30 year-old Australian Lachlan Morton, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost in road, gravel and ultra events, won the legendary Bob Cook Mount Evans Hill Climb in Colorado, USA on Saturday, besting a field of top amateurs, weekend warriors and a few other pros.
He crossed the finish line at 14,130 feet above sea level on the arduous 27.4 mile route with 6590’ of climbing in 1:52:22 after out sprinting 24 year-old pro and Kansas native Alex Hoehn by less than one second.
Where they found enough oxygen to sprint at that altitude is a mystery…
43 year-old New Mexico amateur Fortunato Ferrara, who finished fourth at the 2022 GFNY Gran Fondo World Championships, earned the final podium step 37 seconds later with a third place a time of 1:53:00.
Kyleigh Spearing from the flat State of Illinois was the fastest women, summiting the climb in 2:27:32, followed by Coloradan Lauren Riedle (2:31:00) and Californian Leslie Patterson (2:32:58).
After not finishing last year, 89 year-old Frederic Schmid (Team GeriAtrix), who is a 37 time USA National Champion, came back this year to try and conquer Mount Evans once again. He achieved his goal and crossed the finish line in 7:21:10.
Almost 300 riders participated in the 55th edition of the storied hill climb race for cyclists of all abilities that takes place on the highest paved road in North America.
Overall Bob Cook Mount Evans rankings listed below; category results HERE.
| 1 | Lachlan Morton | 1:52:22.55 |
| 2 | Alex Hoehn | 1:52:23.11 |
| 3 | Fortunato Ferrara | 1:53:00.42 |
| 4 | John Keller | 1:53:29.34 |
| 5 | Davide Giardini | 1:59:01.65 |
| 6 | Landry Bobo | 1:59:17.84 |
| 7 | Sam Hausmann | 1:59:31.27 |
| 8 | Cole Tamburri | 1:59:45.10 |
| 9 | Cole Lewis | 2:00:23.96 |
| 10 | Ryan Primeau | 2:00:42.02 |
| 11 | Matthew Cooke | 2:01:55.58 |
| 12 | Stephen Schaefer | 2:02:41.35 |
| 13 | Leroy Popowski | 2:03:11.00 |
| 14 | Jessee Clapier | 2:06:00.44 |
| 15 | Nick Dolan | 2:07:10.72 |
| 16 | Collin Zimmerman | 2:07:26.21 |
| 17 | Eric Jones | 2:09:25.96 |
| 18 | Henry York | 2:09:56.61 |
| 19 | Jim Hallberg | 2:10:05.12 |
| 20 | Richard Scudney | 2:10:22.68 |
| 21 | Terry Rice | 2:11:07.23 |
| 22 | Nathan Abbott | 2:11:33.55 |
| 23 | Janson Turner | 2:11:44.97 |
| 24 | Casey Bloomer | 2:12:30.71 |
| 25 | Keaten Kappes | 2:14:31.08 |
| 26 | Ryan Carmer | 2:16:20.69 |
| 27 | Connor Pulvidente | 2:17:23.21 |
| 28 | Raik Huster | 2:18:08.80 |
| 29 | George Kasch | 2:18:43.45 |
| 30 | Nate Pitzer | 2:19:14.87 |
| 31 | Leo Minami | 2:19:44.22 |
| 32 | Carson Mccue | 2:20:51.55 |
| 33 | Sebastian Sturges | 2:21:20.19 |
| 34 | Jonathan Cary | 2:21:29.42 |
| 35 | Joel Homan | 2:23:15.97 |
| 36 | Shawn Kingrey | 2:24:14.31 |
| 37 | Robert Fisher | 2:24:22.75 |
| 38 | Jorge Hinojos | 2:24:45.13 |
| 39 | Robert Dwyer | 2:24:52.77 |
| 40 | Trevor Connor | 2:26:02.46 |
| 41 | Keaton Jansen | 2:26:15.84 |
| 42 | Ian Kearns | 2:26:18.18 |
| 43 | Sean Burke | 2:26:37.85 |
