Stefano Profumo leads Colin Daw and Nick Bax in final kms. Bill Bushnell photo. |
Week 2 marked Low-Key's first return to Page Mill Road in 4 years, and it left your humble reporter asking himself why it's been so long.
It was a fantastic day, with the low-altitude fog rapidly giving way to warm sunshine as riders climbed the initial slopes of the climb. And Page Mill always presents a special challenge, with its highly variable grades leaving riders to determine their personal pacing strategy. Do you go deep into the red trying to keep speed on the steep portions, possibly to follow the wheel ahead or to drop a following rider, or do you even out the effort, go slower on the steep portions, then try to sustain the level of effort on the flatter portions?
There were 6 groups of returning Low-Keyers and two groups of newbies. In the men's division, it was all about group 1 at the head of the standings, with a Low-Key all-star group led home by Colin Daw, US elite national road champion. Nick Bax and Stefano Profumo were very close behind, however. Indeed after a rocket start to the climbing, things held together surprisingly closely, with a second week in succession of a tactical battle, with riders getting gapped off the back then chasing back. But Colin pulled off the win at the top, beating Tracy Colwell's Low-Key course record by 5 seconds. The interpersonal racing perhaps cost Colin a chance at Ken Spencer's Strava KOM, however.
Among the women, it was a newbie emerging from group A (the first of the 2 groups for new riders): Stanford Cycling's Mirre Stallen finishing faster than Melanie Spath's existing Low-Key record. Sindy Cho, in her second race ever (the first being Low-Key Montebello) finished a super-impressive second out of group 3, just ahead of Janet Gardner, the two having worked together for much of the climb. Stanford's Grace Chuchia was fourth, also from group A.
In the tandem division it was Paul & Paul who finished in a tight sprint finish in the third group. Meanwhile, in the hybrid-electric division, it was Bill Bushnell finishing ahead of Carol Ordemann, who rode strongly but failed in her goal to pass her son-in-law David Collet.
On the team side it was Stanford & Sons ahead of Stanford Cycling and Sisters and Misters of No Mercy, with a resurgent Team Low-Key in fourth. This was the first time Stanford has made such a strong showing at the Low-Keys.
Thanks to all of our great volunteers for making this week another Low-Key success!
KOM special mention qualifiers indicated with orange background.
pl | # | name | team | cat | time | mph | fph | score |
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1 | 243 | Mirre Stallen | Stanford Cycling | ? | 40:27 | 12.79 | 3294 | 126.12 |
2 | 43 | Sindy Cho | Low-Key | Just Make It To The Top | 41:40 | 12.41 | 3198 | 122.14 |
3 | 8 | Janet Gardner | Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy | 45+ | 41:41 | 12.41 | 3197 | 122.09 |
4 | 206 | Grace Chuchla | Stanford Cycling | 3 Women | 42:34 | 12.15 | 3131 | 119.35 |
5 | 117 | Lisa Penzel | Low-Key | 50+ | 43:03 | 12.01 | 3095 | 117.90 |
6 | 49 | Christina Davis | LGBRC | 4 | 44:44 | 11.56 | 2979 | 113.11 |
