Al Hansen Claims TT Crown
September 21, 2009 on 4:56 pm | In Mountain Biking | 5 Comments
TT champ Al Hansen (center) with runner-up Cage Aaron and women's champ Dara Muldoon
Al Hansen of Project 529 and Growlers Gulch Racing cruised to an easy victory at the 2009 Growlers Gulch Time Trial on September 20th. Hansen, who was the runner-up at the 2008 GGTT, smoked the course in 6:29 to take the title.
Cage Aaron (Northwest Trail Alliance) was second in 6:58, followed by Thor Jones (Bob’s) in 7:01. Dara Hartman of Growlers Gulch Racing took the women’s title with a time of 9:03.
Luminaries included 2009 10-and-Under National DH champion Chase Jamieson, 2009 Cat 1 Masters National DH champion Darrell Jamieson, and GG5K winner Mike Van Hoose.
Complete results:
- Al Hansen: 6:29
- Cage Aaron: 6:58
- Thor Jones: 7:01
- Darrell Jamieson: 7:07
- Thomas Mueller: 7:09
- Aaron Althauser: 7:12
- Mike Van Hoose: 7:16
- Ed Jones: 7:16
- Ryan McMaster: 7:25
- Jeff Lebo: 7:30
- Lloyd Smith: 7:37
- Jeff Muldoon: 7:58
- Luke Jones: 8:00
- Aaron Coy: 8:05
- Kevin Knorr: 8:10
- Randy Toney: 8:13
- Ryan Hicks: 8:14
- J. LeMonds: 8:15
- Nick Hansen: 8:18
- Erik Carlson: 8:33
- D. LeMonds: 8:38
- Drew Jamieson: 8:48
- Paul Norris: 8:57
- Dara Muldoon: 9:08
- Jeff Lipton: 9:22
- Chase Jamieson: 9:23
- Geo Smith: 9:39
- Christian Jamieson: 9:46
- Melanie Norris: 9:49
- Carol Mathre: 9:52
- Tonya Breedlove: 10:06
- Sam Loney: 10:07
- Vaughn Martin: 12:02
- Sara Carlson: 13:19
The season’s final event – The Growlers Gulch Climbing Championship – is scheduled for Saturday, October 17th. There is still time to sign up. Speed will not be a factor in the GGCC. Points are awarded to those who can remain on their bikes for the entire climb.
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Great job Al…doesn’t surprise me. I’m bummed I couldn’t make it, but looking forward to the GGCC.
Comment by Crumpster — September 21, 2009 #
Great times by all…or should that be by AL! maybe al shoulda done two laps to make it even
wish I coulda been there!
bob
Comment by red-haze — September 21, 2009 #
Lots of great riders in this group of guys and gals. Nice job Al…I’m still wondering how I could “shave” off 2-plus minutes to get close to your time. Even with a motor I don’t think it’s possible.
Comment by dave — September 22, 2009 #
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Pingback by WriteTek Northwest » Growlers Gulch TT Video — September 24, 2009 #
Great job Al, great job to everybody who rode!
We have an awesome thing going on out there at
Growler’s, I’m stoked to be a part of it!
I can’t wait till NEXT YEAR!!!!
Comment by Eric L. — September 24, 2009 #