Montezuma's Revenge (bicycle race)

Montezuma's Revenge

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Race details
Date August
Region Colorado, USA
Type Mountain Bike Race
History
First edition 1986 (1986)
Editions 20
Final edition 2006
First winner Sam Orez
Most wins Male: Rishi Grewal, 3 times
Female: Monique Merrill, 2 times

The Montezuma's Revenge was a 24-hour ultra-endurance mountain bike wilderness race held in Colorado each August from 1986 until 2006. Competitors were required to climb a 14,272-foot (4,350 m) mountain-Gray’s Peak. The course varied from year to year but was always extremely demanding. The winner was determined by who covers the most distance in the 24-hour period. Current course records:

Results

Year Male Winner Distance & Elevation Female Winner Distance & Elevation
2006 Ethan Passant 149 miles (240 km) & 31,303' Cat Morrison 105 miles (169 km) & 19,328'
2005 Josh Tostado 156 miles (251 km) - 32,350' Becs Hodgetts 117.40 mi (188.94 km) - 22,691'
2004 Josh Tostado 140 miles (230 km) - 30,895' Jari Kirkland 122.33 miles (196.87 km) - 25,926'
2003 Thane Wright Monique Merrill
2002 Rishi Grewal Colleen Ihnken
2001 Rishi Grewal Michelle Grainger
2000 Thane Wright Monique Merrill
1999 Rishi Grewal
1998 David Pickett-Heaps Angie Carlevato
1997 Joey Klein Colleen Seyers
1996 John Stamstad Kathy Summers
1995 Joey Klein
1994 Thane Wright Heather Bussy
1993 Charles Hayes Amy Maclean
1992 Don Drogsvold
1991 Don Drogsvold & John Stamstad tied Nelson Corcoran
1990 Dale Atkins Micki Thomas
1989 Dan Johnson
1988 Bob Forney
1987 Dan Johnson
1986 Sam Orez

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