Washington Bike Racing

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 PINKHAM NOTCH -- Six weeks ago, M.I.T. graduate student Cameron Cogburn and former Boston University distance runner Marti Shea were the runaway winners of Newton's Revenge, the annual July bicycle race up the Mt. Washington Auto Road in New Hampshire. Today Cogburn and Shea duplicated that performance by winning the Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb, a race on the same 7.6-mile all-uphill course against a much larger field of competitors.
Cogburn, 26, a former pro rider who returned to amateur cycling classification when he began graduate school in astrophysics, paced himself carefully from the start. For two miles he trailed Leroy Popowski of Colorado Springs, Colo., Phil Wong of Beverly, Mass., and former U.S. mountain biking champion Tinker Juarez of Whittier, Calif., but when he overtook them, they had no chance of clinging to his wheel. He pedaled to the 6288-foot Mt. Washington summit in 52 minutes 28 seconds to claim the winner's $1500 prize.
"I'm a good pacer naturally," said Cogburn after the race. "Those guys went out super-hard, and I knew they couldn't hold it."

Washington Bike Racing

Washington Bike Racing

Washington Bike Racing

Washington Bike Racing

Washington Bike Racing

Washington Bike Racing

Washington Bike Racing

Washington Bike Racing

Washington Bike Racing

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Washington Bike Racing

Washington Bike Racing

Washington Bike Racing

Washington Bike Racing

Washington Bike Racing

Washington Bike Racing

Washington Bike Racing

Washington Bike Racing

Washington Bike Racing

Washington Bike Racing