright 6.03.06

4. Patrick McDermott 6.05.14 5. Joshua Parris 6.20.03 6. Travis Elquist 6.28.92 7. Kelly Kindred 6.37.97 8. Chris Bradley 6.47.33 Sport Men 30-391. Scott Neison 6.03.16; Real Estate Jackson Hole2. Craig Skinner 6.06.76 3. Brent Mitchell 6.07.12; BTC Illustrations4. Doug Frei 6.22.62; Pocatello P.D.5. Kevin Tisue 6.24.58 6. Travis Madsen 7.15.13; Core Performance CyclesSport Men 40+1. Kirk Meyer 7.06.30; DH Cyclery/Kenny Seng Cnst.Sport Men 13-181. Brandon Cross 5.17.52 2. Brock Swenson 5.35.14 3. Tres Wilson 5.48.12; Six-Six-One4. Nic Hadley 6.28.42; Go-RideBeginner Men 19-391. Brandon Street 7.11.13 2. Cory Street 7.19.96 3. Theo Vanderschaaf 8.11.48 4. Dustin Richcreek 8.45.04 Beginner Men 13-181. Cash Black 6.41.39; Go-Ride2. Johnny Muldoon 6.55.55 3. Kasey Swenson 6.57.91 4. Austin Black 7.51.47; Go-Ride5. Garrett Beller 10.23.84 Sport Women1. Selena Kontuly 7.33.75 2. Elizabeth Revelett 7.54.63; DOD Racing

Utah Summer Games MountainBike Race, Cedar City, Utah, June12, 2004, Intermountain CupMountain Bike Racing Series -

Race # 712 & Under 1. Stuart Povey 12:23:13 2. Merrick Taylor 12:23:45 3. Blake Wiehe; Young Riders 12:28:49 4. Kenneth Grant; Avail Software 12:30:14 5. Alex Graham 12:31:02 9 & Under1. Rhet Povey 12:14:01 2. Daniel Grant; Avail Software 12:18:07 3. Kasyn Parson; Color Coutnry Cycling 12:20:32 4. Sierra Perez; Guthrie's Race Team 12:23:32 5. Jacob Beyeler 12:25:33 Beg Men 13-151. Carsen D. Ware; Bicycles Unlimited 12:39:23 2. Corey J. Denton 12:42:04 3. Jacob LaRocque 12:42:06 4. Alex Scott; Young Riders 12:43:12 5. Casey J. Nye; Bikeman.com 12:48:44 Beg Men 16-181. Trent Weston 12:36:49 2. Tyler Beyeler 12:37:45 3. Skyler Holder; Peak Fasteners 12:39:02 4. Marcus Swallow 12:44:08 5. Andrew Comer 12:46:24 Beg Men 19-291. Brady Rich 12:32:48 2. Brett Hone 12:36:19 3. Kurt Jensen 12:36:40 4. Jeff Larsen; Sports Den/Love Sac 12:39:01 5. Dace Mowry 12:39:04 Beg Men 30-391. Kevin D. Talbot; Mad Dog Cycles 12:33:31 2. Gavin Cook 12:35:03 3. Jake Burby 12:36:47 4. Jeff Lavery 12:39:04 5. Travis Buzzard 12:39:57 Beg Men 40+1. Vince Jones; bikeman.com 12:35:47 2. Ron Richmond 12:36:13 3. Steve Winters; UtahMountainBiking.com 12:36:35 4. Spencer Jones 12:36:59 5. Jon Denton 12:38:29 Beginner Women1. Kelly D. Williams; UtahMountainBiking.com 12:46:22 2. Meghan Buzzard 12:50:32 3. Amber Mowrey 12:56:44 4. Kristina Williams; UtahMountainBiking.com 1:10:32 Clydesdale1. Derryl R. Spencer; Guthrie Bicycle 1:16:17 2. Cory Marler; bikeman.com 1:21:22 3. Aaron Mullins; Taylors Bike Shop 1:25:01 4. Pat Beckwith 1:37:05Exp Men 16-181. Taylor Foss; Bingham Cyclery 1:33:11 2. Kaleb J. LeGore; Revolution Mountain Sports 1:37:01 3. Chris Hong; Young Riders 1:41:10 4. Tyler Scott; Young Riders 1:47:23 Exp Men 19-291. Quin G. Bingham; AOS/DJ Ortho 1:24:01 2. Clint Hosman; ProCon 1:36:41 3. Mia Johnson 1:38:46 4. Marcelo Torre; Canyon Bicycle 2:09:26 Exp Men 30-391. Chad B. Wassmer; Cole Sport 1:23:54 2. Brian Jeppson; Color Country 1:23:55 3. Ian Harvey; Jans/Treck 1:26:30 4. Brandon Cunningham 1:26:53 5. Bob (10) Saffell; Revolution Mtn. Sports 1:27:17 Exp Men 40+1. Tom Noaker; Young Riders 1:29:29 2. Bruce Allen; Jans/Treck 1:30:36 3. Gary Strabala 1:43:20 4. Clark Johnson; Young Riders 1:44:51 Exp Women1. Chanda Jeppson; Color Country/Cedar Cycle1:49:58 2. Paula Seeley; Jans 1:53:51 3. Susan Fleck; Team Sugar 2:09:13 Men 50+1. Brad Mullen; Sports Den/Love Sac 1:15:08 2. Dennis McCormick; Wildrose Flower Child 1:17:37 3. Bill Dark; Mad Dog Cycles 1:18:03 4. Gary Kartchner; Colsans Cycle 1:20:00

5. Jim Pitkin; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle 1:20:16 Pro Men1. Blake Zumbrunnen; Revolution 1:46:52 2. Thomas J. Spanning; Team Euclid 1:46:26 3. Trevor Simper; Stein Erickson Sport 1:48:31 4. Todd Tanner; Cannondale MTB 1:48:46 5. Ty Hansen New; Moon Media/Spin Cycle 2:05:48 Pro Women1. Lynda Wallenfels 2:11:44 2. Pamela Hanlon 2:12:32 3. Cindi Hansen; mtbchick.com/Cannondale 2:18:17 4. D.J. Morisette; Ellsworth/CopperChase 2:31:16 Single-Speed1. David Kelsey; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle 1:36:44 2. Adam Pace; NU Vision Cyclery 1:40:08 3. Kelly Myers; Victor Valley Velo 1:44:09 Sport Women1. Jean Carlan; Sugar/White Pine Touring 1:26:41 2. Stacy L. Newton; Team Sugar/White Pine Touring1:28:07 3. Liz Zumbrunnen; Revolution 1:30:31 4. Lyna Saffell; Revolution Mtn. Sports 1:35:40 5. Susannah Cummings; Mad Dog Cycles 1:41:11 Spt Men 16-181. Tres Wilson; Young Riders 1:14:31 2. Dutch Wiehe; Young Riders 1:18:32 3. Justin Easley 1:21:20 4. Todd Graham; Desert Cyclery 1:23:41 Spt Men 19-291. Jonny Cracroft; Sports Den/Love Sac 1:07:02 2. Ryan Gunnell; Utah State University 1:07:16 3. Jerry Bowers; Team Red Rock 1:08:19 4. Tyler Knudsen 1:09:14 5. Danny Christensen; Team Red Rock 1:10:48 Spt Men 30-391. Quentin Morisette; Copperchase 1:06:16 2. Troy J. Nye; Bikeman.com 1:09:15 3. Tom Warr 1:10:25 4. Brent Thompson; Fitzgerald's Cycling 1:11:20 5. Kent Purser; Purserverance Racing 1:11:24 Spt Men 40+1. Thomas Henning; Mad Dog Cycles 1:13:11 2. Scott Toly; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle 1:13:13 3. Doug Davis 1:16:32 4. Fabian Esposito; AOS/DJ Ortho 1:18:25 5. Robert Cummins; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle1:20:51 Spt/Exp Men 13-151. Mike H. Voth; Young Riders 1:23:47 Women 35+1. Karen Hoggan; Peak Fasteners 12:45:43 2. Gina R. Riggs; Peak Fasteners 12:48:04 3. Liz Egerton; Color Coutnry Cycling 12:49:54 4. Arta L. Mortensen 12:53:345. Priya M. Noronha; Peak Fasteners 12:57:54

Pedal Powder, Powder MountainResort, June 19, 2004,Intermountain Cup Bike RacingSeries #812 & Under 1. Dante Winward; Logan Race Club 12:12:11 2. Merrick Taylor 12:12:28 3. Blake Wiehe; Young Riders 12:13:40 4. Mayan Perkins; Young Riders 12:13:42 5. Conor Lyne; Logan Race Club 12:14:25 9 & Under 1. Rhet Povey 12:06:07 2. Justin Griffin; UtahMountainBiking.com 12:06:17 3. Sean Lyne; Logan Race Club 12:07:42 4. Ryan Westermann; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle12:07:51 5. Sara Denton 12:09:20 Beg Men 13-15 1. Corey J. Denton 12:34:05 2. Zack J. Campbell; Young Riders 12:34:18 3. Alex Scott; Young Riders 12:35:15 4. Andrew Nelson 12:37:25 5. Jacob LaRoeque 12:38:26 Beg Men 16-18 1. Tyler Beyeler 12:52:36 2. Skyler Holder; Peak Fasteners 12:53:40 3. Riley Hewes 12:57:03 4. Jeremy Wright; Diamond Peak 12:57:40 5. Sean Hoggan; Peak Fasteners 1:03:12 Beg Men 19-29 1. Dustin Williams 12:42:28 2. Jeff J. Williams 12:44:50 3. James Packer 12:46:04 4. Daniel LaRiviere; Logan Race Club 12:47:30 5. Tom Wisniowski 12:48:06 Beg Men 30-391. Brett Wehrli 12:45:03 2. Carl Goodfellow; Bountiful Bicycles 12:45:58 3. Greg Larson; Revolution 12:46:53 4. Gavin Cook 12:47:56 5. Justin Nielsen 12:46:18 Beg Men 40+ 1. Mark K. Crosby; Taylor's Bike Shop 12:49:28 2. Jon P. Denton 12:51:08 3. Cam Smith; Revolution 12:51:51 4. Brent Jarvis 12:52:52 5. Scott Riggs; Peak Fasteners 12:53:58 Beg Women 1. Elizabeth Revelett; Missing Line Racing 12:38:52

