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The Rage at Snowbird
Snowbird Resort - July 5, 2014It was already 76 degrees at 9
a.m. as racers began to arrive for the Intermountain Cup race at Snowbird.
Fortunately, it didn't get much warmer and temperatures remained pleasant
for racing. The trails were in good shape (dry but with a splash of mud or
two) on a loop that approximated the traditional Snowbird loop.
Left: Christian Burrell and Steven
Weaver hit the stiff climb just past the bridge on the Bird Trail,
eastbound up the canyon.
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Left: Richard Ewell bumps
over a few roots
in the aspens of the Bird Trail as he heads
toward a podium finish with 2nd place in
Clydesdale.Right: Jessica
locks the front wheel onto
her race bike as she gets ready for the
second-wave race. |
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Left: David Colvin is
a new team member,
with Snowbird
being his first event with the
UMB race team. David nails the 2nd place
finish in the
Sport Men 19-29 category.
Right: Wasatch Penstemmon.
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Steven Weaver
crosses a ski slope on the
Bird Trail as he heads toward 6th place in
Sport Men 35-49. |
Christian Burrell
gets low to keep the front
wheel pinned to the loose rock, grabbing
the 7th place spot in the category. |
Corey Spencer 9th |
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Paul Zimmerman hits a loose uphill
turn
as he grabs the 3rd place finish in the
new Sport Men 50-plus category. |
Back with the youngsters, way-over-50
rider Rick Morris grinds up the slope
on the way to 4th place. |
After a rear-brake failure and rim-to-tire
failure, Bruce Argyle has to walk off the
mountain for a DNF. |
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Left: Jessica Septon cranks
past the
wildflowers on the Bird Trail as she gets
a podium finish in Sport Women with
3rd place.Right:
A racer approaches the bridge
over the creek on the Bird trail. |
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With the Bingham Canyon mine in the
background, Brandon Dubovik heads
uphill on the way to 1st place. |
Bogdan Balasa tips
into a turn in the
aspens as he rides to the 4th place finish
in Beginner Men. |
Early in his lap, Adam Reynders heads
up the hill toward the Mid-Gad lift,
taking 5th place. |
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Left: Sally Reynders
climbs through the
conifer forest as she takes the 1st place
finish in Beginner Women. Right:
Even the mighty Rick occasionally
fails to clear a tricky spot. This short
but loose climbing turn put a few riders
onto their shoes. |
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| Typical for a holiday-weekend race (and also typical for
Snowbird), this race was sparsely attended. UMB had only 13 racers on the
mountain, but managed to land some nice finishing positions. Sally
Reynders and Brandon Dubovik took first place finishes, with Richard Ewell
scoring a second. Jessica Septon and Paul Zimmerman got onto the podium
with third.
There's only one more ICup race for the 2014 season. See you at
Solitude!
More pictures and photo downloads:
Kay's
Snowbird photos
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