Racer X Cycling
Mountain bike team new, results and updates
Here is a great calendar of Colorado area 2018 mountain bike events.
After finishing 2nd at the 2019 Cross Country MTB National Championships held at Winter Park in July, our own RXC junior, Robbie Day, was chosen by Team USA to represent the country to race in the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Quebec, Canada last month. Bicycling.com called Mont-Sainte-Anne “one of the most technical World Cup venues… so expect plenty of crashes, even in the elite field.” As a newcomer, Robbie had to start in 68 out of a 72 person field of the world’s fastest kids and ended up in 44th place! Robbie is a junior racing for Evergreen HS this fall and RXC is proud to have him as a team member. PLEASE consider following him on Instagram @robada2018. He needs more followers and the kid could use some sponsors! Last Saturday was Winter Park King of the Rockies Season finale! Racer X kits dominated the start lines! Racer X also dominated the podium and the Team category! Thanks everyone for a GREAT season!!! Sofie Hill 1st Novice 15-18 Sofie Hill 1st Novice 15-18 Gravel riding/racing is rapidly gaining popularity on the cycling scene. It typically is a long ride on gravel roads with 2 or 3 KOM/QOM timed segments. On Saturday August 10th up in Winter Park was a 65 mile course with 2 KOM/QOM’s and a 93 mile course with 3 KOM/QOM’s. It was a rainy day but still lots of fun! Matt Kondler, Brian France, Tony Romagna, Sean Pieper and Ted Benning participated in the gravel rides. This Roll Massif ALSO featured a 12-hour solo and team MTB race, “Sunrise to Sunset” Carla Hammer DOMINATED the solo event with a WIN on a muddy course. and Jen Barbour/Pete Thomas WON the co-ed team category. We had 11 RXC Juniors at Bear Creek Lake Park on Wednesday for the last race of the Rattler Series. Another HOT HOT night at the park but the kids hung in there and did great. Jenna Ceraso was on the podium for the first time and Zack Footer will be on many more! Robbie Day crushed the open category. Great to see him before he heads to Canada to competed in the World MTB Championships!! We got some good action shots of the kids on their second lap. What a GREAT back-to-back Saturday/Sunday Race Weekend in Winter Park! Kathy Geiss and Lisa Davis – Super Loop Saturday was the 20-mile Super Loop. Tough course, great weather, and great performances! Many racers stayed for burgers/brats and beers (root beer for the Junior racers) long after the awards ceremony. SUPER LOOP RESULTS Quite a few people raced back to back last weekend and did a great job, all were in the top 10 in their category! Racer X Cycling REALLY dominated the day; checkout all the results below! Keith Principe 1st fat Bike Sam Hill Our last official RXC junior practice took place last week, but these kids still have a few races left before the high school MTB season official begins. Yesterday, four of them took on a very challenging course in Winter Park and did fantastic! All were on the podium. After passing me, I caught up to Sam Hill, ONLY because he had a mechanical and had to do some quick work. We got him back out there and he still WON his category. Hats off to Jay Landers who had a major mechanical and had to hit up some campers for tools to get it fix. Sophie Hill and Alyssa Leifer were on the stop step in their categories. THANKS TO ALL THE RXC ADULTS FOR MAKING THEM FEEL WELCOME! Alyssa Leifer Jay Landers Sophie Hill Coach Christine and Coach Vincent – rXc The Winter Park Point-to-Point Race was Saturday on a perfect day! A Super-Fun course that encompassed the start of upcoming MTB Nationals. The start lines were much larger than usual due to the upcoming Nats. The results were screwy at first, and still unofficial but here are our awesome RXC finishes: Keith Principe 1st FatBike Carla Hammer 1st Expert 40+ Bob Campbell 1st Open 60+ Kathy Giess 2nd Sport 40+ Scott Bristol 3rd Clydesdale Alyssa Leifer 4th Sport 18-under Brian Thompson 4th Sport 19-39 Christian Williss 5th Sport 45-49 Peter Rockwood 6th Open 60+ Jon Cox 8th Expert 50+ Ted