2. Amy Code; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle 12:40:48 Clydesdale1. Derryl R. Spencer; Guthrie Bicycle 12:57:12 2. Aaron Mullins; Taylors Bike Shop 1:04:35 3. Craig L. Povey 1:07:12 Exp Men 16-18 1. Dustin Wynne; Young Riders 1:15:49 2. Taylor Foss; Bingham Cyclery 1:17:51 3. Tyler Scott; Young Riders 1:21:37 4. Chris Hong; Young Riders 1:22:22 5. David Peterson; Diamond Peak 1:26:24 Exp Men 19-29 1. Quin G. Bingham; AOS/DJ Ortho 1:38:19 2. Nate L. Stowers; AOS/DJ Ortho 1:39:28 3. Calvin Squires 1:39:35 4. Marcelo Torre; Canyon Bicycles 1:42:27 5. Jake Pantone; Bikers Edge 1:42:42 Exp Men 30-39 1. Chad B. Wassmer; Cole Sport 1:38:02 2. Jonathan T. Finnoff; AOS/DJ Ortho 1:38:42 3. Brad W. Pilling; Revolution 1:38:49 4. Ian Harvey; Jans 1:40:22 5. Marc Wimmer; Wimmer Ultimate Bicycles 1:41:22 Exp Men 40+1. Darrell Davis; Porcupine/Contender 1:14:14 2. Tom Noaker; Young Riders 1:15:55 3. Kenny Jones; Racer's Cycle Service 1:16:46 4. Robert Westermann; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle1:17:37 5. Dana Harrison; Revolution 1:20:52 Exp Women 1. Roxanne Toly; Jans 1:26:29 2. Jennifer Hanks; Team Sugar/White Pine Touring1:29:50 3. Paula M. Seeley; Jan's 1:30:44 4. Misti L. Timpson; Sugar/White Pine Touring 1:30:50 5. Cyndi Schwandt; Wildrose Flower Child 1:35:48 Men 50+ 1. Dennis McCormick; Wildrose Flower Child 12:56:02 2. Dwight Hibdon; Mad Dog Cycles 12:57:08 3. Bill Dark; Mad Dog Cycles 12:58:20 4. Jim Westenskow; Ogden One 12:59:21 5. Bruce R. Argyle; UtahMountainBiking.com 1:01:22 Pro Men 1. Todd Tanner; Cannondale MTB Team 1:57:38 2. Chuck Gibson; Racer's Cycle Service 1:58:34 3. Lance Runyan; Stein Eriksen Sport 2:00:00 4. Evan Plews; Santian/Bianchi 2:01:10 5. Kyle P. Wright; AOS/DJ Ortho 2:02:53 6. Ty Hansen; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle 2:03:02 7. Trevor Simper; Stein Eriksen Sport 2:04:42 8. Brandon Firth; Stein Sport/Sirius 2:07:43 9. Deters Heinrich; Young Riders 2:09:57 Pro Women 1. Cindi Hansen; mtbchick.com/Cannondale 1:56:34 2. Jennifer Agger; Hoback Sports 1:57:21 3. Pamela Hanlon; Jan's 2:08:28 Single Speed 1. Jonathan J. Kolon; Stein Eriksen Sport 1:22:20 2. Brook A. Shinsky; Sugar/White Pine Touring 1:37:45 Sport Women 1. Jean Carlan; Sugar/White Pine Touring 1:02:46 2. Lisa White 1:02:50 3. Linda Kopp; Cache Valley 24 hr Racing 1:03:16 4. Ellen Guthrie; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle 1:03:48 5. Stacy L. Newton; Team Sugar/White Pine Touring1:04:35 Spt Men 16-18 1. Dutch Wiehe; Young Riders 1:09:17 2. Ryan Washburn; Mad Dog Cycles 1:10:12 3. Ryan Wyble; Young Riders 1:10:13 4. Rick Washburn; Mad Dog Cycles 1:19:59 5. Nathan King; UtahMountainBiking.com 1:31:04 Spt Men 19-29 1. Timothy Hodnett; Mad Dog Cycles 1:19:31 2. Phillip Wood; Sports Den/LoveSac 1:20:08 3. Jonny Cracroft; Sports Den/Love Sac 1:21:31 4. Troy Child; Ogden One 1:21:56 5. Adam Lisonbee; Mad Dog Cycles 1:22:59 Spt Men 30-39 1. Quentin Morisette; Copperchase 1:18:05 2. Tom Thorne 1:18:42 3. Troy J. Nye; Bikeman.com 1:23:18 4. Brad Newby; Red Rock Bicycles 1:25:10 5. Craig Pierson 1:25:38 Spt Men 40+1. Jeff Butler 1:06:28 2. David Knoop; Sports Den 1:07:27 3. Lewis Winward; Logan Race Club 1:08:15 4. Bob Dawson; 9th & 9th 1:08:18 5. Scott Toly; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle 1:08:19 Spt/Exp Men 13-15 1. Mike H. Voth; Young Riders 1:02:14 Women 35+ 1. Priya M. Noronha; Peak Fasteners 12:35:02 2. Karen Hoggan; Peak Fasteners 12:37:27 3. Gina R. Riggs; Peak Fasteners 12:38:22 4. Leslie Finnoff; AOS/DJ Ortho 12:38:42 5. Kathy Wiehe; Young Riders 12:43:19


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Big 5 Criterium Series,June 8-12, 2004

Big 5 Criterium Series,E CenterPRO/1/2 Men 1. David Harward2. Jeff Louder3. Sandy Perrins4. John Osguthorpe5. Gardie Jackson6. Aaron Jordin7. Ryan Littlefield8. Skylere Bingham9. Allan Butler10. Chris HumbertCat 3 Men1. Gavin Storie2. Tom Horrocks3. Jason Andersen4. Winfield Gibson5. Nate KamerathCat 4/5 Men 1. Vance Checketts2. Chris Kundstadt3. David Blades4. David Pitkin5. Douglas Sligting

Big 5 Criterium Series,GatewayPRO/1/2 Men 1. Jeff Louder2. David Harward3. Ryan Littlefield4. Allan Butler5. Richard Vroom6. Aaron Jordin7. Kelly Ryan8. Alex Rock9. Todd Hageman10. John OsguthorpeCat 1-4 Women

1. Kirsten Kotval2. Laura Howat3. Margaret Douglas4. Kelly Crawford5. Kris Walker6. Courtney McBeth7. Chris Ferrerio8. Kristi Mcilmoil9. Tiffany CallahanMaster Men 35+ 1. Jon Gardner2. Jeff Sargent3. Chris Rowley4. Tom Horrocks5. Steven LewisMaster’s 45+1. Clyde Done2. William Corliss3. Jeff Clawson4. Charles Palmer

Big 5 Criterium Series,RMRPRO/1/2 Men 1. Ryan Barrett2. Jeremy Smith3. Richard Vroom4. Alex Rock5. Sandy Perrins6. Jeff Louder7. Aaron Jordin8. Mitch McBeth9. John Osguthorpe10. David HarwardCat 3 Men 1. Anthony Johnson2. Shawn Cheney3. Robert Crain4. Jason Andersen5. Nate KamerathCat 4 Men 1. Chris Kundstadt2. Vance Checketts3. Daniel LaRiviere4. David Pitkin5. Steve ConlinCat 5 Men1. Craig VanValkenburgh2. George Klonizos3. Wes Slaughter4. Ryan Wheeler5. Scott Kelly

Big 5 Criterium Series, DeerValleyPRO/1/2 Men 1. Jeff Louder2. Allan Butler3. Scott Preston4. David Harward5. Sandy Perrins6. Richard Vroom7. Mitch McBeth8. Kelly Ryan9. Jeremy Smith10. Todd HagemanCat 1-4 Women 3. Kris Walker4. Karen Dodge5. Kelly Crawford6. Margaret Douglas7. Courtney McBeth8. Kathy Robinson9. Kristi Mcilmoil10. Christie JohnsonMaster Men 35+ 1. Glen Adams2. Jon Gardner3. Don Pollari4. Jon Gallager5. Marek ShonMasters 45+1. William Corliss2. Clyde Done3. Dale Maughan4. Jeff Herran5. Charles Palmer

