Top finisher John Keller, 29, of Boulder, Colo., pedals up the course near Signal Corps during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. Keller broke the previous course record by over two minutes with a time of 47:21. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top finisher John Keller, 29, of Boulder, Colo., pedals up the course near Signal Corps during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. Keller broke the previous course record by over two minutes with a time of 47:21. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top finisher John Keller, 29, of Boulder, Colo., pedals up the course near Signal Corps during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. Keller broke the previous course record by over two minutes with a time of 47:21. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top finisher John Keller, 29, of Boulder, Colo., pedals through the 6-Mile area during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. Keller broke the previous course record by over two minutes with a time of 47:21. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top finisher John Keller, 29, of Boulder, Colo., pedals around the hairpin turn six miles up the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. Keller broke the previous course record by over two minutes with a time of 47:21. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top finisher John Keller, 29, of Boulder, Colo., pedals around the hairpin turn six miles up the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. Keller broke the previous course record by over two minutes with a time of 47:21. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top finisher John Keller, 29, of Boulder, Colo., crosses the finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. Keller broke the previous course record by over two minutes with a time of 47:21. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top finisher John Keller, 29, of Boulder, Colo., crosses the finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. Keller broke the previous course record by over two minutes with a time of 47:21. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Oldest female competitor of the day Patricia Karter, 70, of Guilford, Conn., (right) and her fellow cyclists power up the final hill before the finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
David Hallowes, 56, of Boston, Mass., pedals to the finish line with a helpful push from fellow racer Elliot Robinson (left) and another spectator during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
David Hallowes, 56, of Boston, Mass., pedals to the finish line with a helpful push from fellow racer Elliot Robinson (left) and another spectator during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tin Mountain Conservation Center Executive Director Lori Jean Kinsey shakes hands with Golden Summit Award winner David Burnett, the oldest man to compete at 82 years old, during the awards ceremony for the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top female racer Kristen Kulchinsky (center) stands with second place female finisher Amber Ferreira and her daughter Charlie during the awards ceremony for the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top male racers (from left) Peter Stetina in second place, John Keller in first, and Cameron Cogburn in third stand on the podium during the awards ceremony for the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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Top finisher John Keller, 29, of Boulder, Colo., pedals up the course near Signal Corps during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. Keller broke the previous course record by over two minutes with a time of 47:21. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top finisher John Keller, 29, of Boulder, Colo., pedals up the course near Signal Corps during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. Keller broke the previous course record by over two minutes with a time of 47:21. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top finisher John Keller, 29, of Boulder, Colo., pedals up the course near Signal Corps during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. Keller broke the previous course record by over two minutes with a time of 47:21. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top finisher John Keller, 29, of Boulder, Colo., pedals through the 6-Mile area during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. Keller broke the previous course record by over two minutes with a time of 47:21. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top finisher John Keller, 29, of Boulder, Colo., pedals around the hairpin turn six miles up the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. Keller broke the previous course record by over two minutes with a time of 47:21. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top finisher John Keller, 29, of Boulder, Colo., pedals around the hairpin turn six miles up the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. Keller broke the previous course record by over two minutes with a time of 47:21. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top finisher John Keller, 29, of Boulder, Colo., crosses the finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. Keller broke the previous course record by over two minutes with a time of 47:21. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top finisher John Keller, 29, of Boulder, Colo., crosses the finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. Keller broke the previous course record by over two minutes with a time of 47:21. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Second-place finisher Peter Stetina, 39, of Santa Rosa, Calif., pedals through the Signal Corps area during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Second-place finisher Peter Stetina, 39, of Santa Rosa, Calif., pedals through the Signal Corps area during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Third-place finisher Cameron Cogburn, 40, of Delmar, N.Y., pedals through the Signal Corps area during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Andrew Knight (center) of Marietta, Ga., and Bennett Rose of Scarsdale, N.Y., crest a hill in the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Second-place finisher Peter Stetina, 39, of Santa Rosa, Calif., crosses the finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Second-place finisher Peter Stetina, 39, of Santa Rosa, Calif., crosses the finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Andrew Knight of Marietta, Ga., crosses the summit finish line with his tongue out, finishing fourth overall, during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth-place finisher Philip Mason of Norwich, Vt., crosses the summit finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top