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Page Mill

Week 2 of the 2015 Low-Key Hillclimb Series

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Group 3 sprint (Richard Contreras)

Thanks to help from Richard Allen, Bernard Bell, Geoffrey Bower, Bill Bushnell, Cara Coburn, Richard Contreras, Kim Hill, Larry Klein, Vanessa McDonnel, Lane Parker, Pat Parseghian, Frank Paysen, Lisa Penzel, and Kevin Smith for making today's climb possible!

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Report

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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!

Results

KOM special mention qualifiers indicated with orange background.

Women
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
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


Men
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
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 Google 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 Google 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 Google 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 Google 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

M : mishap

100 point reference time for division Men = 41:33


Tandem
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+


Hybrid Electric
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
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


Teams
pl team score riders
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 Google 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