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Mountain bikers negotiate their way through a lingering snowfield on the above-tree line slopes of Mount Guyot during Tuesday’s third stage of the 2019 Breck Epic multi-stage 6-day mountain bike race.
Courtesy Devon Balet, Breck Epic
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Mountain bikers Juan Cordova (left) and Carter Nieuwesteeg manage their way through a lingering snowfield on the above-tree line slopes of Mount Guyot during Tuesday’s third stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.
Courtesy Devon Balet, Breck Epic
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A mountain biker slipes and slides while negotiating a path through a lingering snowfield on the above-tree line slopes of Mount Guyot during Tuesday’s third stage of the 2019 Breck Epic multi-stage, 6-day mountain bike race.
Courtesy Devon Balet, Breck Epic
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Mountain bikers pedal singletrack during Tuesday’s third stage of the 2019 Breck Epic multi-stage, 6-day mountain bike race.
Courtesy Liam Doran, Breck Epic
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Brad Keyes rides singletrack, with Mount Guyot in view in the background, during Tuesday’s third stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.
Courtesy Liam Doran, Breck Epic
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Echo Rowe (front) and Dean Cahow ride singletrack, with Mount Guyot in view in the background, during Tuesday’s third stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.
Courtesy Liam Doran, Breck Epic
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Connor Dilger rides singletrack during Tuesday’s third stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.
Courtesy Liam Doran, Breck Epic
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A mountain biker raises his first while pedaling past mountain goats while riding on the above-tree line terrain on the slopes of Mount Guyot during Tuesday’s third stage of the 2019 Breck Epic multi-stage 6-day mountain bike race.
Courtesy Liam Doran, Breck Epic
BRECKENRIDGE — The Breck Epic dished out its biggest stage of the week on Tuesday, one complete with snowfields and onlookers in the form of mountain goats on the above tree line slopes of Mount Guyot. And in the end, race leaders Keegan Swenson and Katerina Nash won their third straight stage to remain on top overall in the men’s and women’s Union Cycliste Internationale elite professional races.
Swenson, who entered the day with a 4 minute and 25 second lead on Russell Fintsterwald, won the 39.2-mile stage, which is the steepest of the tournament at 7,100 feet of elevation gain.
Swenson, a Park City native, was trailed on the day by surging Luis Mejia, of Colombia, and Russel Finsterwald, of Colorado Springs. The stage was pivotal for Mejia, as the mountain biker entered the day 10 minutes back of overall podium position. Fintsterwald kept distance with Swenson after entering the day trailing by 4 1/2 minutes.
In the women’s race, Czech rider Katerina Nash won her third of three stages, followed again in second by California native Hannah Finchamp, who was behind Nash by just over three minutes entering the day.
It appears to be a two-woman race between those two CLIF pro team riders, though Evelyn Dong rounded out the podium with a third-place finish on the stage after entering the day in fourth-place overall, just over six minutes back of overall podium position.
The six-day multistage mountain bike race will continue Wednesday with the fourth stage of the series, the 41.2-mile, 6,473-foot elevation gain Aqueduct course in the backcountry near Keystone. The stage will be a slight respite for racers after the grueling circumnavigation of Mount Guyot on Tuesday under sunny skies.
Stage 3: Guyot
Tuesday, Aug. 13
39.2 miles, 7,100-foot elevation gain
Total time followed by Stage 3 time
Union Cycliste Internationale men
1. Keegan Swenson, 09:06:44.28, 03:14:14.90
2. Russell Finsterwald, 09:13:15.01, 03:16:19.85