Benning 9th Expert 50+ Kristi Leinen 9th Expert 40+ Sam Hill 12th Sport 18-under Jeff Pool 14th Expert 45-49 Cory Kramer 14th Open 60+ Brett Hoopes 19th Expert 45-49 Coleman Ryan 21st Sport After tons of rain and hail on the front range Friday night; racers were greeted with sunshine and dry trails at Winter Park race #3 at Rendezvous in downtown Winter Park. Racer X Cycling had a large turnout with the RXC kits dominating most starting waves. We had 20 people racing including six juniors!! The course had some nice punching climbs and twisty fun downhil sections. Many podium finishes for Racer X Cycling! Congratulations to all of the RXC racers! HUGE shot out to Carla Hammer for crushing the Women’s Expert 40+ category!! Results and podium shots below. RESULTS Carla Hammer 1st Expert 40+ Bob Campbell 1st 60+ Kathy Giess 1st Sport 40+ Sophie Hill 1st 18-Under Novice Christine Snider 2nd Expert 40+ Keith Principe 2nd Fatbike Kevin Moore 2nd Sport 45-49 Vince Davis 3rd Singlespeed Sean Malone 3rd Sport 45-49 Lisa Davis 4th Sport 40+ Peter Rockwood 5th Open 60+ Peter Furness 6th Expert 50+ Breighton Miller 6th Sport 18-Under Jon Cox 7th Expert 50+ Christian Willis 7th Sport 45-49 Ted Benning 10th Expert 50+ Cole Stanley 10th Sport 45-49 (WITH A FLAT) Cory Kramer 10th Open 60+ Sam Hill 14th Sport 18-Under Sport Liam McCarthy 18-Under Sport Brett Hoopes 19th Expert 45-49 Congrats to Noah Stanley and Coleman Ryan who raced the Bailey Hundito last Saturday, which as a reminder, is 50 miles and almost 6,000 feet of climbing!! The longest race prior to Saturday was 20 miles! So impressed with their perseverance and determination!! I love these kids!! Noah Stanley Coleman Ryan Saturday the grueling and often dreaded Hill Climb returned to the Winter Park MTB Series. The weather cooperated and the road was dry! The racing conditions were optimal. Racer X Cycling jerseys were dominant on the road to the top! Our new Junior team performed well with Sam Hill and Coleman Ryan both finishing second in their categories! Kristi Leinen was the sole female singlespeed racer and her result was combined with the men. As if riding a singlespeed isn’t already demanding; she deserved podium recognition! We are working to fix this in the future. The TEAM results are not posted yet, but Team A had 5 podium finishes! There is a pretty solid chance that Team A is leading the standings. Congratulations to all the RXC racers that endured the climb to the top! Bob Campbell 1st Open 60+ RACE RECAP – Eight of your teammates competed at The Growler, in Gunnison last weekend on what was an exceptionally tough course, as usual, but this year the race followed the “more technical” direction with Rattlesnake, Becks and The Notch as the finish. Christian Williss, Keith Collins and Darren Robinson all finished in the top 20 in their age cat and Jonathan Cox was top 10 in his. Kristi Leiden, our only RXC lady rode single speed!! Congrats to everyone who raced! LAST BUT NOT LEAST – Sean P. Malone’s son, a future RXC junior, I hope, raced the Micro Growler and stood on the top step! Winter Park FINALE! King of the Rockies Saturday was a wet, muddy and cold final race in the 6-race Winter Park Series. Racer X Cycling slogged their way to a Team Season podium win and MANY individual racers also were on the Podium for top 3 SEASON performances in their respective categories. It was a long day as awards were delayed late into the afternoon so MUCH thanks to all of you for sticking around! We went thru many cases of beer, tons of brats and hamburgers as the weather cleared after the race ended. Thanks to EVERYONE who participated in some or ALL of the 6 races! It was a great season! Race 6 King of the Rockies performances: Carla Hammer 1st Expert 50+ CONGRATS everyone!!! Saturday was a wet, tough Mountain Bike Race at Winter Park and RXC had its best performances of the season! Men Open 60+ SWEPT the podium! Team A came close to a perfect score with a total of 296 points! Wow! Looks like Team A has the TOP podium spot for the season locked up! Team B had a great performance as well and according to