Big 5 Criterium Series,SugarhousePRO/1/2 Men 3. Ryan Barrett4. Aaron Jordin5. Jesse Gordon6. Mitch McBeth7. John Osguthorpe8. Richard Vroom9. Thomas Cooke10. Jeremy SmithCat 1- 3 Women 1. Kirsten Kotval2. Karen Dodge3. Laura Howat4. Kris Walker5. Margaret DouglasCat 4 Women 1. Laura Patten2. Ellen Guthrie3. Denise Van de Kamp4. Rowena Hyldahl5. Karen OrtizCat 3 Men 1. Jeff Erenstone2. Clark Carlile3. Shawn Cheney4. Robert Wray5. Tyler HarveyCat 4 Men 1. John Rech2. Rodney Boynton3. Jason Houchin4. Chris Kundstadt5. Kevin VoreCat 5 Men 1. Ali Goulet2. Michael Burnside3. Lance Runyan4. Steve Hadley5. Jon SchofieldMaster Men 35+ 1. Jon Gardner2. Glen Adams3. Brian Boudrean4. Mark Chrysler5. Jeff UreMaster Men 45+ 1. William Corliss2. Richard Willes3. Robert Keller4. Clyde Done5. Peter BarquinMaster Men 55+ 1. Ken LouderJunior Men 1. Ryan Wheeler2. Ashlee Bradbury3. Bryson Garbett4. Adam Steinke5. Bruce Hoffman

Big 5 Criterium Series,OverallPro/1/2 1. Jeff Louder; 1022. David Harward; 863. Ryan Barrett; 744. Richard Vroom; 665. Aaron Jordin; 646. Sandy Perrins; 617. Allan Butler; 608. John Osguthorpe; 569. Jeremy Smith; 4810. Ryan Littlefield; 44Cat 3 1. Anthony Johnson; 562. Clark Carlile; 503. Shawn Cheney; 484. Tom Horrocks; 465. Jason Andersen; 456. Nate Kamerath; 407. Jeff Erenstone; 308. Gavin Storie; 309. Robert Crain; 2810. Winfield Gibson; 18Cat 41. Chris Kundstadt; 742. Vance Checketts; 703. David Pitkin; 464. Kevin Vore; 365. David Blades; 306. John Rech; 307. Stan Price; 288. Jason Houchin; 279. Kurt Peterson; 2610. Rodney Boynton; 26Cat 5 Men 1. Craig VanValkenburgh; 392. Wes Slaughter; 303. Ali Goulet; 304. George Klonizos; 265. Michael Burnside; 266. Lance Runyan; 227. Ryan Wheeler; 188. Steve Hadley; 189. Jon Schofield; 1610. Gregory Florez; 14Cat 1-4 Women 1. Kirsten Kotval; 902. Laura Howat; 703. Kris Walker; 544. Margaret Douglas; 505. Courtney McBeth; 486. Kelly Crawford; 467. Karen Dodge; 448. Daphine Perry; 309. Kristi Mcilmoil; 2910. Chris Ferrerio; 12Master's 35+ 1. Glen Adams; 822. Jon Gardner; 783. Don Pollari; 584. Tom Horrocks; 335. Jon Gallager; 286. Marek Shon; 287. Steven Lewis; 278. Jeff Sargent; 269. Jeff Ure; 2510. Brian Boudrean; 22

Masters 45+ 1. William Corliss; 862. Clyde Done; 743. Charles Palmer; 464. Jeff Clawson; 435. Robert Keller; 366. Dale Maugham; 327. Richard Willes; 268. Peter Barquin; 239. Bob Walker; 2010. Jeff Herran; 18

High Uintas Classic,Evanston, WY, June 19-20, 2004Over the Top RoadRace, 50 MilesStage 1Pro/1/2 Men1. Cody Petersen 02:05:23:482. Sandy Perrins 02:08:01:243. Aaron Jordin 02:08:07:424. John Osguthorpe 02:08:12:425. Michael Wilk 02:09:17:47Cat 1/2/3 Women1. Laura Howat 02:35:48:362. Kris Walker 02:35:38:363. Rydeen Stevens 02:36:52:834. Karen Dodge 02:38:37:565. Jamie Williams 02:38:37:56Cat 3 Men1. Norm Bryner 02:16:04:752. Robert Lofgran 02:20:01:573. Ryan Gibson 02:20:06:574. Daniel Chudleigh 02:20:11:575. Jon Milner 02:21:22:16Cat 4 Women1. Chris Ferrerio 02:45:31:152. Denise Van de Kamp02:47:25:573. Melissa Doherty 02:50:22:654. Sarah Elliott 02:52:19:985. Chellie Terry 02:54:51:31Cat 4 Men3. Larry Strom 02:19:16:324. Stephen Beville 02:20:20:495. Chris White 02:20:20:49Cat 5 Men1. David Hatch 02:13:14:812. Nate Mcclennen 02:18:00:913. Tony Chesrow 02:19:16:324. Perry Hall 02:20:20:495. Max Mogren 02:20:22:56Master 35+ Men1. Zan Treasure 02:16:20:402. Dirk Cowley 02:16:52:783. Louie Amelburu 02:16:57:784. Mark Schaefer 02:17:02:785. Jon Gallagher 02:17:04:56Master 45+ Men1. Robert Keller 02:20:50:532. Dale Maughan 02:20:55:533. Todd Henneman 02:22:01:074. Ed Chauner 02:21:54:115. Ken Jones 02:24:13:66Master 55+ Men1. John Haney 02:35:40:582. Hardin Davis 02:35:30:583. Steve Miller 02:42:26:954. Walt Chudleigh 02:45:10:165. Gary Powers 02:47:03:74Junior Men1. Ryan Harward 02:33:42:442. Ryan Wheeler02:34:35:693. Matt Bright 02:34:40:694. David Blades 02:38:09:715. Adam Steinke 02:38:09:71Junior Women7. Juel Iverson 02:56:13:21Master 35+ Women6. Jo Garuccio 02:54:57:719. Ruth Shapiro 03:02:09:49Rec Cit 30-39 Men1. Sam Barkley 02:40:08:202. Tracy Mikesell02:42:22:893. Rob Brasher 02:43:43:184. Stephen Van Dijk02:49:11:745. David Morris 02:49:50:756. Coury Lloyd 02:50:39:667. Tim Bywater 02:58:29:728. Jason Olsen 03:05:24:789. Cari Mogel 03:07:07:7910. Kevin Haukaas03:08:18:52Rec Cit 40-49 Men1. Robert Fink 02:38:25:752. Rocky Stonestreet02:43:45:693. Wayne Douglas02:43:45:694. Mark Sarette 02:44:27:485. Tony Workman02:47:00:886. Scott Bales 02:48:20:007. William Donahoo02:57:47:728. Glenn Meikle 02:57:59:939. Lloyd Mayer 03:02:17:7610. James Dumas03:02:20:16Rec Cit 50+ Men1. Roger Hansen02:42:50:862. Norm Mecham02:51:27:093. John Hernandez02:51:27:094. Forrest Day 03:07:03:055. Tim Vitale 03:19:44:636. Michael Putnam03:25:55:677. Mike Swick 03:31:10:448. Frederick Milad03:33:00:889. Ed Lyles 03:53:39:2110. Marlin Sandlin03:54:29:31Junior Rec Men1. Samuel Dearden02:56:26:042. Tanner Putt 03:00:25:513. Andrew Putt 03:17:32:904. Tyler Wall 04:08:28:34

Junior Women 11. Fiona Burhley 03:15:15:69Junior Women 21. Karen Hunt 02:54:15:432. Liz Schulte 03:09:23:163. Katherine Rearick 03:19:44:634. Gail Towsley 03:34:50:555. Angela Corso 04:21:32:11Rec Cit 40-49 Women1. Nancy Alcabes 03:16:11:472. Peg Johnson 03:21:27:7520. Karen Joyce 03:35:55:44Comp Cit 19-29 Men3. Jeremiah Higley 03:04:28:974. Matt Deming 03:14:10:65Comp Cit 30-39 Men1. Carey Pierce 02:34:26:072. Jonathan Baker 02:34:28:433. Pete Martin 02:42:58:974. Jess Agraz 02:47:17:775. Steve Horton 02:49:34:896. Jeremy Agraz 02:53:29:167. Peri Ermidis 02:53:30:208. Michael Johnson 02:55:00:529. Ron Pines 03:04:25:3610. Matt Larson 03:06:24:60Comp Cit 40-49 Men1. Mark Seltenrich 02:31:03:362. Dave Reynolds 02:31:56:033. Michael Johnson 02:38:17:764. Robert Moyer 02:39:34:255. JK Scott 02:39:58:976. Gene Smith 02:40:02:847. Scott Kafesjian 02:41:07:378. Elroy Vogler 02:42:30:219. Brad Townsend 02:49:34:8910. Keith Stuck 02:50:53:48Comp Cit 50+ Men1. John Pollard 00:00:00:002. Rich Harward 02:43:05:413. Val Ludlow 02:45:20:404. Elton Reid 02:47:49:665. W Kent Eggleston 03:00:31:696. Michael Baranbruggee 03:14:40:407. Charles Bover 03:27:02:978. Dave Walters 04:29:58:319. Steve Holcomb 04:29:58:31Comp Cit 19-29 Women1. Deborah Erenstone03:34:21:74Comp Cit 30-39 Women1. Susan Graves 03:03:36:802. Tina Willmore 03:21:50:40Comp Cit 40-49 Women1. Kathy Matson 03:02:22:742. Daniel Macfarlane 03:03:36:803. Carolyn Frankenburg03:03:36:804. Nancy Jones 03:24:13:695. Dani Hartvigsen 03:47:26:37Comp Cit 50+ Women1. Teri Lund 03:54:48:81Comp Cit Tandem1. Charles Schuster 02:35:28:692. Edward Brown 02:54:55:45