7 | 270 | Jill Stone | LGBRC | 4 | 45:37 | 11.34 | 2921 | 110.74 |
8 | 51 | Bonnie Denoyer | LGBRC | 45+ | 46:04 | 11.23 | 2893 | 109.57 |
9 | 22 | Mary Ellen Allen | Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy | 50+++ | 46:47 | 11.06 | 2848 | 107.76 |
10 | 231 | Diniana Piekutowski | Stanford Cycling | 3.14+ 1 | 50:02 | 10.34 | 2663 | 100.21 |
11 | 61 | Mel Dutkiewicz | Diablo | 50+ | 50:04 | 10.33 | 2662 | 100.13 |
12 | 221 | Christina King | Team CVC | 45+ | 50:53 | 10.16 | 2619 | 98.40 |
13 | 224 | Vanessa McDonnell | Cat Slug | 54:45 | 9.45 | 2434 | 90.90 | |
14 | 249 | Dan Zhang | Team Cycling Panda | 35+ | 57:46 | 8.95 | 2307 | 85.78 |
15 | 233 | Alexis Porubcan | Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy | Just Make It To The Top | 59:12 | 8.74 | 2251 | 83.54 |
16 | 80 | Christine Holmes | Low-Key | 50+ | 66:00 | 7.84 | 2019 | 74.27 |
100 point reference time for division Women = 50:07
pl | # | name | team | cat | time | mph | fph | score |
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1 | 209 | Colin Daw | Team Mike's Bikes | Wannabe | 33:07 | 15.62 | 4024 | 127.83 |
2 | 203 | Nick Bax | Stanford & Sons | 1 | 33:14 | 15.56 | 4010 | 127.35 |
3 | 126 | Stefano Profumo | Squadra SF | 35+ | 33:17 | 15.54 | 4004 | 127.14 |
4 | 62 | Chris Evans | Stanford & Sons | 35+ | 33:36 | 15.39 | 3966 | 125.85 |
5 | 90 | Bill Laddish | Team CVC | 45's | 33:39 | 15.37 | 3960 | 125.64 |
6 | 30 | Jacob Berkman | ThirstyBear p/b Akamai | 35+ | 33:41 | 15.35 | 3956 | 125.51 |
7 | 149 | Joseph Sullivan | San Jose Bike Club | 35+ | 34:04 | 15.18 | 3912 | 123.98 |
8 | 46 | David Collet | Stanford & Sons | 45+ | 34:12 | 15.12 | 3896 | 123.46 |
9 | 138 | Kirk Scheibelhut | Sparklemotion | Runner With A Bike | 34:43 | 14.90 | 3839 | 121.47 |
10 | 228 | Carl Nielson | Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy | 55+ | 34:52 | 14.83 | 3822 | 120.91 |
11 | 207 | Russell Clarida | Stanford Cycling | Dreamin' Of The Tour | 34:58 | 14.79 | 3811 | 120.53 |
12 | 212 | Robert Easley | Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy | 45+ | 35:00 | 14.78 | 3807 | 120.41 |
13 | 71 | Scott Gammon | Legendary | 6 | 35:33 | 14.55 | 3749 | 118.40 |
14 | 216 | Alistair Hardy-Poirier | out fer a rip | Displaced Xc Skier | 35:40 | 14.50 | 3736 | 117.98 |
15 | 108 | Shahram Moatazedi | LGBRC | 40+ | 35:57 | 14.39 | 3707 | 116.97 |
16 | 214 | Chris Furgiuele | Studio Velo | 35+ | 36:03 | 14.35 | 3697 | 116.62 |
17 | 39 | Paul Castonguay | Low-Key | 45+ | 36:08 | 14.31 | 3688 | 116.33 |
18 | 227 | Rob Nast | Plus 3 | 50+ | 36:34 | 14.14 | 3644 | 114.84 |
19 | 1 | Daniel Connelly | Low-Key | 3 | 36:49 | 14.05 | 3620 | 114.00 |
20 | 47 | Andy Crews | Diablo | 45+ | 37:30 | 13.79 | 3554 | 111.75 |
21 | 91 | Stephen Lamm | 40+ | 37:34 | 13.77 | 3547 | 111.54 | |
21 | 211 | Tom Dillon | Pen Velo/Pomodoro | 45+ | 37:34 | 13.77 | 3547 | 111.54 |
23 | 220 | Justin Kennedy | Cordelia Climb Team | 30+ | 37:49 | 13.68 | 3524 | 110.74 |
24 | 78 | Rich Hill | LGBRC | 50+ | 37:58 | 13.62 | 3510 | 110.27 |
25 | 141 | Martin Schubert | 30+ | 38:26 | 13.46 | 3467 | 108.82 | |
26 | 232 | Alex Poloziouk | Kovarus | 40+ | 38:30 | 13.43 | 3461 | 108.62 |
27 | 66 | Klaus Fleischmann | Pen Velo/Pomodoro | 45+ | 38:32 | 13.42 | 3458 | 108.51 |