| 44 | Kyleigh Spearing | 2:27:32.22 |
| 45 | Steve Crowley | 2:27:59.67 |
| 46 | Matan Sopher | 2:28:07.87 |
| 47 | Steven Seguin | 2:28:10.61 |
| 48 | Miguel Sanchez Tuda | 2:28:19.08 |
| 49 | David Buchan | 2:28:25.68 |
| 50 | Casey Morse | 2:29:07.82 |
| 51 | Michael Migler | 2:29:10.03 |
| 52 | Sebastian Soto | 2:29:44.48 |
| 53 | Lauren Riedle | 2:31:00.11 |
| 54 | Monty Bobo | 2:31:25.95 |
| 55 | John Pendergraft | 2:31:31.87 |
| 56 | Michael Brady | 2:32:09.48 |
| 57 | Scott Patton | 2:32:24.99 |
| 58 | Ian Livingston | 2:32:48.46 |
| 59 | Lesley Paterson | 2:32:58.84 |
| 60 | Brad Fink | 2:33:08.72 |
| 61 | Ali Artzberger | 2:33:17.25 |
| 62 | Yannick Drouet | 2:33:36.34 |
| 63 | Jimi Gibson | 2:33:36.89 |
| 64 | Gregory Nye | 2:33:43.75 |
| 65 | Cody Hill | 2:34:17.37 |
| 66 | Tyler Peterson | 2:36:04.52 |
| 67 | Kwin Keuter | 2:36:06.68 |
| 68 | Ashley Frye | 2:36:14.32 |
| 69 | Sparky Moir | 2:36:17.62 |
| 70 | Andrea Fasen | 2:37:33.63 |
| 71 | Brian Tate | 2:38:09.58 |
| 72 | Alan Youngblood | 2:38:16.69 |
| 73 | Boudewijn van Werven | 2:38:50.41 |
| 74 | Brad With | 2:39:07.37 |
| 75 | Kevin Kraus | 2:39:10.95 |
| 76 | Mikhail Ivanov | 2:39:11.35 |
| 77 | Ian Feistner | 2:40:03.65 |
| 78 | Nick Gillock | 2:40:26.81 |
| 79 | Algirdas Purkenas | 2:40:28.81 |
| 80 | Robert Strickland | 2:40:55.66 |
| 81 | Sarah Flamm | 2:41:42.28 |
| 82 | Chris Beaudin | 2:41:56.62 |
| 83 | Justin Jewell | 2:41:57.82 |
| 84 | David Hillyard | 2:41:59.92 |
| 85 | Stephen Presta | 2:42:54.73 |
| 86 | Christopher Sanders | 2:42:59.14 |
| 87 | Shawn Hime | 2:43:03.51 |
| 88 | Kelly Mclaughlin | 2:43:26.96 |
| 89 | Brian Williams | 2:43:44.70 |
| 90 | Greyson Gilbert | 2:43:51.52 |
| 91 | D’arcy Straub | 2:43:57.58 |
| 92 | Thomas Bain | 2:43:58.86 |
| 93 | Greg Albright | 2:44:04.87 |
| 94 | Ben Rasich | 2:44:37.41 |
| 95 | Jennifer Cubillas | 2:45:11.67 |
| 96 | Thomas Sweeney | 2:45:18.38 |
| 97 | William Drasler | 2:45:35.20 |
| 98 | Laith Abbas | 2:45:37.73 |
| 99 | John Broomhead | 2:46:22.98 |
| 100 | Andres Maricq | 2:46:26.98 |
| 101 | Gregory Lahn | 2:46:55.38 |
| 102 | Everett Mcewan | 2:47:17.14 |
| 103 | Thomas Roell | 2:47:48.15 |
| 104 | Clara Brown | 2:48:18.64 |
| 105 | Nicholas Cenedella | 2:48:28.53 |
| 106 | Robin Malloch | 2:48:41.73 |
| 107 | Maria Harvey | 2:48:48.66 |
| 108 | Christopher Whelchel | 2:49:39.31 |
| 109 | Hedley Ludlow | 2:50:05.59 |
| 110 | Thomas Monahan | 2:50:24.70 |
| 111 | David Norris | 2:50:27.90 |
| 112 | William Hartje | 2:51:14.57 |
| 113 | Paul Reich | 2:51:31.01 |
| 114 | Garrick Mitchell | 2:51:36.40 |
| 115 | Joseph San Pedro | 2:51:46.14 |
| 116 | Parker Lindley | 2:52:09.82 |
| 117 | Faramarz Batori | 2:53:00.48 |
| 118 | Robert Kantor | 2:53:05.68 |
| 119 | Galen Bolard | 2:54:12.80 |
| 120 | Tom Patrick | 2:54:14.37 |
| 121 | Michelle Gallegos Olivas | 2:54:25.65 |
| 122 | Ross Younger | 2:55:00.73 |
| 123 | Ed Chamberlin | 2:55:18.88 |
