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Bohlman

Week 6 of the 2015 Low-Key Hillclimb Series

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Alexander Komlik leads a group to the 1st On Orbit intersection. (Garrett Lau)

Thanks to coordinator Kevin Comerford, with help from Jeff Baxter, Bill Bushnell, Richard Contreras, JD Daniels, Stephen Fong, Christine Holmes, Garrett Lau, Gino Ledesma, Carol Ordemann, Pat Parseghian, Ramon Periquet, Lynn Sestak, and Kieran Sherlock for making today's climb possible!

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Week 6 provided perfect weather for Low-Key's return to the climb with the greatest tradition of striking fear into the hearts of Low-Keyers: Bohlman Road. But this year was a twist on Low-Key tradition, as instead of taking "scenic" alternatives to the main road, we stayed on Bohlman Road all the way to the top. While this removed the deepest sting, On Orbit Lane, the climb was still very much one to be feared, with its repeated excursions into the 15% grade range sapping the strength from even the freshest legs.

In the men's race, Bill Laddish once again showed his strength against repeated steep grades, repeating his impressive first place from Alba. He finished just ahead of Low-Key newbies Andrew Shimizu and Alistair Hardy in an exciting sprint finish. In the women's standings there was no sprint, as Amy Cameron did an incredible climb to finish well ahead of Low-Key strongwomen Janet Gardner and Jennie Phillips. Hybrid-electric rider Bill Bushnell blitzed the course in an eye-popping 18:12 to win this category, with rival Carol Ordemann out with a wrist injury.

Among the junior riders, it was a battle for the category lead between Gara Parker and Liam Sherlock, as Andrew Perry who had been leading (as "Slow Juniors") was absent. Parker eventually rode extremely strongly to take the junior lead, with Perry in second, and Sherlock a very strong third.

Thanks to all the riders who finished the climb today! On a climb like this, just to finish is to win, which was obvious from all the smiles at the summit.

Next week is OLH, beginning the final third of the 2015 Low-Key Hillclimb series. The ultra-steeps are done for the year, but that doesn't lessen the pain.

Added note: a 10 second penalty was assessed for egregiously crossing the double yellow line during a sprint. Please don't do that, people! Remember, we follow the vehicle code here.

Results

KOM special mention qualifiers indicated with orange background.

Women
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 36 Amy Cameron Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 35+ 30:26 8.79 3811 130.30
2 8 Janet Gardner Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 45+ 31:53 8.39 3638 124.24
3 122 Jennie Phillips Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 50+ 32:46 8.17 3540 120.81
4 43 Sindy Cho Low-Key Just Make It To The Top 33:03 8.10 3509 119.75
5 401 Shaena Berlin MIT-West 2 33:14 8.05 3490 119.07
6 604 Elizabeth Hamel Camels 3 33:57 7.88 3416 116.50
7 49 Christina Davis LGBRC 4 34:52 7.67 3326 113.37
8 270 Jill Stone LGBRC 4 35:52 7.46 3234 110.13
9 601 Lindsay Barlow Team Lindsay B Development Team 4 36:23 7.36 3188 108.53
10 55 Emma Dixon Google 35+ 39:06 6.84 2966 100.82
11 61 Mel Dutkiewicz Diablo 50+ 41:13 6.49 2814 95.52

