This morning I got up way earlier than I felt like for a Saturday morning. It was time for the 2nd Pikes Peak Velo cyclocross race of 2009 and I was helping set up the course. It was fairly warm at my house but chilly out at Bear Creek Park.

By mid morning the clouds cleared and it started warming up. This meant icy sections started turning to mud. As the day went out some of the mud tried out but the hill up from the creek stayed nasty.

The icy section before the muddy uphill that I thought would cause crashes didn't seem to until near the end of the Cat 4 Men's race. Dirty water covered rutted ice lurking beneath. A couple crashes within a few minutes left one racer with a possible wrist fracture.

I shot nearly 1,200 photos throughout the day. I've uploade some of the best photos from the cyclocross races today to SmugMug. I plan to upload many more but it may take a little while.

Here are the top 5 results for some of the categories

Men Open

1. Daniel Summerhill
2. Brad White
3. JJ Clark
4. Chuck Coyle
5. Aaron Baplai

Women Open

1. Kristal Boni
2. Jane Finsterwald
3. Magellan Able
4. Susan Prieto
5. Jenny Abrahan

Senior Men Cat 4

1. Richard Geng
2. Zachary Rudolph
3. Patric Rostep
4. Chris Bosch
5. Michael Christopher

Men 35+ Open

1. Jon Cariveau
2. JJ Clark
3. Chris Phenicie
4. Ward Baker
5. Jeffrey Hartman

Men 35+ Cat 4

1. John Mancell
2. Brad Hoagland
3. Scott Winborne
4. Doug Richards
5. Scott Mitchell
6. Bob Prieto

Men 45+

1. Gary Thacker
2. Tim Godby
3. Andy Fox
4. Greg Gorrell
5. Joe Paulan

- UltraRob

Related Links

• Pikes Peak Velo cyclocross photos Sept 12, 2009
• Pikes Peak Velo cyclocross photos Sept 13, 2008
• Pikes Peak Velo cyclocross photos Nov 22, 2008

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