Team B Captain Cory Kramer has a shot at 3rd overall if EVERYONE on Team B can show up for King of the Rockies!!! Again, everybody below had stellar and improved results! RESULTS: Excellent racing conditions although a bit dry and loose brought out the best in the RXC racers at Winter Park! Many people had their best finishes of the season! Look at all the podium finishers below! Wow! Team A is maintaining their commanding lead with 294 points for this race! Team B had great scores but not enough starters. Congrats to everyone! FANTASTIC RESULTS: Carla Hammer 1st Expert 50+ Last Saturday RXC DOMINATED Winter Park MTB Series Race 3: Race Rendezvous. It was a hot, dry and dusty BUT crazy fun race course! RXC Team A continues to TOP the standings with Team B making a run for the podium. WE HAD 18 PEOPLE RACING!! RESULTS BELOW. Individual stellar performances: Carla Hammer 1st Expert 50+ Scott Beck 2nd Sport 30-39 Lisa Davis 4th Sport 40-49 Congrats to Sean Malone for placing 2nd in the Firecracker 50 on July 4! This is a full-on MTB course with approx 8,000 feet of climbing, with steep lung-busting climbs and some fast loose descents. Way to represent the team! Saturday was a great day for Winter Park Epic Singletrack Series Race #2; the Valley Point-to-Point. Many racers stopped on the D2 descent to check on one of our RXC racers that had a bad crash. I’m happy to report that, after being airlifted to St. Anthony’s, Troy Lyons is home and doing OK. The team wishes him a speedy recovery! Even with this pause for many racers mid-race, RXC had a stellar day! Many, many podiums and the biggest news of the day is that Team A and Team B scored the SAME number of points at 287!!! Team A is certain to maintain top ranking in the Series with Team B making a solid run for the podium! How COOL would it be to have 2 teams on the season podium!!! Individual results: (LOOK at all the 1st place podium spots!!!) Carla Hammer 1st Expert 50+ Jon Cox 2nd Expert 50+ Racer X Cycling races attended the Go Pro games and the opening race of the Winter Park, Epic Singletrack series Saturday was a long, hot, dry, dusty and FUN race at the Granby Ranch ski area. Racer X Cycling dominated most of the podiums for the day! 14 Racers made it to the finish line! Official Team Results are not published yet BUT RXC Team A is certainly in FIRST place with a score of 295 points (out of 300 perfect scores). This Team score resulted from 2 first place finishers, 3-second place finishers, and 1 third-place finisher! Fantastic! Individual finishers: Carla Hammer 1st place Expert 50+ Peter Rockwood 1st place Open 60+ Scott Beck 2nd place Sport 30-34 Keith Collins 2nd place Expert 45-49 Jon Cox 2nd place Expert 50+ Sean Pieper 2nd place Novice 40-49 Bob Campbell 3rd place Open 60+ Vince Davis 4th place Singlespeed Cory Kramer 4th place Open 60+ Will Allen 6th place Expert 50+ Jeff Pool 6th place Expert 40-44 Ted Benning 7th place Expert 50+ Brett Hoopes 7th place Sport 45-49 Bradley Stine 10th place Sport 30-39 Go Pro Games. The Battle of the Bear race was postponed with no new date yet set. Bob was having bad luck with his wheel, destroying one pre-riding the course and then having a spoke stick through his rim tape during the race. He was in good position but the result is that he walked out. Keith said he had a C+ ride commenting how tough the course was this year. It was really dry and dusty which made for poor grip and the fast snaking technical trails. Keith finished 8th in the 45+ at 4:30. Lisa and Vincent rode their tandem. They (we) had a solid race 15min behind Keith with no mishaps and a time of 4:15. This would have put Lisa as 1st open women and Vincent 11th masters men. Full results here LINK Lisa and Vincent got a cool write-up in The Daily Sentinal. and more on their blog MTB Tandem Coach. If you have not done this race you should consider it. Its a cool scene in downtown Grand Junction. The pros race a fat tire crit Friday night and Saturday night is a Music festival. Special thanks to our sponsors, The Feed helping keep us feed, Big Ring cycles which just had there reopened.
