Mount Evans Hill Climb

Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans Hill Climb
Race details
Date	mid to late July
Region	Mt. 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	41
First winner	tie Stuart Baillie/Adolph Weller
Most wins	Scott Moninger (USA) (6 times)
Most recent	Peter Stetina (USA)

The Mt. Evans Hill climb is a bicycle race that takes place on Mount Evans, Colorado. It was run for the first time in 1962. The race has been held 41 times with only three years canceled. The race was renamed in 1981 in honor of five-time race winner Bob Cook, who died of cancer at the age of 23. The race is purely a climb, without many other skills required. Team tactics and alliances can play a role. The climb is 27.4 miles in length.

The race takes place on the highest paved road in the United States. The race starts at 7,540 feet in front of the Clear Creek Middle School and proceeds to Echo Lake where the race turns and climbs nearly to the summit (14,130 feet).^[1] Due to the altitude and wilderness, the event is sometimes marked by extreme weather, by mountain sheep, marmots, and other fauna of Colorado.

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 9 to 85 years of age. The race is also supported by volunteers from the Colorado cycling community who help marshal, drive support, officiate and work the picnic. The race includes categories for all levels of racing and encourages riders of all abilities. An average of 600-1,000 riders compete each year, in a wide variety of categories.

1 Course records
2 Canceled Years
3 List of men's winners
- 3.1 Race notes
4 List of women's winners
5 References

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 holder is Tom Danielson, set in 2004 with a time of 1:41:20. The Women's course record is held by Jeannie Longo from France with a time of 1:59:19.

Canceled Years

The race was canceled three times: twice due to snow and once when the Race Director was working 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

Race notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m New record time
^ ^a ^b Race was held, but no results are available.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Race not held (snow).
^ ^a ^b 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

2010 Jacques-Grewal Tammy 2:15:07
2009 Jennifer Slawta 2:15:58
2008 Jeannie Longo 2:10:10
2007 Kate van Valkenburg 2:24:03
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 Current Record
1997 Julie Hudetz 2:18:22
1996 RACE NOT HELD (Organizer at Olympics)
1995 Linda Jackson 2:13:28 *
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 *
1989 RACE NOT HELD (Snow)
1988 Darien Raistrick 2:19:46
1987 Vanessa Brines 2:26:03
1986 Catherine Porter 2:22:58
1985 Barb Dolan 2:15:58 *
1984 Denise Yamagishi 2:23:45 *
1983 Ann Chernoff 2:24:37 *
1982 Jan DeYoung 2:28:33 *
1981 Martha Stafford 2:29:54 *
1980 Margaret Nettles 2:41:10 *
1979 RACE NOT HELD (Snow)
1978 Margaret Nettles 1:18:44 Finished at Echo Lake
1977 N/A
1976 Robin Deily 2:44:58 *

(*Denotes previous record)