Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb

The Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb is an annual American cycle racing event held in New Hampshire. The event raises money for the Tin Mountain Conservation Center, which promotes appreciation of the environment.

Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb

Race details
Date	August
Region	Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, United States
Discipline	Road race
Type	One-day race
History
First edition	1973 (1973)
Editions	37
First winner	John Allis (USA)
Most wins	Tyler Hamilton (USA) (4 times)  Marti Shea (USA) (4 times)
Most recent	Barry Miller (USA)  Aimee Vasse (USA)

Background

In August of each year, up to six hundred riders take part in the race which centers around a 7.6 mile (12.2 km) climb to the top of New Hampshire's Mount Washington—the highest peak in New England. The Mount Washington Auto Road has an average gradient of 12% and reaches gradients of up to 22%.

The race's most famous victor is Tyler Hamilton who got his fourth victory in the race in 2006 in a time of 52:21, beating out Ned Overend by 2:20. Jeannie Longo holds the women's record at 58:14, while Tom Danielson owns the men's record of 49:24.

In June 2011 race organizers announced that the times ridden by Tyler Hamilton of the United States and Genevieve Jeanson of Canada would no longer be considered official records. This decision followed the admissions by both athletes that during their professional racing careers they regularly used performance-enhancing drugs.

Past winners

Year	Men		Women
1973	John Allis	1:15:05	Unknown
1974	John Allis	1:01:39	Unknown
1975	Results unknown
1976	John Howard		Barbara Amburgey
1977	Mike Hogan	58:24	Ester Salmi	1:02
1978	Martin Ernst Bruhn	1:03:21	Unknown
1979	Steve Pyle	1:01:29	Unknown
1980	Dale Stetina	0:57:41	Unknown
Results for 1981 and 1982 are unknown
1983	Gary Evans		Unknown
1984	Chuck Canfield	1:03:45	Martha Tuttle	1:29:46
1985	Chuck Canfield	0:59:59	Martha Pitman	1:18:58
1986	Chuck Canfield	0:28:22	Kathy Swanson	0:31:52 (shortened due to weather)
1987	Dan Works	1:06:20	Kathy Swanson	1:23:12
1988	Dan Works	1:07:48	Debbie Jensen	1:21:31
1989	Tai Roulston	1:10:16	Megan Hayes	1:22:48
1990	Douglas Tanner	1:05:13	Kathy Swanson	1:19:25
1991	Andrew de Garmo	1:01:30	Mary Serreze	1:24:40
1992	Mike Nelson	1:02:47	Suzy West	1:16:17
1993	Joe Bucciaglia	1:02:33	Jodi Groesbeck	1:16:51
1994	Race cancelled due to weather
1995	Race cancelled due to weather
1996	Joe Bucciaglia	1:00:30	Marilyn Ruseckas	1:14:19
1997	Tyler Hamilton	0:51:56	Marilyn Ruseckas	1:11:38
1998	Robert Dapice	0:59:19	Dorrie Martell	1:11:56
1999	Tyler Hamilton	0:50:21	Geneviève Jeanson	1:01:57
2000	Tim Johnson	0:55:46	Jeannie Longo	0:58:14 (record)
2001	Tim Johnson	0:53:31	Karen Bockel	1:09:20
2002	Tom Danielson	0:49:24 (record)	Geneviève Jeanson	0:54:02 (record invalidated in 2011)
2003	Tom Danielson	0:51:05	Geneviève Jeanson	0:59:58
2004	Justin England	0:58:50	Aimee Vasse	1:10:44
2005	Tyler Hamilton	0:51:11	Aimee Vasse	1:12:38
2006	Tyler Hamilton	0:52:21	Aimee Vasse	1:08:31
2007	Race cancelled due to weather
2008	Phillip Gaimon	0:54:57	Flavia Lepene	1:08:52
2009	Phillip Gaimon	0:54:37	Sue Schlatter	1:07:43
2010	Nico Toutenhoofd	0:57:26	Marti Shea	1:05:42
2011	Ned Overend	0:55:03	Marti Shea	1:04:12
2012	Cameron Cogburn	0:52:28	Marti Shea	1:03:14
2013	Cameron Cogburn	0:50:48	Silke Wunderwald	1:09:56
2014	John Kronborg Ebsen	0:52:53	Marti Shea	1:06:01
2015	Eneas Freyre	0:53:00	Véronique Fortin	1:05:58
2016	Eneas Freyre	0:52:10	Victoria DiSavino	1:07:32
2017	Phillip Gaimon	0:52:10	Aimee Vasse	1:07:32
2018	Barry Miller	0:53:34	Aimee Vasse	1:04:05

External links

• Official website for Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb
• Tin Mountain Conservation Center
• Mount Washington Auto Road