100 point reference time for division Women = 39:24

Men
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 90 Bill Laddish Team CVC 45's 25:29 10.50 4551 128.97
2 610 Andrew Shimizu Data Driven Athlete 1 25:29 10.50 4551 128.97
3 216 Alistair Hardy-Poirier out fer a rip Displaced Xc Skier 25:30 10.49 4548 128.89
4 46 David Collet Stanford & Sons 45+ 25:39 10.43 4522 128.12
5 420 Zachary Ulissi Stanford & Sons 2 25:54 10.33 4478 126.85
6 62 Chris Evans Stanford & Sons 35+ 26:04 10.27 4449 126.02
7 228 Carl Nielson Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 55+ 26:33 10.08 4368 123.67
8 603 Blaise Hamel Camels 3 26:59 9.92 4298 121.64
9 126 Stefano Profumo Squadra SF 35+ 27:09 9.86 4272 120.87P
10 311 Morgan Raines Bike Trip 40+ 27:14 9.83 4259 120.49
11 227 Rob Nast Plus 3 50+ 27:21 9.78 4241 119.97
12 71 Scott Gammon Legendary 6 27:22 9.78 4238 119.89
13 1 Daniel Connelly Low-Key 3 27:30 9.73 4217 119.30
14 108 Shahram Moatazedi LGBRC 40+ 27:41 9.67 4190 118.49
15 212 Robert Easley Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 45+ 28:04 9.53 4132 116.83
16 130 Travis Retzer Data Driven Athlete 3 28:09 9.51 4120 116.48
17 91 Stephen Lamm Google 40+ 28:35 9.36 4058 114.67
18 142 Brian Schuster Squadra SF 2 28:40 9.33 4046 114.33
19 47 Andy Crews Diablo 45+ 28:45 9.31 4034 113.99
20 16 Joe Fant LGBRC 55+ 28:58 9.24 4004 113.12
21 39 Paul Castonguay Low-Key 45+ 29:02 9.22 3995 112.85
22 504 Parker Gara SunPower Racing Junior 29:26 9.09 3940 111.28
23 66 Klaus Fleischmann Pen Velo/Pomodoro 45+ 29:34 9.05 3923 110.77
24 78 Rich Hill LGBRC 50+ 29:43 9.01 3903 110.19
25 602 Larbi Benhabib   30+ 29:47 8.98 3894 109.94M
26 152 Stuart Taylor Tandem Team Taylor 40+ 30:09 8.88 3847 108.57
27 119 Jim Perreira San Jose Bike Club 45+ 30:10 8.87 3845 108.51
28 306 Joseph Junio SOLO Havefun 30:44 8.71 3774 106.46
29 97 Doug MacPherson Pen Velo/Pomodoro 40+ 30:51 8.67 3759 106.05
30 222 Alexander Komlik San Jose Bike Club 50+ 31:04 8.61 3733 105.29
31 613 Cesar Gullien Evergreen 40+ 31:07 8.60 3727 105.12
32 606 Yu Kon LGBRC 45+ 31:14 8.57 3713 104.72
33 107 Chris Mickelsen Pen Velo/Pomodoro 55+ 31:38 8.46 3666 103.36
34 88 Scott Krahn LGBRC 30+ 31:42 8.44 3659 103.14
35 150 Andy Sutterfield San Jose State University 25+ 32:19 8.28 3589 101.13
36 612 Matt Wocasek Team Spokesman 50+ 32:20 8.28 3587 101.07
37 131 Doug Reynolds NightRiders 60+ 32:20 8.28 3587 101.07
38 12 Will Von Kaenel LGBRC 55+ 32:39 8.20 3552 100.07
39 83 Steve Johnson LGBRC 50+ 32:39 8.20 3552 100.07
40 226 Val Minaev LGBRC 35+ 32:56 8.13 3522 99.19
41 20 Bruno Acklin Clagnuts 55+ 32:56 8.13 3522 99.19
42 608 Hal Rooney LGBRC 55+ Cat 3/Master 32:58 8.12 3518 99.09
43 65 Andrew Fitzhugh Stanford Cycling 50+ 33:00 8.11 3515 98.98
44 143 Jeremy Scott LGBRC 45+ 33:13 8.06 3492 98.32
45 56 Jonathan Dixon Google 35+ 33:13 8.06 3492 98.32
46 309 Scott Martin Team Spokesman 55+ 33:32 7.98 3459 97.37
47 116 Frank Paysen Chain Reaction 55+ 33:45 7.93 3436 96.73
48 40 Hui Chen Team Cycling Panda 45+ 33:51 7.91 3426 96.44
49 60 Marek Dutkiewicz Diablo 50+ 34:06 7.85 3401 95.71
50 160 Jim Williams San Jose Bike Club 65+ 34:10 7.83 3395 95.52
51 138 Kirk Scheibelhut Sparklemotion Runner With A Bike 34:29 7.76 3363 94.63M
52 609 Amir Safavi Google 25+ 34:30 7.76 3362 94.58
53 35 Scott Byer Google 45+ 34:31 7.75 3360 94.53
54 170 Christoph Erben LGBRC 45+ 34:48 7.69 3333 93.74
55 239 Liam Sherlock IdentityMind Junior 34:58 7.65 3317 93.29
56 125 Thomas Preisler LGBRC 60+ 35:03 7.63 3309 93.06
57 157 Martin Wegenstein LGBRC 65+ 35:08 7.62 3301 92.83
58 82 Tim Irvine LGBRC 40+ 35:30 7.54 3267 91.85
59 300 Tony Amadio Clagnuts 30+ 35:32 7.53 3264 91.76
60 605 Thomas Hutchings Team Lindsay B Development Team 35+ 35:49 7.47 3238 91.02
61 201 Nigel Allen Oso 40+ 35:53 7.46 3232 90.85
62 98 Russell McCrary Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 55+ 36:06 7.41 3213 90.29
63 158 Han Wen Grumpy Old Men (GOM) 45+ 36:22 7.36 3189 89.61
64 87 Larry Klein Grumpy Old Men (GOM) 55+ 36:39 7.30 3165 88.90
65 33 Nicholas Brummell Atlas 50+ And Broken 37:20 7.17 3107 87.24
66 247 Brian Ward Low-Key 40+ 37:29 7.14 3094 86.88
67 159 Carl Werner LGBRC 50+ 37:35 7.12 3086 86.64
68 29 Bernard Bell PBCC 55+ 37:37 7.11 3083 86.56
69 114 Dan Pankratz LGBRC 40+ 38:34 6.94 3007 84.38
70 124 Ryan Powell Team Joe Karbowski 35+ 38:39 6.92 3001 84.19
71 59 Frank Drobot Team Djament 65+ 38:53 6.88 2983 83.68
72 85 Rupesh Kapoor Google Slightly Old 38:56 6.87 2979 83.57M
73 154 Adam Tow Grumpy Old Men (GOM) 40+ 40:20 6.63 2876 80.60
74 137 David Salazar Stanford Cycling 25+ 43:08 6.20 2689 75.25
75 412 Ed Miller SLACer 75+ 45:15 5.91 2563 71.64
76 242 Gregory P. Smith Low-Key Finisher 46:05 5.81 2517 70.32