High Uintas - CharlesScrivner Memorial TimeTrialStage 2

Pro/1/2 Men1. Gardie Jackson 00:20:09:492. Clayton Barrows 00:20:09:93

3. Sandy Perrins 00:20:19:334. Cody Petersen 00:20:36:745. Marc Yap 00:20:47:34Cat 1/2/3 Women1. Karen Dodge 00:23:20:262. Kris Walker 00:23:44:833. Tiffany Pezzula 00:24:19:434. Jamie Williams 00:24:27:745. Rydeen Stevens 00:24:27:77Cat 3 Men1. Ryan Gibson 00:21:38:422. Norm Bryner 00:21:46:493. Jon Freckleton 00:21:48:844. Robert Lofgran 00:22:02:545. Weston Woodward00:22:17:77Cat 4 Women1. Denise Van de Kamp00:26:18:492. Chris Ferrerio 00:26:37:913. Karla Tuggle 00:28:31:104. Kim Larson 00:28:54:195. Melissa Doherty 00:28:54:19Cat 4 Men1. Mike Bronn 00:22:09:362. Larry Strom 00:22:23:313. Toby Schmidt 00:22:31:214. Stephen Beville 00:22:42:785. Shaun Mechem 00:23:14:82Cat 5 Men1. Francios Van Heerden 00:22:51:662. Justin Griffeth 00:23:01:433. Kevin Casey 00:23:15:804. Kris Lunning 00:23:20:485. Max Mogren 00:23:26:47Master 35+ Men1. Mark Schaefer 00:21:03:222. Zan Treasure 00:21:51:073. Louie Amelburu 00:21:59:604. James Yorgason 00:22:14:245. Gary Porter 00:22:21:34Master 45+ Men1. Rick Montgomery 00:21:59:182. Robert Keller 00:22:17:743. Ken Louder 00:22:25:144. Jeff Clawson 00:22:50:425. Dale Maughan 00:22:59:54Master 55+ Men1. Hardin Davis 00:23:26:782. John Haney 00:24:16:823. Walt Chudleigh 00:24:40:164. Gary Powers 00:25:18:555. Steve Miller 00:25:32:28Junior Men1. Matt Bright 00:24:29:862. David Blades 00:24:55:973. Ryan Wheeler 00:24:57:204. Adam Steinke 00:25:17:005. Ryan Harward 00:25:29:20Junior Women8. Juel Iverson 00:29:04:13Master 35+ Women6. Jo Garuccio 00:25:33:51

High Uintas -Downtown CourthouseCriteriumStage 3

Pro/1/2 Men1. Clayton Barrows 00:52:56:752. David Harward 00:52:57:763. Kevin Nicol 00:52:58:75

4. Kirk Eck 00:52:58:755. Alex Rock 00:52:58:75Cat 1/2/3 Women1. Tiffany Pezzula 00:27:54:042. Rydeen Stevens 00:28:13:213. Karen Dodge 00:28:13:214. Laura Howat 00:28:13:215. Margaret Douglas 00:28:13:21Cat 3 Men1. Norm Bryner 00:36:31:672. Daniel Chudleigh 00:36:33:133. Dan Dombroski 00:37:01:304. Lance Christiansen00:37:03:165. Tyler Woods 00:37:03:16Cat 4 Women1. Chris Ferrerio 00:30:21:522. Denise Van de Kamp00:30:22:503. Melissa Doherty 00:30:38:974. Karla Tuggle 00:32:22:505. Kim Larson 00:32:22:50Cat 4 Men1. Stephen Beville 00:37:59:702. Chris White 00:38:03:043. Gary Fuller 00:38:03:044. Mike Bronn 00:38:04:595. Toby Schmidt 00:38:05:98Cat 5 Men1. Max Mogren 00:38:03:042. Jesse Hoffman 00:38:04:593. Tony Chesrow 00:38:04:594. Kris Lunning 00:38:05:985. Darrick Riggs 00:39:03:83Master 35+ Men1. Louie Amelburu 00:31:17:692. Don Pollari 00:31:17:693. Andrew Lock 00:31:19:354. Mark Schaefer 00:31:20:835. Zan Treasure 00:31:22:19Master 45+ Men1. Dale Maughan 00:25:08:042. Ed Chauner 00:25:08:043. Robert Keller 00:25:12:904. Jeff Clawson 00:25:12:905. John Knopf 00:25:58:24Master 55+ Men1. Steve Miller 00:28:32:642. Hardin Davis 00:28:34:083. Walt Chudleigh 00:28:35:014. John Haney 00:28:59:385. Alan Stockland 00:30:34:64Junior Men1. Ryan Harward 00:28:05:372. Matt Bright 00:28:10:983. Ryan Wheeler 00:28:10:984. David Blades 00:28:10:985. Adam Steinke 00:30:21:52Junior Women5. Juel Iverson 00:28:13:21Master 35+ Women6. Jo Garuccio 00:28:13:21

High Uintas ClassicOverall GC

Pro/1/2 Men1. Cody Petersen 03:19:02:582. Sandy Perrins 03:21:22:933. Clayton Barrows 03:22:15:254. Aaron Jordin 03:22:26:405. John Osguthorpe 03:22:35:98Cat 1/2/3 Women1. Kris Walker 03:27:36:402. Laura Howat 03:29:07:793. Rydeen Stevens 03:29:23:814. Karen Dodge 03:30:11:035. Jamie Williams 03:32:22:05Cat 3 Men1. Norm Bryner 03:14:22:912. Ryan Gibson 03:18:38:153. Robert Lofgran 03:19:07:274. Daniel Chudleigh 03:19:26:615. Kevin VanLoon 03:21:12:81Cat 4 Women1. Chris Ferrerio 03:42:20:582. Denise Van de Kamp03:44:06:563. Melissa Doherty 03:49:55:814. Karla Tuggle 03:58:20:725. Kim Larson 04:10:45:66Cat 4 Men1. Toby Schmidt 03:16:16:412. Larry Strom 03:19:47:193. Mike Bronn 03:20:34:444. Stephen Beville 03:21:02:975. Chris White 03:21:51:49Cat 5 Men1. Max Mogren 03:21:42:072. Tony Chesrow 03:21:45:893. Kris Lunning 03:23:46:604. Jesse Hoffman 03:26:26:215. Darrick Riggs 03:30:04:45Master 35+ Men1. Mark Schaefer 03:09:26:832. Zan Treasure 03:09:33:663. Louie Amelburu 03:10:05:074. James Yorgason 03:10:52:725. Dirk Cowley 03:11:27:43Master 45+ Men1. Robert Keller 03:08:21:172. Dale Maughan 03:09:03:113. Ed Chauner 03:10:09:504. Todd Henneman 03:11:55:275. Rick Montgomery 03:12:16:08Master 55+ Men1. Hardin Davis 03:27:31:442. John Haney 03:28:56:783. Steve Miller 03:36:21:874. Walt Chudleigh 03:38:25:335. Alan Stockland 03:44:50:11Junior Men1. Matt Bright 03:27:11:532. Ryan Harward 03:27:17:013. Ryan Wheeler 03:27:43:874. David Blades 03:31:16:665. Adam Steinke 03:33:48:23Junior Women7. Juel Iverson 03:53:30:55Master 35+ Women6. Jo Garuccio 03:48:44:43


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By Dave Ward

I have often been asked, whenI tell people I am going to Francefor the Tour, if I am riding in it.Oh, the ignorant masses. I reply,“Are you going to play in theSuper Bowl?” This question,along with some explanation,hopefully dispels a serious lack ofunderstanding of the Tour. BobRoll has now written a book, TheTour de France Companion, thatcan do the same and much more.

The title page to Roll’s bookdescribes it as “A Nuts, Bolts andSpokes Guide to the Greatest Racein the World”. And an aptdescription it is. Roll’s book pro-vides a basic understanding of theframework, dynamics and historyof this exciting and excruciatingrace. A person who knows littleof bike racing can read this book,understand it, and be much betterprepared to follow and enjoy theTour as it unfolds. A more knowl-edgeable and experienced personcan also enjoy this book, pickingup tidbits of information andexperiences that only a formerTour rider with a unique gift forexpression can provide.

Consider a few of the chaptertitles: “A Century of GloriousCruelty”, “Climb andPunishment”, “Tour de FranceConfidential” and “Bob Roll’sUnauthorized and UnexpurgatedTour de France Alphabet”.Sprinkled in these chapters aresidebars such as “16 Reasons Whythe Tour de France is Better thanthe Super Bowl”, “Time Trial ofthe Century” on Greg LeMond’sTour winning time trial in the1989 Tour, and “Five LegendaryClimbs”. These descriptive titlesalone are enough to keep one’snose in the book.

While the titles are catchy, thewriting is also entertaining. Thisis a fun book to read. Those who

have watched Roll on the OutdoorLife Network have either laughedor cried at his hand movements.The advantage of the book, forthose tortured by Roll’s expressivehands, is that his personality andunique sense of humor comethrough while the hand motionsdo not.

The book contains nearly ahundred photos which I found tobe more than just filler. The pho-tos are entertaining and expres-sive, and give a unique glimpseinto recent Tours as well as Toursextending back to its initial years.It also has a section entitled,“More Nuts and Bolts”, appen-dices if you will, including “TheUltimate Tour de France TimeLine”, “Glossary: 20 EssentialTerms” and “Tour de FranceRecords”. This last was especial-ly interesting. I learned, amongmany other tidbits, that the UnitedStates is tied, thanks to 8 victoriesbetween Greg LeMond (3) andLance Armstrong (5), for 4th inthe total number of Tour victoriesby one of its own, and is only onevictory behind Italy.

