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"I'm not a climber
I'm not a sprinter
All I have is my fighting spirit and my big engine"
Big Jens Voigt
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You are cordially invited to the 2017 California Triple Crown Awards Breakfast
Please join us to honor:
The 2017 California Triple Crown Stage Race Winners
The Class of 2017 California Triple Crown Hall of Fame Inductees
The Class of 2017 California Triple Crown 100 Double Century Inductees
The Class of 2017 California Triple Crown 150 Double Century Inductees
Sunday, October 1, 2017 from 7:30am to 10am.
Under the gazebo in Pena Adobe Park, Vacaville, California
Where the Knoxville Fall Classic Double Century will Start and Finish the day before
Please come and recognize these amazing cyclists then
stay until the end of the Breakfast for photos
We will wrap it up before 10am.
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The 2017 California Triple Crown Stage Race is in the books.
63 Riders started the First Stage on the Mulholland Double and only 42 finished the extremely difficult Double Century with over 18,000 Feet of Climbing!!
Of those, only 13 went on and were able to finish the Second Stage on the Oceanside Double where the weather conditions were brutally tough with a gail force headwind heading into Borrego Springs causing riders to walk their bikes up Montezuma, and lots of wind, rain, and sub-45 degree temperatures afterwards.
Of those 13, only 10 went on and finished the Third Stage on the Terrible Two. Bill Oetinger wrote: "Just how hot was it? The official highs were 101� in Cloverdale and Sebastopol and 102� in Healdsburg. Add a few degrees for the real-world, real-feel up on the exposed walls on Skaggs Springs after lunch and you have a classic TT crock pot: a slow cooker that turned many a rider into the human equivalent of a well-done pot roast.The bake-oven weather turned a small field of starters (96 entered and 89 actual starters) into an even smaller field of finishers. Only 29 riders made it in by the old standard cut-off of 10:00 PM (32%), earning their coveted "I Did It!" t-shirts. Another 12 made it in before 11 for CTC credit, for a full-field finishing rate of only 46%. That ranks right up there as one of the nastiest Terrible Twos on record. Anyone who finished this one can stand very proud and anyone who didn�t finish it has no reason to hang their head. It was a very tough day."
After completing the three brutally tough stages of the 2017 California Triple Crown Stage Race, the following riders are on the podiums:
2017 Overall Division:
1-Mark Christopherson
2-Kirsten McDaniel
3-Samer Rezkalla
2017 Women's Division:
1-Kirsten McDaniel
2017 Tandem Division:
No Finishers
2017 Recumbent Division:
No Finishers
2017 Fixed Gear Division:
No Finishers
Plaques will be awarded to those on the podiums at the California Triple Crown Awards Breakfast on 10/01/17.
Photos and all of the results are HERE
Congratulations to each of these 10 extremely tough cyclists who completed the 2017 California Triple Crown Stage Race:
1 - CHRISTOPHERSON, MARK in 38:39
2 - MCDANIEL, KIRSTEN 3:12 back
3 - REZKALLA, SAMER 4:03 back
4 - REED, EDWARD 5:11 back
5 - CARAGAO, ROEHL 5:37 back
6 - CHUML, MARK 8:44 back
7 - ARMOR, JOHN 9:20 back
8 - JACOBSON, RICK 9:44 back
Tied for 9 - DIONISIO, ARNEL 13:32 back
Tied for 9- VILLAFLOR, MAR 13:32 back
To complete the California Triple Crown Stage Race is a HUGE Accomplishment in cycling!!
Thank you to Deb and Brian Bowling and Planet Ultra, Anny Beck and Mountain High Cycling, and the Santa Rosa Cycling Club for hosting the 2017 California Triple Crown Stage Race.
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The results of all of the 2017 Double Centuries so far this year except for the Terrible Two have been posted to the California Triple Crown Database. The Terrible Two will be posted soon.
You can order your California Triple Crown products by simply going to www.CalTripleCrown.com ... Products ... Decide what you�d like to order and in what sizes ... On any of the product pages, click "Order It Now" at the bottom of the page ... Login ... Add the items to your shopping cart ... and check out. If you have any questions, e-mail our Customer Services Team at cbrams (at) caltriplecrown (dot) com and Chuck will give you a hand. The California Triple Crown Store is open 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week.
Wear your hard earned California Triple Crown Apparel with great pride after earning it the hard way!!
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Congratulations to the 2017 California Triple Crown Winners shown HERE
And even more Congratulations to the 2017 California Triple Crown Gold Thousand Mile Club Winners
shown HERE
Be a Gold Thousand Mile Club Winner in 2017!!
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2017 California Triple Crown Calendar
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2018 California Triple Crown Calendar
The Rides below are for the 2018 California Triple Crown
The California Triple Crown is awarded on a Calendar Year Basis
The Rides below can not be used to complete your 2017 California Triple Crown |
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