Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb
Encyclopedia
Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb is an annual American
racing
event designed to raise money for Albany, New Hampshire
's Tin Mountain Conservation Center, which promotes appreciation of the environment.
's Mount Washington
—the highest peak in New England
. The Mount Washington Auto Road
has an average gradient of 12% and reaches gradients of up to 22%.
The race's most famous victor is Tyler Hamilton
who got his fourth victory in the race in 2006 in a time of 52:21, beating out Ned Overend
by 2:20. Jeannie Longo
holds the women's record at 58:14, while Tom Danielson
owns the men's record of 49:24.
In June 2011 race organizers announced that the times ridden by Tyler Hamilton of the United States and Genevieve Jeanson of Canada would no longer be considered official records. This decision followed the admissions by both athletes that during their professional racing careers they regularly used performance-enhancing drugs.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
racing
Racing
A sport race is a competition of speed, against an objective criterion, usually a clock or to a specific point. The competitors in a race try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time...
event designed to raise money for Albany, New Hampshire
Albany, New Hampshire
Albany is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 735 at the 2010 census.Albany includes Mount Chocorua and Mount Paugus, as well as the southeastern corner of the White Mountain National Forest. Albany is the entrance to the Mount Washington Valley, and features...
's Tin Mountain Conservation Center, which promotes appreciation of the environment.
Background
In August of each year, up to six hundred riders take part in the race which centers around a 7.6 mile (12.2 km) climb to the top of New HampshireNew Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
's Mount Washington
Mount Washington (New Hampshire)
Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at , famous for dangerously erratic weather. For 76 years, a weather observatory on the summit held the record for the highest wind gust directly measured at the Earth's surface, , on the afternoon of April 12, 1934...
—the highest peak in New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
. The Mount Washington Auto Road
Mount Washington Auto Road
The Mount Washington Auto Road is a toll road that extends from New Hampshire Route 16 in Pinkham Notch to the summit of Mount Washington in the White Mountains of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The road climbs from an altitude of at the bottom to at the top, an average gradient of 11.6%...
has an average gradient of 12% and reaches gradients of up to 22%.
The race's most famous victor is Tyler Hamilton
Tyler Hamilton
Tyler Hamilton is a former American professional road bicycle racer and former Olympic gold medalist. Hamilton became a professional cyclist in 1995, and during the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Tour de France was a teammate of Lance Armstrong who won those races.Hamilton appeared at the 2000 Summer...
who got his fourth victory in the race in 2006 in a time of 52:21, beating out Ned Overend
Ned Overend
Edmund Overend , the son of a U.S. diplomat, started in mountain biking in the early 1980s. He appeared in "the world's first mountain biking video, aptly named, The Great Mountain Biking Video," released in 1988 by New & Unique Videos of San Diego, California...
by 2:20. Jeannie Longo
Jeannie Longo
Jeannie Longo is a French racing cyclist, multiple French champion and 13 times world champion. Longo is still active in cycling as of 2011 and is widely considered one of the greatest female cyclists of all time...
holds the women's record at 58:14, while Tom Danielson
Tom Danielson
Tom Danielson is a professional road racing cyclist. Previously riding for the Saturn Team on the U.S. Pro Circuit, and for Fassa Bortolo in Europe, Danielson is currently a member of , but rode for the Discovery Channel team between 2005 and 2007.Danielson currently holds the record for the...
owns the men's record of 49:24.
In June 2011 race organizers announced that the times ridden by Tyler Hamilton of the United States and Genevieve Jeanson of Canada would no longer be considered official records. This decision followed the admissions by both athletes that during their professional racing careers they regularly used performance-enhancing drugs.
Past winners
| Year | Men | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 |  John AllisJohn Allis John Allis is an American cyclist who entered into international cycling competition in the 1960s. He was one of the strongest competitive cyclists in the United States in the early 1970s, winning the United States National Road Race Championships in 1974.-Biography:Born in Boston, Massachusetts,... |
1:15:05 | Unknown | |
| 1974 | John Allis John Allis John Allis is an American cyclist who entered into international cycling competition in the 1960s. He was one of the strongest competitive cyclists in the United States in the early 1970s, winning the United States National Road Race Championships in 1974.-Biography:Born in Boston, Massachusetts,... |
1:01:39 | Unknown | |
| 1975 | Results unknown | |||
| 1976 | Unknown | Barbara Amburgey | ||
| Results for 1977 - 1978 are unknown | ||||
| 1979 | Steve Pyle Steve Pyle Steve Pyle is a former US Junior and Senior National Team cyclist who competed at the national and international level and rode to many victories. He was known for his endurance and time trialing ability. He was a member of the U.S. cycling team for the 1980 Olympics, but the United States... |
1:01:29 | Unknown | |