female racer Kristen Kulchinsky, 45, of Dix Hills, N.Y., approaches the summit finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top female racer Kristen Kulchinsky, 45, of Dix Hills, N.Y., approaches the summit finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Oldest female competitor of the day Patricia Karter, 70, of Guilford, Conn., (right) and her fellow cyclists power up the final hill before the finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Michael Hutchinson, 23, of Roslyn Heights, N.Y., unicycles up the final stretch of the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Ajit Nair, 52, of West Hartford, Conn., pedals up the final stretch of the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Local John Grotzinger, 69, of Chatham (center) and his fellow cyclists power up the final stretch of the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tanya Roy, 67, of Wellesley, Mass., (center) and her fellow cyclists grind up the final stretch of the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Jennifer Murphy, 44, of Nottingham, N.H., pedals past the cheering spectators as she approaches the finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
David Hallowes, 56, of Boston, Mass., pedals to the finish line with a helpful push from fellow racer Elliot Robinson (left) and another spectator during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kyle Johnston, 47, of Middletown, R.I., speeds to the finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Charlotte Lellman, 33, of Jamaica Plain, Mass., pedals to the finish during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Noah Colbert, 25, of Boston, Mass., speeds to the finish during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators cheer as cyclists approach the summit finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Joanna Coker, 34, of Providence, R.I., powers through the final turn in the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Local Torin La Liberte, 31, of Madison (center) pedals up the final hill in the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators cheer as Troy Wendt, 61, of Arlington, Mass., pedals up the final hill in the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kyle Bergevine, 47, of North Woodstock, N.H., pedals up the final hill in the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Grace Jensen, 63, of East Haddam, Conn., pedals up the final hill in the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tommy Russell, 60, of Noank, Conn., pedals up the final hill in the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Cristal Chan, 45, of East Hampton, Conn., powers up the final stretch of the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Thomas Fitzsimons, 68, of Hamden, Conn., (center) and his fellow cyclists power up the final stretch of the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tanya Roy, 67, of Wellesley, Mass., (center) and her fellow cyclists grind up the final stretch of the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Judith Tacelli, 61, of Arlington, Mass., waves to the cheering spectators as she approaches the finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Local Heather McKendry, 62, of Eaton pushes through the final stretch of the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A spectator rings a cowbell as Tom Weaver, 60, of New Holland, Pa., pedals to the finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators run and cheer on Paul Salacain, 74, of York, Maine, grinds to the finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
David Hallowes, 56, of Boston, Mass., pedals to the finish line with a helpful push from fellow racer Elliot Robinson (left) and another spectator during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Mitchell Morrison, 68, of Sparta, N.J., pedals up the final hill with helpful pushes and cheers from spectators during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Nathan Kenison-Marvin, 38, of Kensington, N.H., speeds to the finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Steffen Haider, 39, of Hopkinton, N.H., pedals to the finish during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sears Merritt, 45, of Groton, Mass., (center) and his fellow cyclists speed to the finish during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kameron Shahid, 44, of Guilford, Conn., speeds to the finish during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators cheer as Philip Perri, 53, of Edison, N.J., (left) and his fellow cyclists approach the summit finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators cheer as Enzo Sansone, 19, of Fiskeville, R.I., (center) and his fellow cyclists approach the summit finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Spectators cheer as David Lindholm, 27, of Sterling, Mass., (left) and his fellow cyclists approach the summit finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Daniel Sauerbrey, 15, of Coventry, R.I., unicycles in the final stretch to the finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Daniel Sauerbrey, 15, of Coventry, R.I., unicycles in the final stretch to the finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Youngest competitor of the day Rory Dolbec, 10, of West Newfield, Maine, pedals up the final stretch of the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Mils Kruger, 43, of Weatogue, Conn., (center) and his fellow cyclists power up the final hill before the finish line during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Robert Sprague, 49, of Plano, Texas, powers through the final turn in the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Karen De Wolski, 38, of Seattle, Wash., pedals up the final hill in the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Lizeth Bibiana Almeida, 37, of Revere, Mass., powers through the final turn in the course during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Eric Follen of Acton, Maine, pedals up the road during the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Tin Mountain Conservation Center Executive Director Lori Jean Kinsey shakes hands with Golden Summit Award winner David Burnett, the oldest man to compete at 82 years old, during the awards ceremony for the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top female racer Kristen Kulchinsky (center) stands with second place female finisher Amber Ferreira and her daughter Charlie during the awards ceremony for the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Top male racers (from left) Peter Stetina in second place, John Keller in first, and Cameron Cogburn in third stand on the podium during the awards ceremony for the 53rd annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb on Aug. 15. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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