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Mines Road

Week 6 of the 2016 Low-Key Hillclimb Series

Dai "Die Hard" Sieh sprints to finish first among group 4 after starting groups as a volunteer (Cara Coburn)

Photos

• Bill Bushnell (blog and photos)
• Andy Sutterfield (POV video)

Report

Exceptionally heavy October rains left behind green hillsides as Low-Key experienced Mines Road at its best, gorgous vistas perhaps taking a bit of an edge over the road's more typical feeling of parched desolation. But it was remote enough that many Low-Key regulars decided to give this one a pass, but those who participated were treated to a special day. It was clearly a change of pace from the usual Low-Key dynamic, with an opening climb hard enough to test the legs but not enough to permanently shatter starting groups. So for many it came down to the final, relatively short climb to Ruth's Memorial at the top of the Mines summit, passing an uncountable number of Pence/Trump stickers along the way.

In the hybrid-electric division Bill Bushnell once again asserted his dominance, his riding limited as much by navigating Mines Road's frequent turns than by power-to-mass.

In the men's division, it came down to a close sprint among the top of group 1, with David Collet taking the win over Kirt Scheibelhut, Chris Evand, Kevin Metcalf. Bill Laddish, and Joe Sullivan, with Dennis Wall, Scott Gammon, and Hanns Detlefsen just a few seconds back. Team Easy Riders proved their sprinting savvy by sweeping the top three spots.

In the women's field, Katie Quinn also of Easy Riders, took advantage of having qualified for group 2 by getting the high score for the day, men or women. Shaena Berlin Jennie Phillips, and Marty Scott, all in group 3, finoshed only around 2 minutes slower.

Among the teams, it was another week of Easy Rider domination, with Sisters and Misters taking advantage of their "home" climb by scoring a solid second for the week, doing even better in points to the overall with the addition of volunteer points. LGBRC was third.

Results

KOM special mention qualifiers indicated with orange background.

Women

pl	#	name	team	cat	time	mph	fph	score
1	239	Katie Quinn	Easy Riders	30-	63:55	16.86	1909	130.69
2	23	Shaena Berlin	Easy Riders	2	65:35	16.43	1861	126.95
3	121	Jennie Phillips	Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy	50+	65:41	16.41	1858	126.73
4	138	Marty Scott	LGBRC	Just Make It To The Top	65:57	16.34	1850	126.15
5	47	Bonnie Denoyer	LGBRC	45+	72:57	14.77	1673	112.58
6	226	Anna Janas	Stanford Cycling	Katie's Domestique ;)	76:07	14.16	1603	107.31
7	605	Jan Periquet	Team CVC	LKHC Noob	87:43	12.29	1391	91.43
8	60	Laura Egley	Dos Egleys	50+	90:58	11.85	1342	87.75
9	603	Andrea Ivan	Silicon Valley Triathlon	60+	101:53	10.58	1198	77.22

