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10 cycling utah.com MAY 2007ROAD racingTax Day Pays for Santurbane and WalkerAbove: Dave Harward, Sandy Perrins, and Mark Santurbane.photo: Brian Lehnhof. See more photos atAnthemPhotoWorks.comBy Rob Van Kirk and KarenAppleby-KriegThe second edition of the TaxDay Circuit Race drew 160 ridersto the small town of Inkom, Idaho,ten miles south of Pocatello. AdamBoyce, Sam Krieg, and Mitch Whiteof the host club, Idaho CyclingEnthusiasts, and the officiating crewof Ellie Gallagher, Mark Hoffman,and Missy Burk put on a great dayof racing, despite the typical springtimeweather of wind, rain, hail,snow, and 40-degree temperaturesinterspersed with periods of intensesunshine.The race started with a 5-milerolling uphill trip out to the 7.3-milecircuit, which featured 3 miles ofgradual climbing, a ¾-mile steepclimb, and a screaming descent backto the bottom. The various classesrode between 1 and 7 full laps onthe circuit plus another half lap tofinish at the top. Category 1 riderTodd Hageman commented, “that’sa hard course for this early in theseason!” This was evident in theearly races of the day, in which ridersfell off the pace every lap upthe climb. The largest bunch finishall day was in the master’s 35+race, which Scott Allen (CanyonBicycles) won in an 8-man sprint.A strong field showed up forthe women’s 1-2-3 race, whichended up experiencing the worstweather of the day. Bobs-Bicycles.com (Boise, ID), Vanguard MediaGroup (SLC), WWCC (SLC), andFitzgerald’s Bicycles (Jackson,WY) were all represented. The racebegan conservatively, with everyoneriding tempo to discourage a majorattack before the first climb. LauraHowat (Vanguard Media Group)attacked at the top of the first climbto take home the cash QOM prime.On the second lap, Chellie Terry(Fitzgerald’s Bicycles) and KarenAppleby-Krieg (Bobs-Bicycles.com)briefly got off the front. The fieldchased back on in hot pursuit andcontinued riding strong tempo in thecold and windy weather until thefifth and final trip to the top.On the final half lap, all of theteams launched attacks, but eachwas quickly brought back until thebase of the climb. At this point,the field started to string out onthe steep section of the climb. KrisWalker (Bobs-Bicycles.com), LauraHowat (Team Vanguard Media),and Chellie Terry (Fitzgerald’sBicycles) made the final selection.With approximately 400 meters togo, Howat launched a strong attackbut was unable to shake Walkerand Terry. The three rode togethertoward the line when Walker threwdown a strong sprint to take the winat the top of the climb. Howat heldon for second and Terry rode in forthird.Forty-one riders lined up for the60-mile men’s pro-1-2 race, whichfeatured eight trips up the climb.Game was on only a couple milesinto the race, when Robert Lofgren(Contender), Marc Yap (SiennaDevelopment/Goble Knee Clinic),Located in the Meadows Shopping Center356 N. Meadow laneAmerican Fork, UT, 84003801.763.1222www.trekaf.com Eric Flynn (Bingham’s/Northshore),Eric Rasmussen (Porcupine/Specialized), Jeff Sargent (FFKR/Sportsbaseonline), and Jason Castor(Contender) initiated a breakawaygroup. Kris Lunning (Fitzgerald’s)bridged up a mile or two later.By the top of the first climb, agroup of six (Lofgren, Yap, Flynn,Rasmussen, Sargent, and Lunning)was working smoothly together.With all the major teams representedin the break, the field was content toride tempo, although given the difficultnature of the course, “tempo”to some was spitting others off theback each time up the climb.By the 5th crest of the summit,the breakaway group was startingto come apart, and a group consistingof 2006 winner Dave Harward(Porcupine/Specialized), MarkSanturbane (Bob’s-Bicycle.com),and Sandy Perrins (Sienna/Goble)had broken free of the pack andwas closing in on the break. Withthree laps to go, Lunning attackedthe remnants of the lead group, andonly Flynn and Sargent were ableto respond. Flynn eventually felloff the pace, but Lofgren was ableMarch 3April 7May 5May 19May 28June 2June 9June 30July 7July 14July 21August 4to claw his way back up. With lessthan two laps to go, the Harwardtrio completed the bridge and threwdown enough heat on the penultimateclimb to drop Lunning andLofgran. Sargent remained as theonly member of the original breakawayto make the lead group, whichby the last lap consisted only ofHarward, Santurbane, and Sargent.These three went to the last kilometertogether, with Santurbaneultimately prevailing by about 7seconds over Harward. Sargent wasclearly the day’s iron man, finishingin 3rd place, only 12 seconds behindHarward and a full minute ahead ofLunning, who rallied on the final lapto take a solid 4th.Race organizers promised aneven better event next spring, withlonger races and later start timesfor the category 4 and 5 riders.However, the only prediction theymade about the weather was that itwould be unpredictable.See results on page 18.801-942-3498 or www.intermountaincup.comThe Desert Rampage, St. George, UTCholla Challenge, Hurricane, UTShowdown at Five Mile Pass, Lehi, UTSoldier Hollow Hammerfest, Heber City, UTStan Crane Memorial XC, Draper, UTThe Sundance Spin, Sundance, UTDeer Valley Pedalfest, Deer Valley Resort, UTChris Allaire Memorial/Utah Open StateChampionship, Solitude, UTWimmer's Bicycle Race, Sherwood Hills, UTThe 20th Annual Mountain Bout, Snowbird, UTTaming the Tetons, Jackson Hole, WYWolverine Ridge XC Race, Double Points!,RegionalFinals, Evanston, WYAll races are Cross Country Events, No License Required!photo: joaquimhailer.comWorld Class Coaching forCompetitive and RecreationalCyclists. 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