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A herd of cyclists pedal from downtown Breckenridge on Monday morning, headed out for the second of six stages in this week’s Breck Epic mountain bike race, the Colorado Trail.
Courtesy Liam Doran, Breck Epic
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Lead mountain bikers pedal singletrack during Monday morning’s second stage of the Breck Epic, the Tenmile Range in view in the background.
Courtesy Devon Balet, Breck Epic
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Russell Fintsterwald leads Keegan Sweson during a portion of singletrack riding during Monday morning’s second stage of the Breck Epic week-long mountain bike race, the Colorado Trail.
Courtesy Liam Doran, Breck Epic
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Hannah Finchamp cycles over some roots during Monday morning’s second stage of the Breck Epic week-long mountain bike race. Finchamp took second place in the first two stages of this year’s race.
Courtesy Devon Balet, Breck Epic
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Nash Dory leads a group of racers on singletrack during stage 2 of this week’s Breck Epic mountain bike race on Monday morning, the Colorado Trail. Dory entered the day in the top-10.
Courtesy Liam Doran, Breck Epic
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Hannah Finchamp cycles over some roots during Monday morning’s second stage of the Breck Epic week-long mountain bike race. Finchamp took second place in the first two stages of this year’s race.
Courtesy Liam Doran, Breck Epic
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Keegan Swenson pedals head of Ryan Standish during Monday morning’s Colorado Trail second stage in the week-long Breck Epic mountain bike race. Standish finished top-3 in the stage to improve his overall position.
Courtesy Liam Doran, Breck Epic
The 2019 Breck Epic 6-day, multi-stage mountain bike race continued on Tuesday as sunshine and clear skies greeted racers on the 41.4-mile second stage, the Colorado Trail.
Cyclists climbed 6,565 feet of elevation on the day, as Park City-native Keegan Swenson won his second consecutive stage after ending the first day up 2 minutes and 42 seconds on Russell Fintsterwald of Colorado Springs. Finsterwald finished second as well on Tuesday, while Ryan Standish of Heber City, Utah joined them on the stage’s podium in third place.
Standish, who won the Firecracker 50 mountain bike race earlier this summer in Breckenridge, entered Tuesday’s stage in seventh place, his stage-1 time 6 minutes and 6 seconds off the pace of Swenson.
In the women’s race, the tight battle between the top two cyclists continued on Monday. Czech rider Katerina Nash won her second consecutive stage, edging Hannah Finchamp by a hair. Nash entered the day up 2 minutes and 39 seconds of the second-place Finchamp.
Tuesday’s third stage will be one of the most intimidating of the week, the 39.2-mile circumnavigation of Mount Guyot. The stage is the steepest of the week for the riders, climbing 7,100 feet in total elevation.
Monday, Aug 12
Stage 2: Colorado Trail
41.4 miles, 6,565-foot elevation gain
Place. athlete, total time, stage-2 time
Union Cycliste Internationale elite men
1. Keegan Swenson, 05:52:29.37, 03:10:38.34
2. Russell Finsterwald, 05:56:55.15, 03:12:21.88
3. Ryan Standish, 06:00:56.41, 03:12:59.20
Union Cycliste Internationale elite women
1. Katerina Nash, 07:24:20.81, 04:00:39.91
2. Hannah Finchamp, 07:27:33.86, 04:01:03.65
3. Amy Beisel, 07:38:58.74, 04:10:26.16
6-day solo men 19+ pro-1
1. Juan Cordova, 06:57:00.08, 03:45:25.67
2. Wes Rassmussen, 07:02:54.17, 03:44:43.61
3. Pablo Cruz, 07:08:37.93, 03:51:51.47
6-day solo singlespeed men open
1. Jorge Brito, 07:24:46.51, 04:06:55.55
2. Dahn Pahrs, 07:49:20.73, 04:16:12.57
3. Regis Ricketts, 08:13:29.76, 04:33:24.64
6-day solo singlespeed women open
1. Colleen O’Neil, 10:13:02.48, 05:22:52.68
