Alex Grant, racing for Titus and Pearl Izumi, won the Pro Men division of the 3rd annual Sundance Spin, part of the Intermountain Cup Bike Racing Series on Saturday, June 2, 2007. With a time of 1:55:24, Grant easily beat the 17 other pro riders, with Thomas Spannring coming in second, nearly 3 minutes later, with a time of 1:58:11. Third place went to Bart Gillespie, who came in at 1:59:00.
After the first loop, Alex Grant had and held a clean lead, completing the lap in just 34 minutes.
When asked how he felt after the race, Grant stated, “I feel like I could have gone another lap!”
Last Year’s 2006 Sundance Spin, held at Sundance Ski Resort in Utah, did, in fact, have an additional lap. Last year, the race included 4 full loops (7.6 miles and 1,100 vertical feet climbing per lap) for the pro men, while this year’s race included 3 full loops and an additional “12 year old loop,” a 1.5 mile loop with a 300 vertical foot climb. Grant handily beat his last year’s 6th place time of 2:33:58. The 2006 race was won by Eric Jones, with a time of 2:24:40, and Thomas Spannring (this year’s second place rider) came in second with 2:28:01.
Off to a self-described “slow start” this year, Grant has picked up the pace and continues to do better and feel better with each race he completes. Riding on a borrowed bike for his previous races this year, Grant finally got to race his new titanium Titus eleven fcr at Sundance. Needless to say, he’s happy with the new bike.
Other winners of the 2007 Sundance Spin include:
1st Kara Holley
2nd Roxanne Toly
3rd Erin Collins
1st Erika Powers
2nd Lara H. Kendall
3rd Tracey Petervany
1st Tanya Swenson
2nd Destiny Ortiz
3rd Jenelle Kremer
1st Mellisa Quigley
2nd Heather Gilbert
3rd Jolene Nosack
1st Camila Esposito
2nd Tiffany Profsky
3rd Irene Ota
1st Paul Clark
2nd Ryan Harrison
3rd Chris Peterson
1st Jarom Zenger
2nd Chad Harris
3rd Isaac Wilson
1st Jack Dainton
2nd Dana Harrison
3rd Kevin Nelson
1st Brent Pontius
2nd Alex Petitdemange
3rd Ammon Pate
1st Scott Billings
2nd Carson Chynoweth
3rd Ryan M. Bradshaw
1st Todd Neumaker
2nd Michael C. Engberson
3rd Justin Wilson
1st Randall Klimes
2nd Scott Toly
3rd Scott Russell
1st Logan Phippin
2nd Keegan Swenson
3rd Daniel VanWagoner
1st Alex Gordon
2nd Dave Larsen
3 Kellie Williams
1st Bruce Allen
2nd Bill Peterson
3rd Bill Dark
1st Dwight Hibdon
2nd Joel Quinn
3rd Jerry Warren
1st John Erik Lyons
2nd Chris Cutler
3rd Riley Greene
1st John Callow
2nd Mike Scott
3rd Carter Elton
1st Charles St. Jeor
2nd Jeff Sorenson
3rd Casey Jensen
1st Michael Raemisch
2nd Rich Cowell
3rd Daren Dean
1st Michael Chardack
2nd Michael MacDonald
3rd Rich Phippin
1st Justin Griffin
2nd Hunter Tobert
3rd Christian Olsen
1st Joshua Peterson
2nd Alexander Birkner
3rd Mackenzie Nielson
1st Mike Oblad
2nd Greg Johnson
3rd Jonathan Rose
1st Kenny Jones
2nd Brad Keyes
3rd Brian A. Tobert