While it may be adaptable totours in subsequent years, thisbook is very specific to the 2004Tour and Lance’s upcomingattempt to win a record-breakingsixth Tour de France. It includes amap of the 2004 Tour, a scheduleof the stages, and a description ofthe major climbs. Roll also goesinto depth on what it will take forArmstrong to win Tour number 6.

I was curiously surprised tofind the book dedicated to MarcoPantani. While a tragic figure,Pantani remained a popular personand rider with thousands, includ-ing apparently Bob Roll. While Ipondered the appropriateness ofthis in light of Pantani’s seriousdrug problems, I decided the dedi-cation was not surprising givenRoll’s obvious love and fascina-tion for Italian cycling. He evenspeaks Italian, you know, whilebeing unable to correctly pro-nounce “Tour de France” inFrench.

This book is an excellent mixof Tour history, commentary onthe 2004 Tour and on what it takesto ride and win the Tour, and plen-tiful information and statisticswithout inundation. It is relaxingand entertaining reading whilebringing understanding to theTour; and a great guide for thisyear’s race, indeed a good “com-panion” for the Tour.

VeloPress BooksISBN 0-7611-3520-0Available at bikingbooks.com

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Porcupine Big CottonwoodHillclimb, June 26, 2004, 14 miles.

Pro Cat 1/2 Men1. John Osguthorpe 00:55:46:002. Joseph Smith 00:56:05:003. Jesse Gordon 00:57:32:834. Jeff Sargent 00:59:27:005. Chan Head 00:59:29:00Cat 1/2/3 Women1. Darcie Murphy 01:07:40:002. Laura Howat 01:10:48:003. Jamie Williams 01:11:55:004. Kathy Robinson 01:15:10:005. Daphne Perry 01:18:35:00Cat 3 Men1. Norm Bryner 00:56:27:002. Pete Kuennemann 00:57:32:223. Dan Hoopes 00:59:33:004. Robert Hatch 01:00:19:005. Daniel Chudleigh 01:00:38:00Cat 4 Women1. Megan McCown 01:18:53:002. Denise Van de Kamp 01:19:13:003. Shannon O'Grady 01:27:43:00Cat 4 Men1. Denny Kalar 01:04:30:002. Aaron Phillips 01:04:43:003. Walter Blanco 01:08:25:004. Tom Thorum 01:09:02:005. Tom Potter 01:10:54:00Cat 5 Men1. David Hatch 00:58:43:002. Tony Chearon 01:01:19:003. Darren Marshall 01:04:21:004. Lance Lindberg 01:06:46:005. Jason Hendrickson 01:07:14:00Masters 35+ Men1. Dan Minert 01:00:43:002. Dirk Cowley 01:00:56:003. Barry makarewicz 01:02:00:004. Jarom Zenger 01:03:55:005. Kory Gillette 01:04:34:00Masters 45+ Men1. Richard Vroom 01:02:42:002. Sam Wolfe 01:05:47:003. Jeff Clawson 01:06:03:004. Mark Zimbelman 01:06:53:005. William Corliss 01:07:47:00Masters 55+ Men1. Hardin Davis 01:06:46:002. John Haney 01:08:15:003. Ken Louder 01:08:41:004. Alan Stockland 01:14:08:005. Gary Simmons 01:18:26:00Junior Men1. Aaron Torres 01:08:55:002. David Clyde 01:16:20:003. Tyson Lind 01:39:29:00Junior Women

1. Juia Batten 01:16:04:00Citizen 45-99 Female1. Linda Wolf 01:38:24:002. Sheldon Smith 01:50:21:003. Andrea Putt 01:56:58:004. Kristine Bates 02:13:41:00Citizen 34-44 Female1. Julie Daily 01:26:54:002. Alison Frye 01:29:23:003. Karen Oliver 01:29:25:004. Susie Rose 01:32:17:005. Leslie Knowlton 01:32:28:00Citizen 19-34 Female1. Sylvia Kunz 01:25:51:002. Lisa Nowers 01:32:06:003. Jennifer Cherland 01:37:24:004. Jennifer Scott 01:41:38:005. Karen Chippendale 01:42:35:00Citizen Clysdale 200 + Male1. Steven Newton 01:36:17:002. Jason Sanders 02:25:33:00Citizen 55-99 Male1. Thomas Green 01:23:03:002. Rick Marston 01:28:45:003. Rudy Corringa 01:29:57:004. Alfred Crawford 01:43:56:005. Michael Mahaffey 02:08:32:00Citizen 34-44 Male1. Eric Bonder 01:14:28:012. Larry Meltzer 01:15:04:753. Michael Johnson 01:18:48:004. Jan Nielsen 01:18:54:005. Rob Brasher 01:19:44:00Citizen 19-34 Male1. Nathan Durtschin 01:14:56:602. Shawn Nesbitt 01:16:04:653. Bob Thompson 01:17:12:574. Ryan Kier 01:19:23:005. Adam Alba 01:20:03:00Citizen 10-18 Male1. Mike Sohm 01:12:52:052. Brock Olson 01:16:47:453. Charlie Reynolds 01:24:35:004. Tanner Putt 01:27:00:005. Bryson Garbett 02:55:41:00Citizen 45-54 Male1. Gregory Florez 01:15:32:242. Chris Reveley 01:18:46:003. Gene Smith 01:20:17:004. Tony DeJoseph 01:20:22:005. Scott Kafesjian 01:20:43:00Tandem 1. Susan and Taryn Lee 01:46:40:002. Frank Sutera 02:03:27:00

The Utah Open/Chris AllaireMemorial, Solitude MountainResort - June 26, 2004,Intermountain Cup Series - Race # 9

12 & Under1. Stuart C. Povey 12:25:13 2. Merrick Taylor 12:28:06 3. Blake Wieh;e Young Riders 12:29:41 4. Mayan Perkins; Young Riders 12:29:58 5. Sydney Staples; Independent Fabrication 12:31:13

