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The first Pisgah Mountain Bike Stage Race is kicking off on Thursday. Run on the rugged, technical trails of the Pisgah National Forest, the race promises to deliver a challenge to all entrants. Predictions for cold and wet conditions will only make the rooty, mountainous terrain even tougher. The first-year race is small, with approximately 75 entrants, but it has attracted some of endurance mountain biking's best racers. "It's so steep and there's so much singletrack here. I think it will ...
Pisgah Mountain Bike Stage Race Stages
Stage 1: Tornado Time Trial
- Distance:
- 9.7 km
Stage 2: White Squirrel Loop
- Distance:
- 59.5 km
Stage 3: Land of the Waterfalls Loop
- Distance:
- 66 km
Stage 4: The Transylvania Loop
- Distance:
- 75.6 km
Pisgah Mountain Bike Stage Race Race photos
Jeremiah Bishop (Team MonaVie/Cannondale) and Sam Koerber (Team Gary Fisher 29er) on Day 2 on Yellow Gap
- Sam Koerber (Team Gary Fisher 29er) climbs Cove Creek Trail.
- Sam Koerber (Team Gary Fisher 29er) negotiates the "Rock Garden" at Pilot Rock on day three.
- Evan Plews (Capitol) races through Pisgah.
- Elite women's podium: Retired pro Sue Haywood (Shenandoah Bicycle Company) is still going fast - she earned the top spot.
- On the start of day three, racers head down Hwy 276 passing the historic entrance to Pisgah National Forest in Brevard, North Carolina.
- Evan Plews
- Sam Koerber (Team Gary Fisher 29er) on the third day climbing Laurel Mountain.
- Sam Koerber runs his bike.
- The podium for the two-person teams.
- Jeremiah Bishop (Team MonaVie/Cannondale) on Day 3 as he goes up Laurel Mountain
- Colby Pearce
- Jeremiah Bishop (MonaVie / Cannondale) got a big check for his win.
- Harlan Price leads Jeremiah Bishop
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