VOLUME 14 NUMBER 4 FREE JUNE 2006 cycling utah IDAHO AND REGIONAL CALENDAR TOO! •Calendar of Events - p. 18 •Soldier Hollow MTB Race - p. 3 • Mountain Biking for Women - p. 4 •Catch the Spirit of Cycling at Tour of Utah - p. 2 •Bear Lake Road Race - p. 14 •Payson Canyon's Blackhawk Trail - p. 8 •Ride Around the Great Salt Lake - p. 12 DIRT •Five Mile Pass MTB Race - p. 15 PAVEMENT •Results - p. 20 ADVOCACY • Commuter Column - p. 10 •Lava Rama DH Photos - p. 15 RACING •Mountain Biking the Great Divide Trail - p. 6 TOURING •Wired to Win Review - p. 22 • Complete Medical Guide Review - p. 19 MOUNTAIN WEST CYCLING JOURNAL cycling utah.com JUNE 2006 ROUTE 211 Catch the Spirit of Cycling at the Tour of Utah By Greg Overton Canyon, a winding and steep 16 avoid traffic and get the good spot ing that day. miles from Golden, Colorado, just before the crest of the climb, That short moment is one of my We were sitting by the road- into the mountains to the west. at the end of a long and straight best memories as a bike racer. And P.O. Box 57980 side talking about racing, bikes, Myself and a group of about seven section with a very steep pitch. I wasn’t even racing that day! I got Murray, UT 84157-0980 and the climb, making power bar or eight racing buddies and team- We knew it well, having climbed in a good training ride, and those www.cyclingutah.com wagers at who would reach us mates had ridden this climb as fast it regularly for years as a training almost always became a race in You can reach us by phone: first. At the same time, we were as we could so we could compare ride. On this day in 1986, Golden the end, but more importantly I got (801) 268-2652 all staring down the road we had their times to ours. Now we sat, Gate was the first sixteen miles of the unfading image of some of the Our Fax number: just climbed – it was Golden Gate snacked, talked and waited. We had stage 11 of the Coors Classic stage world’s best riders, best athletes, (801) 263-1010 left the town of Golden early to race. 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Cycling Utah is free, limit one copy per person. © 2006 cycling utah Pick up a copy of cycling utah at your favorite bike shop! Cover Photo: Jennifer Hanks (Revolution/Cannondale) on her way to winning at the Soldier Hollow ICS race on May 20, 2006. Photo: Todd Stay. See photos of the entire event at joaquim- hailer.com JUNE 2006 cycling utah.com 3 MOUNTAIN BIKE RACING Sager and Hanks Hit Hard at Hollow the Good Doctor Gillespie in third about a minute and a half off the pace. This would be the same order from start to podium. Commenting afterwards, Sager said “it was actually pretty dumb that we didn’t ride together. I was hoping that it could have been a bit more tactical and aggressive but when I came through the first Left: Jason Sager (Motel San Jose) cruised to victory in the lap at 37 minutes, well you do the Men's Pro Class. math, it’s going to be a long day.” Above: Shifters? We don' need no stinkin' shifters! Kenny And that it was, with the winning men’s time at 2:39:16. Jones (Racer's Cycle Service) took the singlespeed class. The women only saw two Photos: Todd Stay. See more at joaquimhailer.com. pros at the start to do battle, but (Mad Dog) traded blows through- day at the Hollow and if you a strong group of experts were out their two and a half hour slog didn’t it was still a pretty day in also out and by the looks of their with Jenifer pulling away at the the mountains. form will be moving to the pro end edging out Kara by a slim 40 class shortly. Jennifer Hanks seconds. (Revolution) and Kara Holley If you survived, it was a great See results on page 20. By Trevor Simper an attempt to tear some off on the race course and add a little money Twelve Pro Men toed the to the diaper fund. Thomas line at Solider Hollow for what Spannring (Cole Sport) who was would be a long day in the saddle. rumored to have a spanking new Winding single track would take set of calf implants made his way the riders around the 9-mile loop around the block from PC to hone four times netting a total elevation up his form for the upcoming gain of 4400 ft, accumulated on nationals and possible take home a a plethora of punchy climbs that piece of the pie for himself. And litter the hills around the resort. Chris Holley (Mad Dog) heard No one climb is longer than a that they were giving out money minute and no decent longer than in the Pro class so he also toed the about 30 seconds. This race is line as his first race in the local about being steady Eddy. Fresh pro class. off a NORBA top ten result in Out of the gate and up the the STXC was none other than first steep pitch of pavement international playboy and new would be the first and only time resident of PC Jason Sager (Motel the pro class rode together as San Jose).