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Race Across America - NE

USA, June 11-23, 2006

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Day 11 - June 21

Jonathan Boyer Claims Inaugural Solo Enduro RAAM

America's first ever Tour de France competitor, Jonathan “Jock” Boyer, of Monterey, Calif., made a successful return to the Race Across America, adding a Solo Enduro victory in the 3,043 epic to his first RAAM win back 1985.

Arriving in Atlantic City at 1:35 p.m. on June 21, Boyer was tired, but happy with his time of 10 days and 52 minutes.

This made him the first winner of the new Solo Enduro division of racing, in which riders were mandated to take at least 40 hours of stops.

For Boyer, who first won RAAM aged 32, his return to the race 20 years later was dogged by difficulties.

The problems began on the second day, when extended time in the aero position of his time trial bike started to place excessive stress on his neck muscles.

Within 48 hours he started to need a head support, which was initially fabricated as a cardboard pillar taped to his bars and later replaced by a proper neck brace.

Next, when traveling through the high winds of Kansas on days five and six, so much debris was blown into the air that visibility was sometimes reduced to only a few feet.

One of his support vehicles drove off the road and a wheel sheared off. Hospital treatment was required by the car’s occupants, but thankfully none sustained more than superficial injuries.

This left Boyer with only one support vehicle, seemingly an unsustainable loss.

But RAAM veteran Byron Riper was recruited from Fort Scott, Kansas, and under the expert support crew leadership of another RAAM veteran, Kerry Ryan, Boyer became the first Solo rider to win with the support of only one vehicle and three crew members.

"We were begging and borrowing where ever we could. One company chief, who was a stranger I randomly called, even made a $100 grocery order for us and brought it out to the course. People really stepped up all around us to help keep Jock on the road. That's all we had to do, we knew he'd win it if we could just keep the support moving," said Ryan.

All the way Boyer diced with the leading Solo Traditional riders, but in the end he had to let them get away and settle for victory in the Enduro division alone. He remained philosophical about this. "Riding for a cause makes for a whole different viewpoint. You can't get disappointed when what you're achieving is not a personal goal. Bringing information about organ transplants to people all along the route, that's what my race was really all about."

Results

Men's Solo - Enduro
 
1 Jonathan Boyer                          3042.8  10.00.52 (12.63mph)
2 Marko Baloh                             3042.8  10.09.28 (12.20mph)
3 David Tinker Juarez                     2932.7  10.13.18 (11.58mph)
4 Kenny Souza                             2864.2  10.13.49 (11.28mph)
5 Bryce Walsh                             2776.1  10.14.01 (10.93mph)
6 Guido Kunze                             2685.8  10.14.11 (10.57mph)
7 Mitchell Lesack                         2640.9  10.10.44 (10.53mph)
8 Fred Boethling                          2640.9  10.13.37 (10.41mph)
DNF Rob Lucas                             1996.5   8.01.24 (10.32mph)
DNF Jean - Marc Velez                     1173.1   5.02.52  (9.55mph)
DNF Jure' Robic                            771.2   1.23.21 (16.29mph)
DNF Guy Wells                              565.1   2.12.20  (9.37mph)
DNF Valentin Zeller                        488.9   1.10.21 (14.23mph)
 
Men's Solo - Enduro
 
1 Daniel Wyss                             3042.8   9.11.50 (13.36mph)
2 Dino Nico Valsesia                      3042.8   9.16.23 (13.09mph)
3 Fabio Biasiolo                          3042.8   9.19.49 (12.90mph)
4 David Haase                             3042.8   9.21.41 (12.80mph)
5 Kevin Wallace                           3042.8  10.03.57 (12.47mph)
6 Guus Moonen                             2977.9  10.12.15 (11.81mph)
7 Gerhard Gulewicz                        2977.9  10.14.12 (11.71mph)
8 Attila Kaldy                            2864.2  10.08.37 (11.52mph)
9 Tony O'Keeffe                           2824.9  10.09.42 (11.31mph)
DNF Marcel Knaus                          1295.3   4.00.44 (13.39mph)
DNF David Jones                           1295.3   5.01.59 (10.62mph)
DNF James Kern                             721.0   2.01.52 (14.46mph)
DNF Orlando Borini                         721.0   2.09.43 (12.49mph)
DNF Louis Lamoureux                        488.9   2.07.12  (8.86mph)
 
Women's Solo - Traditional
 
1 Shanna Armstrong                        2732.2  10.14.44 (10.73mph)
DNF Patty Jo Struv                         771.2   3.00.03 (10.70mph)
 
Two Person Male
 
1 Team BodyXchange / Garden Pathways      3042.8   6.11.24 (19.58mph)
2 Team eXtreme                            3042.8   8.00.23 (15.82mph)
3 Team Race for Wishes                    3042.8   8.06.07 (15.36mph)
4 Cheniere's Making Cancer History Team   3042.8   8.08.15 (15.20mph)
 
Two Person Mixed
 
1 Racing Against Diabetes                 2732.2  10.10.43 (10.90mph)
 
Two Person Recumbent
 
1 Volae Wolf Pack                         3042.8   7.15.47 (16.56mph)
 
Four Person Male
 
1 Beaver Creek - Vail                     3042.8   5.16.01 (22.37mph)
2 Athletes Racing for Charity Team        3042.8   6.13.06 (19.37mph)
3 Gearsandtears                           3042.8   6.23.40 (18.15mph)
4 Team Heifer International               3042.8   7.04.09 (17.68mph)
5 Team care 4 kids (NICH)                 3042.8   7.12.40 (16.84mph)
6 Dreams for Kids                         3042.8   7.16.53 (16.46mph)
7 Vencendo Desafios Team Brazil           3042.8   7.23.54 (15.86mph)
8 Team OC Quattro                         3042.8   7.23.51 (15.86mph)
9 2CURE - HD                              3042.8   8.01.21 (15.74mph)
10 Team Nor'easter                        3042.8   8.05.59 (15.37mph)
11 Team Cyclonauts                        2977.9   8.06.40 (14.99mph)
DNF Swiss DAMOVO Team                     1927.5   3.22.14 (20.45mph)
 
Four Person Female
 
1 Vail / Beaver Creek B2B Divas           3042.8   7.15.11 (16.61mph)
2 Team Red Helmets                        3042.8   7.22.15 (15.99mph)
 
Four Person Mixed
 
1 Emily's Team                            3042.8   6.19.59 (18.56mph)
2 Just Sweat No Tears                     3042.8   7.00.10 (18.09mph)
3 Team 4 Gone                             3042.8   7.16.50 (16.46mph)
 
Four Person Tandem
 
1 Team JDRF                               3042.8   8.05.56 (15.37mph)
 
Corporate Challenge
 
1 Team Type 1                             3042.8   5.16.04 (22.36mph)
2 Team ViaSat                             3042.8   6.12.50 (19.40mph)
3 Team Donate Life 8                      3042.8   7.04.54 (17.60mph)
4 Cycling for Chaffey                     3042.8   7.08.36 (17.23mph)
 
Corporate Challenge HPV
 
1 Handcycleteam RC - Enjo Volarlberg      3042.8  10.00.12 (12.67mph)
 
24 Hour Corporate Challenge
 
1 Team Beat Cancer                         488.9  1.00.24 (20.04mph)
2 The Swami's Team                         488.9  1.02.26 (18.50mph)
3 Pam Reed's Badwater Crew                 488.9  1.02.36 (18.38mph)
4 Team Illumina                            488.9  1.04.28 (17.17mph)