1997 California Triple Crown Stage Race Results
This is how the Stage Race works: Riders have to complete the Three Most Difficult Doubles in the California Triple Crown: Central Coast, Heart Break, and the Terrible Two. The Total Elapsed Time from each of these grueling Doubles is then added together and the rider with the fastest overall time for all Three Doubles wins the Stage Race.
Results are in from the Central Coast Double held 5/10/97, the Heartbreak Double held 5/31/97, and the Terrible Two held 6/14/97. The report below shows the "LeaderBoard" of those riders who completed all three Doubles, ranked by Total Overall Time.
Congratulations to Jim Frink who came in First Place in the Stage Race!! Just 20 minutes separated Jim Frink and Peter Pop going into the Terrible Two -- only 20 minutes after 400+ miles and 26,000+ feet of climbing!! Jim will be award the coveted Yellow Jersey -- a special Customized Jersey that Hugh Murphy will build highlighting the California Triple Crown Stage Race.
Congratulations go out to the select few riders who completed these 3 tough Double Centuries!!
You don't have to do anything special to sign up for the Stage Race: all you have to do is to sign up for and ride your heart out on the Central Coast Double, the Heartbreak Double, and the Terrible Two!! Of course, that's much easier said than done!!
The California Triple Crown lays
down this challenge: be among the select few who are able to
finish the Stage Race next year!!
06/18/97 1997 California Triple Crown Stage Race
Central Heart Terrible Total Time
Rank Name Coast Break Two Time Back
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1 FRINK, JIM 11:39 11:32 12:21 35:32 0:00
2 POP, PETER 12:36 10:55 12:50 36:21 0:49
3 WESOLOWSKI, DAN 13:20 12:32 13:31 39:23 3:51
4 FREED, ROBERT 12:47 13:18 13:31 39:36 4:04
5 CHESTER, MICHAEL 13:19 13:09 13:11 39:39 4:07
6 TIKKANEN, WAYNE 14:06 12:56 14:05 41:07 5:35
7 ROBERTSON, CRAIG 15:15 14:00 14:42 43:57 8:25
8 WAMBOLD, BILL 14:50 14:07 15:42 44:39 9:07
9 RASMUSSEN, TIM 14:57 14:01 16:30 45:28 9:56
10 KOZERA, JIM 15:00 14:55 15:37 45:32 10:00
11 BOLANDER, LARRY 16:29 13:54 15:17 45:40 10:08
12 CRAIN, DANIEL 15:53 14:38 15:28 45:59 10:27
13 ERWIN, MIKE 15:46 14:54 15:39 46:19 10:47
14 LAWRENCE, TOM 15:22 15:52 15:07 46:21 10:49
15 VON TUNGELN, JIM 16:29 14:27 16:07 47:03 11:31
16 HASKETT, STEVEN 15:30 15:22 16:19 47:11 11:39
17 CARBONARO, CATHERINE 16:12 15:27 16:16 47:55 12:23
18 STEINMETZ, JOE 16:13 15:28 16:16 47:57 12:25
19 JOE, MICHAEL 16:39 15:22 17:12 49:13 13:41
20 CARBERRY, GLENDA 16:24 17:15 17:59 51:38 16:06
21 GOSHORN, ED 17:55 18:55 17:59 54:49 19:17