27 | 148 | Todd Studenicka | San Jose Bike Club | 45+ | 38:32 | 13.42 | 3458 | 108.51 |
29 | 222 | Alexander Komlik | San Jose Bike Club | 50+ | 38:37 | 13.39 | 3451 | 108.26 |
30 | 28 | Jeff Baxter | LGBRC | 45+ | 38:49 | 13.32 | 3433 | 107.66 |
31 | 235 | Michael Reynolds | LGBRC | Hopefully Fast | 39:50 | 12.98 | 3345 | 104.69 |
32 | 97 | Doug MacPherson | Pen Velo/Pomodoro | 40+ | 39:51 | 12.98 | 3344 | 104.64 |
33 | 226 | Val Minaev | LGBRC | 35+ | 39:53 | 12.97 | 3341 | 104.55 |
34 | 152 | Stuart Taylor | Tandem Team Taylor | 40+ | 40:13 | 12.86 | 3314 | 103.61 |
35 | 88 | Scott Krahn | LGBRC | 30+ | 40:28 | 12.78 | 3293 | 102.92 |
36 | 150 | Andy Sutterfield | San Jose State University | 25+ | 40:47 | 12.68 | 3268 | 102.05 |
36 | 225 | David Miller | Stanford Cycling | 4 | 40:47 | 12.68 | 3268 | 102.05 |
38 | 204 | Dash Bodington | Stanford Cycling | Erpillar | 40:55 | 12.64 | 3257 | 101.69 |
39 | 12 | Will Von Kaenel | LGBRC | 55+ | 41:05 | 12.59 | 3244 | 101.25 |
40 | 248 | Noah Young | Stanford Cycling | 4 | 41:11 | 12.56 | 3236 | 100.98 |
41 | 107 | Chris Mickelsen | Pen Velo/Pomodoro | 55+ | 41:21 | 12.51 | 3223 | 100.54 |
42 | 89 | John L | For Mark | 45+ | 42:04 | 12.29 | 3168 | 98.69 |
43 | 120 | Andrew Perry | LGBRC | Slow Juniors | 42:11 | 12.26 | 3159 | 98.39M |
44 | 210 | Christian Dewey | Team Dewey | 25+ | 42:13 | 12.25 | 3157 | 98.31 |
45 | 67 | Joseph Fong | Team CVC | 4 | 42:18 | 12.23 | 3150 | 98.10 |
46 | 239 | Liam Sherlock | IdentityMind | Junior | 42:26 | 12.19 | 3140 | 97.77 |
47 | 215 | Adam Garelli | LGBRC | 25+ | 42:33 | 12.16 | 3132 | 97.48 |
48 | 60 | Marek Dutkiewicz | Diablo | 50+ | 42:38 | 12.13 | 3126 | 97.27 |
49 | 230 | Benoit Pelczar | Santa Cruz Endurance | Beat Nic > 40 | 42:45 | 12.10 | 3117 | 96.98 |
50 | 69 | Brad Fox | LGBRC | 30+ | 42:47 | 12.09 | 3115 | 96.90 |
51 | 64 | Brian Fitzgerald | LGBRC | 50+ | 43:05 | 12.00 | 3093 | 96.17 |
52 | 118 | Ramon Periquet | Team CVC | 50+ | 43:09 | 11.99 | 3088 | 96.01 |
53 | 217 | Michael Jones | Team Slow | 35+ | 43:31 | 11.89 | 3062 | 95.14 |
54 | 65 | Andrew Fitzhugh | Stanford Cycling | 50+ | 43:41 | 11.84 | 3051 | 94.75 |
55 | 213 | Rick Ferrell | Team Spokesman | 55+ | 43:45 | 11.82 | 3046 | 94.59 |
56 | 241 | Brandon Smith | Team CVC | 25+ | 43:52 | 11.79 | 3038 | 94.32 |
57 | 156 | Alan Weatherall | San Jose Bike Club | 50+ | 43:59 | 11.76 | 3030 | 94.05 |
58 | 124 | Ryan Powell | Team Joe Karbowski | 35+ | 44:13 | 11.70 | 3014 | 93.51 |
59 | 244 | Bernardo Tapia | Stanford Cycling | 40+ | 44:18 | 11.67 | 3008 | 93.32 |
60 | 271 | Robert Doudell | LGBRC | 45+ | 44:21 | 11.66 | 3005 | 93.21 |
61 | 158 | Han Wen | Grumpy Old Men (GOM) | 45+ | 44:28 | 11.63 | 2997 | 92.94 |
62 | 208 | Scott Cook | Really? | 40+ | 44:38 | 11.59 | 2986 | 92.57 |
63 | 125 | Thomas Preisler | LGBRC | 60+ | 45:12 | 11.44 | 2948 | 91.31 |
63 | 234 | Vasileios Raptakis | Team Slow | Just Make It To The Top | 45:12 | 11.44 | 2948 | 91.31 |
65 | 218 | David Kelly | Team Kelly | Out Of Shape Dads | 45:25 | 11.39 | 2934 | 90.84 |
66 | 205 | Peter Cathcart | San Jose Bike Club | 55+ | 45:29 | 11.37 | 2930 | 90.70 |
67 | 219 | Brian Kennedy | Cordelia Climb Team | 4 | 45:35 | 11.35 | 2923 | 90.48 |
