'16 Women's Woodstock Cycling Grand Prix
Fog enveloped Overlook Mountain as the riders in the fourth Women’s Woodstock Cycling Grand Prix mounted up to ride.
The Pro 1/2 riders headed off for a 60 mile ride that included the 1764 feet of Overlook Mountain with the Seven Sisters for a total of 3707 of elevation gain and 3704 back down.
Emma White, 19 of Rally Cycling, of Duanesburg, NY (so we’re going to claim her as a local) won the day by a second in a sprint race to the finish against Rebecca Fahringer.
Fahringer proudly doesn’t ride for a team.
“I ride for myself,” she told the crowd from the podium.
White and Fahringer, 2:53:36 and 2:53:37 respectively, beat the Cat 3, 53 mile ride, finishers into the finish by more than 5 minutes.
White rode in the WWCGP last year and came in second.
“I came with high hopes; I didn’t have a team last year,” White said.
The course was only slightly different this year because of construction on a bridge.
“It wasn’t such a long race,” White said. “Pretty similar, the climb was the same and the sprint was the same.”
Her battle against Fahringer was body and mind.
“We worked together some, but it was a mental fight. At mile 30 she was very strong."
The climb up Mead’s Mountain Road, about halfway through the Pro 1 / 2 ride and nearer the end of the Cat 3 and 4 rides, is not for the faint of heart.
“I’ve never in my life seen so many smiley women struggling,” Race Director Martin Bruhn said.
There are a total of seven hills in the long ride, aka the Seven Sisters, climbs and grinds, climbs and grinds.
Taryn Mudge, Kate Carble and Marni Duffy, came up to Woodstock from Philly
Carble said she enjoyed the ride a lot.
“It was challenging but enjoyable. I would ride it many times if I lived around here”.
Mudge commented that she wished the roads were dry; it would have made the descents more fun.
One frequent topic of conversation around the finish was gearing. Riders from flatter areas might not have come equipped with big enough rings.
“When you’re in the red zone you always wish for another gear,” Carble said. But she felt her cartage got the job done just fine.
The WWCGP has a new sponsor this year. Liv Beyond is a standalone women’s brand of Giant Cycles.
“It’s appropriate to be here at this women’s race,” the Liv rep commented. “It’s a beautiful challenging course and women certainly aren’t given a second rate race."
The sun did break through the clouds by the time the Cat 3 women were coming into the finish adding just the right sunny finish to a great day of riding.
Complete results HERE.
The Pro 1/2 riders headed off for a 60 mile ride that included the 1764 feet of Overlook Mountain with the Seven Sisters for a total of 3707 of elevation gain and 3704 back down.
Emma White, 19 of Rally Cycling, of Duanesburg, NY (so we’re going to claim her as a local) won the day by a second in a sprint race to the finish against Rebecca Fahringer.
Fahringer proudly doesn’t ride for a team.
“I ride for myself,” she told the crowd from the podium.
White and Fahringer, 2:53:36 and 2:53:37 respectively, beat the Cat 3, 53 mile ride, finishers into the finish by more than 5 minutes.
White rode in the WWCGP last year and came in second.
“I came with high hopes; I didn’t have a team last year,” White said.
The course was only slightly different this year because of construction on a bridge.
“It wasn’t such a long race,” White said. “Pretty similar, the climb was the same and the sprint was the same.”
Her battle against Fahringer was body and mind.
“We worked together some, but it was a mental fight. At mile 30 she was very strong."
The climb up Mead’s Mountain Road, about halfway through the Pro 1 / 2 ride and nearer the end of the Cat 3 and 4 rides, is not for the faint of heart.
“I’ve never in my life seen so many smiley women struggling,” Race Director Martin Bruhn said.
There are a total of seven hills in the long ride, aka the Seven Sisters, climbs and grinds, climbs and grinds.
Taryn Mudge, Kate Carble and Marni Duffy, came up to Woodstock from Philly
Carble said she enjoyed the ride a lot.
“It was challenging but enjoyable. I would ride it many times if I lived around here”.
Mudge commented that she wished the roads were dry; it would have made the descents more fun.
One frequent topic of conversation around the finish was gearing. Riders from flatter areas might not have come equipped with big enough rings.
“When you’re in the red zone you always wish for another gear,” Carble said. But she felt her cartage got the job done just fine.
The WWCGP has a new sponsor this year. Liv Beyond is a standalone women’s brand of Giant Cycles.
“It’s appropriate to be here at this women’s race,” the Liv rep commented. “It’s a beautiful challenging course and women certainly aren’t given a second rate race."
The sun did break through the clouds by the time the Cat 3 women were coming into the finish adding just the right sunny finish to a great day of riding.
Complete results HERE.
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