9 & Under1. Rhet C. Povey 12:08:33 2. Justin Griffin; UtahMountainBiking.com 12:08:47 3. Ryan Westermann; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle 12:11:18 4. Cale Pilling; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle 12:12:18 5. Michael Finch 12:12:19 Beg Men 13-151. Carsen D. Ware; Bicycles Unlimited 1:04:25 2. Corey J. Denton 1:10:16 3. Jacob LaRocque 1:12:49 4. Gabriel F. Campbell; Young Riders 1:22:47 Beg Men 16-181. Derek J. Goeckeritz 1:08:35 2. Skyler Holder; Peak Fasteners 1:20:04 3. Sean Hoggan; Peak Fasteners 1:50:48 Beg Men 19-291. Adam Brown; OU812 1:01:23 2. Drew Hobbs 1:15:04 3. Jeremy D Smith 1:16:48 4. Zachary Smith 1:32:15 Beg Men 30-391. Stephen Burgess; Pedro's/Canyon Bicycles 1:02:15 2. Carl Goodfellow; Bountiful Bicycle 1:03:35 3. Gavin Cook 1:06:22 4. Vladimir Capka 1:07:05 5. Noah Syroid; Missing Link 1:08:02 Beg Men 40+1. Jay MigLiore; Canyon Bicycle 1:04:23 2. Jon P. Denton 1:05:51 3. Mark K.(13) Crosby; Taylor's Bike Shop 1:11:17 4. Greg Longson; Mad Dog Cycles 1:15:06 5. Cam Smith; Revolution Mtn. Sports 1:15:07 Beginner Women1. Emily Jarvie; Mad Dog Cycles 1:27:49 Clydesdale1. Derryl R. Spencer; Guthrie Bicycle 1:13:25 2. Jonathan J. Kolon; Stein Eriksen Sport 1:19:59 3. Bryon Wright; Missing Link Racing 1:24:17 4. Ron Klepzig; Ogden One 1:25:19 5. Aaron Mullins; Taylors Bike Shop 1:35:40 Exp Men 16-181. Mitchell(4) Peterson; Balance Bar/Devo 1:30:46 2. Kaleb J. LeGore; Revolution Mountain Sports 1:38:26 3. Christopher Hong; Young Riders 1:40:28 4. Dustin Wynne; Young Riders 1:41:55 5. Tyler Scott; Young Riders 1:45:57 Exp Men 19-291. Quin G. Bingham; AOS/DJ Ortho 1:54:50 2. Nate L. Stowers; AOS/DJ Ortho 1:57:13 3. Jake M. Pantone; Biker's Edge 1:59:07 4. Alex Grant 1:59:31 5. Rob Hopkins; Guthrie Race Club Bicycle 2:03:29 Exp Men 30-391. Todd Henneman; Jans/Trek 1:53:45 2. Chad B. Wassmer; Cole Sport 1:54:13 3. Brad W. Pilling; Revolution 1:54:45 4. Jonathan T. Finnoff; AOS/DJ Ortho 1:56:37 5. Marc Wimmer; Wimmer's Ultimate Bitler/LRC 1:57:02 Exp Men 40+1. Darrell Davis; Porcupine Pub/Contender 1:36:38 2. Tom Noaker; Young Riders 1:39:09 3. Bruce Allen; Jans/Trek 1:45:53 4. Bruce Lyman; Mad Dog Cycles 1:46:43 5. Robert(9) Westermann; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle1:54:12 Expert Women1. Jennifer Hanks; Team Sugar/White Pine Touring1:41:48 2. Christie A. Johnson; Sugar/White Pine Touring 1:43:32 3. Tiffany A. Pezzulo; Missing Link Racing 1:44:08 4. Paula M. Seeley; Jan's 1:44:31 5. Bethany Elson; Team Sugar/White Pine Touring 1:46:38 Men 50+1. Dwight Hibdon; Mad Dog Cycles 1:11:18 2. Dennis McCormick; WildRose Flower Child 1:12:01 3. Bill(20) Peterson; Revolution 1:13:09 4. Bill Dark; Mad Dog Cycles 1:13:36 5. Jim Westenskow; OgdenOne 1:14:28 Pro Men1. Charlie Gibson; Racer's Cycle Service 1:58:48 2. Lance R. Runyan; Stein Eriksen Sport 2:00:40 3. Thomas J. Spannring; Team Euclid 2:01:32 4. Kyle P. Wright; AOS/DJ Ortho 2:04:20 5. Ty Hansen; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle 2:04:54 6. Blake Zumbrunnen; Revolution Mountain Sports2:08:20 7. Shannon Boffeli; Revolution Mountain Sports 2:08:43 8. Todd Tanner; Cannondale/Guthries 2:09:51 9. Trever Simper; Stein Eriksen Sport 2:13:00 Pro Women1. Cindi Hansen; mtbchick.com/Cannondale 1:48:55 2. Pamela Hanlon; Jan's 1:50:31 3. D.J. Morisette; Ellsworth/Copperchase Condos 1:59:32 Single-Speed1. Jon(11) Gallagher; Cole Sport 1:26:43 2. David Kelsey; New Moon Media/Spin Cycle 1:41:44 3. Scott Rogers 1:43:23 4. Brook A.(3) Shinsky; Sugar/White Pine Touring 2:14:52 Sport Women1. Jean Carlan; Sugar/White Pine Touring 1:21:01 2. Stacy L. Newton; Team Sugar/White Pine Touring 1:21:02 3. Liz Zumbrunnen; Revolution Mountain Sports 1:24:47 4. Beth Neilson; AOS/DJ Ortho 1:26:20 5. Carey Hines 1:27:26 Spt Men 16-181. Dutch Wiehe; Young Riders 1:17:19 2. Ryan Wyble; Young Riders 1:17:20 3. Nathan King; UtahMountainBiking.com 1:28:50 Spt Men 19-291. Tim G. Hodnet;t Mad Dog Cycles 1:27:30 2. Phillip Wood; Sports Den/LoveSac 1:29:00 3. Adam D. Lisonbee; Mad Dog Cycles 1:31:11 4. Troy Child; Ogden One 1:32:21 5. Michael VonLumen; Single Track Trading 1:32:22 Spt Men 30-391. Mike T. Muir; Mad Dog Cycles 1:31:46 2. Vince Hancock 1:31:57 3. Troy J. Nye Bikeman.com 1:32:21 4. Tom Warr 1:32:53 5. Mark W. Esplin 1:34:19 Spt Men 40+1. Jeff Butler; Mad Dog 1:07:58 2. Curt Bates 1:08:36 3. Riley Frazier; Euclid Outdoors 1:10:28 4. Dave Knoop; Sportsden 1:11:14 5. Bob Dawson; 9th and 9th 1:11:15 Spt/Exp Men 13-151. Ryan Harrison; Revolution 1:06:40 2. Chris W.(16) Peterson; Revolution 1:08:57 3. Mike H. Voth; Young Riders 1:18:46 4. Alex Thomas; Young Riders 1:31:11 5. Alex Scott; Young Riders 1:37:05 Women 35+1. Priya M.(18) Noronha; Peak Fasteners 1:11:50 2. Claudia Brown; Mad Dog 1:15:33 3. Karen Hoggan; Peak Fasteners 1:17:26 4. Gina R. Riggs; Peak Fasteners 1:20:07 5. Leslie Finnoff; AOS/DJ Ortho 1:36:16

The PThe Park City Cycling Festival Needsark City Cycling Festival NeedsYYour Help! our Help!

With help, the Park City Cycling Festival will produce anincredible event in a state already famous for hosting world-classevents. Our volunteer team of 120+ will be responsible for athleteand volunteer registration, course marshalling, awards ceremonies,parking lot assistance, feed zones, motorcycle marshals, entry gateassistance at Antelope Island State Park and more.

To build the best volunteer team possible, Festival organizers askthe following commitments: *Volunteer a minimum of approximately 10-15 hours during theevent (the number of days this will be will vary depending on posi-tion) *Attend one of two mandatory volunteer training sessions to bescheduled at a later time *Report to check-in promptly at scheduled time and fulfill positionrequirements*Wear the designated volunteer uniform and maintain it in a cleanand professional manner throughout the duration of your commit-ment*Maintain a neat and clean appearance when in your volunteer uni-form *Be prepared for inclement weather conditions *Act as a professional ambassador of the event*Have fun and enjoy the event!

In appreciation, volunteers will receive a uniform, a meal eachshift worked, a water bottle and appreciation gifts. Event sched-ules and position descriptions, as well as an online volunteer appli-cation, are available on the event’s web site under the "Race Info"category. Additional volunteer information is available by con-tacting Meg Laferriere Horrocks, Awards Ceremonies andVolunteer Coordinator, at [email protected].

For more information on the festival, see the story on page 6 orvisit www.parkcitycyclingfest.com.

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What’s better than racingthrough a big field of wildflowersat the peak of their bloom on amountain bike? Racing through afield of wildflowers on a perfectJune day, on an great course, withthe springtime green of theWasatch Front surrounding you,that’s what. The preceding quizprovides a description of the per-fect setting for the June 6Bountiful Bomber Downhill race,stop #1 on the 2004 Utah StateDownhill Series. Because thisrace takes riders down nearly2000 vertical feet in just under 2miles of gnarly singletrack andjeep road, it passes through a lotof forest terrain in a hurry -- verygreen, cool and alpine at the startline up top; very hot, dusty andsweaty at the finish down below.From top to bottom, spectatorsand course attendants were all inagreement that it was indeed abeautiful day, but I’m guessingmost racers didn’t pay too muchattention to the wildflowers, astheir focus was on keeping therubber side down while rippingdown this notoriously steep andtreacherous descent. Either way,racing or just being there, it result-ed in a really fun day.

Racing the Bountiful Bombercourse is all about braking, bal-ance and overcoming the fear ofgoing over the bars into the trees;it’s not super-technical, but it ispretty damn steep in numerousspots. The course is so steep insome spots that past years’ racesintimidated quite a few "lessskilled" riders, prompting themnot to race after testing the courseout during practice runs. Thanksto the hard work of a few goodmen (and women), this year’scourse was modified to "flattenout" some of the steepest sectionsfor novice downhillers, while stillallowing the bad boys (and girls)to plummet down the classic falllines they so dearly love. Theeffort seems to have paid off as arecord number of Sport andBeginner class racers crossed thefinish line.

Keeping with BountifulBomber past history, the fastesttime of the day was not posted bya Pro or Semi-Pro racer, but, yetagain, a racer from the Expert cat-egory. Perhaps divine interventionwas somehow involved in helpingto maintain this bizarre tradition,as the fast time of the day wasposted by a guy who applied for aPro license, but was not grantedthe upgrade by NORBA! AddVon (VeeDub) Williams to the listof past Bountiful Bomber champsracing in the Expert Class: ChrisCanfield (2002) and Justin Alvey(2003). Von posted an extremelyfast (sick) run of 4 minutes and 51seconds, beating the fast Pro timeby nearly 6 seconds! Excellentwork, Von -- keep it up and thePro license is on its way. Theguys from Idaho are probablywondering when they’re going toget some press in this here racereport -- well here it is. ThePro/Semi-Pro class was dominatedby a pair of guys from the greatState of Idaho. Silas Hesterberg

looked like he was shot out of acannon as he ripped the BountifulBomber course to take first placein his class with talented Idahorival Moses Mexia taking a veryclose second. These two very fitriders were just fast enough to rel-egate local hero Pete Schaffer tothird in the Pro Men’s class. FaithBradley, Utah’s top female down-hill racer and defending UtahState champ, cruised to victory inthe Pro Women’s class.

This race featured the return tothe two-run format to Utah down-hill mountain bike racing. Racershad the opportunity to take twotimed runs, and count their besttime toward the final ranking.Racer feedback was extremelypositive; virtually everyone likedhaving the option of a second run.Since racers had to ride a shuttlevehicle to the start, the two-runformat saved the day for someracers who were late for their firstride to the top. The two-run for-mat will remain for the remainderof the series downhill this year.

DOWNHILL RACING.

2004 Bountiful Bomber2004 Bountiful BomberE-100 MTB Race PE-100 MTB Race Promises aromises aMarathon of FMarathon of Funun

Clean up that bike, put some new rubber on, lube the chain andget ready for the most spectacular bike race of the 2004 summer!!Actually, it’s not just a race, but the adventure you have been look-ing for and it’s right here in your own back yard. It’s called TheEndurance 100.

Imagine riding all your favorite trails like Sweeney’s, John’s,Spiro, Team Big Bear, TG, Spin Cycle and many more. Imaginefinding some new trails you never knew existed. Imagine, if youcan, over 18,000 feet of vertical gain---can you see where this isgoing? And finally, imagine doing it in one day!!

