Mount Evans Hill Climb

Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans Hill Climb
Race details
Date	July
Region	Mount Evans, Colorado, USA
English name	Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans Hill Climb
Nickname(s)	Mt. Evans Hillclimb
Discipline	Road race
Type	One-day race
History
First edition	1962 (1962)
Editions	49
First winner	Stuart Baillie and Adolph Weller (tie)
Most wins	Scott Moninger (USA) (6 times)

The Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans Hill Climb or Mount Evans Hill Climb is a bicycle race situated on Mount Evans near Idaho Springs, Colorado. Begun in 1962, the race has been held forty-one times excepting three cancellations. In 1981 it was renamed in honor of five-time race winner Bob Cook, who died of cancer at the age of 23. The race is 27.4 miles (44.1 kilometers) in length.

The race takes place on the highest paved road in the United States, starting at an altitude of 7,540 feet (2,298 meters) and terminating at 14,130 feet (4,306 meters), 130 feet (39 meters) below Mount Evans' summit.^[1] Due to the altitude, the event is sometimes marked by inclement weather.

Over the years, the race has attracted significant professional riders. Riders come from all over the United States and in the past the race has had riders from France, Switzerland, Germany, and Australia compete. The age range of the participants is from nine to eighty-five years. The race is also supported by volunteers from the Colorado cycling community who help marshal, drive support, officiate and work the picnic. The event includes categories for all levels of racing and encourages riders of all abilities. Between six hundred and a thousand riders compete each year in a number of categories.

Course records

Bob Cook held the course record from 1975-1980. The first three years he held the record he was a junior. The present men's record is held by Tom Danielson, set in 2004 with a time of 1:41:20. The women's course record is held by Jeannie Longo of France at 1:59:19.

Canceled Years

The race was canceled three times: twice due to snow and once when the race director was in Atlanta at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

List of men's winners

The winner of the men's race are:^[2]

Year	Name	Time
1962	Stuart Baillie/Adolph Weller	2:28^{[note 1]}
1963	Stuart Baillie	2:24^{[note 1]}
1964	Stuart Baillie	2:08:07^{[note 1]}
1965	Michael Hiltner	2:09:55
1966	Stuart Baillie	2:14
1967	^{[note 2]}	^{[note 2]}
1968	Mike Dennis	N/A
1969	Stan Justice	2:19:23
1970	Kalman Halasi	2:22:49
1971	Kalman Halasi	2:14:35
1972	Bob Poling	2:11:41
1973	Jack Janelle	2:05:32^{[note 1]}
1974	Jack Janelle	2:05:09^{[note 1]}
1975	Bob Cook	2:02:55^{[note 1]}
1976	Bob Cook	1:57:50^{[note 1]}
1977	Bob Cook	1:55:43^{[note 1]}
1978	Bob Cook	1:54:27^{[note 1]}
1979	^{[note 3]}	^{[note 3]}
1980	Bob Cook	1:54:55
1981	Alexi Grewal	1:57:36 1st Memorial Year
1982	Don Spence	1:58:12
1983	Todd Gogulski	1:53:43^{[note 1]}
1984	Alexi Grewal	1:47:51^{[note 1]}
1985	Ned Overend	1:49:53
1986	Ned Overend	1:49:22
1987	Todd Gogulski	1:54:07
1988	Tom Resh	1:51:56
1989	^{[note 3]}	^{[note 3]}
1990	Alexi Grewal	1:46:29^{[note 1]}
1991	Mike Engleman	1:51:41^{[note 1]}
1992	Mike Engleman	1:45:30
1993	Mike Engleman	1:56:57
1994	Mike Engleman	1:50:35
1995	Mike Engleman	1:46:32
1996	^{[note 4]}	^{[note 4]}
1997	Jonathan Vaughters	1:53:54 ^{[note 5]}
1998	Scott Moninger	1:52:16
1999	Jonathan Vaughters
2000	Scott Moninger	1:49:42
2001	Scott Moninger	1:46:56
2002	Scott Moninger	1:50:20
2003	Jonathan Vaughters	1:49:29
2004	Tom Danielson	1:41:20^{[note 6]}
2005	Scott Moninger	1:52:50
2006	Scott Moninger	1:49:52
2007	Tom Danielson	1:43:04
2008	Kevin Nicol	1:53:21
2009	Tom Danielson	1:42:09
2010	Peter Stetina	1:50:20
2011	LeRoy Popowski	1:57:36
2012	LeRoy Popowski	1:51:02
2013	Christopher Carr	1:57:16
2014	Fortunato Ferrara	1:51:22
2015	Lachlan Morton	1:48:05
2016	Christopher Butler	1:50:19

Race notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 New record time
1 2 Race was held, but no results are available.
1 2 3 4 Race not held (snow).
1 2 Race not held (organizer at 1996 Olympic Games).
↑ Mat Anand, a Canadian National Team member was the first across the line, but was relegated to second place for ‘hooking’ Jonathan Vaughters in the final sprint.
↑ Current Record

List of women's winners

Year	Name	Time
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	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	1:59:19 ^{[note 1]}
1997	Julie Hudetz	2:18:22
1996	^{[note 2]}	^{[note 2]}
1995	Linda Jackson	2:13:28 ^{[note 1]}
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 ^{[note 1]}
1989	^{[note 3]}	^{[note 3]}
1988	Darien Raistrick	2:19:46
1987	Vanessa Brines	2:26:03
1986	Catherine Porter	2:22:58
1985	Barb Dolan	2:15:58 ^{[note 1]}
1984	Denise Yamagishi	2:23:45 ^{[note 1]}
1983	Ann Chernoff	2:24:37 ^{[note 1]}
1982	Jan DeYoung	2:28:33 ^{[note 1]}
1981	Martha Stafford	2:29:54 ^{[note 1]}
1980	Margaret Nettles	2:41:10 ^{[note 1]}
1979	^{[note 3]}	^{[note 3]}
1978	Margaret Nettles	1:18:44 ^{[note 4]}
1977	^{[note 5]}	^{[note 5]}
1976	Robin Deily	2:44:58 ^{[note 1]}

Race notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 New record time
1 2 Race not held (organizer at 1996 Olympic Games).
1 2 3 4 Race not held (snow).
↑ Race finished at Echo Lake.
1 2 Race was held, but no results are available.

References

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