2025 Ultra Low-Key Hillclimbs

Week 4 - Claremont

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Week 4 brought us to one of Berkeley's big climbs up to Grizzly Peak, nestled behind the famous Claremont Hotel. A smaller turnout this week with some opting to avoid the wet weather on Saturday. Still, not bad with 59 riders doing this tough climb.

Steph Hart took top honors this week for the women, and put herself 4th on the Strava QOM leaderboard. Milinda Lakkam has been consistently near the top and this week found herself in 2nd. Jayoon Jang also got her first podium this week at 3rd.

Justin Peck made his first appearance of the year to snag the fastest time and 5th on the Strava KOM list. Chris Ritchie edged out Wil Gibb by a single second to snatch 2nd.

Alto Velo still managed to snag 1st for the teams despite a smaller turnout, with WEDU NorCal / CVC hot on their heels. Pagemilling.com and Partners in Climb also made strong appearances this week.

Results

Individual

Female

Riders	Median Time
17	0:29:13

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Steph Hart	Alto Velo	0:20:41	141.26	1
Milinda Lakkam		0:24:07	121.15	2
Jayoon Jang		0:24:50	117.65	3
Abby Keller	Partners in Climb	0:25:14	115.79	4
MaryAnn L	PenVelo	0:25:25	114.95	5
Melinda Lu	eggy	0:25:42	113.68	6
Alison Mittelstadt	MRN UNTD	0:26:21	110.88	7
Kate Bergeron	Los Gatos Bicycle Racing Club P/B Ben Dodge Realtor	0:27:51	104.91	8
Theresa Liu	Partners in Climb	0:29:13	100.00	9
Gabriela Quixtan		0:29:32	98.93	10
Alyssa Tennant		0:30:28	95.90	11
Vivian Liang	eggy	0:30:48	94.86	12
L. Damico	Partners in Climb	0:31:42	92.17	13
Jasmine WY	pagemilling.com	0:36:28	80.12	14
Gowri G	Partners in Climb	0:39:03	74.82	15
Meredith Forster	Partners in Climb	0:47:25	61.62	16
Molly wolfe	Partners in Climb	0:59:57	48.74	17

Male

Riders	Median Time
42	0:22:37

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Justin Peck	Los Gatos Bicycle Racing Club P/B Ben Dodge Realtor	0:15:25	146.70	1
Chris Ritchie		0:16:06	140.48	2
Wil Gibb	The Curd and The Chili	0:16:07	140.33	3
Samuel Desré	Sparrow	0:17:21	130.36	4
Dan Pannell	WEDU NorCal / CVC	0:17:26	129.73	5
Jack Lund	The Curd and The Chili	0:18:03	125.30	6
Phillip Maier	pagemilling.com	0:18:28	122.47	7
Bill Laddish	WEDU NorCal / CVC	0:18:49	120.19	8
Kevin Vander Ende	WEDU NorCal / CVC	0:18:56	119.45	9
Hannon Ayer	Alto Velo	0:19:04	118.62	10
Rama Roberts	PenVelo	0:19:19	117.08	11
Adam Beliveau	Alto Velo	0:19:22	116.78	12
Ulysse Lemoine	Stanford	0:19:44	114.61	13
Torsten Fink	WEDU NorCal / CVC	0:20:10	112.15	14
Heegwang Roh		0:20:42	109.26	15
Matt Lambert	C510	0:20:43	109.17	16
Dustin Cook	WEDU NorCal / CVC	0:20:44	109.08	17
Brad Moore		0:20:49	108.65	18
Ryan Fisher	pagemilling.com	0:21:45	103.98	19
Matthew Durand	Murder Hornets	0:21:50	103.59	20
Daniel Blake	WGMR	0:22:22	101.12	21
Marco Soldano	WGMR	0:22:52	98.91	22
James Robinson	Alto Velo	0:23:12	97.49	23
Philip Richardi		0:23:15	97.28	24
Mihai R.		0:24:22	92.82	25
Genti Cuni	Team Roku	0:24:34	92.06	26
Sid Mathai	Team Roku	0:24:46	91.32	27
Todd S	Team Roku	0:24:46	91.32	28
Kevin Gong	Team Roku	0:24:58	90.59	29
Lucas	pagemilling.com	0:25:05	90.17	30
Dwayne Badua	Mezzytrash Club	0:25:34	88.46	31
Geoff Adams		0:25:47	87.72	32
Peter Borosan	pagemilling.com	0:25:57	87.15	33
Richard Tasker	Foothill Fridays	0:26:49	84.34	34
David Deggeller	Foothill Fridays	0:27:17	82.90	35
Stephen Fong	GOM	0:27:32	82.14	36
Matt Walton		0:27:51	81.21	37
Frank Paysen	Low-Key	0:28:57	78.12	38
Eric Hanson	pagemilling.com	0:29:27	76.80	39
Frank Drobot	Diamond Bits	0:33:07	68.29	40
Jerome Thomere	DSSF	0:33:48	66.91	41
Ben Chant	PenVelo	0:34:00	66.52	42

