Race Report: Revolution Enduro Eagle in Eagle, Colorado
The Specialized Revolution Enduro Series presented by Fat Tire took race two of the five race season to Eagle, Colorado for four stages of racing on high speed singletrack. For this second stop $1000 dollars is being donated to the Hardscrabble Trails coalition as part of the $5000 sponsorship grant from Fat Tire.
Two days before the race, the excessive rains in Colorado created some very muddy conditions that had a logging truck slide off the road that was to be used for the shuttles taking racers to the transition start for stage one. Fortunately the rain let up, and the race was allowed to run with an extra few miles of climbing added to the stage one transition. The totals for the day had racers climbing just over 2700 feet and ripping over 5500 feet of flowing and tight singletrack descents over 24 miles. Stage 1 was contested on some still slick and muddy trail, and as the race descended in elevation everything dried out creating some prime race conditions. Again, after the race hot food and plenty of cold beverages provided by Fat Tire and Yerba Mate awaited racers on their journey finish.
A 7am start made for an early morning and cool fresh mountain air on the transition to start stage 1.
Views got bigger as racers kept climbing.
Petr Hanak rallied in the Men's Open class to take 3rd on the day.
Men's Open winner Sam Brown took the win on the last two stages to grab his first REV Enduro victory.
Plenty of speed to be found on stage 1.
Boulder Junior Cycling's Nathan Kindrachuk took fourth in the Men's overall.
Mary McLarnon closed out last season with a win at the Series final in Snowmass, and returned with a win in her first race of the season.
Katie Catanzarite took second place in the Women's Open.
Maylei Leaneagh with Boulder Junior Cycling took fourth in the Women's Open.
Grant Shoemaker blasting the stage 1 mud and riding to second place in the Master's 50+.
A short but steep hike-a-bike took racers to the start of stage 2.
Junior Boy's 13-14 Max Lulofs on the tight singletrack of stage two.
Racers que up to drop stage 3 Worlds Greatest singletrack trail.
Junior Boy's 13-14 winner AJ Lembitz rides a manual for the camera on stage 3.
Youth 10-12 winner Ellis Bates shredding on Worlds Greatest.
Cool refreshing slushies were a treat for all at the base area aid station.
Tyler Gronowski foot out and flat out on stage 4.
Noah Wolson sprinting to the finish.
Molly Danzig pumping through the bottom of stage 4.
Claire Holman had a great ride to take first place in the Amateur Women's race.
Robbie Wodnik taking 3rd in the Junior Boy's 13-14 race.
Erin Guiney rode to 2nd in the Amateur Women's race.
Connor Gray winning the Amateur Men's 19-29 race.
Rode hard and hung up wet; the sign of a good race.
Post race bevies on ice.
Happy days..
Open Women's podium.
Open Men's podium.
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