68 | 238 | Christopher Scott | Stanford Cycling | 60+ | 45:37 | 11.34 | 2921 | 90.41 |
69 | 35 | Scott Byer | 45+ | 45:43 | 11.31 | 2915 | 90.20 | |
70 | 159 | Carl Werner | LGBRC | 50+ | 45:57 | 11.26 | 2900 | 89.70 |
71 | 73 | Jon Gauthier | Stanford Cycling | 20+ | 45:58 | 11.25 | 2899 | 89.67 |
72 | 250 | Ye Zhang | Team Cycling Panda | Just Make It To The Top | 46:18 | 11.17 | 2878 | 88.97 |
73 | 41 | Charles Cheung | Sloth Dichotomy | 4 | 46:19 | 11.17 | 2877 | 88.93 |
74 | 33 | Nicholas Brummell | Atlas | 50+ And Broken | 46:31 | 11.12 | 2865 | 88.52 |
75 | 85 | Rupesh Kapoor | Slightly Old | 46:39 | 11.09 | 2857 | 88.25 | |
76 | 81 | Martin Hyland | Diablo | 55+ | 46:52 | 11.04 | 2843 | 87.80 |
77 | 136 | Shane Ruggieri | LGBRC | 45+ | 47:03 | 10.99 | 2832 | 87.43 |
78 | 114 | Dan Pankratz | LGBRC | 40+ | 47:09 | 10.97 | 2826 | 87.23 |
79 | 133 | Cory Roay | Pen Velo/Pomodoro | 55+ | 47:13 | 10.95 | 2822 | 87.10 |
80 | 40 | Hui Chen | Team Cycling Panda | 45+ | 47:30 | 10.89 | 2805 | 86.54 |
81 | 247 | Brian Ward | Zombie Raccoon | 40+ | 48:22 | 10.69 | 2755 | 84.86 |
82 | 223 | Pavel Krivenko | Stanford Cycling | Group 5 | 48:30 | 10.66 | 2748 | 84.61 |
83 | 236 | Michael Riepe | MountainFlyer Magazine | 45+ | 48:31 | 10.66 | 2747 | 84.58 |
84 | 245 | Nick Thomas | My biking buddies | 45+ | 48:39 | 10.63 | 2739 | 84.33 |
85 | 200 | Gader Alalli | Stanford Cycling | Make It To The Top | 48:46 | 10.61 | 2733 | 84.11 |
86 | 87 | Larry Klein | Grumpy Old Men (GOM) | 55+ | 48:55 | 10.57 | 2724 | 83.83 |
87 | 52 | Gilles Denoyer | Finisar | 45+ | 50:03 | 10.33 | 2663 | 81.78 |
88 | 201 | Nigel Allen | Oso | 40+ | 50:07 | 10.32 | 2659 | 81.66 |
89 | 146 | Kevin Smith | LGBRC | 55+ | 51:10 | 10.11 | 2604 | 79.85 |
90 | 25 | Christopher Barrett | San Jose Bike Club | 55+ Old Fat And Slow | 52:59 | 9.76 | 2515 | 76.89 |
91 | 137 | David Salazar | Stanford Cycling | 25+ | 53:56 | 9.59 | 2471 | 75.43 |
92 | 202 | Jeffrey Barratt | Stanford Cycling | Just Make It To The Top Why Not | 54:45 | 9.45 | 2434 | 74.21 |
93 | 113 | Bill P | Me & my biking buddies | 6 | 55:34 | 9.31 | 2398 | 73.03 |
94 | 23 | Richard Allen | Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy | 55+ | 55:35 | 9.30 | 2397 | 73.01 |
95 | 989 | John Bleau | 45+ | 55:54 | 9.25 | 2384 | 72.56 | |
96 | 242 | Gregory P. Smith | Zombie Raccoon | Finisher | 59:25 | 8.70 | 2243 | 67.93 |
97 | 162 | Harvey Wolfson | Diablo | 65+ | 60:43 | 8.52 | 2195 | 66.36 |
98 | 229 | Rick Nolthenius | Santa Cruz Track Club | 1hr 35 For Mt Diablo - I'm Slow On A Steel Bike | 62:53 | 8.22 | 2119 | 63.89 |
100 point reference time for division Men = 41:33
pl | # | name | team | cat | time | mph | fph | score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 44 | Paul Chuck | Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy | 60+ | 42:46 | 12.09 | 3116 | 96.94 |
101 | Paul McKenzie | Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy | 60+ |
pl | # | name | team | cat | time | mph | fph | score |
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1 | 6 | Bill Bushnell | Low-Key | Recumbent | 24:21 | 21.24 | 5473 | 99.10 |
2 | 112 | Carol Ordemann | Stanford & Sons | Hybrid-Electric | 32:39 | 15.84 | 4081 | 72.16 |
