The Specialized Revolution Enduro Series presented by Rock Shox kicked off the season in Eagle, CO for a full day of classic backcountry enduro racing. The race was a big 22-mile mountain bike ride with friends that had them doing 2,700 feet of climbing for nearly 6,000 feet of descending over 4 stages.
The day started with an early morning shuttle from down in Eagle up to roughly 10,000 feet. Racers had a solid pedaling transfer from the shuttle drop-off to the start of stage 1 on the Sawmill trail at nearly 11,000 feet where they would drop into an eye-watering fast bit of wide-open singletrack that ultimately finished with a slick janky rock garden through dark woods to keep everyone on their toes.
At the bottom of stage one, EVO Denver was on the scene to aid with mechanicals, and a racer aid station was fueled by Scratch Labs.
Up next was another good pedaling transfer to stage 2 that featured more high-speed track that was lined with hundreds of freshly cleared trees that were blown down over the winter.
After a steep hike-a-bike, racers descended stage 3 on Mikes's Night Out for some super fun twisty singletrack.
Stage 4 took racers down the Worlds Greatest trail for a rapid moondust descent on more fun twisty singletrack.
Open Men
1st. Brandon Watkins
2nd. Will Falltrick
3rd. Alex Miller
4th.Sam Kemp
5th. Petr Hanak
Open Women
1st. Katie Catanzarite
2nd. Mary McLarnen
3rd. Rachel Postiglione
4th. Celia Ferguson
5th. Kiya Kelley
Full Results here.