Top racers (from left) Philip Mason of Norwich, Vt., Nathaniel Gervez of Plymouth, N.H., and Alec Babala of Hartland, Vt., (who took second, third and fourth respectively) pass the two-mile parking area at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A cluster of cyclists, with Simon Phipps of Norwich, Vt., at front left and Weston Lane of Arlington, Mass., at front center, pedal up one of the many curves in the road at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Third- and second-place finishers Nathaniel Gervez (left) of Plymouth, N.H., and Philip Mason (second from left) of Norwich, Vt., lead a cluster of cyclists on the course at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kristen Kulchinsky (center) of Dix Hills, N.Y., who took first place for the women and set a new women's course record time, pedals hard to the finish with Simon Phipps of Norwich, Vt. on the right at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A trio of cyclists pedal hard to the finish line at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. From left: Susan Blickstein of New Paltz, N.Y., Tyler Steffey of Sudbury, Mass., and Josh Eisen of Providence, R.I. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tin Mountain Conservation Center Director Lori Jean Kinsey (left) and Hillclimb Coordinator Erin Holmes (right) smile with Heather McKendry, a Tin Mountain employee and race participant who raised $15,000, at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb banquet on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tin Mountain Conservation Center Director Lori Jean Kinsey (right) shakes hands with Golden Summit Award winner Jean-Claude Leclerc, 80, of Montreal, Q.C., at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb banquet on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top three men's cyclists (from left) Philip Mason of Norwich, Vt., Cameron Cogburn of Delmar, N.Y., and Nathaniel Gervez of Plymouth, N.H., stand on the podium at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb banquet on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top three women's cyclists (from left) Sophie Vitzthum Von Eckstaedt of Venice, Calif., record setter Kristen Kulchinsky of Dix Hills, N.Y., and Amber Ferreira of Concord, N.H., (with her kids Ollie, 6 mos., and Charlie, 3) stand on the podium at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb banquet on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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Cyclists warm up near the Toll House before the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The first wave of cyclists begin their ascent at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Cameron Cogburn of Delmar, N.Y., who took first in the race, bikes past the two-mile parking area at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top racers (from left) Philip Mason of Norwich, Vt., Nathaniel Gervez of Plymouth, N.H., and Alec Babala of Hartland, Vt., (who took second, third and fourth respectively) pass the two-mile parking area at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A cluster of cyclists, with Simon Phipps of Norwich, Vt., at front left and Weston Lane of Arlington, Mass., at front center, pedal up one of the many curves in the road at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A cluster of cyclists pedal up the road at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Cameron Cogburn of Delmar, N.Y., who took first in the race, bikes past a woodsy stretch at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Cameron Cogburn of Delmar, N.Y., who took first in the race, bikes past one of the parking pull-offs at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Third- and second-place finishers Nathaniel Gervez (left) of Plymouth, N.H., and Philip Mason (second from left) of Norwich, Vt., lead a cluster of cyclists on the course at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Alan Boguslawski of Gardner, Mass., who took ninth overall, bikes along a scenic curve at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Alan Boguslawski of Gardner, Mass., who took ninth overall, bikes along a scenic curve at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Cameron Cogburn of Delmar, N.Y., who took first in the race, bikes along the course at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Cameron Cogburn of Delmar, N.Y., who took first in the race, bikes along the course at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Cameron Cogburn of Delmar, N.Y., who took first in the race, bikes past photographers Jeff Sinon and Justin Macomber along the course at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Cameron Cogburn of Delmar, N.Y., who took first in the race, bikes along the course at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Cameron Cogburn of Delmar, N.Y., who took first in the race, crosses the finish line with a time of 52:01 at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Cameron Cogburn of Delmar, N.Y., who took first in the race, crosses the finish line with a time of 52:01 at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Philip Mason of Norwich, Vt., celebrates as he finishes second overall with a time of 57:10 at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Nathaniel Gervez, 17, of Plymouth secures third place overall, crossing the finish line with a time of 57:15, at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Alex Babala of Hartland, Vt., speeds across the finish line to place fourth overall with a time of 57:56 at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Alan Boguslawski of Gardner, Mass., nears the finish line to place ninth overall at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Andrew Cohen (left) of Lexington, Mass., and Nico Toutenhoofd of Boulder, Colo., speed toward the finish line at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Daniel Durango of Revere, Mass., speeds toward the finish line at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kristen Kulchinsky (center) of Dix Hills, N.Y., who took first place for the women and set a new women's course record time, pedals hard to the finish with Simon Phipps of Norwich, Vt. on the right at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kristen Kulchinsky of Dix Hills, N.Y., who took first place for the women and set a new women's course record time, pedals hard to the finish at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators cheer as second-place finisher for the