100 point reference time for division Hybrid Electric = 24:08
pl | team | score | riders |
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1 | Stanford & Sons | 376.66 | Carol Ordemann, Nick Bax, Chris Evans, David Collet |
2 | Stanford Cycling | 366.00 | Russell Clarida, Mirre Stallen, David Miller, Dash Bodington, Noah Young, Grace Chuchla, Andrew Fitzhugh, Bernardo Tapia, Christopher Scott, Jon Gauthier, Pavel Krivenko, Gader Alalli, Diniana Piekutowski, David Salazar, Jeffrey Barratt |
3 | Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy | 363.41 | Carl Nielson, Robert Easley, Janet Gardner, Paul Chuck, Paul McKenzie, Mary Ellen Allen, Richard Allen, Alexis Porubcan |
4 | Low-Key | 356.37 | Bill Bushnell, Paul Castonguay, Daniel Connelly, Sindy Cho, Lisa Penzel, Christine Holmes |
5 | LGBRC | 340.82 | Shahram Moatazedi, Rich Hill, Jeff Baxter, Michael Reynolds, Val Minaev, Scott Krahn, Will Von Kaenel, Andrew Perry, Adam Garelli, Brad Fox, Brian Fitzgerald, Robert Doudell, Christina Davis, Thomas Preisler, Jill Stone, Carl Werner, Bonnie Denoyer, Shane Ruggieri, Dan Pankratz, Kevin Smith |
6 | San Jose Bike Club | 340.76 | Joseph Sullivan, Todd Studenicka, Alexander Komlik, Alan Weatherall, Peter Cathcart, Christopher Barrett |
7 | Pen Velo/Pomodoro | 324.69 | Tom Dillon, Klaus Fleischmann, Doug MacPherson, Chris Mickelsen, Cory Roay |
8 | Team CVC | 322.14 | Bill Laddish, Joseph Fong, Ramon Periquet, Brandon Smith, Christina King |
9 | 310.55 | Stephen Lamm, Martin Schubert, Scott Byer, Rupesh Kapoor | |
10 | Diablo | 309.16 | Andy Crews, Marek Dutkiewicz, Martin Hyland, Mel Dutkiewicz, Harvey Wolfson |
11 | Team Cycling Panda | 261.29 | Ye Zhang, Hui Chen, Dan Zhang |
12 | Cordelia Climb Team | 201.22 | Justin Kennedy, Brian Kennedy |
13 | Team Slow | 186.45 | Michael Jones, Vasileios Raptakis |
14 | Grumpy Old Men (GOM) | 176.77 | Han Wen, Larry Klein |
15 | Zombie Raccoon | 152.79 | Brian Ward, Gregory P. Smith |
16 | Team Mike's Bikes | 127.83 | Colin Daw |
17 | Squadra SF | 127.14 | Stefano Profumo |
18 | ThirstyBear p/b Akamai | 125.51 | Jacob Berkman |
19 | Sparklemotion | 121.47 | Kirk Scheibelhut |
20 | Legendary | 118.40 | Scott Gammon |
21 | out fer a rip | 117.98 | Alistair Hardy-Poirier |
22 | Studio Velo | 116.62 | Chris Furgiuele |
23 | Plus 3 | 114.84 | Rob Nast |
24 | Kovarus | 108.62 | Alex Poloziouk |
25 | Tandem Team Taylor | 103.61 | Stuart Taylor |
26 | San Jose State University | 102.05 | Andy Sutterfield |
27 | For Mark | 98.69 | John L |
28 | Team Dewey | 98.31 | Christian Dewey |
29 | IdentityMind | 97.77 | Liam Sherlock |
30 | Santa Cruz Endurance | 96.98 | Benoit Pelczar |
31 | Team Spokesman | 94.59 | Rick Ferrell |
32 | Team Joe Karbowski | 93.51 | Ryan Powell |
33 | Really? | 92.57 | Scott Cook |
34 | Team Kelly | 90.84 | David Kelly |
35 | Sloth Dichotomy | 88.93 | Charles Cheung |
36 | Atlas | 88.52 | Nicholas Brummell |
37 | MountainFlyer Magazine | 84.58 | Michael Riepe |
38 | My biking buddies | 84.33 | Nick Thomas |
39 | Finisar | 81.78 | Gilles Denoyer |
40 | Oso | 81.66 | Nigel Allen |
41 | Me & my biking buddies | 73.03 | Bill P |
42 | Santa Cruz Track Club | 63.89 | Rick Nolthenius |