| 124 | Kelly Eberly | 2:55:37.67 |
| 125 | Nora Cooke | 2:56:03.80 |
| 126 | Kevin Mcnamara | 2:56:39.31 |
| 127 | Tamara Cousineau | 2:57:02.61 |
| 128 | Tyler Keyes | 2:57:13.19 |
| 129 | Cory Jackson | 2:57:22.16 |
| 130 | Laura Henderson | 2:57:26.69 |
| 131 | Peter Benkowski | 2:57:34.34 |
| 132 | Mark Tabb | 2:57:39.04 |
| 133 | Caitlin Alexander | 2:57:53.23 |
| 134 | Diana Hassel | 2:58:00.63 |
| 135 | Lawren Terry | 2:58:11.11 |
| 136 | David Lechtenberg | 2:58:16.63 |
| 137 | Katie Bolling | 2:58:41.41 |
| 138 | Jeffrey Geslin | 2:58:48.38 |
| 139 | Jaycee Cary | 3:00:48.47 |
| 140 | Bart Wolczyk | 3:01:18.89 |
| 141 | Lisa Goldsmith | 3:01:38.63 |
| 142 | Fabiola Garcia | 3:01:40.16 |
| 143 | Ron Thoman | 3:01:41.62 |
| 144 | Kirby Kelly | 3:01:44.98 |
| 145 | Tirrel Miller | 3:02:10.51 |
| 146 | Michelle Fugal | 3:02:12.71 |
| 147 | Stephen Fischer | 3:03:15.06 |
| 148 | Robert Gates | 3:03:21.14 |
| 149 | Jeffrey Lucy | 3:04:07.55 |
| 150 | Noah Sears | 3:04:47.06 |
| 151 | Kevin Barker | 3:04:55.95 |
| 152 | Tedd Jacobson | 3:05:39.20 |
| 153 | Tom Groves | 3:05:41.34 |
| 154 | Richard Riecks | 3:05:48.97 |
| 155 | Xavier Méndez | 3:05:54.16 |
| 156 | Mark Culver | 3:06:10.40 |
| 157 | Jordan Majdolashrafi | 3:06:32.69 |
| 158 | Jake Bruemmer | 3:06:55.57 |
| 159 | Tom Anthony | 3:07:06.28 |
| 160 | Robert Delean | 3:07:32.30 |
| 161 | Lloyd Jones | 3:07:52.35 |
| 162 | Rachel Geiter | 3:08:39.01 |
| 163 | Jeffery Hocker | 3:08:59.97 |
| 164 | Brian Bigley | 3:09:14.76 |
| 165 | Tim Degrado | 3:09:50.00 |
| 166 | Mike Swanson | 3:10:19.44 |
| 167 | Meghan Newcomer | 3:10:25.18 |
| 168 | Josh Benjamin | 3:10:55.56 |
| 169 | Nathan Pettorini | 3:11:32.94 |
| 170 | Tod Rowles | 3:11:34.03 |
| 171 | Daniel Chance | 3:11:47.01 |
| 172 | Kate Clement | 3:12:20.40 |
| 173 | Kala Garcia Arrache | 3:12:21.32 |
| 174 | David Lawrence | 3:12:28.37 |
| 175 | John Hartney | 3:12:29.93 |
| 176 | Jeff Hammond | 3:12:29.99 |
| 177 | Brandee Brunot | 3:12:43.72 |
| 178 | Ellen Wakeman | 3:12:43.86 |
| 179 | Taylor Uselis | 3:12:51.02 |
| 180 | Leah Toeniskoetter | 3:14:08.04 |
| 181 | Tim Andrews | 3:14:43.50 |
| 182 | Gustave Manthey | 3:15:09.86 |
| 183 | Mark Shea | 3:15:43.84 |
| 184 | Maximllian Renner | 3:15:53.55 |
| 185 | Keaghan Dunn-Rhodes | 3:16:56.56 |
| 186 | Megan Cvitanovic | 3:17:06.32 |
| 187 | Matt Mcgowan | 3:17:25.85 |
| 188 | Janet Grachal | 3:18:02.78 |
| 189 | Andrew Nuckles | 3:18:06.27 |
| 190 | Dan Smilkstein | 3:19:08.46 |
| 191 | Clyde Wright | 3:20:21.04 |
| 192 | Sara Leiter | 3:20:24.25 |
| 193 | Cade Christner | 3:20:45.17 |
| 194 | Brian Tyne | 3:21:01.32 |
| 195 | Andrew Mccarron | 3:21:31.89 |
| 196 | Cindy Hintgen | 3:22:21.60 |
| 197 | Kenneth Kooy | 3:22:37.18 |
| 198 | Sam Moskal | 3:22:37.18 |
| 199 | Vincent Hassel | 3:23:05.88 |
| 200 | Jim Mayo | 3:23:53.84 |
| 201 | Dean Davis | 3:24:48.99 |
| 202 | Ryan Hayden | 3:25:22.08 |
| 203 | Bob Haak | 3:25:59.68 |
