Northern California/Nevada District Championships and Fort Ord Road Race
Monterey County - August 6 2005

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Sunrise and fog over the Fort Ord Public Lands before the start of the day's championship road bike racing

Race Flyer from Velo Promo:

Directions: From Hwy 1 or Hwy 68 north of Monterey, take Reservation Road alongside Fort Ord (northwest from 68, east from 1) to the East Garrison Gate, and enter the post and follow the signs one mile to the parking area. Please do not drive any further onto the post than this area.

Course: Same as 2003 & 2004. It is a 15 mile loop, not going anywhere near Laguna Seca. The roads are: Chapel, Watkins Gate, Henneken's Ranch, Eucalyptus, Parker Flats, Parker Flats Cut-Off, Eucalyptus, Barloy Canyon, Watkins Gate, East Garrison Loop, and Chapel. Start just inside gate at East Garrison, and finish on Watkins Gate. The course is a barbell, with Eucalyptus being used in both directions, one lane each separated by yellow line. This course includes the "wall" up Barloy from Eucalyptus, the stiff but short climb up Parker Flats Cut-off to Eucalyptus, and the fast twisty descent on Hennecken's Ranch to the right turn onto Eucalyptus.

  

 Events:           miles  kms  laps  places   fee   start        limit
 Elite 1-3 **       105   168    7      3     $20    8:00 a.m.    200
 Master 35+          60    96    4      3     $20    8:05         100
 Category 3          60    96    4      3     $20    8:10         100 
 Category 4**        60    96    4      3     $20    8:15         100 
 Elite 1-3 Women**   60    96    4      3     $20    8:20         100
 Jr 17-18 Boys**     60    96    4      3     $20    8:25         100 
 Women 3             60    96    4      3     $20   11:35         100 
 Category 5          45    72    3      3     $20   11:40          50 
 Master 45+          45    72    3      3     $20   11:45         100
 Master 55 +         45    72    3      3     $20   11:50         100
 Women 4             45    72    3      3     $20   11:55          50 
 Master Wm 30 +      45    72    3      3     $20   12:00         100

**These are the only Championship events this day.

Complete Results For All Morning Races

Morning sunrise and fog over the Fort Ord Pubic Lands - site of the championships	Cat 3 - Single file over the wall	Cat 3 wall - Are we having fun yet?
M35 - The winning break was too busy to notice the cool rock colors	Women - All in all, just another brick in the wall	Elite 1-3 - Before the shelling started
Cat 4 entering the feed zone... a cool movie	Cat 4 wall - Just follow the KOM polka dots	Elite 1-3 - The wall can even slow the best to a crawl
M35 finish - Morgan Stanley's James Coats defeats Spine's Colin Cooper in a duel	M35 finish - Roger Bennett sprints for 5th. Does he ever lose one?	Meanwhile, some (cat 5s?) were having fun doing the paperboy weave
Cat 3 finish - Winner Scott Giles of Patuxent Velo rolls off the pack	Cat 3 finish - 2nd, 3rd and 4th in a photo finish	Ryan the results man
Cat 4 finish - Cycle Sport's Haydn Mackay wins the digging contest	Hey Haydn, good job mate!	Berkeley Bike Club post race discussion
Women's finish - Webcor's Karen Brems wins	Elite 1-3 - 75 miles down, 30 to go	Junior finish - National Mtn Bike "Category" Champ, Nick Kintz, wins on a borrowed road bike
It could be two thumbs up for Nick if he wins again next month in Mammoth	A day's work is incomplete without at least one good dog shot	Elite 1-3 - Only 15 of 52 and the two U23 riders remained starting the bell lap
The U23 winner followed by the Elite 1-3 winner and the remaining Elite 1-3 riders rounding the corner	U23 - Winner Sterling Magnell can be excused for not finding the camera after going OTF	Elite 1-3 - Webcor's Ted Huang crosses first (in his crossover gear)
Sterling Magnell OTF "I saw stars... it was great"	An excellent event thanks to Velo Promo Rick	Carmel beach bubbles
	Sunset at Carmel Bay

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