The terrain will definitely challenge the best of riders and thescenery will keep your mind off the pain and remind you why youwanted to do this in the first place. Not to worry, there will be aidstations every 20 miles with food, water and encouraging peoplewho will help you get back out there with a smile on your face.

There are several options in this race if you think that 100miles on a mountain bike sounds like the kiss of death. You canalways opt for the 50 miler, the Euro 100 kilometer (that’s 62miles) or my personal favorite, grab a few good friends and do theteam relay. If you convince five friends to do it with you, that’s amere 20 miles each! Easy! Or you could get two really goodfriends, do one leg yourself and have them do two legs each whileyou cheer them on.

-Jennet Miller Boyd

-The E-100 takes place on July 24th in Park City. Thecourse winds its way across 100 miles of single-track trailswithin the Wasatch mountain range and connects threeworld-class mountain resorts and maintains an elevationfrom 7,000 up to 10,000 feet. Visit thee100.com for moreinformation including course maps and schedule.

Von Williams on his way to the fastest run of the day. Photo: Joaquim HailerSee more photos at Joaquim Hailer.com

Norm," said Osguthorpe. Thethree regrouped. Osguthorpeattacked at entry two and keptattacking. Bryner was shed here,while Smith got back on.Osguthorpe attacked Smith twomore times before riding clear tofinish at 55:46:00, 21 secondsfaster than Smith and 41 secondsahead of Bryner.

In the women's 1-3 race,Darcie Murphy (Ogden One) rodealone or with the men for most ofthe race to finish first with a timeof 1:07:40:00 while perennialUtah favorite Laura Howat (NewMoon Cycling) took second in1:10:48:00. Murphy said of the

large turnout, "It's good to see thismany people show up to afundraiser race when there's nocash involved. People are here forthe competition."

Mark Walton of Help to Healsaid that approximately $6000 wasraised that will be turned over tothe Leukemia and LymphomaSociety along with $1700 raisedearlier this year by thePorcupine/Contender BicycleClub and the Hell of the NorthRoad Race. The purpose of Helpto Heal is to raise funds for cancerresearch and treatment. Allmonies given to the Leukemia andLymphoma Society have a stipula-tion that they be used locally forresearch and treatment. Find outmore about Help to Heal atwww.help2heal.org.

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law) – providing suitable accom-modations for bicyclists andpedestrians everywhere they arepermitted, and adjust their focusand time spent on bike-pedaccommodations to hasten theircompliance with this goal," thereport recommends.

Almost everybody, however, isat least considering bicyclists’needs, with 96 percent sayingtheir long-range transportationplans account for them and 92percent including cycling in trans-portation improvement programs.But a smaller percentage (78 per-cent) said they had a separatebicycle or bike-ped plan devel-oped or in the works.

Only 14 MPOs, however, haddeveloped plans with "measurablegoals," such as adding more pathsor bike parking. But NCBWacknowledges that such plansdon’t provide a panacea. Thereport notes a "lack of evidenceto suggest that plans with measur-able goals are more likely to leadto routine bike-ped accommoda-tions in all projects, an increase inbike-ped mode share, a reductionof bike-ped injuries, or any otherdesired outcome."

And it suggests "MPOs mightdo better to create plans with moregeneral goals, and work with localgovernments on building specificprojects likely to support thesegoals." Also it notes that somemeasurable goals are arbitrary –such as increasing the percentageof bike commuters or reducing thenumber of injuries by a given per-cent. Why shoot for a 25 percentinjury reduction instead of 50 per-cent one?

And only slightly more thanhalf said local governmentsendorsed or adopted their bike-pedplan. (In some cases, the localgovernment hadn’t adopted a for-

mal approval plan.) Most couldn’tsay that their state adopted theirbike-ped plans.

"In fact, we have no evidencesuggesting that the presence ofplans of any stripe yields positiveresults," NCBW concludes.

So instead of worrying aboutplans, MPOs may spend their timebetter by working with advocatesand creating public awareness ofbiking needs. They can increasecommunity awareness of the bene-fits of cycling, collaborate withstate and local agencies, and gath-er data. They need formats to takepublic input to get supporters onthe record. Methods can rangefrom hearings to public commentperiods to creating committeesmixing cycling advocates withplanners and public officials.About three-quarters of surveyrespondents said they had estab-lished at least one bike-ped com-mittee.

NCBW also suggests thatMPOs advocate using fuel taxes,tolls and vehicle registration feesto finance bicycling projects. Itsays MPOs need to educate them-selves as well as the public, noting"very few of them appear able todiscuss the costs and economicbenefits of (bicycling and walk-ing), let alone offer comparisonswith other modes or discuss therelative merits of related spendingprograms. We found only 10MPOs who had calculated, withsome degree of rigor, the percent-age of transportation funds allo-cated to bike-ped accommoda-tions." MPOs said they couldn’taccurately gauge the amount of ahighway project that went for theaccompanying bike path, forinstance.

-Mountainland informationcan be found atmountainland.org. The WasatchFront Regional Council isanother such MPO, and appar-ently, they did not respond to thesurvey. They serve Davis,Morgan, Salt Lake, Tooele, andWeber Counties and can befound at www.wfrc.org. We hopeto report on how the WFRC hasserved bicyclists in an upcomingissue.


John Lieswyn (Health Net-Maxxis). Seattle-based amateurKenny Williams took a surpris-ing third, at 2:46. Utah ridersGardie Jackson and SandyPerrins took 17th and 20threspectively, despite Perrinshaving to switch bikes twicedue to a broken chain.

Chris Baldwin, fourth placefinisher had this to say, "Davidjust devastated this course. Noone was beating him."

Zabriskie also took third inthe Team USA Selection Raceon June 19th.

1. David Zabriskie, US Postal -Berry Floor, Salt Lake City, UT01:03:11.35 17. Gardie Jackson,GlobalPhoneSales - HealthyChoice, Park City, UT01:09:34.13 20. 127 Sandy Perrins,GlobalPhoneSales - HealthyChoice, Salt Lake City, UT01:10:02.51

-Courtesy of VeloNews.

Zabriskie wins Nationals-Continued from page 24

Idaho's Armstrong Going to AthensIdaho's Armstrong Going to AthensRedlands, Calif. (June 19, 2004)-- Idaho's Kristin Armstrong

(Boise) won the PoolGel USCF Women's Elite NationalChampionship Road Race and earned a spot in the women’sOlympic squad after besting future Olympic teammate and winner ofThursday’s time trial, Christine Thorburn, in a two-up sprint afterspending half the day off the front of the peloton.

A field of 111 women rode six laps of the course for a total of116.8km.

With three laps remaining, Armstrong charged hard up the 1kmclimb that ascended Ford St. and Thorburn was the only rider whohad enough in the tank to follow. As the two rode away from themain group behind, T-Mobile unsuccessfully attempted to sendanother rider across to help Armstrong but the added help wasn’tnecessary as Armstrong easily outsprinted Thorburn at the finish.

"I’ve been dreaming about this since I was a kid," explainedArmstrong. "With about two laps to go I was getting emotional. Iheard we had about a three minute gap and I wanted to start crying"

Armstrong used to be an elite-level triathlete but switched to thelower-impact sport of cycling after being diagnosed with osteoarthri-tis in both of her hips.

Armstrong’s victory also earns her the right to wear the stars andstripes jersey for the next 365 days as the USCF women’s elitenational champion.

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the trip. Having done some of thepreparation, like cooking thespaghetti sauce & soup, at homebefore the trip and freezing whatcould be frozen. One night Grantproudly boasted about the threevarieties of cookies his daughterhad baked for us. We ate grilledchicken, baked potatoes, pan-cakes and scrambled eggs.Chicken noodle and cream ofpotato soups, stir fry vegetablesand hot dogs with sautéed onionsand baked beans, (Niel's secretrecipe.) I mustn't forget thebanana cream pie, brownies,homemade cookies and good ol'yellow cake. All we could eat!And I did!

From time to time we visitedlittle towns where we could get

lunch at local restaurants. We atecheeseburgers in Blanding,Navajo tacos in Mexican Hat andwonderful salads in Dove Creek.We had filling, inexpensivebreakfasts in Mexican Water andthe Ute Mountain Casino. Onemajor highlight that will probablybring Connie from Florida backagain was the huge, single scoopice cream cones available inMexican Water at the end of theday's ride.

Staff members had that littlesomething extra that breathes aspecial ambiance into a camp-ground for tired, hungry, some-times smelly bicyclists. We weremollycoddled. We were pam-pered. This ride was one hell of aparty disguised as a bike tour.

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Monument Valley -Continued from page 23

from all her PR’s this year. Theamazing sixty year old Pust lookedhealthier, more serious than everand was rewarded for all her hardwork. Last year master 55 plus RayMathews from Orem was new tothe game of cycling and had morequestions than a three year oldregarding racing and training. Inthe off season he devoted himself tolearn the craft of his new foundthrill and was all smiles as he metgoals and earned a silver medal inhis group. A U.S. National off-roadJersey holder, Chanda Jeppson, hadone goal in the road race; stick withthe group and finish with thepack—something no women hasdone in the forty mile race. Everytime the pack surged up IronMountain, Chanda dug deep to keepthe pack from slipping away andthen pulled hard in the rotation tobring the break back to finish strongwith the leaders. Seventy year oldJim Demet was like a giddy teenag-er at all the races. Jim overcameopen heart surgery, a hip replace-ment and the struggle of dietaryoverindulgence to have his best yearever. Finally Dan Weston raised thebar by training a dedicated bunch ofhigh school athletics from Loganthis year. It looked as if theLogan’s elite had invaded thejuniors and brought with them thefear most cat ones and twos are sofamiliar with to the games.