| 204 | Daniel Walters | 3:26:10.72 |
| 205 | Bernie Morales | 3:28:22.93 |
| 206 | David Moore | 3:29:01.14 |
| 207 | Daniel Frenchmore | 3:29:07.18 |
| 208 | Leslie Knibb | 3:29:42.67 |
| 209 | Anthony Harvey | 3:30:00.02 |
| 210 | Melissa Dunn | 3:30:59.20 |
| 211 | Maria Guerrero | 3:31:37.03 |
| 212 | Rachel Parker | 3:31:54.12 |
| 213 | Michael Kitson | 3:34:08.67 |
| 214 | Camilo Amaya | 3:35:18.29 |
| 215 | William Leggett | 3:35:50.35 |
| 216 | Dave Milito | 3:36:32.96 |
| 217 | Greg Baker | 3:36:41.14 |
| 218 | David Apple | 3:38:06.96 |
| 219 | Joseph Lefferdink | 3:38:18.76 |
| 220 | Andy White | 3:39:46.95 |
| 221 | Kelley Manley | 3:40:50.74 |
| 222 | Aimee Dupont | 3:42:10.26 |
| 223 | Cynthia Jennings | 3:42:13.46 |
| 224 | Yvette Ballesteros | 3:43:14.76 |
| 225 | Rachel Cohen | 3:44:43.92 |
| 226 | Adam Eisele | 3:45:00.64 |
| 227 | Martin Fowler | 3:47:45.50 |
| 228 | Matthew Borgos | 3:49:49.16 |
| 229 | Timm Jacobson | 3:50:06.78 |
| 230 | Julia Calish | 3:51:48.19 |
| 231 | Jacob Pelton | 3:51:53.69 |
| 232 | Chris Armen | 3:53:42.62 |
| 233 | Omar de La Mora | 3:57:36.51 |
| 234 | Rob Hogan | 3:58:15.71 |
| 235 | Elena Ellcessor | 3:59:50.40 |
| 236 | Robert Goddu | 3:59:59.78 |
| 237 | Stephen Mckeever | 4:01:08.34 |
| 238 | Leon Matz | 4:05:30.58 |
| 239 | Pam Moore | 4:07:04.56 |
| 240 | Jeimmy Maldonado | 4:07:48.08 |
| 241 | Beth James | 4:10:37.48 |
| 242 | Cindy Laty | 4:11:15.67 |
| 243 | Brianna Johnson | 4:15:59.95 |
| 244 | Rick Lafaver | 4:21:54.88 |
| 245 | Richard Elliott | 4:25:46.86 |
| 246 | Pierce Schell | 4:28:28.72 |
| 247 | Mike Wrigley | 4:36:10.44 |
| 248 | Erika Armendariz | 4:40:35.18 |
| 249 | James Holub | 4:45:41.29 |
| 250 | Jesus Encinas | 5:01:53.95 |
| 251 | Brian Poulson | 5:02:52.69 |
| 252 | Robert Twitchell | 5:02:52.85 |
| 253 | Frederic Schmid | 7:21:10.60 |
| * | Mike Price | DNF |
| * | Sandor Nemethy | DNF |
| * | Eriksen van Etten | DNF |
| * | Hanns Detlefsen | DNF |
| * | Rip Mobus | DNF |
| * | Greg Langer | DNF |
| * | Sue Stokes | DNF |
| * | Max Frankel | DNF |
| * | Christopher Phelps | DNF |
| * | Jodi Trautman-Phelps | DNF |
| * | Jeff Fugal | DNS |
| * | Ryan Adams | DNS |
| * | Alex Avakian | DNS |
| * | Alexander Booth | DNS |
| * | Bryan Hernandez | DNS |
| * | Michael Kontos | DNS |
| * | Dennis Schlenvogt | DNS |
| * | Matthew Barger | DNS |
| * | William Dunn | DNS |
| * | Craig Gardner | DNS |
| * | Steven Matous | DNS |
| * | Jim Moore | DNS |
| * | Kenneth Rose | DNS |
| * | Karen Kohler | DNS |
| * | Jan Gold | DNS |
| * | Matt Rothrock | DNS |
| * | Darren Blair | DNS |
| * | Kevin-Druis Merenda | DNS |
| * | Serghei Tvetcov | DNS |
| * | Chris Lundberg | DNS |
| * | Mari Gobitz | DNS |
| * | Heather Mitchell | DNS |
| * | Mary Fralick | DNS |
| * | Allison Howlett | DNS |
| * | Sarah Morel | DNS |
| * | Autumn Vegh | DNS |
Photos: EF Pro Cycling, Team Evergreen, F. Schmid
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