Age group

F 29 and under

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place

F 30 - 34

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Steph Hart	Alto Velo	0:20:41	141.26	1
Jayoon Jang		0:24:50	117.65	2
Abby Keller	Partners in Climb	0:25:14	115.79	3

F 35 - 39

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Milinda Lakkam		0:24:07	121.15	1
Melinda Lu	eggy	0:25:42	113.68	2
Alyssa Tennant		0:30:28	95.90	3
Vivian Liang	eggy	0:30:48	94.86	4

F 40 - 44

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Gabriela Quixtan		0:29:32	98.93	1

F 45 - 49

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Jasmine WY	pagemilling.com	0:36:28	80.12	1
Meredith Forster	Partners in Climb	0:47:25	61.62	2

F 50 - 54

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Kate Bergeron	Los Gatos Bicycle Racing Club P/B Ben Dodge Realtor	0:27:51	104.91	1
Gowri G	Partners in Climb	0:39:03	74.82	2

F 55 - 59

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Theresa Liu	Partners in Climb	0:29:13	100.00	1

F 60 - 64

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Molly wolfe	Partners in Climb	0:59:57	48.74	1

F 65 - 69

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
MaryAnn L	PenVelo	0:25:25	114.95	1
Alison Mittelstadt	MRN UNTD	0:26:21	110.88	2
L. Damico	Partners in Climb	0:31:42	92.17	3

F 70 and over

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place

M 29 and under

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Justin Peck	Los Gatos Bicycle Racing Club P/B Ben Dodge Realtor	0:15:25	146.70	1
Samuel Desré	Sparrow	0:17:21	130.36	2
Jack Lund	The Curd and The Chili	0:18:03	125.30	3
Phillip Maier	pagemilling.com	0:18:28	122.47	4
Adam Beliveau	Alto Velo	0:19:22	116.78	5
Ulysse Lemoine	Stanford	0:19:44	114.61	6
Heegwang Roh		0:20:42	109.26	7
Ryan Fisher	pagemilling.com	0:21:45	103.98	8
Daniel Blake	WGMR	0:22:22	101.12	9

M 30 - 34

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Chris Ritchie		0:16:06	140.48	1
Wil Gibb	The Curd and The Chili	0:16:07	140.33	2
Hannon Ayer	Alto Velo	0:19:04	118.62	3
Dwayne Badua	Mezzytrash Club	0:25:34	88.46	4

M 35-39

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Matt Lambert	C510	0:20:43	109.17	1
Philip Richardi		0:23:15	97.28	2

M 40 - 44

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Dan Pannell	WEDU NorCal / CVC	0:17:26	129.73	1
Dustin Cook	WEDU NorCal / CVC	0:20:44	109.08	2
Matthew Durand	Murder Hornets	0:21:50	103.59	3
James Robinson	Alto Velo	0:23:12	97.49	4
Peter Borosan	pagemilling.com	0:25:57	87.15	5

M 45 - 49

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Brad Moore		0:20:49	108.65	1
Mihai R.		0:24:22	92.82	2
Genti Cuni	Team Roku	0:24:34	92.06	3
Sid Mathai	Team Roku	0:24:46	91.32	4
Matt Walton		0:27:51	81.21	5
Eric Hanson	pagemilling.com	0:29:27	76.80	6

M 50 - 54

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Kevin Vander Ende	WEDU NorCal / CVC	0:18:56	119.45	1
Rama Roberts	PenVelo	0:19:19	117.08	2
Lucas	pagemilling.com	0:25:05	90.17	3
Geoff Adams		0:25:47	87.72	4
Richard Tasker	Foothill Fridays	0:26:49	84.34	5
David Deggeller	Foothill Fridays	0:27:17	82.90	6

M 55 - 59

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Bill Laddish	WEDU NorCal / CVC	0:18:49	120.19	1
Torsten Fink	WEDU NorCal / CVC	0:20:10	112.15	2
Marco Soldano	WGMR	0:22:52	98.91	3
Todd S	Team Roku	0:24:46	91.32	4
Kevin Gong	Team Roku	0:24:58	90.59	5
Stephen Fong	GOM	0:27:32	82.14	6

M 60 - 64

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Jerome Thomere	DSSF	0:33:48	66.91	1
Ben Chant	PenVelo	0:34:00	66.52	2

M 65 - 69

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Frank Paysen	Low-Key	0:28:57	78.12	1

M 70 and over

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Frank Drobot	Diamond Bits	0:33:07	68.29	1

Teams

Team	Score (top 3 riders)	Place
Alto Velo	376.66	1
WEDU NorCal / CVC	369.38	2
pagemilling.com	316.62	3
Partners in Climb	307.95	4
PenVelo	298.55	5
Team Roku	274.70	6
The Curd and The Chili	265.63	7
Los Gatos Bicycle Racing Club P/B Ben Dodge Realtor	251.61	8
eggy	208.54	9
WGMR	200.02	10
Foothill Fridays	167.23	11
Sparrow	130.36	12
Stanford	114.61	13
MRN UNTD	110.88	14
C510	109.17	15
Murder Hornets	103.59	16
Mezzytrash Club	88.46	17
GOM	82.14	18
Low-Key	78.12	19
Diamond Bits	68.29	20
DSSF	66.91	21