Here are some photos from the 49th Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20.
Phil Gaimon of Woodland Hills, Calif., (center) and Erik Levinsohn of Boston, Mass., (right) power past some trees at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Gaimon, 36, finished first with a time of 50:38 and Levinsohn, 32, followed close behind with a time of 50:45. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Members of the "Not Afraid to Fall" team (from left, front row) Brian Hall of Exeter, Karen Rallis of Exeter, (back row) Jotham Oliver of Fryeburg, Bill Miller of Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Tina Felber of Brownfield smile together by the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Hall, who has completed the Hillclimb before and has Parkinsons, seeks to inspire others by overcoming the obstacle of Mt. Washington. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Colin Brooks of Pomfret, Conn., (center) and Bryce Lowrey of New Boston, N.H., (right) power toward the summit finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Brooks, 35, finished with a time of 1:23:49, and Lowrey, 37, finished with a time of 1:13:53. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top racers in the female 60-64 division (from left) Stacy Topping of Midway, Utah; Pamela Blalock of Conway, Mass.; and Elizabeth Seabury of Intervale, N.H., smile together on the awards podium at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Blalock, 61, topped the division with a time of 1:42:40, then Topping, 60, with 1:51:00, and then Seabury, 64, with 2:03:38. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top female racers (from left) Kathryn Cumming of Bloomfield, N.J.; Courtney Nelson of Tiburon, Calif.; and Nicole Falcaro of Exeter, N.H., smile together on the awards podium at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Nelson, 39, finished first with a time of 1:09:35, Cumming, 36, second with 1:11:36, and Falcaro, 35, third with 1:12:25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top racers in the male 65-69 division (from left) Lawrence Reed of Springfield, Vt.; Peter Dufour of San Diego, Calif.; and William Eby of Richmond, Va., smile together on the awards podium at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Dufour, 68, topped the division with a time of 1:18:25, then Reed, 65, with 1:18:40, and then Eby, 65, with 1:20:17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top male racers (from left) Erik Levinsohn of Boston, Mass.; Phil Gaimon of Woodland Hills, Calif.; and Drake Deuel of Los Angeles, Calif., smile together on the awards podium at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Gaimon, 36, finished first with a time of 50:38, Levinsohn, 32, second with 50:45, and Deuel, 24, third with 53:04. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tin Mountain Executive Director Lori Jean Kinsey (right) lifts the tape for top female racer Courtney Nelson of Tiburon, Calif., as she crosses the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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Phil Gaimon of Woodland Hills, Calif., (center) zips around the semi-recently paved Cragway Turn at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Gaimon, 36, finished first with a time of 50:38. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Phil Gaimon of Woodland Hills, Calif., (center) and Erik Levinsohn of Boston, Mass., (right) power past some trees at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Gaimon, 36, finished first with a time of 50:38 and Levinsohn, 32, followed close behind with a time of 50:45. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The crowd roars as Phil Gaimon of Woodland Hills, Calif., powers to the summit finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Gaimon, 36, finished first with a time of 50:38. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Phil Gaimon of Woodland Hills, Calif., fights up a hairpin turn just before the summit finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Gaimon, 36, finished first with a time of 50:38. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Phil Gaimon of Woodland Hills, Calif., powers up a hill to the summit finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Gaimon, 36, finished first with a time of 50:38. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top racer in the male 35-39 division Phil Gaimon of Woodland Hills, Calif., poses on the awards podium at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Gaimon, 36, finished first with a time of 50:38. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Erik Levinsohn of Boston, Mass., careens around recently-paved Cragway Turn at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Levinsohn, 32, finished second overall with a time of 50:45. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Mark Thompson of Jackson powers to the top of a hill just before the summit finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Thompson, 52, finished with a time of 2:06:53. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
AJ Lapitino of Setauket, N.Y., grinds to the top of a hill by the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Lapitino, 27, finished with a time of 1:44:32. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The crowd cheers for Matthew Benton of Milford, Ohio, as he nears the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Benton, 28, finished with a time of 2:14:10. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Thomas Bonier of Sykesville, Md., smiles as he nears the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Bonier, 48, finished with a time of 2:03:55. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Theo Johnson of Chevy Chase, Md., speeds past spectators by the summit finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Johnson, 17, finished with a time of 1:23:02. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Darren Piotrow of Jackson powers up the road at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Piotrow, 24, finished seventh with a time of 57:15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
