Keene and Irmiger Win Bell Enduro Cup at Canyons Resort

The second stop of the Bell Enduro Cup took place Saturday, July 20 at Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah. The stop was the only North American Enduro Tour stop in Utah attracting an impressive roster of 239 riders with names like Brian Lopes, Adam Craig, Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski, Heather Irmiger and Kelli Emmett to Canyons Resort. The race encompassed 17 miles and 3,200 vertical feet of rooty, rowdy and technical descents. Riders demonstrated highly skilled bike handling and reached speeds upwards of 40 mph cruising into a fan-filled resort village area.

Bell Enduro Cup Canyons Open Men s Podium. NOTE JHK is standing Brian Lopes place.

Men's podium, with JHK standing in for Brian Lopes.

Bell Enduro Cup Canyons Open Women s Podium.

Women's podium.

At the end of the event, Specialized and SRAM rider Curtis Keene managed the top spot in the Open Men’s field stacked 48 riders deep with a total time of 19.33.8. In the Open Women’s competition, Trek Factory team rider Heather Irmiger earned her second Bell Enduro Cup title of the season more than 30 seconds ahead of her competition with a total time of 22:34.1.

“We were so pleased to bring enduro back to Canyons Resort this season,” said Bell Enduro Cup Event Director Dan Roper. “Perfect trail conditions were matched only by the incredible caliber of the athletes.”

Bell Enduro Cup at Canyons Resort was the second stop of three in the new series. Inspired by its incredible success in 2012, the Wasatch Enduro has been expanded to the new Bell Enduro Cup series. Enduro Cup will provide more opportunities for athletes to compete on Utah's incredible mountain bike terrain. Bell Enduro Cup series champions will be crowned at the next and final stop of the season August 18 at Sundance Resort.

Open Men's Results
1. Curtis Keene 19:33.8
2. Brian Lopes 19:36.9
3. Adam Craig 19:38.6
4. Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski 19:39.5
5. Ben Furbee 19:52.0

Open Women's Results
1. Heather Irmiger 22:34.1
2. Krista Park 23:11.3
3. Kelli Emmett 23:17.5
4. Margaret Gregory 23:32.9
5. Alisha Gibson 24:09.3

Complete event results are available online at http://bit.ly/12EJlB3.

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14 Comments

RLoganSx (Jul 21, 2013 at 11:32)

Canyons for the Win!! Great job Canyons for all the work your doing to help bring Great DH/Bike Park and Enduro to Utah!! Unfortunately I broke my Femur riding the bike park 14 days ago and cant ride DH for 90 days!! Thanks for the great EMT staff they are awesome hahah.

scott-townes FL (Jul 21, 2013 at 11:54)

Aside from the delay on the last stage (maybe remove lower Holly's as the first stage for next year), it was a really fun event. The free pulled pork sandwich and beer was a nice touch!

olddirtyE (Jul 21, 2013 at 14:09)

Hell yeah!!!! To Curtis the American Dream Keene. Whhhoooaaa!!!! Those AllOut movies do pay-off!!!! Yeeeaahhaaah.

herbertmarcusavich (Jul 21, 2013 at 16:04)

I really don't want to start a 26 vs 29 discussion but I gotta ask... is Keen's Evo the 26' or 29'? I can't tell from the photo.

slc-ripper (Jul 21, 2013 at 16:10)

steveperry (Jul 21, 2013 at 18:21)

Does anyone know what Irmiger was riding today? Curious what Trek has out there with the release of the new remedy and slash.

BontiG (Jul 22, 2013 at 11:22)

I think Irmiger was on the 26 inch Remedy...with a 34 Fork.

chanp (Jul 21, 2013 at 15:17)

Just wish they would've posted my jump of the day photo.. But by far the funnest race I've ever done!

tcmtnbikr (Jul 21, 2013 at 14:03)

If Lopes got 2nd, who is that on the second podium step?

larryssman7 (Jul 21, 2013 at 14:36)

egourdin67 (Jul 22, 2013 at 16:26)

Thanks..was wondering the same thing.

airsoftesneeto FL (Jul 21, 2013 at 14:57)

so stoked for Keene!

JKSR (Jul 22, 2013 at 8:42)

Cant view full results. Wants you to login, yet provides no way to register so you can login to view them. WTH.

JMslo (Jul 21, 2013 at 12:53)

Furbee! Ripping!