Wood River Valley mountain bikers got out their bikes and traveled to the Treasure Valley south of Nampa for Saturday's 16th annual Barking Spider Bash, season-opening race of the 2011 Wild Rockies (wildrockiesracing.com) series.
Category 1 men and women, Pros and Single Speed went three laps of the nine-mile lap course, or 28 miles. Category 2 riders went two laps or 18 miles, and Category 1 cyclists covered one nine-mile lap.
The Barking Spider Bash was a qualifier for the USA Cycling Cross-Country Mountain Bike national championships July 14-17 at Sun Valley. The event organized by Breakaway Promotions includes Olympic-style cross country, short track cross country and Super D.
All categories of racers will duke it out on the trails of Sun Valley for Stars-and-Stripes jerseys. Sun Valley will act as the host venue for both the 2011 and 2012 national bike races.
"I have traveled the world and the U.S. for races and I live in the Sun Valley area because it has some of the best trails I've ever ridden as well as welcoming cycling community," said three-time 24-Hour Mountain Bike World Champion Rebecca Rusch. "I know this place is world-class and I'm really looking forward to sharing what Idaho has to offer with the best cyclists in the U.S."
Here are WRV results from the Spider Bash:
Pro Men: 3—Dave Harrison (Wild Rockies Racing) 2.04:58.
Single Speed Men: 3—Pat Schott 2.07:37.
Category 1—Men 40-49: 9—Marc Driver (Sun Summit South) 2.02:44 (16th man). 11—Chris Gardner (Broken Spoke Cycling) 2.03:55 (18th man). 16—Kyle Rafford (Club Ride Apparel) 2.11:01 (30th man). 18—John Tormey 2.15:44 (35th man). Women 40-up: 3—Liv Jensen 2.41:55 (7th woman). Men 30-39: 6—Cameron Lloyd (Sun Summit South) 2.06:30 (20th man).
Category 2—Women 40-up: 3—Tory Canfield 1.43:21 (4th woman). Men 50-59: 3—Bruce Rogers 1.30:55 (21st man). 4—Dan Nicholas 1.31:48. 5—Michael Olenick 1.33:16. Men 40-49: 18—Herberth Corrales (Sun Summit South) 1.39:17 (42nd man). 19—Joel Zellers (SV Road & Dirt) 1.39:59. 24—Josh Glick 2.02:48.
Category 3—Women 30-39: 2—Nancy Glick (Mud Honey Cycling) 1.06:42 (10th woman).