women Sophie Vitzthum Von Eckstaedt of Venice, Calif., pedals to the finish line at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Juan Lopera of Waltham, Mass., winces as he near the finish line at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators cheer for Francis Juneau of La Prairie, Q.C., as he nears the finish line at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators cheer for Michael Flint of Boston, Mass., as he nears the finish line at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Cyclists (from left) Guy Davidson of Boston, Mass., and Niklas Bergill of Bethel, Maine, race to the finish line to the cheers of spectators at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators cheer for Craig Burnell of Topsham, Maine, as he nears the finish line at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Yesid Areiza of Boston, Mass., pedals up the final stretch at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Lizeth Bibiana Almeida makes the final push to the finish with a supporter waving the Colombian flag next to her at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Jonah Thompson of Albuquerque, N.M., representing the local Rooster Salon in Jackson, pedals up the final stretch before the finish at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Simon Herron of Bremen Germany, N.C., pedals up the finish stretch at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
James Otten of Seattle, Wash., pedals up the final stretch before the finish at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Jacob Garside of Henniker, N.H., pedals up the final stretch to the finish at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Cyclists power up the final steep hill before the finish line at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Chris Robins of Burke, Vt., (left) passes Reid Smith of Portland, Maine, in the final stretch before the finish line at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Simon Herron of Bremen Germany, N.C., cheers on his fellow cyclists near the finish line at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
John Lowry of Burlington, Vt., pedals hard to the finish line at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Jeffrey Lynch of Rye, N.Y., (center) and Connor Golden of Salem, Mass., (right) pedal up the final stretch to the cheers of spectators at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A trio of cyclists pedal hard to the finish line at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. From left: Susan Blickstein of New Paltz, N.Y., Tyler Steffey of Sudbury, Mass., and Josh Eisen of Providence, R.I. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Richard Burgos of Morrisville, Pa., strikes a pose as he runs to the finish line at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Brendan Bradley of Boston, Mass., pedals hard to the finish line at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Andrew Lauzon of Arlington, Mass., pedals hard to the finish line at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Mike Siswick of Lansdale, Pa., pedals hard to the finish line at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Vincent Lyon of Dover, N.H., pedals up the final stretch at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Joshua Ehrlich of San Francisco, Calif., pedals his unicycle up the final stretch to the finish line at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Theresa Lak of Essex, Conn., (center) and Jeanine Farris of Weare, N.H., power up the final hill of the course at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators cheer as Mark Nardone of Natick, Mass. pedals up the final hill of the course at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Michael Gerulaitis of West Brookfield, Mass., pedals up the final steep hill of the course at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Amanda Fucci of Wolfeboro, N.H., pedals up the final steep hill of the course at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators cheer as Ryan Moumblow of Staten Island, N.Y., pedals up the final hill of the course at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
David Otten of Newton, Mass., (center) walks his bike up the final steep hill with support from fellow cyclist James Otten of Seattle, Wash., at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tom Corry of Braintree, Mass., pedals hard up the final hill of the course at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Norman Inkpen of Wolfeboro, N.H., pedals up the final hill of the course with a hand from two fellow cyclists at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Theo Berez of Camden, Maine, pedals up the final hill of the course at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tin Mountain Conservation Center Director Lori Jean Kinsey (left) and Hillclimb Coordinator Erin Holmes (right) smile with Heather McKendry, a Tin Mountain employee and race participant who raised $15,000, at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb banquet on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tin Mountain Conservation Center Director Lori Jean Kinsey (right) shakes hands with Golden Summit Award winner Jean-Claude Leclerc, 80, of Montreal, Q.C., at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb banquet on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tin Mountain Conservation Center Director Lori Jean Kinsey (right) stands with Golden Summit Award winner Debra Brown, 66, of Westmount, Q.C., at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb banquet on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top three men's cyclists (from left) Philip Mason of Norwich, Vt., Cameron Cogburn of Delmar, N.Y., and Nathaniel Gervez of Plymouth, N.H., stand on the podium at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb banquet on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top three women's cyclists (from left) Sophie Vitzthum Von Eckstaedt of Venice, Calif., record setter Kristen Kulchinsky of Dix Hills, N.Y., and Amber Ferreira of Concord, N.H., (with her kids Ollie, 6 mos., and Charlie, 3) stand on the podium at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb banquet on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tin Mountain Hillclimb Coordinator Erin Holmes announces top fundraisers at the Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb banquet on Aug. 17. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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