{"id":798572,"date":"2019-08-15T15:58:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T21:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=369971"},"modified":"2019-08-15T15:58:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T21:58:36","slug":"video-photos-2019-breck-epic-stage-5-wheeler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/video-photos-2019-breck-epic-stage-5-wheeler\/","title":{"rendered":"Video, photos: 2019 Breck Epic stage 5, Wheeler"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.840350877193\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-369971-633\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BreckEpic-SDN-081619-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BreckEpic-SDN-081619-4-1024x656.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Liam Doran, Breck Epic | Women's race leader Katerina Nash pedals during the grueling traverse of the Tenmile Range as part of Thursday's fifth stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s race leader Katerina Nash pedals during the grueling traverse of the Tenmile Range as part of Thursday&#8217;s fifth stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Liam Doran, Breck Epic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BreckEpic-SDN-081619-4-1024x656.jpg\" alt=\"Women's race leader Katerina Nash pedals during the grueling traverse of the Tenmile Range as part of Thursday's fifth stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BreckEpic-SDN-081619-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BreckEpic-SDN-081619-1024x656.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Devon Balet, Breck Epic | Men's race leader Keegan Swenson and Luis Mejia climb during the grueling ascent of the Tenmile Range to Wheeler Pass as part of Thursday's fifth stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Men&#8217;s race leader Keegan Swenson and Luis Mejia climb during the grueling ascent of the Tenmile Range to Wheeler Pass as part of Thursday&#8217;s fifth stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Devon Balet, Breck Epic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BreckEpic-SDN-081619-1024x656.jpg\" alt=\"Men's race leader Keegan Swenson and Luis Mejia climb during the grueling ascent of the Tenmile Range to Wheeler Pass as part of Thursday's fifth stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BreckEpic-SDN-081619-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BreckEpic-SDN-081619-1-1024x646.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Devon Balet, Breck Epic | Mountain bikers hike with their bikes during the grueling traverse of the Tenmile Range A mountain biker takes a rest during the grueling ascent up the Tenmile Range as part of Thursday's fifth stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Mountain bikers hike with their bikes during the grueling traverse of the Tenmile Range A mountain biker takes a rest during the grueling ascent up the Tenmile Range as part of Thursday&#8217;s fifth stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Devon Balet, Breck Epic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BreckEpic-SDN-081619-1-1024x646.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain bikers hike with their bikes during the grueling traverse of the Tenmile Range A mountain biker takes a rest during the grueling ascent up the Tenmile Range as part of Thursday's fifth stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BreckEpic-SDN-081619-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BreckEpic-SDN-081619-2-1024x808.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Devon Balet, Breck Epic | Women's race leader Katerina Nash pedals during the grueling traverse of the Tenmile Range as part of Thursday's fifth stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s race leader Katerina Nash pedals during the grueling traverse of the Tenmile Range as part of Thursday&#8217;s fifth stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Devon Balet, Breck Epic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BreckEpic-SDN-081619-2-1024x808.jpg\" alt=\"Women's race leader Katerina Nash pedals during the grueling traverse of the Tenmile Range as part of Thursday's fifth stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BreckEpic-SDN-081619-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BreckEpic-SDN-081619-3-1024x657.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy Devon Balet, Breck Epic | A mountain biker takes a rest during the grueling ascent up the Tenmile Range to Wheeler Pass as part of Thursday's fifth stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>A mountain biker takes a rest during the grueling ascent up the Tenmile Range to Wheeler Pass as part of Thursday&#8217;s fifth stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy Devon Balet, Breck Epic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/BreckEpic-SDN-081619-3-1024x657.jpg\" alt=\"A mountain biker takes a rest during the grueling ascent up the Tenmile Range to Wheeler Pass as part of Thursday's fifth stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/video-photos-2019-breck-epic-stage-5-wheeler\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/video-photos-2019-breck-epic-stage-5-wheeler\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 It was a glorious grind of a morning for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/as-ironman-partnership-takes-shape-breck-epic-to-race-full-stages-despite-avalanche-debris-lingering-snowpack\/\">Breck Epic<\/a> mountain bike racers above the Tenmile Range\u2019s tree line on Thursday, as riders tackled the daunting Wheeler stage under sunny bluebird skies.