2. Jessica Nelson, 11:17:07.92, 05:56:41.46
6-day solo men 30+ category 1
1. Ciro Zarate, 07:09:04.66, 03:52:02.94
2. Jarad Christianson, 07:21:05.44, 03:59:34.35
3. Alister Ratcliff, 07:22:56.69, 03:52:15.03
6-day solo men 40+ category 1
1. Ryan Dahl, 07:01:38.26, 03:49:53.41
2. Simon Dove, 07:09:24.03, 03:54:37.19
3. Felix Camire, 07:09:33.92, 03:53:16.38
6-day solo men 50+ category 1
1. Matt Woodruff, 07:35:21.88, 04:04:06.15
2. Peter Davis, 07:48:56.58, 04:18:16.70
3. Lorenzo Milesi, 07:49:25.78, 04:13:38.21
6-day solo men 19+ category 2-3
1. Connor Dilger, 07:39:46.98, 04:11:38.39
2. Austin Kuithe, 08:20:52.23, 04:11:38.39
3. Jose Ignaco Beltranena, 09:20:01.51, 05:05:29.26
6-day solo men 30+ category 2-3
1. Isidro Ponce, 07:09:51.88, 03:54:53.04
2. Diego Reyes, 07:32:15.03, 04:07:15.32
3. Fausto Molina, 07:47:26.23, 04:16:34.74
6-day solo men 40+ category 2-3
1. Kris Hendricks, 07:36:25.25, 04:05:36.32
2. Juan Diego Mejia Vellejo, 07:39:06.33, 04:17:03.52
3. Tim Peeters, 08:04:43.13, 04:13:34.74
6-day solo men 50+ category 2-3
1. Colin Dixon, 07:47:50.78, 04:06:09.95
2. Troy Mayer, 08:20:28.72, 04:33:20.64
3. Rick Olson, 08:55:42.54, 04:54:52.50
6-day solo men 60+ category 1-2-3
1. Russ Asleson, 08:45:43.89, 04:44:35.76
2. Kevin Malone, 09:08:50.67, 04:59:42.15
3. Larry DeWitt, 09:18:04.24, 05:02:24.89
6-day solo clydesdale open
1. Christain Hon, 09:08:28.97, 04:47:18.69
2. Mike Critz, 09:09:51.05, 04:50:13.53
3. Ryan Knoche, 09:16:12.33, 05:03:27.19
6-day solo women 19+ category 2-3
1. Janelle Brown, 10:30:02.75, 05:30:18.54
2. Gabriela Loaiza, 10:44:53.63. 06:05:31.55
3. Beth Steen, 1045:04.37, 05:42:21.54
6-day solo women 40+ category 1-2-3
1. Tracy Paradise, 08:49:32.46, 04:46:35.18
2. Shelley Peachell, 09:10:09.17, 04:49:52.28
3. Echo Rowe, 09:17:53.41, 05:02:13.43
6-day solo women 50+ category 1-2-3
1. Tamara Tabeek, 10:07:56.48, 05:20:47. 43
2. Heidi Coulter, 10:10:29.04, 05:29:57.70
3. Kathy Judson, 11:08:41.47, 06:03:02.93
6-day duo open men pro 1-2-3
1. Nunez-Garrett, 07:46:23.18, 04:11:24.15
2. Rider-Kettrick, 07:54:47.94, 04:15:34.81
3. Barnett-Quattlebaum, 07:54:49.98, 04:17:15.09
6-day duo men 80+ pro 1-2-3
1. Stefko-Porter, 07:37:30.56, 04:08:55.82
2. De Bakker-Houben, 08:00:04.30, 04:20:23.30
3. Lofgren-Diehl, 08:00:44.44, 04:22:28.47
6-day duo men 100+ pro 1-2-3
1. Bruderer-Alejandro Sanchez, 09:11:39.60, 04:53:02.11
2. Campbell-Thebeau, 09:22:38.58, 04:56:17.48
3. Dillen-Merriam, 09:50:57.72, 05:26:27.57
6-day duo coed pro 1-2-3
1. Franco-Carrington, 08:50:06.73, 04:49:14.38
2. Ibanez-Rodriguz, 10:01:37.76, 05:29:23.74
3. Stockton-Scholtz, 10:03:58.82, 05:18:05.08
6-day duo open women pro 1-2-3
1. Hibbitts-Graziosi, 11:54:34.03, 06:18:50.87
2. Coffelt-Pruis, 12:35:13.98, 06:46:33.94
6-day duo relay
1. Zander-Zander, 09:32:08.03, 04:47:25.06
2. Melley-Melley, 09:35:42.45, 04:25:37.56
3. Arlinghaus-Arlinghaus, 09:58:50.93, 05:58:31.61
Tandem
1. Davis-Davis, 08:48:41.23, 04:47:43.82
2. Gomez-Gomez, 13:48:38.36, 07:36:57.25
3-day 1-3 solo open men pro 1-2-3
1. Carlos Arce, 07:52:00.85, 04:15:37.52
2. Zach Pickett, 08:07:14.85, 04:21:27.78
3. Adrian Campbell, 08:40:24.25, 04:43:11.86
3-day 1-3 solo open women pro 1-2-3
1. Liza Hartlaub, 08:49:16.11, 04:45:35.32
2. Jennifer Spinelli, 09:32:58.79, 05:02:12.72
3. Rebecca Rusch, 09:59:18.22, 05:07:33.15
3-day 1-3 solo men 40+ pro 1-2-3
1. Dustin Holcomb, 07:25:42.04, 04:03:19.67
2. Jeff Carter, 07:41:38.50, 04:13:30.87
3. Greg Ask, 08:03:54.14, 04:22:11.76
3-day 1-3 solo men 50+ pro 1-2-3
1. Michael Hagen, 08:06:23.14, 04:25:21.69
2. Klavs Miller, 08:30:23.52, 04:33:35.64
3. Brett Laycock, 08:47:12.19, 04:45:42.85
Grand Fondo, total time
1. Reade Warner, 03:03:45.35
2. Troy Wells, 03:08:24.75
3. Rebecca Gross, 03:56:42.67
BRECK EPIC 2019: WHAT’S TO COME
Tuesday, Aug. 13
Stage 3: Guyot
39.2 miles, 7,100-foot elevation gain
Wednesday, Aug. 14
Stage 4: Aqueduct
41.2 miles, 6,473-foot elevation gain