David Talbott of New Canaan, Conn., careens around recently-paved Cragway Turn at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Talbott, 33, finished fourth overall with a time of 54:37. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Megan Eisen and daughter Sabrina of Providence, R.I., record on their phones as husband and dad Josh Eisen nears the summit finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Members of the "Not Afraid to Fall" team (from left, front row) Brian Hall of Exeter, Karen Rallis of Exeter, (back row) Jotham Oliver of Fryeburg, Bill Miller of Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Tina Felber of Brownfield smile together by the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Hall, who has completed the Hillclimb before and has Parkinsons, seeks to inspire others by overcoming the obstacle of Mt. Washington. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Jane Raymond of Charlotte, N.C., makes her final push to the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Raymond, 56, finished with a time of 2:07:51. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Colin Brooks of Pomfret, Conn., (center) and Bryce Lowrey of New Boston, N.H., (right) power toward the summit finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Brooks, 35, finished with a time of 1:23:49, and Lowrey, 37, finished with a time of 1:13:53. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
William Eby of Richmond, Va., makes his last push to the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Eby, 65, finished with a time of 1:20. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Daniel Ball of Sudbury, Mass., powers to the top of the harpin turn near the summit finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Ball, 59, finished with a time of 1:32:43. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Doug Burritt of Eliot, Maine, makes his last push to the finish line while a supporter takes a photo at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Burritt, 64, finished with a time of 1:42:26. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top racers in the female 60-64 division (from left) Stacy Topping of Midway, Utah; Pamela Blalock of Conway, Mass.; and Elizabeth Seabury of Intervale, N.H., smile together on the awards podium at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Blalock, 61, topped the division with a time of 1:42:40, then Topping, 60, with 1:51:00, and then Seabury, 64, with 2:03:38. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top female racers (from left) Kathryn Cumming of Bloomfield, N.J.; Courtney Nelson of Tiburon, Calif.; and Nicole Falcaro of Exeter, N.H., smile together on the awards podium at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Nelson, 39, finished first with a time of 1:09:35, Cumming, 36, second with 1:11:36, and Falcaro, 35, third with 1:12:25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top racers in the male 65-69 division (from left) Lawrence Reed of Springfield, Vt.; Peter Dufour of San Diego, Calif.; and William Eby of Richmond, Va., smile together on the awards podium at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Dufour, 68, topped the division with a time of 1:18:25, then Reed, 65, with 1:18:40, and then Eby, 65, with 1:20:17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top male racers (from left) Erik Levinsohn of Boston, Mass.; Phil Gaimon of Woodland Hills, Calif.; and Drake Deuel of Los Angeles, Calif., smile together on the awards podium at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Gaimon, 36, finished first with a time of 50:38, Levinsohn, 32, second with 50:45, and Deuel, 24, third with 53:04. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Courtney Nelson of Tiburon, Calif., speeds to the summit finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Nelson, 39, topped the women's division with a time of 1:09:35. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Lone unicyclist of the day Leo Cloutier of Falls Church, Va., celebrates near the summit finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Cloutier, 54, finished with a time of 2:05:22. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
John Gehrig of Intervale powers to the top of the harpin turn near the summit finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Gehrig, 29, finished with a time of 1:36:49. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Thomas Regner of Glen treks toward the summit finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Regner, 70, finished with a time of 2:19:36. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Brian Hall of Hampton, N.H., (right) followed by "Not Afraid to Fall" teammate Jotham Oliver of Fryeburg, Maine, crest the hill before the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Drake Deuel of Los Angeles, Calif., crosses the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Deuel, 24, finished third overall with a time of 53:04. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Julien Dugal-Tessier of Belmont, Mass., powers toward the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Dugal-Tessier, 40, finished with a time of 1:12:00. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tin Mountain Executive Director Lori Jean Kinsey (right) lifts the tape for top female racer Courtney Nelson of Tiburon, Calif., as she crosses the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Thomas Kimsey of Mont Vernon, N.H., powers toward the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Kimsey, 31, finished with a time of 1:16:00. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Patrick Ryan of Easthampton, Mass., powers toward the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Ryan, 32, finished with a time of 1:12:22. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kevin Tilton of Conway, N.H., powers toward the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Tilton, 40, finished with a time of 1:11:25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Christina Motzko of West Chester, Pa., rounds a corner before the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Motzko, 44, finished with a time of 1:27:14. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
William Rhatigan of Newton, Mass., crosses the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Rhatigan, 24, finished with a time of 1:01:25. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Benjamin Jurgensen of Pawtucket, R.I., turns a corner toward the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Jurgensen, 36, finished with a time of 1:26:04. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Darren Piotrow of Jackson speeds toward the finish line at the 49th Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 20. Piotrow, 24, finished seventh overall with a time of 57:15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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