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THE CRADLE OF ACCELERATION
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Team Evergreen Racing
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Prestige Imports is a proud sponsor of Team Evergreen Racing and the Bob Cook Memorial Mt. Evans Hill Climb.
About the Mt. Evans Hill Climb
The Mt. Evans Hill climb was run for the first time in 1962. The race has been held 44 times with only three years canceled, twice due to snow and once when the Race Director was working in Atlanta at the 1996 Summer Games.
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 a climber's delight and the scenery cannot be beat by any other place in the world. Riders meet all kinds of indigenous Colorado animals including Mountain Goats and sheep as well as an occasionally marmot along the climb as well as run into all kinds of weather.
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 includes categories for all levels of racing and encourages riders who are not racers to try their hand at challenging 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 to the summit (14,264 feet.).
Bob Cook held the course record from 1975-1980. The first three years he held the record he was a junior. The present record holder is Tom Danielson, set in 2004 with a time of 1:41:20. The Senior Women's course record is held by Jeannie Longo from France with a time of 1:59.19. The climb is 28 miles in length.
About Team Evergreen Racing
Team Evergreen Racing (TER) is a large bicycle racing team with approximately 140 members. TER is associated with Team Evergreen Bicycle Club and is active year round. Training rides on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings have attendance of 20 to 30 riders (depending on the weather) and are structured so that each rider can get the most out of the ride.
Races are also well attended. The Winter Park series turns out the most racers, but other races like the Bob Cook, The BURN, Cherry Creek Time Trial series and the ACA road races are well attended.
The team grew out of need. In past years, the more advanced and serious riders tended to leave the bike club for race teams and other specialized clubs. Now that the club is affiliated with the race team, the team can recruit more advanced club members, and the serious club member has another outlet in which to find like riders and further develop their fitness and bicycle skills.
Each year the team holds several social events, usually around bicycle themes like season kick-off, rewards presentations and end of series parties.
About the Mt. Evans Hill Climb
The Mt. Evans Hill climb was run for the first time in 1962. The race has been held 44 times with only three years canceled, twice due to snow and once when the Race Director was working in Atlanta at the 1996 Summer Games.
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 a climber's delight and the scenery cannot be beat by any other place in the world. Riders meet all kinds of indigenous Colorado animals including Mountain Goats and sheep as well as an occasionally marmot along the climb as well as run into all kinds of weather.
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 includes categories for all levels of racing and encourages riders who are not racers to try their hand at challenging 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 to the summit (14,264 feet.).
Bob Cook held the course record from 1975-1980. The first three years he held the record he was a junior. The present record holder is Tom Danielson, set in 2004 with a time of 1:41:20. The Senior Women's course record is held by Jeannie Longo from France with a time of 1:59.19. The climb is 28 miles in length.
About Team Evergreen Racing
Team Evergreen Racing (TER) is a large bicycle racing team with approximately 140 members. TER is associated with Team Evergreen Bicycle Club and is active year round. Training rides on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings have attendance of 20 to 30 riders (depending on the weather) and are structured so that each rider can get the most out of the ride.
Races are also well attended. The Winter Park series turns out the most racers, but other races like the Bob Cook, The BURN, Cherry Creek Time Trial series and the ACA road races are well attended.
The team grew out of need. In past years, the more advanced and serious riders tended to leave the bike club for race teams and other specialized clubs. Now that the club is affiliated with the race team, the team can recruit more advanced club members, and the serious club member has another outlet in which to find like riders and further develop their fitness and bicycle skills.
Each year the team holds several social events, usually around bicycle themes like season kick-off, rewards presentations and end of series parties.