Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans Hill Climb

The Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans Hill Climb (formerly Mount Evans Hill Climb ) is a cycling hill climb that is held annually in July on Mount Evans (4,350 m high) near Idaho Springs , Colorado in the United States .

The race

The race was first organized in 1962; since then it has taken place annually, with three exceptions: it was canceled twice because of snow and once in 1996 because of the Olympic Games in Atlanta . It was originally called the Mount Evans Hill Climb until it was named Mount Evans Hill Climb in the Bob Cook Memorial in 1981 after five-time winner Bob Cook , who died of a brain tumor that same year at the age of 23 .

The race covers a distance of 41.1 kilometers on the highest paved road in the USA. It starts at an altitude of 2298 meters and ends at 4306 meters, 39 meters below the mountaintop of Mount Evans. The Mount Evans Scenic Byway ( Colorado State Highway 5 ) is the last part of the way. The competition is designed as a race for everyone and is looked after by the local cycling clubs; Between 600 and 1000 drivers take part every year.

View of the circuit, Mount Evans Scenic Byway

Records

From 1975 to 1980, Bob Cook held the record, and was a junior driver for the first three years when he was the record holder. The current record was set in 2004 by Tom Danielson with 1 hour, 41 minutes and 20 seconds. The women's record has been held by multiple French world and Olympic champion Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli with 1:59:19 hour since 1998 .

Results

Map with racetrack

Men # Surname time 2019 Keegan Swirlbul 1: 43: 52.80 2018 Gregory Daniel 1: 49: 51.60 2017 Chad Haga 1:43:39 2016 Chris Butler 1:50:19 2015 Lachlan Morton 1:48:05 2014 Fortunato Ferrara 1:51:22 2013 Christopher Carr 1:57:16 2012 LeRoy Popowski 1:51:02 2011 LeRoy Popowski 1:57:36 2010 Peter Stetina 1:50:20 2009 Tom Danielson 1:42:09 2008 Kevin Nicol 1:53:21 2007 Tom Danielson 1:43:04 2006 Scott Moninger 1:49:52 2005 Scott Moninger 1:52:50 2004 Tom Danielson 1:41:20 2003 Jonathan Vaughters 1:49:29 2002 Scott Moninger 1:50:20 2001 Scott Moninger 1:46:56 2000 Scott Moninger 1:49:42 1999 Jonathan Vaughters 1998 Scott Moninger 1:52:16 1997 Jonathan Vaughters 1:53:54 1996 not carried out 1995 Mike Engleman 1:46:32 1994 Mike Engleman 1:50:35 1993 Mike Engleman 1:56:57 1992 Mike Engleman 1:45:30 1991 Mike Engleman 1:51:41 1990 Alexi Grewal 1:46:29 1989 not carried out 1988 Tom Resh 1:51:56 1987 Todd Gogulski 1:54:07 1986 Ned Overend 1:49:22 1985 Ned Overend 1:49:53 1984 Alexi Grewal 1:47:51 1983 Todd Gogulski 1:53:43 1982 Don Spence 1:58:12 1981 Alexi Grewal 1:57:36 1980 Bob Cook 1:54:55 1979 not carried out 1978 Bob Cook 1:54:27 1977 Bob Cook 1:55:43 1976 Bob Cook 1:57:50 1975 Bob Cook 2:02:55 1974 Jack Janelle 2:05:09 1973 Jack Janelle 2:05:32 1972 Bob Poling 2:11:41 1971 Kalman Halasi 2:14:35 1970 Kalman Halasi 2:22:49 1969 Stan Justice 2:19:23 1968 Mike Dennis n / a 1967 Results unknown 1966 Stuart Baillie 2:14 1965 Michael Hiltner 2:09:55 1964 Stuart Baillie 2:08:07 1963 Stuart Baillie 2:24 1962 Stuart Baillie / Adolph Weller 2:28

Women # Surname time 2019 Annie Toth 2: 16: 05.33 2018 Flavia Oliveira 2: 16: 26.23 2017 Mara Abbott 2:16:35 2016 Annie Toth 2:17:40 2015 Mara Abbott 2:19:16 2014 Mara Abbott 2:14:12 2013 Annie Toth 2:19:30 2012 Tammy Jacques-Grewal 2:08:08 2011 Tammy Jacques-Grewal 2:13:24 2010 Tammy Jacques-Grewal 2:15:07 2009 Jennifer Slawta 2:15:58 2008 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli 2:10:10 2007 Michelle Steiner 2:22:04 2006 Mara Abbott 2:11:55 2005 Mara Abbott 2:20:10 2004 Ann Trombley 2:19:03 2003 Allison Lusby 2:09:29 2002 Kimberly Bruckner 2:05:31 2001 Karen Bockel 2:22:15 2000 Kimberly Bruckner 2:09:00 1999 Emily Robbins 2:09:58 1998 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli 1:59:19 1997 Julie Hudetz 2:18:22 1996 not carried out 1995 Linda Jackson 2:13:28 1994 Eve Stephenson 2:25:43 1993 Jan Bolland 2:32:21 1992 Linda Brenneman 2:15; 24 1991 Darien Raistrick 2:23:10 1990 Darien Raistrick 2:13:59 1989 not carried out 1988 Darien Raistrick 2:19:46 1987 Vanessa Brines 2:26:03 1986 Catherine Porter 2:22:58 1985 Barb Dolan 2:15:58 1984 Denise Yamagishi 2:23:45 1983 Ann Chernoff 2:24:37 1982 Jan DeYoung 2:28:33 1981 Martha Stafford 2:29:54 1980 Margaret Nettles 2:41:10 1979 not carried out 1978 Margaret Nettles 1:18:44 1977 n / a 1976 Robin Deily 2:44:58

Web links

• Official website
• Official video for the 50th anniversary

References and comments

1. ^ Bob Cook - Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans Hill Climb. (No longer available online.) In: bicyclerace.com. July 23, 2016, archived from the original on April 16, 2016 ; accessed on April 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Mt. Evans - Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans Hill Climb. (No longer available online.) In: bicyclerace.com. July 23, 2016, archived from the original on April 16, 2016 ; accessed on April 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Map - Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans Hill Climb. In: bicyclerace.com. July 23, 2016, accessed April 16, 2016 . 
4. ↑ shortened route