Two days after battling in the pro gravel race at Sea Otter Classic, Kate Courtney (She Sends Racing) and Andrew L’Esperance (3T Bike-Maxxis-Pearl Izumi) won elite races in the Fuego XL mountain bike competition.
Courtney, the reigning UCI Marathon MTB world champion, finished more than 18 minutes ahead of Emma Langley (Ventum-DT Swiss). The two were part of the 90-mile gravel race on Thursday, Courtney finishing fifth and Langley, part of the Life Time Grand Prix, 20th overall.
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‘Nowhere to hide’ for Hannah Otto on FKT atop Mauna Kea
US off-road racer Hannah Otto (Scott Sports USA) confirmed with a film launch last week that she set a new Fastest Known Time record on Mauna Kea last October, riding the 55-mile sea-to-summit road on the Big Island of Hawaii in 5 hours, 43 minutes, and 50 seconds.
The route is considered by many as the hardest road climb in the world, with 13,700 feet of climbing and reaching an elevation of nearly 14,000 feet above sea level. She beat the previous record by nearly 30 minutes. However, a relentless headwind saw her effort fading with 15 miles to go and she turned a three-minute deficit into a record-breaking performance.
“It is long, exposed, and there is really nowhere to hide once you are in it….
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