RXC sent two teams to the 18hr of Fruita, The course is a 7.5 mile twisty trail around the lake with 3 short climbs which makes for a fun and fast course. Even with all the twisting, the average speeds of the fastest racers was over 15mph. The Start is at midnight Friday/Saturday which makes for a really interesting first lap. RXC entered two 6-8 person coed Geezer teams. This was a mistake in hindsight as we had a “slow” team and “fast” team but it put us in the situation where we where racing each other. Our slow team had the speed to win the category and our fast team won the event overall, check out the results. Long events like this are always fun and as you near the last few hours, our team started doing a lot of math trying to figure out how many laps we needed to get in. Here are some photos and a short video.
Thursday, May 17 through Sunday, May 20 Thursday, May 17 Friday, May 18 Saturday, May 19 Sunday, May 20 HELLO MOUNTAIN BIKE RACERS!!! Since Mountain Bike racing season is upon us, we are now evaluating our TEAM presence at Winter Park (WP). We have enough talented racers on the team to not only finish on the team podium for the season but to unseat Avout from their recent dominance. WINTER PARK: WP TEAM RULES: RXC WP Team Strategy: I will submit team rosters for the SEASON by June 8. These CANNOT be changed. Also; you CANNOT be added to any team rosters AFTER June 8. So it is important to commit only to races that you know you are showing up for. I put teams together so that we are at “maximum strength” for each race. 6 racers out of 10 per team score for that race. ACTION TO TAKE: Please contact Ted Benning with your race plans so I can get you placed on teams. Register for your races. Also please contact Ted with any questions. RXC Team Members have expressed interest in purchasing some more RXC custom clothing, we decided to open our team store for a 3rd and final round. Comments regarding this 3rd store:
Team A 1st Place! Juniors 1st place! Team B 2nd Place! WOW!KING OF THE ROCKIES RESULTS
Carla Hammer 1st Expert 40+
Alyssa Leifer 1st Sport 18-under
Bob Campbell 1st Open 60+
Sam Hill 2nd Sport 18-under
Scott Bristol 2nd Clydesdale
Sean Malone 2nd Sport 45-49
Peter Rockwood 2nd Open 60+
Noah Stanley 3rd Sport 18-under
Kathy Giess 3rd Sport 40+
Liam McCarthy 4th Sport 18-under
Rob Montgomery 4th Sport 50+
Christian Williss 5th Sport 45-49
Ted Benning 6th Expert 50+
Keith Principe 7th Expert 50+
Cory Kramer 8th Open 60+
Jeff Pool 9th Expert 45-49
Cole Stanley 10th Sport 45-49
Brett Hoopes 17th Expert 45-49 OVERALL 2019 WINTER PARK MTB SEASON RESULTS
Alyssa Leifer 1st Sport 18-under
Carla Hammer 1st Expert 40+
Keith Principe 1st Fatbike
Kathy Giess 1st Sport 40+
Sean Malone 1st Sport 45-49
Bob Campbell 1st Open 60+
TEAM B 2nd Place!
Sam Hill 2nd Sport 18-under
Lisa Davis 2nd Sport 40+
Vince Davis 3rd Singlespeed
Rob Montgomery 3rd Sport 50+
Jeff Pool 3rd Expert 45-49
Peter Rockwood 3rd Open 60+
Ted Benning 4th Expert 50+
Scott Bristol 4th Clydesdale
Christine Snider 4th Expert 40+ (two races)
Ryan Coleman 6th Novice 15-18
Noah Stanley 7th Sport 18-under (2 races)
Jon Cox 7th Expert 50+
Christian Williss 8th Sport 45-49
Cory Kramer 8th Open 60+
Brett Hoopes 9th Expert 45-49
Liam McCarthy 10th Sport 18-under
Kristi Leinen 11th Singlespeed (grouped with the men; not fair! Was 1st woman singlespeed!)
