Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Tour de Burg 2015 Report from Lizzy Clawprong!

The 19th Annual Tour de Burg brought us some slight carnage and a few days of soggy shorts, but it all came out in the wash to be a fine five day slum fest with the best. Here is a rundown of the stages:

Day 1: MTB Hanky Lookout Time Trial/Narrowback Exploration - 35 miles & 4800 ft.
Day 2: MTB Long Run to Dichtums/Switzer to Oak Knob to Mud Pond - 63 miles & 8000 ft.
Day 3: ROAD Reddish Knob to Moyer's Gap to Shenandoah Mountain - 100 miles & 9000 ft.
Day 4: MTB Tomahawk Pond to Judge Rye/Great North Mountain - 40 miles & 6000 ft.
Day 5: MTB Wanaoze to Mud Hole Gap/Milford to Kennedy's - 40 miles & 6000 ft.

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Jeremiah Bishop and Cheryl Sornson took the Leader's jerseys, Chaz Michael Michaels the Sprint, Collin Vento the Super D, Dan Wolf the KOM, and Chris C. the DFL.

You can also catch up with some of the excitement on the Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tourdeburg

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Foxxee doling out this year's swag.
The posse before the start of Day 1 at Stokesville Church.
Il director directing in between timed sections on Day 1.
Results after Day 1!
On the way to race all of Gnarowback.
Little Grill hosted us for two dinners during the Tour - Buck celebrating freedom and family.
Haircuts make you faster.
Court Square gruppetto on Thursday morning - mountain bikes from town!
It got chilly in the rain on Thursday.
Party pace over Switzer Dam. 
Ultra euro.
Rolling through the party pace section with Men's Leader Jeremiah Bishop after timing over Reddish Knob.
Nate (DFL contender) finishing the second timed section on the road day.
Little mudfest on the road day.
Prize table from Heritage Bakery!
Il director - thanks Dad!
This is bike racing.
 Thanks Chris Merriam, Allie Emerick, and Kari Carpenter for some of the photos!



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