<\/p>\n<p>After 24 miles and 5,227 feet of total climbing, professional cyclist Keegan Swenson of Park City won his fifth consecutive stage as part of the 6-day race, ahead of the stage\u2019s runner-up, Luis Mejia.<\/p>\n<p><em>Video by Antonio Olivero \/ <a href=\"mailto:aolivero@summitdaily.com\">aolivero@summitdaily.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Swenson is just one day away from taking home the $30,000 prize purse as part of the Epic\u2019s Union Cycliste Internationale elite men\u2019s racing division. Mejia entered Day 5 in sixth place overall, 20 minutes back of Swenson but fewer than two minutes back of the top-3 positions. Swenson\u2019s overall time of 12:18:23.65 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/results-video-photos-2019-breck-epic-stage-4-aqueduct\/\">entering Day 5<\/a> was more than 11 minutes ahead of runner-up Russell Finsterwald.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-facebook wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-facebook\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/summitdailynews\/videos\/564939787374520\/\" data-width=\"500\" readability=\"6.375\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/summitdailynews\/videos\/564939787374520\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"6.8\">\n<p>Breckenridge local Nathan De Graaf makes it to the top of Wheeler Pass as he rides this year\u2019s Breck Epic in honor of his late friend and fellow Breck local Eric Dube.Read the full story of Nathan\u2019s inspiration to race for Nathan here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w1XYQqdXdP#SendItForEric\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/w1XYQqdXdP#SendItForEric<\/a> #BreckEpic #ExploreSummit<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/summitdailynews\/\">Summit Daily News<\/a> on Thursday, August 15, 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In the UCI elite pro women\u2019s division, like Swenson, Katerina Nash of the Czech Republic won her fifth stage in five days. Nash entered Day 5 more than seven minutes ahead of her CLIF pro team teammate Hannah Finchamp. At the conclusion of stage 5, Nash and Finchamp again finished 1-2, joined in the top-3 by Laetiita Roux, who entered the day in eighth place, more than an hour behind the top-3 positions.<\/p>\n<p><em>Full stage-5 results to come!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>BRECK EPIC 2019: Rear-view mirror<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/breck-epic-2019-results-stage-1-pennsylvania-creek\/?preview=true&amp;_thumbnail_id=369789\">Stage 1: Pennsylvania Creek<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Racers earn it on Stage 1 of Breck Epic\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z4EijYtaTyQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/results-breck-epic-stage-2-colorado-trail\/?_thumbnail_id=369822\">Stage 2: Colorado Trail<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019 Day 2 Colorado Trail Throwdown\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wLC8AlGzZoE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/photos-video-results-2019-breck-epic-stage-3-guyot\/\">Stage 3: Guyot<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Breck Epic Queen Stage 3 delivers atop Continental Divide 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xWP8CjLHI9M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/results-video-photos-2019-breck-epic-stage-4-aqueduct\/\">Stage 4: Aqueduct<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aqueduct Stage 4 Breck Epic 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4c4VIbxlMiY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>BRECK EPIC 2019: What\u2019s to come<\/strong><br \/>Friday, Aug. 16<br \/>Stage 6: Gold Dust<br \/>29.3 miles, 3,740-foot elevation gain<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2018 Breck Epic Stage 6: GOLD DUST\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/18EfaT1TLPI?start=3&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/video-photos-2019-breck-epic-stage-5-wheeler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women&#8217;s race leader Katerina Nash pedals during the grueling traverse of the Tenmile Range as part of Thursday&#8217;s fifth stage of the 6-day Breck Epic mountain bike race.Courtesy Liam Doran, Breck Epic Men&#8217;s race leader Keegan Swenson and Luis Mejia climb during the grueling ascent of the Tenmile Range to Wheeler Pass as part of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-798572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 05:06:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}