| 1980 | Dale Stetina Dale Stetina Dale Stetina was a United States Olympic and national team cyclist in the late 1970s through the 1980s. He competed in the 1976 Montreal Olympics. He is a former U.S. National Road Champion and two-time winner of one of America's greatest bicycle races, the Coors Classic of Boulder, Colorado. ... |
0:57:41 | Unknown | |
| Results for 1981 - 1986 are unknown | ||||
| 1987 | Dan Works | 1:06:20 | Kathy Swanson | 1:23:12 |
| 1988 | Results Unknown | |||
| 1989 | Tai Roulston | 1:10:16 | Megan Hayes | 1:22:48 |
| 1990 | Douglas Tanner | 1:05:13 | Kathy Swanson | 1:19:25 |
| 1991 | Results Unknown | |||
| 1992 | Mike Nelson | 1:02:47 | Suzy West | 1:16:17 |
| 1993 | Joe Bucciaglia |
1:02:33 | Jodi Groesbeck | 1:16:51 |
| 1994 | Race cancelled due to weather | |||
| 1995 | Race cancelled due to weather | |||
| 1996 | Joe Bucciaglia |
Unknown | ||
| 1997 | Tyler Hamilton Tyler Hamilton Tyler Hamilton is a former American professional road bicycle racer and former Olympic gold medalist. Hamilton became a professional cyclist in 1995, and during the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Tour de France was a teammate of Lance Armstrong who won those races.Hamilton appeared at the 2000 Summer... |
0:51:56 | Marilyn Ruseckas |
1:11:38 |
| 1998 | Robert Dapice |
0:59:19 | Dorrie Martell |
1:11:56 |
| 1999 | Tyler Hamilton Tyler Hamilton Tyler Hamilton is a former American professional road bicycle racer and former Olympic gold medalist. Hamilton became a professional cyclist in 1995, and during the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Tour de France was a teammate of Lance Armstrong who won those races.Hamilton appeared at the 2000 Summer... |
0:50:21 |  Geneviève JeansonGeneviève Jeanson Geneviève Jeanson is a former professional bicycle racer from Quebec, Canada. She won the world junior road and time trial championships in 1999 and the Tour de Snowy in 2000. Later that year she won La Flèche Wallonne World Cup race. She joined the Canadian Olympic team that year... |
1:01:57 |
| 2000 | Tim Johnson Tim Johnson (cyclist) Timothy Johnson is an American professional racing cyclist who has found success in cyclocross and road bicycle racing, and is the first rider from the United States to stand on a UCI Cyclocross World Championships podium... |
0:55:46 |  Jeannie LongoJeannie Longo Jeannie Longo is a French racing cyclist, multiple French champion and 13 times world champion. Longo is still active in cycling as of 2011 and is widely considered one of the greatest female cyclists of all time... |
0:58:14 (record) |
| 2001 | Tim Johnson Tim Johnson (cyclist) Timothy Johnson is an American professional racing cyclist who has found success in cyclocross and road bicycle racing, and is the first rider from the United States to stand on a UCI Cyclocross World Championships podium... |
0:53:31 |  Karen Bockel |
1:09:20 |
| 2002 | Tom Danielson Tom Danielson Tom Danielson is a professional road racing cyclist. Previously riding for the Saturn Team on the U.S. Pro Circuit, and for Fassa Bortolo in Europe, Danielson is currently a member of , but rode for the Discovery Channel team between 2005 and 2007.Danielson currently holds the record for the... |
0:49:24 (record) | Geneviève Jeanson Geneviève Jeanson Geneviève Jeanson is a former professional bicycle racer from Quebec, Canada. She won the world junior road and time trial championships in 1999 and the Tour de Snowy in 2000. Later that year she won La Flèche Wallonne World Cup race. She joined the Canadian Olympic team that year... |
0:54:02 (record invalidated in 2011) |
| 2003 | Tom Danielson Tom Danielson Tom Danielson is a professional road racing cyclist. Previously riding for the Saturn Team on the U.S. Pro Circuit, and for Fassa Bortolo in Europe, Danielson is currently a member of , but rode for the Discovery Channel team between 2005 and 2007.Danielson currently holds the record for the... |
0:51:05 | Geneviève Jeanson Geneviève Jeanson Geneviève Jeanson is a former professional bicycle racer from Quebec, Canada. She won the world junior road and time trial championships in 1999 and the Tour de Snowy in 2000. Later that year she won La Flèche Wallonne World Cup race. She joined the Canadian Olympic team that year... |
0:59:58 |
| 2004 | Justin England |
0:58:50 | Aimee Vasse |
1:10:44 |
| 2005 | Tyler Hamilton Tyler Hamilton Tyler Hamilton is a former American professional road bicycle racer and former Olympic gold medalist. Hamilton became a professional cyclist in 1995, and during the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Tour de France was a teammate of Lance Armstrong who won those races.Hamilton appeared at the 2000 Summer... |
0:51:11 | Aimee Vasse |
1:12:38 |
| 2006 | Tyler Hamilton Tyler Hamilton Tyler Hamilton is a former American professional road bicycle racer and former Olympic gold medalist. Hamilton became a professional cyclist in 1995, and during the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Tour de France was a teammate of Lance Armstrong who won those races.Hamilton appeared at the 2000 Summer... |
0:52:21 | Aimee Vasse |
1:08:31 |
| 2007 | Race cancelled due to weather | |||
| 2008 | Phillip Gaimon Phillip Gaimon Phil Gaimon is a professional cyclist from Tucker, GA, currently living in Gainesville, FL. He is a cycling coach, and a blogger at bicycling.com. He also owns and operates Share The Damn Road--An edge Cycling Jersey company.-Results:... |
0:54:57 |  Flavia Lepene |
1:08:52 |
| 2009 | Phillip Gaimon Phillip Gaimon Phil Gaimon is a professional cyclist from Tucker, GA, currently living in Gainesville, FL. He is a cycling coach, and a blogger at bicycling.com. He also owns and operates Share The Damn Road--An edge Cycling Jersey company.-Results:... |
0:54:37 | Sue Schlatter |
1:07:43 |
| 2010 | Nico Toutenhoofd |
0:57:26 | Marti Shea |
1:05:42 |