local riders win Whiteface Uphill Bike Race

click for bigger. more pics here image courtesy albear1947Nice little article in the Lake Placid News about Aaron Fillion and Sue Schlatter's results at the Whiteface Uphill Bike Race on Saturday, June 19. There is an in-depth interview with Aaron, too bad they didn't talk to Sue at all. Here is a excerpt:

Saturday’s fastest male and female cyclists both hailed from Ottawa, as Aaron Fillion and Sue Schlatter again won Whiteface Uphill Bike overall championships. Fillion, a 30-39 men’s age group competitor who was tops at Whiteface in 2008, was the first to cross the finish line this year, breaking the tape in 44:53.75.v

This year marked the third time Fillion has competed in the race, and now he has a pair of victories to go along with a second-place result from his first appearance in the event. Fillion, who specializes more in road racing and pedals between 10,000 and 20,000 kilometers each year, started in the third wave of the day to take the win.

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Wilmington-Whiteface race report

photo courtesy Ron AmosCraig Hawkes submits a race report about the action that went down at the Whiteface Mountain Road Race that ran this past weekend:

The winning move started on the second of three 14-mile loops with one rider attacking the field. Another rider bridged across and the two remained just in sight of the field. Ron Amos went in pursuit shortly after but was brought back at the end of the lap. Undeterred, Ron took off again after getting his breath. I bridged up to Ron and the two of us worked the chase well. Over the remaining 25 km, we managed to distance the field sufficiently to finish the climb up Whiteface without any challengers. As for the leaders, we got to within 30 seconds, but couldn't close the gap. Ron and I finished 2nd in our categories (since the race combined the 35+ and 45+ categories). Steve Proulx decimated the remaining field with flurry of attacks; joined by Jon Gee, the two riders rounded out the podiums in each category.

Update: Carl Kiffner was also in attendance and sent along a link to the race results and offers his own view of the event. 

Steve, Craig, Ron and Jon really made the race.  Once Craig and the CIBC guy got away, the race turned really negative with the field chasing down just about everything.  Steve got away with John Malois some time on the third lap before the feed (you'll have to check with Steve) and I had a front row seat to watch Jon ride away from the field the last time up the mammoth hill before the feed at the end of the last of the three laps.