June 9/99 9:37 am - Midweek Club Results, Montana Race (Trek Barr Challenge) Posted by Editor on 06/9/99
Midweek Club Monday Novice Criterium, Event #6
Distance: 36 KM - 10 LAPS Average Speed: 36.9 KPH Weather: very hot, humid, strong west wind
| POS | NAME | CLUB | CAT | TEAM | TIME | PTS | | 1 | Frank Gunn | Independent | S3 | G | 58-53 | 12 | | 2 | Tim Farrar | Ind. | MB | BLK | s.t. | 11 | | 3 | Mike Kosche | Ind. | S3 | R | s.t. | 10 | | 4 | Mike Viel | Ind. | MB | BLU | s.t. | 9 | | 5 | Walter Grabovac | Re-My Sport | MB | BLK | s.t. | 8 | | 6 | Anita Wayman | Schwinn Canada | W | BLK | s.t. | 7 | | 7 | Chris Kiriakopoulos | Ind. | MB | R | s.t. | 6 | | 8 | Dan Wong | Mississauga Volvic | S3 | G | s.t. | 5 | | 9 | AnnTurrin | Up Your Bike | W | BLU | s.t. | 4 | | 10 | Jason Baillie | Ind. | S3 | BLU | s.t. | 3 | | 11 | Simon McNally | Ind. | S3 | G | s.t. | 2 | | 12 | Bill Buckley | MB | ? | BLU | 59-08 | 1 | | 13 | Daniel Clarke | Ind. | CAD | R | 59-17 | 1 | | 14 | Amit Ghosh | Uof T | S3 | R | 59-38 | 1 |
Montana Stage Race (courtesy Len Conlin)
The Trek Barr Challenge Bicycle Race came to a sucessful conclusion on Sunday in Lincoln, MT. Riders from all over the region, from Canada to California, raced from Lincoln to Helena over Flesher Pass on Saturday and back again, either over Flesher or McDonald Pass, on Sunday. The two-day event was marked by what has become a tradition in Montana cycling: aggressive riding contested by small, but highly talented fields.
Missoula's Monica Tranel (5 Valley Velo) showed her climbing and sprinting prowess by winning both days. Her results were particularly impressive given that she had to battle a tough women's team from Calgary.
Mark Legg (Northern Rockies), a transplanted New Zealander living in Missoula, edged out Brink Kuchenbrod (Montana Velo) and Kiefer Hahn (Wizards) in the elite men's race. A highlight was watching Legg, Kuchenbrod, and Hahn climb McDonald Pass in 28:30 through heavy wind and spitting sleet.
Promoter Geoff Proctor and the Montana Velo Cycling Team graciously express their thanks to Dean Yonkovich at Hi-Country Snack Foods, Eric Griffin and the Lewis and Clark County Road Dept., Cellular One, the Helena Police Department, Ken Stuker, Bill Ridgway and all of the custodians at Helena High School, and all of the volunteers who made the event possible.
Here are the results:
| Rider | Team/Residence | Placings | Points | | | | | | Women (under 40) | | | | | | | | | 1. Monica Tranel | 5 Valley Velo/Missoula | 1st; 1st | 50 pts. | | 2. Maury Wiegand | Gallatin Valley/Bozeman | 2nd; 2nd | 40 | | 3. Kathleen Van Ihinger | Bicisport/Calgary | 4th; 3rd | 30 | | 4. Joanne Breau | Bicisport/Calgary | 5th; 4th | 26 | | 5. Marianne Trevorrow | Bicisport/Calgary | 6th; 5th | 22 | | 6. Allison Boucke | Strada Sempre/San Ramon, CA | 3rd; --- | 16 | | | | | | Women (over 40) | | | | | | | | | 1. Kathy Pierandozzi | SGI USA/Missoula | 1st; 1st | 50 | | | | | | Elite Men (1, 2, 3) | | | | | | | | | 1. Mark Legg | Northern Rockies/Missoula | 1st 2nd | 45 | | 2. Brink Kuchenbrod | Montana Velo/ Missoula | 3rd; 1st | 41 | | 3. Kiefer Hahn | Wizards/Missoula | 2nd; 3rd | 36 | | 4. Fred Michini | 5 Valley Velo/ Missoula | 9th; 4th | 21 | | 5. Jeff Caton | Montana Velo/ Missoula | 5th; 7th | 21 | | 6. John Yarington | Gallatin Valley/ Bozeman | 6th; 6th | 20 | | 7. John Weyhrich | 5 Valley Velo/ Missoula | 10th; 5th | 18 | | 8. Richard Graves | Snake River/ Jackson, WY | 7th; 8th | 17 | | 9. Joe Lemire | Gallatin Valley/ Bozeman | 8th; 10th | 14 | | 10. Lewis Elliot | Wizards/Billings | 4th; --- | 14 | | 11. Rich Thiessen | Bicisport/ Calgary | 13th; 9th | 10 | | 12. David Clifford | Bicisport/ Calgary | 11th; --- | 5 | | 13. Paul Jeffrey | Sunchase/ San Ramon, CA | 12th; --- | 4 | | 14. Duncan Clark | Bicisport/ Calgary | 14th; --- | 2 | | | | | | Masters 30-39 | | | | | | | | | 1. Marcel Van Garderen | Gallatin Valley/ Bozeman | 2nd; 1st | 45 | | 2. Craig Lammey | Gallatin Valley/ Bozeman | 1st; 3rd | 41 | | 3. Jason Selong | Gallatin Valley/ Bozeman | 4th; 2nd | 34 | | 4. Tim Gaertner | Unattached/ Columbia Falls | 3rd; 6th | 26 | | 5. Dave Kelley | Yellowstone Valley/ Billings | 6th; 4th | 24 | | 6. James Curran | Yellowstone Valley/ Billings | 5th; 5th | 24 | | 7. Grant Harris | Yellowstone Valley/ Billings | 8th; 7th | 17 | | 8. Jerry Underwood | Yellowstone Valley/ Billings | 7th; 8th | 17 | | | | | | Masters (40-49) | | | | | | | | | 1. Jon Engen | Gallatin Valley/ Bozeman | 2nd; 1st | 45 | | 2. Steve Cole | Boise Cycling/ Boise | 1st; 2nd | 45 | | 3. Jeff Olson | Yellowstone Valley/ Billings | 3rd; 3rd | 32 | | 4. Byron DeFord | Great Divide/ Helena | 4th; 4th | 28 | | | | | | Men (4, 5) | | | | | | | | | 1. Joel Biederman | Gallatin Valley/ Bozeman | 2nd; 1st | 45 | | 2. Jason Dykstra | Echelon/ Great Falls | 1st; 2nd | 45 | | 3. Will Schneider | Unattached/ Butte | 3rd; 3rd | 32 | | 4. Kirk Blee | Unattached/ Billings | 4th; 4th | 28 | | 5. Jason Frank | Yellowstone Valley/ Billings | 6th; 5th | 22 | | 6. John Behrens | Gallatin Valley/ Bozeman | 5th; 7th | 22 | | 7. Jay Williams | Gallatin Valley/ Bozeman | 7th; 7th | 18 | | 8. Matt Ferrari | Gallatin Valley/ Bozeman | 9th; 8th | 15 | | 9. Chris Pannell | Gallatin Valley/ Bozeman | 8th; 9th | 15 |
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