Photo by Kurt Refsnider

2019 Results

The weather got the better of us on day two. Rain, snow, and intense wind shut down most of the riders. We only had two riders finish the entire route. Check out the event recap over on bikepacking.com and watch the Trackleaders replay.

Solo Grand Depart

Name Southern Loop Full Course Notes
Ben Hanus (Buena Vista, CO) 0:16:54 1:17:20 First place
Chris Seistrup (Prescott, AZ) 0:16:49 1:20:10 Second place
Chris Cone (Flagstaff, AZ) 0:12:53 Dropped out at mile 232, fastest time for southern loop
Dana Ernst (Flagstaff, AZ) 0:12:59 Dropped out at mile 255
Ty Hopkins (American Fork, UT) 0:12:59 Only southern loop
Luke Ratliff (Fort Collins, CO) 0:13:52 Only southern loop
Micah Clinger (Flagstaff, AZ) 0:13:52 Dropped out somewhere near Kendrick Mountain, slept at home
Mack Gerrit (Corona, CA) 0:14:50 Only southern loop
Dave Harris (St George, UT) 0:15:02 Only southern loop
Artec Durham (Flagstaff, AZ) 0:16:55 Dropped out at mile 151
Andy Havey (Plymouth, NH) 0:17:15 Only southern loop
Billy McMillen (Prescott, AZ) 0:20:39 Only southern loop
Brad Mattingly (Flagstaff, AZ) 1:02:51 Dropped out at mile 141
Russ Cummings (Prescott, AZ) 1:02:51 Dropped out at mile 153
Chris Kuzdas (Flagstaff, AZ) 1:03:01 Dropped out at mile 153
Dylan Turner (Tucson, AZ) 1:03:15 Dropped out at mile 137
Lindsay Shepard (Albuquerque, NM) 1:03:16 Dropped out at mile 184
Bill Akens (Flagstaff, AZ) 1:03:26 Dropped out at mile 141
Matthew Pacheco (Flagstaff, AZ) 1:03:26 Only southern loop
Jeff Taylor (Bend, OR) 1:04:42 Only southern loop
Brian Martin (Salt Lake City, UT) 1:05:23 Dropped out at mile 130
Jake Keyser (Fort Collins, CO) 1:05:36 Dropped out at mile 137
Spencer Holmes (Chico, CA) 1:08:46 Only southern loop
Adam Lisonbee (Highland, UT) Dropped out at mile 110
Mike Enfield (Show Low, AZ) Dropped out at mile 80 with injured hand
Nick Armstrong (Felton, CA) Dropped out at mile 67 with kidney issues
Wayne Mosser (Ramona, CA) Dropped out at mile 67
Patrick Lyons (Cortez, CO) Dropped out at mile 67
John Schilling (Queen Creek, AZ) Rode part of northern loop before crashing out
Liz Sampey (Van Life) Joined in for Grand Depart and rode to Sedona
Robin Schwartz (Flagstaff, AZ) Joined in for Grand Depart and rode out to top of Casner Mountain and back

Duo Grand Depart

Team Names Southern Loop Full Course Notes
Rich Wolf (Julian, CA), Sharon Sell (Boise, ID) 1:10:09 Only southern loop
Oliver Sieghart (Westlake Village, CA), Eric Brown (Westlake Village, CA) 1:09:19 Only southern loop with some deviations
Scott Chenue (Castro Valley, CA), Jeffrey Leenhouts (Castro Valley, CA) Dropped out at mile 67
Jason Hanson (Florence, AZ), Jennifer Hanson (Florence, AZ) Rode part of northern loop

Solo ITT

Name Southern Loop Full Course Notes
Ceasar Medina (Reno, NV) 1:13:14 Only southern loop
Jim Geray (Decatur, TX) Dropped out

Duo ITT

Team Names Southern Loop Full Course Notes
Jeff Hemperley (Prescott, AZ), Holly Hovious (Glendale, AZ) 1:05:35 Rode southern and northern loops at separate times
Curtis Barrett (Mesa, AZ), Cameron Barrett (Mesa, AZ) Only southern loop
Amanda Good (Leadville, CO), Katie Anderson (Leadville, CO) Only southern loop