“With these kind of races it’s a lottery and fastest in each age group.”
“Leadville sells out in January,” Colley said. With so many riders vying for a spot in one of the most prestigious mountain bike races, Colley said the top finishers at the Tahoe Trail 100 receive some of the 75 available entries, with the rest of the qualifying times being put into a raffle. The race was put on by Colorado’s Youphoria Productions and served as a qualifier for the Leadville Trail 100 MTB in Colorado, which is the second oldest 100-mile mountain bike race in the United States. Debbie Hakansson out of Truckee was the top local female, finishing with a time of 3:14:40 for fifth-place overall, and second out of the women’s 50- to 59-year-old division. Julianne Silva out of Santa Maria, Calif., picked up the win on the women’s side, finishing with a time of 2:50:26. Pizzo got through the 50-kilometer course with a time of 2:30:12, while Hynes finished with a time of 2:35:10. In the 50-kilometer race, James Pizzo out of Roseville captured first place with the 16-year-old rider topping Truckee’s Phillip Hynes by nearly 5 minutes for the win. Truckee’s Troy Deibert was the top local finisher and took second in the men’s 40- to 49-year-old division with a time of 4:37:15. Watson-Yanki held on for second place with a time of 4:09:19. Jamey Watson-Yanki out of Boise, Idaho, led for most of the race, but Stetina was able to make the pass on the final climb.
Stetina, a 29-year-old professional road cyclist, swapped out his road tires for knobby ones to finish first out of the 360 competitors with a time of 4 hours, 5 minutes, 23 seconds. On the men’s side, Peter Stetina out of Santa Rosa, Calif., picked up the win in the 100-kilometer race. The top local female was Sian Turner Crespo out of Truckee with ninth-place overall, and second out of the 30- to 39-year-old age group with a time of 5:51:36. In the end it would be Connors taking a dominant win, finishing over 20 minutes faster than her nearest competitor, Candice Corder from El Cerrito, Calif., with a time of 4:38:52.Ĭonnors came into the race two days after learning her grandmother had a tumor in her lung and cancer in her lymph nodes, according to Connors’ website, and dedicated her performance over the 100-kilometer race to her grandmother. The field of professional females included notable cyclists Larissa Connors of Silverado, Calif., Julie Young from Auburn, Caitlin Bernstein from Oakland, who won last year’s Tahoe Traill 100, Laura Spencer of San Anselmo, Calif., and Jennifer Smith from Gunnison, Colo., who finished in third place at last year’s Leadville Trail 100 MTB. “This year was huge for the ladies,” Colley said.
The depth of the women’s division highlighted this year’s race with several professional cyclists taking on the course.
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