100 point reference time for division Women = 81:01

Men

pl	#	name	team	cat	time	mph	fph	score
1	37	David Collet	Easy Riders	45+	56:35	19.04	2157	121.35
1	133	Kirk Scheibelhut	Easy Riders	25+	56:35	19.04	2157	121.35
1	63	Christopher Evans	Easy Riders	1	56:35	19.04	2157	121.35
1	101	Kevin Metcalfe	Hammering for Howard	1	56:35	19.04	2157	121.35
1	90	Bill Laddish	Team CVC	45+	56:35	19.04	2157	121.35
1	147	Joseph Sullivan	San Jose Bike Club	35+	56:35	19.04	2157	121.35
7	156	Dennis Wall	Easy Riders	35+	56:42	19.01	2152	121.07
8	72	Scott Gammon	Legendary	6	56:47	18.98	2149	120.87
9	254	Hanns Detlefsen	Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy	40+	56:49	18.97	2148	120.79
10	93	Bradley Lovegren	Easy Riders	25+	58:16	18.49	2095	117.41
11	309	Zachary Ulissi	Easy Riders	2	58:46	18.34	2077	116.28
12	207	Paul Castonguay	Team DNA	50+	59:48	18.02	2041	114.01
13	122	Alex Poloziouk	Kovarus	40+	60:19	17.87	2023	112.91
14	144	Daryl Spano	San Jose Bike Club	50+	60:21	17.86	2022	112.84
15	120	Jim Perreira	Mt. Madonna Maulers	50+	60:47	17.73	2008	111.93
16	172	Chase King	Team Swift	Junior	60:49	17.72	2007	111.86
17	607	Kevin Vanderende	Oaktown Wheelmen	45+	60:55	17.69	2003	111.66
18	411	Bruce Pauly	Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy	55+	61:00	17.67	2001	111.49
19	45	Andrew Crews	Diablo	45+	61:19	17.57	1990	110.84
20	604	Mark Massey	Pen Velo/Pomodoro	50+	62:32	17.23	1952	108.41
21	68	Joseph Fong	Team CVC	4	63:55	16.86	1909	105.76
21	126	James Rainbow	Pen Velo/Pomodoro	40+	63:55	16.86	1909	105.76
23	601	Steve Fielding	Max Entropy	45+	65:46	16.39	1856	102.41
24	20	Bruno Acklin	Clagnuts	55+	65:55	16.35	1851	102.15
25	235	Frank Paysen	Diablo	55+	67:02	16.08	1821	100.23
26	140	Dai Sieh	Clagnuts	Second Wind	68:07	15.82	1792	98.43
27	148	Andy Sutterfield	San Jose State University	25+	68:49	15.66	1773	97.30
28	119	Ramon Periquet	Team CVC	Getting Old Guy	69:36	15.48	1753	96.07
29	21	Nigel Allen	Oso	40+	69:44	15.45	1750	95.86
30	29	Scott Byer	Google	50+	70:46	15.23	1725	94.28
31	600	Carl Butler	Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy	60+	71:15	15.12	1713	93.56
32	606	Dinh Trinh	Team DNA	45+	71:28	15.08	1708	93.24
33	124	Thomas Preisler	LGBRC	60+	72:40	14.83	1679	91.50
34	62	Jed Estep	Google	4	74:13	14.52	1644	89.35
35	227	Rupesh Kapoor	Google	Slightly Old	74:30	14.46	1638	88.97
36	59	Fred Egley	Dos Egleys	50+	74:32	14.46	1637	88.92
37	158	Brian Ward	Grumpy Old Men (GOM)	40+	78:42	13.69	1551	83.63
38	55	Frank Drobot	Team Djament	65+ Over The Hill And Overweight	79:37	13.53	1533	82.54
39	22	Gabriel Beddingfield	Nest	40+	80:49	13.33	1510	81.16
40	27	Nicholas Brummell	Atlas	55+	81:04	13.29	1505	80.88
41	142	Kevin Smith	LGBRC	55+	81:05	13.29	1505	80.86
42	129	Adem Rudin	Race to Space	Make It To All The Tops	82:59	12.99	1471	78.77
43	244	Gregory P Smith	Grumpy Old Men (GOM)	Just Make It To The Top	83:46	12.86	1457	77.94
44	205	Adam Bry	Skydio	30+	94:25	11.41	1293	68.09M

100 point reference time for division Men = 67:10

Hybrid Electric

pl	#	name	team	cat	time	mph	fph	score
1	6	Bill Bushnell	Low-Key		38:58	27.65	3132	100.18

100 point reference time for division Hybrid Electric = 39:01

Teams

pl	team	score	riders
1	Easy Riders	378.99	David Collet, Kirk Scheibelhut, Christopher Evans, Dennis Wall, Bradley Lovegren, Zachary Ulissi, Katie Quinn, Shaena Berlin
2	Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy	359.01	Hanns Detlefsen, Bruce Pauly, Jennie Phillips, Carl Butler
3	LGBRC	330.23	Marty Scott, Bonnie Denoyer, Thomas Preisler, Kevin Smith
4	Team CVC	323.18	Bill Laddish, Joseph Fong, Ramon Periquet, Jan Periquet
5	Google	272.60	Scott Byer, Jed Estep, Rupesh Kapoor
6	San Jose Bike Club	234.20	Joseph Sullivan, Daryl Spano
7	Pen Velo/Pomodoro	214.17	Mark Massey, James Rainbow
8	Diablo	211.06	Andrew Crews, Frank Paysen
9	Team DNA	207.25	Paul Castonguay, Dinh Trinh
10	Clagnuts	200.58	Bruno Acklin, Dai Sieh
11	Dos Egleys	176.68	Fred Egley, Laura Egley
12	Grumpy Old Men (GOM)	161.57	Brian Ward, Gregory P Smith
13	Hammering for Howard	121.35	Kevin Metcalfe
14	Legendary	120.87	Scott Gammon
15	Kovarus	112.91	Alex Poloziouk
16	Mt. Madonna Maulers	111.93	Jim Perreira
17	Team Swift	111.86	Chase King
18	Oaktown Wheelmen	111.66	Kevin Vanderende
19	Stanford Cycling	107.31	Anna Janas
20	Max Entropy	102.41	Steve Fielding
21	Low-Key	100.18	Bill Bushnell
22	San Jose State University	97.30	Andy Sutterfield
23	Oso	95.86	Nigel Allen
24	Team Djament	82.54	Frank Drobot
25	Nest	81.16	Gabriel Beddingfield
26	Atlas	80.88	Nicholas Brummell
27	Race to Space	78.77	Adem Rudin
28	Silicon Valley Triathlon	77.22	Andrea Ivan
29	Skydio	68.09	Adam Bry