Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb

Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb

Race details
Date	August
Region	Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, USA
Discipline	Road race
Type	One-day race
History
First edition	1973 (1973)
Editions	37
First winner	John Allis (USA)
Most wins	Tyler Hamilton (USA) (4 times)
Most recent	Phillip Gaimon (USA)

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.

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 Hampshire'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.

Past winners

Year	Men		Women
1973	John Allis	1:15:05	Unknown
1974	John Allis	1:01:39	Unknown
1975	Results unknown
1976	Unknown		Barbara Amburgey
Results for 1977 - 1978 are unknown
1979	Steve Pyle	1:01:29	Unknown
1980	Dale Stetina	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	0:51:56	Marilyn Ruseckas	1:11:38
1998	Robert Dapice	0:59:19	Dorrie Martell	1:11:56
1999	Tyler Hamilton	0:50:21	Geneviève Jeanson	1:01:57
2000	Tim Johnson	0:55:46	Jeannie Longo	0:58:14 (record)
2001	Tim Johnson	0:53:31	Karen Bockel	1:09:20
2002	Tom Danielson	0:49:24 (record)	Geneviève Jeanson	0:54:02 (record invalidated in 2011)
2003	Tom Danielson	0:51:05	Geneviève Jeanson	0:59:58
2004	Justin England	0:58:50	Aimee Vasse	1:10:44
2005	Tyler Hamilton	0:51:11	Aimee Vasse	1:12:38
2006	Tyler Hamilton	0:52:21	Aimee Vasse	1:08:31
2007	Race cancelled due to weather
2008	Phillip Gaimon	0:54:57	Flavia Lepene	1:08:52
2009	Phillip Gaimon	0:54:37	Sue Schlatter	1:07:43
2010	Nico Toutenhoofd	0:57:26	Marti Shea	1:05:42

External links

• Official website for Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb
• Official website for the Tin Mountain Conservation Center
• Official website for the Mount Washington Auto Road
• Race results (2009)