M : mishap
P : 10-second penalty

100 point reference time for division Men = 32:40

Hybrid Electric
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 6 Bill Bushnell Low-Key Recumbent 18:12 14.70 6373 104.41

100 point reference time for division Hybrid Electric = 18:59

Teams
pl team score riders
1 Stanford & Sons 380.98 David Collet, Zachary Ulissi, Chris Evans
2 Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 378.21 Carl Nielson, Robert Easley, Amy Cameron, Janet Gardner, Jennie Phillips, Russell McCrary
3 Low-Key 351.90 Bill Bushnell, Daniel Connelly, Paul Castonguay, Sindy Cho, Brian Ward, Gregory P. Smith
4 LGBRC 344.97 Shahram Moatazedi, Joe Fant, Rich Hill, Yu Kon, Scott Krahn, Will Von Kaenel, Steve Johnson, Val Minaev, Hal Rooney, Jeremy Scott, Christoph Erben, Christina Davis, Thomas Preisler, Martin Wegenstein, Tim Irvine, Jill Stone, Carl Werner, Dan Pankratz
5 Pen Velo/Pomodoro 320.18 Klaus Fleischmann, Doug MacPherson, Chris Mickelsen
6 Google 313.81 Stephen Lamm, Jonathan Dixon, Amir Safavi, Scott Byer, Rupesh Kapoor, Emma Dixon
7 San Jose Bike Club 309.33 Jim Perreira, Alexander Komlik, Jim Williams
8 Diablo 305.22 Andy Crews, Marek Dutkiewicz, Mel Dutkiewicz
9 Grumpy Old Men (GOM) 259.11 Han Wen, Larry Klein, Adam Tow
10 Data Driven Athlete 245.45 Andrew Shimizu, Travis Retzer
11 Camels 238.14 Blaise Hamel, Elizabeth Hamel
12 Squadra SF 235.20 Stefano Profumo, Brian Schuster
13 Team Lindsay B Development Team 199.55 Thomas Hutchings, Lindsay Barlow
14 Team Spokesman 198.44 Matt Wocasek, Scott Martin
15 Clagnuts 190.95 Bruno Acklin, Tony Amadio
16 Stanford Cycling 174.23 Andrew Fitzhugh, David Salazar
17 Team CVC 128.97 Bill Laddish
18 out fer a rip 128.89 Alistair Hardy-Poirier
19 Bike Trip 120.49 Morgan Raines
20 Plus 3 119.97 Rob Nast
21 Legendary 119.89 Scott Gammon
22 MIT-West 119.07 Shaena Berlin
23 SunPower Racing 111.28 Parker Gara
24 Tandem Team Taylor 108.57 Stuart Taylor
25 SOLO 106.46 Joseph Junio
26 Evergreen 105.12 Cesar Gullien
27 San Jose State University 101.13 Andy Sutterfield
28 NightRiders 101.07 Doug Reynolds
29 Chain Reaction 96.73 Frank Paysen
30 Team Cycling Panda 96.44 Hui Chen
31 Sparklemotion 94.63 Kirk Scheibelhut
32 IdentityMind 93.29 Liam Sherlock
33 Oso 90.85 Nigel Allen
34 Atlas 87.24 Nicholas Brummell
35 PBCC 86.56 Bernard Bell
36 Team Joe Karbowski 84.19 Ryan Powell
37 Team Djament 83.68 Frank Drobot
38 SLACer 71.64 Ed Miller