Cole Stanley 12th Sport 45-49 (2 races)
Will Allen 18th Expert 50+ (just one race)
Pete Furness 22nd Expert 50+ (just one race)
Keith Collins 31st Expert 45-49 (just one race)
Ryan Coleman 33rd Sport 18-under (just one race)
Eric Snowberg 37th Expert 45-49 (just one race) CROOKED GRAVEL RACE
SUNRISE TO SUNSET
Racer X Cycling again dominated the starting line and the podium last weekend! Racer X Cycling also is dominating the Team category!!
Keith Principe 1st Fat Bike
Alyssa Leifer 1st Sport 18-under
Kathy Giess 1st Sport 40+
Sofie Hill 1st Novice 15-18
Sam Hill 1st Sport 18-under
Jay Landers 1st Novice 15-18
Carla Hammer 1st Expert 40+
Vince Davis 2nd Singlespeed
Sean Malone 2nd Sport 45-49
Bob Campbell 2nd Open 60+
Lisa Davis 3rd Sport 40+
Robert Montgomery 4th Sport 50+
Christine Snider 4th Expert 40+
Peter Rockwood 4th Open 60+
Jeff Pool 6th Expert 45-49
Ted Benning 7th Expert 50+
Cory Kramer 9th Open 60+
Brett Hoopes 10th Expert 45-49
Keith Collins 11th Expert 45-49Sunday was the “Deja-Vu” race on the MTB Nationals Course.
Alyssa Leifer 1st Sport 18-under
Kathy Giess 1st Sport 40+
Carla Hammer 1st Expert 40+
Bob Campbell 1st Open 60+
Vince Davis 2nd Singlespeed
Lisa Davis 2nd Sport 40+
Ted Benning 3rd Expert 50+
Peter Rockwood 3rd Open 60+
Robert Montgomery 4th Sport 50+
Jeff Pool 4th Expert 45-49
Brett Hoopes 6th Expert 45-49
Ryan Coleman 2nd Novice 15-18
Sam Hill 2nd Sport 18 under
Sean Malone 2nd Sport 45-49
Carla Hammer 2nd Expert 40+
Jeff Pool 2nd Expert 45-49
Vince Davis 3rd Singlespeed
Lisa Davis 3rd Sport 40+
Will Allen 5th Expert 50+
Kristi Leinen 5th Singlespeed (1st female!)
Peter Rockwood 6th Open 60+
Ted Benning 9th Expert 50+
Rob Montgomery 10th Sport 50+
Cory Kramer 12th Open 60+
Keith Collins 1st Expert 45-49
Bob Campbell 1st Open 60+
Brett Hoopes 2nd Sport 45-49
Peter Rockwood 2nd Open 60+
Carl Mueller 2nd Sport 19-29
Jon Cox 3rd Expert 50+
Tony Romagna 4th Sport 40-44
Scott Beck 5th Sport 30-39
Cory Kramer 5th Open 60+
Robert Montgomery 8th Sport 50-59
Sean Malone 16th Expert 45-49
Carla Hammer 1st Expert 50+
Kristi Leinen 1st Singlespeed
Maureen Sweeney 1st Sport 50+
Jon Cox 1st Expert 50+
Bob Campbell 1st Open 60+
Keith Collins 2nd Expert 45-49
Peter Rockwood 2nd Open 60+
Scott Beck 3rd Sport 30-39
Brett Hoopes 3rd Sport 45-49
Richard Elliott 3rd Open 60+
Cory Kramer 4th Open 60+
Jeff Pool 5th Expert 40-44
Ted Benning 5th Expert 50+
Brook Spindler 6th Sport 45-49
Kristi Leinen 1st Singlespeed
Tony Romagna 1st Sport 40-44
Bob Campbell 1st Open 60+
Keith Collins 2nd Expert 45-49
Brett Hoopes 2nd Sport 45-49
Peter Rockwood 2nd Open 60+
Jon Cox 3rd Expert 50+
Scott Beck 3rd Sport 30-39
Jeff Pool 4th Expert 40-44
Cory Kramer 6th Open 60+
Ted Benning 7th Expert 50+
Will Allen 8th Expert 50+
Jon Cox 1st Expert 50+
Bob Campbell 1st Open 60+
Jon Wells 2nd Expert 19-29
Peter Furness 3rd Expert 50+
Peter Rockwood 3rd Open 60+
Scott Bristol 3rd Clydesdale
Keith Collins 4th Expert 45-49
Vince Davis 4th Singlespeed
Brett Hoopes 4th Sport 45-49
Jeff Pool 5th Expert 40-44
Ted Benning 5th Expert 50+
Cory Kramer 5th Open 60+
Tony Romagna 6th Sport 40-44
Rob Montgomery 11th Sport 50-59
Dan Tybor 14th Sport 40-44
Race #2 Results
Kristi Leinen 1st Singlespeed