3. Nash Dory, 09:23:19.23, 03:16:38.89
Union Cycliste Internationale women
1. Katerina Nash, 11:24:17.33, 03:59:56.52
2. Hannah Finchamp, 11:30:06.91, 04:02:43.05
3. Evelyn Dong, 11:50:30.19, 04:02:43.05
6-day solo men 19+ pro-1
1. Juan Cordova, 10:45:40.71, 03:48:40.63
2. Wes Rassmussen, 10:52:44.63, 03:49:50.45
3. Pablo Cruz, 10:58:04.45, 03:49:26.52
6-day solo women 19+ pro-1
1. Jenna Downey, 14:16:21.25, 05:01:50.45
2. Ro Mayberry, 14:42:50.44, 05:15:04.72
3. Brissia Montalvo, 16:03:24.96, 05:47:57.64
6-day solo singlespeed men open
1. Jorge Brito, 11:28:16.81, 04:03:30.29
2. Dahn Pahrs, 12:13:06.49, 04:23:45.75
3. Mark Nesline, 12:46:29.83, 04:22:16.77
6-day solo men 30+ category 1
1. Ciro Zarate, 11:01:37.24, 03:52:32.57
2. Daniel Munoz, 11:15:40.85, 03:52:28.03
3. Jarad Christianson, 11:20:57.00, 03:59:51.55
6-day solo men 40+ category 1
1. Ryan Dahl, 10:55:26.41, 03:53:48.15
2. Simon Dove, 11:06:16.85, 03:53:48.15
3. Felix Camire, 11:06:27.37, 03:56:52.81
6-day solo men 50+ category 1
1. Matt Woodruff, 11:45:01.71, 04:09:39.82
2. Lorenzo Milesi, 12:20:42.83, 04:31:17.05
3. Peter Davis, 12:37:49.59, 04:48:53.01
6-day solo men 19+ category 2-3
1. Connor Dilger, 12:07:13.45, 04:27:26.46
2. Austin Kuithe, 13:00:50.89, 04:39:58.66
3. Jose Ignaco Beltranena, 14:27:59.37, 05:07:57.86
6-day solo men 30+ category 2-3
1. Diego Reyes, 11:45:30.26, 04:13:15.22
2. Fausto Molina, 11:51:30.86, 04:04:04.63
3. Isidro Ponce, 11:53:10.63, 04:43:18.74
6-day solo men 40+ category 2-3
1. Kris Hendricks, 11:45:18.32, 04:08:53.07
2. Juan Diego Mejia Vallejo, 11:55:23.06, 04:16:16.72
3. Tim Peeters, 12:45:32.06, 04:16:16.72
6-day solo men 50+ category 2-3
1. Colin Dixon, 12:07:41.38, 04:19:50.59
2. Troy Mayr, 13:06:05.73, 04:45:37.00
3. Rick Olson, 13:52:35.04, 04:56:52.49
6-day solo men 60+ category 1-2-3
1. Russ Asleson, 13:26:34.32, 04:40:50.43
2. Kevin Malone, 14:21:31.23, 05:12:40.55
3. Larry DeWitt, 14:35:06.20, 05:17:01.95
6-day solo clydesdale open
1. Christain Hon, 14:05:57.55, 04:57:28.57
2. Ryan Knoche, 14:23:03.57, 05:06:51.23
6-day solo women 19+ category 2-3
1. Gabriella Loaiza, 16:30:59.08, 05:46:05.44
2. Janelle Brown, 17:11:23.27, 06:41:20.52
3. Beth Steen, 17:22:46.01, 06:37:41.64
6-day solo women 40+ category 1-2-3
1. Tracy Paradise, 13:42:11.70, 04:52:39.24
2. Shelley Peachell, 14:10:07.30, 04:59:58.13
3. Echo Rowe, 14:34:12.71, 05:16:19.30
6-day solo women 50+ category 1-2-3
1. Tamara Tabeek, 15:37:32.65, 05:29:26.16
2. Heidi Coulter, 16:21:43.94, 06:11:18.90
3. Kim Bear, 17:26:50.77, 06:16:25.40
6-day duo open men 80+ pro 1-2-3
1. Stefko-Porter, 11:54:16.96, 04:16:46.39
2. Lofgren-Diehl, 12:18:47.24, 04:18:02.80
3. De Bakker-Houben, 12:32:20.84, 04:32:16.53
6-day duo open men 100+ pro 1-2-3
1. Bruderer-Alejandro Sanchez, 14:12:56.45, 05:01:16.85
2. Campbell-Thebeau, 14:33:54.65, 05:11:16.07
3. Dillen-Merriam, 15:16:15.77, 05:25:18.05
6-day duo coed pro 1-2-3
1. Franco-Carrington, 13:55:33.91, 05:05:27.18
2. Ibanez-Rodriguez, 15:27:00.59, 05:25:22.83
3. Stockton-Scholtz, 15:30:35.11, 05:26:36.29
6-day duo open women pro 1-2-3
1. Hibbitts-Graziosi, 18:36:45.52, 06:42:11.48
2. Coffelt-Pruis, 19:11:02.59, 06:35:48.60
6-day duo relay
1. Melley-Melley, 14:18:29.99, 04:42:47.54
2. Zander-Zander, 14:24:05.51, 04:51:57.48
3. Arlinghaus-Arlinghaus, 14:49:39.69, 04:50:48.76
Tandem
1. Davis-Davis, 13:48:24.01, 04:59:42.78
2. Carlos-Arce, 12:07:58.30, 04:15:57.45
3. Zach-Pickett, 12:37:14.74, 04:29:59.89
3-day 1-3 solo open women pro 1-2-3
1. Liza Hartlaub, 13:53:47.94, 05:04:31.82
2. Jennifer Spinelli, 14:54:18.42, 05:21:19.62
3. Rebecca Rusch, 15:31:54.83, 05:32:36.61
3-day 1-3 solo men 40+ pro 1-2-3
1. Dustin Holcomb, 11:37:15.91, 04:11:33.87
2. Jeff Carter, 12:05:39.07, 04:24:00.57
3. Greg Ask, 12:30:31.72, 04:26:37.58
3-day 1-3 solo men 50+ pro 1-2-3
1. Michael Hagen, 12:39:18.45, 04:32:55.30
2. Klavs Miller, 13:08:36.80, 04:38:13.27
3. Brett Laycock, 13:48:07.54, 05:00:55.35
BRECK EPIC 2019: Rear-view mirror
BRECK EPIC 2019: What’s to come
Wednesday, Aug. 14
Stage 4: Aqueduct
41.2 miles, 6,473-foot elevation gain