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Colorado Brevet Series 1999 |
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1999
Brevet Series Results
200km
- May 2 | 300km - May
15 | 400km - June 12 | 600km - June 26
1999 Brevet Series in Review
Here are the compiled results for our 1999 brevet
series. We had 27 brevet finishers, including 7 remote to Colorado (Tex., Mich., Calif.), of whom 19 went to Paris-Brest-Paris (13 from
the RMCC).
Comparison with
1998 Brevets – Included for
comparison are the finishing times of those also completing 1998 brevets. The conclusions to be drawn are limited at
best, since riders’ goals and circumstances often overshadow course or weather
differences. Still, here’s a rundown:
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200km – Riders were up to an hour faster in 1999: because of
flooding, the course was shortened a bit, and there was more (fast) main road
mileage (Hwy. 66 and US-85).
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300km – Most early riders were essentially as fast as in 1998; later
riders were 1-1½ hours slower: the
course was a bit hillier, but winds probably made the biggest difference. Bob Fourney’s slightly slower time in 1999
may be from riding his HPV.
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400km – I was most interested to see if a 4000 ft. climb up Lefthand
Canyon followed by Carter Lake and Horsetooth would increase the times (I
estimated about 1½ hours); ignoring weather and mechanical problems, many
riders took only ¾ - 1½ hour longer on this course.
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600km – Even less can be concluded from the 600km, since most people
took at sleep break; Bob Fourney rode nearly straight through, however, and
took 3 hours longer this year – like the 400km, we had a 4000 ft. climb, then
Horsetooth.
200km Brevet – 2 May 1999 – Northglenn - Evans - Gunbarrel
Typical difficult weather for our 200km, despite our
holding it in May instead of April.
Riders drove through a steady downpour to the ride start. Flood warnings on the South Platte near Evans
forced us to run the outbound route straight east on Hwy. 66 to US-85, up to
Evans and back on US-85, thus missing out on the picturesque lowlands and
feedlots on the county roads near Evans.
Two riders did the extra-credit 155-mile option, new for this year.
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300km Brevet – 15 May 1999 – Littleton - Castle Rock - Black Forest -
Chatfield
Typical good
conditions for this ride, toasty at times, and typically windy, with strong,
warm downslope winds building off the Palmer Divide by mid-morning. Riders were buffeted eastbound to Kiowa and
toiled uphill to Elbert, the windforce increasing with time, so that the later
you were, the more you were slowed by the wind (which turned into a headwind by
Sedalia). Riders enjoyed Charlie
Henderson’s safer route revisions, including the back roads to and from Sedalia
in place of I-25, Tomah Road coming back into Castle Rock, the climb out of
Castle Rock to the secret checkpoint manned by his horses, and the Chatfield
bike path.
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300km Brevet |
5/15/1999 |
Time of Day |
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Rider |
Elapsed 1999 |
Little- ton #1 |
Castle Rock #2 |
Elbert
#3 |
Black Forest #4 |
Castle Rock #5 |
Roxbo-rough #6 |
Little-ton #7 |
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1998 |
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BARANCZYK, Merle |
14:50 |
13:08 |
4:04 |
7:35 |
9:43 |
12:15 |
15:12 |
15:49 |
18:54 |
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BARDAY, Bob |
17:29 |
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4:04 |
8:30 |
11:24 |
14:25 |
17:51 |
20:20 |
21:33 |
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BILLINGSLEY, Ken |
16:29 |
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4:04 |
8:35 |
11:40 |
14:15 |
17:28 |
19:35 |
20:33 |
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BODEUX, Reynald |
15:34 |
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4:04 |
7:45 |
11:23 |
13:45 |
16:42 |
18:45 |
19:38 |
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CARP, Joel |
15:24 |
13:59 |
4:04 |
7:53 |
10:32 |
13:25 |
16:15 |
18:25 |
19:28 |
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ELLIS, John Lee |
12:04 |
11:55 |
4:04 |
7:30 |
9:42 |
11:33 |
14:00 |
15:24 |
16:08 |
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FARNSWORTH, Rex |
15:30 |
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4:04 |
8:20 |
11:20 |
13:40 |
16:22 |
18:45 |
19:34 |
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FOURNEY, Robert |
11:19 |
10:42 |
4:04 |
7:35 |
9:48 |
11:31 |
13:42 |
14:54 |
15:23 |
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FOX, John M.
"Mike" |
15:41 |
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4:04 |
8:35 |
11:21 |
13:40 |
16:27 |
18:45 |
19:45 |