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“I think my sponsors just like knowing that I do local races,” Sturm said. end, said her sponsors appreciate the fact that she competes in local races. Sturm, who is likely to resume racing this weekend. The COVID-19 pandemic canceled racing last year, so the reigning road racing champions are still Sarah Sturm and Griffin Easter from 2019. “All the great athletes who have come and raced the Iron Horse, that just adds to its legacy.” “Sepp Kuss could win the Tour of Spain this year, and he’s the No.1 assistant for the guy who is likely to win the Tour de France,” Wells said. Wells said the depth of competition during the race – from Olympians to national champions and Tour de France riders – lends credibility to the event. It’s a really great race, ”said Todd Wells, former mountain biking Olympian and regular Iron Horse competitor. “People certainly know the Iron Horse, that’s for sure, and especially in the Rocky Mountain region. And that was a sign of the depth of competition during the race. While a victory in the Iron Horse road race does not guarantee future success in his career, Kuss’s victory in 2017 proved that the former mountain biker can compete on the road.
DURANGO IRON HORSE BIKE RACE PROFESSIONAL
Today, Kuss rides for the professional cycling team Team Jumbo-Visma in races as important as the Tour de France.
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Kuss won the race, a performance that left his competitors in a “sense of respect.” The group were caught off guard and as the finish line at Silverton got closer and closer, Durangoans Sepp Kuss and Howard Grotts got on the move.īy the time the riders reached the top of Molas Pass, Kuss had caught up with Aasmundstad and had a good lead ahead of Grotts. In the 2017 Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s road race, Albuquerque’s Mark Aasmundstad rode solo, several minutes ahead of the peloton. I’ll be posting periodic updates here on my training progress and hopefully come the end of May some pictures and my results.Past winners have reached greater heights in cycling Luckily I’ve got my fixed gear I can ride for a while. Unfortunately toward the end of my ride the freewheel on my maintenance-neglected bike siezed up, so I need to do some serious cleanup on it, and probably take it into the shop for a tune-up. I was huffing and puffing as I got to the top of Mount Helix, which isn’t a good sign seeing as its only 1000ft or so above sea level, but I’ve got time to work on that. I only rode about 15 miles, just warming up, my first time riding in quite a while but it felt good. So Sunday I donned my new lyrca shorts (those padded spandex like shorts road bikers wear), bike jersey shirt and rode off in the 85F+ heat.
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It’s going to take a lot of exercise and training to get ready for this. Living in coastal-California all my life, I’ve only been above 10,000 feet a few times, and never ridden a bike up that high. The part that starts to worry me is the two 10,000 foot mountain passes between Durango and Silverton. I’ve never ridden 50 miles, but I have no doubt that I can do a 50 mile ride. The idea behind it is the race the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Train from the start in Durango to the finish in Silverton.
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The Iron Horse is a 47 mile race/ride from Durango to Silverton Colorado. One of my new years resolutions this year is to train for, and ultimately ride in, The Iron Horse Bicycle Classic. Last Sunday afternoon, while most people in San Diego were watching the Chargers lose to the Steelers I was out enjoying an unseasonably hot day in January with a bike ride through La Mesa and up Mount Helix.