The Utah Summer Games con-tinues to grow as more cyclists findthe quirky charm of Quinn Pratt’srace each year. This is the perfectvenue to introduce anyone to thesport of cycling; the week is filledwith challenging races, friendlysmiles and tons of rewards all forthirty-five dollars! So, gather yourfriends, tell your family and meet usat the base of Right Hand CanyonThursday morning next "June—something", ready to win a yellowjersey.See results at utahsummergames.org.

Summer Games -Continued from page 5

MPO’s -Continued from page 4

Cycle Salt LakCycle Salt Lake Century Make Century Makes Donationses Donations

The Cycle Salt Lake Century (May 15, 2004) had a recordturnout this year of 1386 riders; making it the largest single-dayroad event in Utah. Jon Smith, organizer, reports that the Centurywill make $6000 in donations to local bicycle advocacy groups,non-profits, and charities!

$1,000.00 - Salt Lake City Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Committee$1,000.00 - UTA Rideshare $1,000.00 - Wasatch Manor Residents Committee $2,000.00 - Friends of Antelope Island for trail construction$500 - Man to Man, an organization that fights cancer.$500 - Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective (www.slcbikecollective.org)

By Fran Bush

It's the end of October, near theend of the cycling season and Ineed to diet. I just peddled mybike 300 miles in six days (fivedays of actual riding.) Impossible!I thought, then tried to zip up mypants again. Fact is, I didn't have aweight problem before the trip.

It happened on the MonumentValley and Four Corners Touroffered by Tailwinds BicycleTours. Grant Aagard took a fewnatural ingredients, beautifulweather, spectacular scenery and apeek at an ancient, thriving cul-ture. He spiced these up with real-istic distances, comfortable camp-grounds and good food. Lots andlots of good food.

I rode with Jan T., a flowerlover who enjoys identifying flow-ers as she rides along. She had

been riding all summer so she wasready for a lot of miles.Personally, I hadn't trained proper-ly for this ride and expected toride the broom wagon part of theway. I never did because I wasmesmerized by the vast expansesof desert bordering the route. Thesame view gave some riders theimpression there was nothing tosee. Wrong. A rainstorm fell a fewdays before our visit to open blos-soms of purple and yellow asters,evening primrose, desert mallow.Even the tumbleweed and thatpesky puncture weed sported tiny,colorful flowers. The earth itselfspoke of geologic history. Risingcliffs showed layers of purple,green, brown, white, red andorange exposed by erosion andvolcanic action. Maybe there wasa prehistoric lake. I heard someargument about Lake Bonneville.

The moods of the desert changedas the sun traveled from one sideof our world to the other.

Mornings were cool. No hurry.Lots of hot water, compliments ofNiel, the equipment trailer driver,for Folgers coffee bags (yuck),Bigalow tea and oatmeal. Riderspicked from a variety of yogurtsand bagels. I have been on lots oftours in the past. No tour groupever offered breakfast as part ofthe package. Or snack stops on theroad, or cold morning apparelpick-up when the temperaturewarmed. I was even given an extrablanket to use one surprisinglycold night.

Scenery changed dramaticallyday by day. It changed subtly fromhour to hour. Navajo homesteadssat not too far from the highway.Just as our Navaho guide on theMonument Valley tour bus said,there were lots of vehicles near thehogans including one workingpick-up truck and three or fourrelated cars for spare parts.

Often there were dogs guarding

small herds of sheep and goats.Once we watched as one dog halt-ed traffic so that a second dogcould guide the herd across thehighway.

Upon tiring of looking at flow-ers and interesting rock formationswe watched for antelope, rabbitsand rock chucks. Occasionally wesaw elevation signs. They all said,"elevation 5,000 feet." We jokedabout that. Certainly we had man-aged to reach to higher elevationsconsidering the amount of climb-ing we did.

Attention to roads varied stateto state. We didn't need signs wel-coming us. We knew what statewe were in by the way we bumpedor rolled along. We were mosthappy to ride in Colorado. Utahwas pretty good. Roads on thereservation were a different matter.After an hour or so bumpitybumping along I composed a paro-dy to a famous epic poem:

"Puncture weed to the right ofme! Broken glass to the left. Witha great big rumble strip Right

down the middle."The desert is not flat. Hills var-

ied in steepness from "rollers" to"4 banana hills." We were warnedabout the second day, the worstday. It brought to mind PhilLiggett, Tour de France, fourthcategory rise. Then reality set in.If I could climb it, and I was, itwasn't so bad. As my brotherwould say, "That's what grannygears are for."

We enjoyed the side trips in avan that were sprinkled throughoutthe week. Tony, from New York,videoed everything. I overheardsomeone say, "He rides five hoursand takes 40 hours of video." Nothard to do. Goosenecks of the SanJuan, Hovenweep NationalMonument, Valley of theMysteries (part of the all dayMonument Valley tour) wereincluded in the tour package.

We enjoyed an entire day tourof Monument Valley. During thistour we ate hamburgers grilled ona wood fire and drank cowboycoffee. Yum! er, Yahoo! It was sogood! It's difficult to pick onehighlight from a day such as thiswhere we got to see reservationlife up-close. For Jan B., who haslong, long hair it had to be thevisit to a Hogan where an 82 yearold Navaho woman combed herhair into a traditional Navajo bun.

As the days went by the adven-ture continued. The roads, the sidetrips, the scenery, each other, allprovided plenty of fodder forevening campfires.

Campfires? In the desert? Yes.Firewood was just another basicamenity of this tour. And enoughheavy duty cookware and stovesto provide hearty, tasty mealsevery night. Both Grant and hiswife, Cyndi, are marvelous cooks.They prepared our meals during


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By Jason SumnerVeloNews

On a steamy, cloudless day inSouthern California, DavidZabriskie grabbed the time trialwin at the Pool Gel USCFNational Road Championshipson June 17th. Idaho's KristinArmstrong finished fourth in thewomen's event.

The time trial took place inMoreno Valley, about an hourdrive from event headquarters inRedlands. The course was a 15-mile, out-and-back circuit with1177 feet of climbing per lap.The women did one lap, whilethe men tackled two.

Riders took off from MorenoBeach Drive, just off StateHighway 60. After a brief ascentout of the gate, the first 3kmwere mostly flat, before the

opening climb at the intersectionof Cottonwood Avenue andRedlands Boulevard. The sur-rounding landscape, typical ofthe Inland Empire, was barrenand brown with little shade toshield riders from temperaturesthat rose into the high 80s.

After another flat section,came the course's toughest test, apunchy ascent on the road thatborders the Lake Perris StateRecreation Area. The riders thenhit the turn around and had to doit all over again.

The men's TT was not anOlympic selection event, but itdid crown Zabriskie as the 2004national champion. It was histhird stars-and-stripes win, theother two coming in the juniorand U23 ranks.

"I knew I was one of thefavorites, but I was still pretty

nervous," said the 25-year-oldZabriskie, who's in his fourthyear with U.S. Postal-BerryFloor. "It's been a long timesince I've gotten lucky." Headded, "I came down a littleearly to adapt to the pollution.Hopefully some of this nicebrown air will get blown outbefore Saturday."

Indeed, during the last 13months Zabriskie has enduredtwo ugly crashes. First, a car hithim during a training ride inUtah in May of 2003, leavinghim with a broken leg and wrist.Then he went down in a bigpileup at the Redlands Classicthis past March and had to beairlifted off the course with asevere concussion and multiplelacerations.

"The hardest thing aboutcoming back was the mentalpart," Zabriskie conceded."Body parts heal but it can takethe mind awhile to overcomestuff like that."

Clearly Zabriskie was mental-ly - and physically - fit on thisday. He was the only rider to gounder 32 minutes at the halfwaymark of the 30-mile effort(31:18), and his winning mark of1:03:11 was 2:16 faster than

Dave Z on his way to victory.Photo: Jason Elhardt, www.jasonelhardt.com


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Osguthorpe Takes Seventh in National'sSalt Lake City's John Osguthorpe (Ogden One) took seventh in the

PoolGel USCF Elite Men’s National Championships on June 16th inRedlands, CA. After a 7km neutral start loop, the field of 127 riders setout for 10 laps of a 15km loop that featured a 2km ascent to PanoramaPoint on each lap. The stretch of road that topped out with a 20% grade,along with several other short climbs throughout the loop quickly separat-ed the field as a break of five established itself early in the race. EvanElken, Osguthorpe, John Hunt, Chris Peck, and Steve Tilford distancedthemselves from the remainder of the field and eventually increased theiradvantage to over a minute. Behind, a chase group of Curt Davis, MichaelHutchinson and Chris Walker bridged up to the leaders with six lapsremaining. With an advantage of 1:30, the selective course continued totake its toll on the field as the main peloton splintered into several groupsand riders in the break began to fall off the pace. Walker eventually tookthe win while Osguthorpe rolled in several minutes later. Marc Yap(GlobalPhoneSales/Healthy Choice) finished 21st.

-USA Cycling

John Osguthorpe (center) of Ogden One in the thick of it.Photo: Jason Elhardt, www.jasonelhardt.com

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