I’ll be laying back a little and trying to read the race a bit and see how everyone’s feeling. “I’m super fresh to road racing and the tactical aspect that comes with that.
I am super excited, and we’ll see how the body holds up. “The Iron Horse is a big deal because of who comes to race this amazing event. “I’m a little bit nervous, to be honest, even coming from the World Cup stage to the Iron Horse,” Amos said. It shows how focused and talented he is against a field that strong.”Īmos will make his IHBC road race debut, though he’s used to training on rides to Silverton. “Coming in second as a first-year under-23 at a World Cup, those are really competitive World Cups over there in really challenging conditions. “Riley is really exciting to watch,” said Overend, who first won an IHBC road race in 1983 and last won 2011 but has been a perennial podium contender every year since. Three-time mountain bike Olympian Todd Wells, 45, has been close many times but has never finished first at the IHBC road race.Īnd all eyes will be on 19-year-old Riley Amos, a rising superstar fresh off two incredible showings in the men’s under-23 field at the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Cup races in Germany and the Czech Republic, with fifth- and second-place finishes, respectively.Īfter his second-place finish at a UCI Under-23 World Cup mountain bike race two weeks ago in the Czech Republic, many expect 19-year-old Riley Amos to be a favorite to win the hometown Iron Horse Bicycle Classic road race this weekend in Durango. There is 65-year-old former world champion Ned Overend, who owns the record with five men’s IHBC road race wins.
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“It’s going to be a really interesting race to see who is the strongest right now.”Īlong with the 28-year-old Grotts, who is now two years removed from regular professional racing and will make his return to Durango after a year of school in Montana, there is a strong list of past IHBC champions and some seeking their first taste of glory in Silverton. We’ve got the whole generations thing going on now,” said 2016 mountain bike Olympian and 2018 IHBC road race winner Howard Grotts. Minus the current talent of road racing stars Sepp Kuss and Quinn Simmons along with 2021 Olympic hopeful mountain biker Christopher Blevins, much of the rest of Durango’s cycling royalty is ready to welcome the IHBC back with a bang after a one-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Before any of them hit the dirt Sunday, first they’ll line up on the road.Ī stacked field of local athletes will roll out for the Coca-Cola Road Race from the new start position on 33rd Street and East 2nd Avenue early Saturday morning with 47 miles of pavement and 5,700 feet of climbing separating them from the finish line at the end of Silverton’s historic Greene Street. From Overend to Wells to Grotts to Amos, Durango’s royalty to line up at Saturday’s road raceĮach generation of Durango’s famed mountain bike legacy will be represented at this weekend’s Iron Horse Bicycle Classic.
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