Maurine Sweeney 1st Sport 50+
Keith Collins 1st Expert 45-49
Sean Malone 1st Sport 45-49
Bob Campbell 1st Open 60+
Christine Snider 1st Expert 40-49
Cory Kramer 3rd Open 60+
Vince Davis 4th Singlespeed
Lisa Davis 5th Sport 40-49
Will Allen 5th Expert 50+
Sean Pieper 5th Novice 40-49
Jeff Pool 7th Expert 40-44
Brett Hoopes 8th Sport 45-49
Ted Benning 12th Expert 50+
WINTER PARK GRANBY RANCH RACE #1 RESULTS
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For those on the team that signed up for the Epic Rides Grand Junction Off-road, it was a beautiful day to race. The race was fast, the course was challenging and conditions tough. Bob Cambell, Keith Collins, Lisa and Vincent Davis made the trip out to race. All entered the Grand Junction Off-Road – 40 Grand
and all our other sponsors.
THIS ONE’S FOR WALDO; Peter R, Kim, Ted, Art, Sean, Rob.
SPEED RACERS OLDER BROTHER; Bob, Keith, Vincent, Christine, Jon, Peter F.
For most, this was the first time to race or ride around Highline Lake State Park. The event, trail and atmosphere was awesome! The park has great green grass camping under large shade trees. This is something to put on your calendar for next year.
Speed Racers older brother wanted to get in 34 laps. It was close, Keith C. headed out for the last lap needing to do a sub 31min lap. Having taken everything off his bike he headed out and turned in his fastest lap of the race with a sub 30min lap and coming in with only a couple minutes to spare.
6:00 pm: Group road rides and post-ride beers at Barrels and Bottles
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm: After hours party* featuring the Big Ring Cocktail Contest and Smokey J’s BBQ. Celebrating 2 years under new ownership with a new leadership team.
Demo bikes from Parlee and Rocky Mountain. Meet reps from some of the best companies in the industry. Word is there may be some specials too!
8:00 am: Wheels up for group road and mountain bike rides. Return to scones and coffee from Bike-a-Latte
10:00am – 2:00pm: Trek e-bike demo day
WHAT WE NEED is your solid commitment too race. The rosters can’t change throughout the season (more below). Additionally, I’m looking for someone to help out at the WP races: coordinating our pit area, bringing team tent, etc. The schedule and team rules are below.
Race 1: Saturday, June 9 – Granby Ranch XC (New! No more hill climb..) This is a fun 2-lap race up/down the mountain for pro/experts and is 20.6 miles. 13.1 miles for Sport/Beginner
Race 2: Saturday, June 23 – XC Super Loop course TBD
Race 3: Saturday, July 7 – Race Rendezvous
Race 4: Saturday, July 21 – Elk Creek XC
Race 5: Saturday, August 45 – Devil’s Thumb Ranch Point to Point NEW!!!!!!!
Race 6: Saturday, August 18 – King of the Rockies
Team Captain: Ted Benning
Registration info: http://www.epicsingletrack.com/registration.html (NOTE: as of May 8, the registration site is not up yet..)
CONTACT: Ted Benning tedben@solusys.com
If you are not sure what sizing to order and want to pay a visit to the Cuore office in Boulder, please send an email to Mike at mgoldberg@cuore.ch and he will set up an appointment for you to come in and try on clothing. For any other questions send me an email at clothing@racerxcycling.com 🙂