2012 Results

200km -- 28 April 2012 -- Stove Prairie RUSA# Time   Rider 7760 7:42 Baker, Chris 7:48 Benoit, Diane 6322 9:30 Dean, Robert 2401 7:49 deRosset, Will 9:04 Dorosz, Lauren 7320 11:28 Droege, David * 153 9:11 Ellis, John Lee ® 4819 6:50 Feldman, Tim Foon 1471 7:49 Foley, Paul 4478 10:31 Freeman, Gary 5417 9:11 Grainger, Michelle ® 9:09 Grealish, Chris 5893 9:09 Haskins, Josh 4425 11:00 Heck, Ken 3585 10:41 Herget, Scott 3230 8:08 Hoff, Peter 5436 7:53 Horwood, Joshua 5692 6:50 Jones, Lloyd 5687 11:28 Klever, John 3555 9:24 Knoblauch, Tom 5418 9:11 Le Goff, Steve ® 2145 9:25 Long, Beth 1679 7:49 Mangin, L. John 11:28 Melick, Rick 2129 9:25 Myers, Brent 9:50 Newton, Gerry 8:22 Nourse, Patrick 11:28 Parry, Diana 7045 7:20 Pfeil, Mark 1468 7:49 Rapp, Brian 6:50 Rudolph, Steve 7:52 Shafer, Tim 7:43 Shannon, Kelly 3108 9:11 Shenk, Catherine ® 7:42 Stewart, Cary 9:09 Wilhelms, Tony *   ® Pre-Ride * First Brevet! Most Headwind Ever? 37 starters had a cool, breezy but largely sunny day, with winds that veered seemingly with every turn ... to face the riders, of course. - John Lee Ellis Brilliant sun at the start, but also a hefty westerly wind!   ... and happy faces despite battling an easterly wind to finish from John Mangin, Will deRosset, Paul Foley, and Brian Rapp. 200km -- 21 April 2012 -- Falcon-Limon-Kiowa RUSA# Time   Rider 4819 6:51 Feldman, Tim Foon 2434 8:20 Flanigan, John 1471 8:34 Foley, Paul ® 6287 6:51 Franz, Ryan 9:07 Gallo, Felix 9:07 Grealish, Chris 6605 9:05 Hartwell, Jon 4425 10:49 Heck, Ken 3585 10:02 Herget, Scott 351 11:06 Miller, Craig 8:25 Nourse, Patrick 1468 8:05 Rapp, Brian 1503 12:00 Simmons, Eric 1842 7:47 Smith, Vernon 7657 7:13 Seiler, Joe 8:05 Traditi, Frank   ® Pre-Ride Least Snow Flurries Yet! 16 starters enjoyed a brilliant spring day for the second annual Falcon-Limon-Kiowa 200k. A big increase over last year's turnout in the face of wind and snow flurries. Tim "Foon" Feldman writes, "It's a lovely route. The Hwy 86 rollers were fantastic, literally where the deer and the antelope play. Kiowa is a beautiful little town and had welcoming chairs for us outside the control. We had a nice group to brave the initial headwinds out to Limon, and a wonderful tailwind to send us to the top of the Elbert Road climb. Temperatures were perfect. I doubt we will ever have better weather. Never was heard a discouraging word!" A big thanks to route designer and ride leader Vernon Smith! - John Lee Ellis 200km -- 14 April 2012 -- Drake Doubleback RUSA# Time   Rider 6:57 Benoit, Diane 7019 7:58 Boyce, Bert 5967 8:15 Cook, Brett 6322 8:53 Dean, Robert 153 7:40 Ellis, John Lee 4819 6:20 Feldman, Tim Foon 6287 6:24 Franz, Ryan 4478 10:20 Freeman, Gary 3585 9:30 Herget, Scott 7780 8:30 Hillis, Jeff ** 3230 7:40 Hoff, Peter 5632 8:30 LeBlanc, Todd 2145 9:00 Long, Beth 6026 5:59 Lowe, Mark 1679 7:40 Mangin, L. John 7066 7:40 McDonald, Dan 351 10:20 Miller, Craig * 2129 9:00 Myers, Brent 5525 10:02 Niedermier, Mark 8:11 Nourse, Patrick 7045 6:56 Pfeil, Mark 6:20 Rudolph, Steve 6:57 Shafer, T 3551 8:30 Snavely, Henry 9:56 Stone, Jim ** 8:11 Towne, Bradford **   * First Colo. Brevet! ** First Brevet! Nicest "Bad Weather" DD Yet! 28 riders enjoyed a nicer-than-forecast day for the season's first brevet. Folks were motivated to ride expeditiously in the face of predicted afternoon showers. The first half of the day was in fact brilliantly sunny. Riders enjoyed a tailwind push up Big Thompson Canyon facing into clouds forming above the Divide. After Platteville, stiff northerly winds picked up and clouds glowered, but only a few sprinkles late. - John Lee Ellis Brilliant sun descending the Big Thompson Canyon Narrows ... ... but an ominous cloudbank rising from the northwest.