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Al Senft wins time trial; Ned Overend claims omnium

Al Senft was content racing in age categories outside of the men’s professional field the last couple of years at the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic.

He decided to give the professional field another shot this year, and it paid off Monday. Senft, 46, finished the 13.7-mile point-to-point BP Time Trial in 33 minutes, 31.3 seconds to claim first place ahead of 59-year-old Ned Overend, who crossed in 34:14.2.

“I felt good. I haven’t done this T.T. in a while, and there usually is a tail wind, but we didn’t have one (Monday),” Senft said. “It felt slow, but I felt strong.

“Usually, I’ve done the age race in the past, so it’s nice to win the pro one this year, too.”

Overend still claimed the omnium championship with his second-place result that followed a pair of third-place finishes in the Coca-Cola Road Race on Saturday and the Morehart Murphy Subaru Circuit Race on Sunday.

“The time trial is the one I’m most satisfied with,” Overend said. “End up getting second here, that’s good. A lot of it is flat, and that’s not my forte. Probably only 10 percent of it is climbing at the end.

“It’s a race against the clock, no drafting. They call it the race of truth.”

Cullen Easter finished the time trail in third place in 34:23.4, and he finished third in the men’s omnium with 69 points. Overend finished with 73 points, and 17-year-old Kevin Callahan finished second with 70 points.

Callahan was sixth in the time trial in 35:39.8.

Senft, of Albuquerque, said it was extra special to finish ahead of Overend and several of the other pros. He had no problem navigating the climb up County Road 250 to the finish line. The road runs parallel Highway 550 up Shalona Hill.

“I tried to pace it really well and save a bit for the hill and really dig in at the end to go up the hill hard,” Senft said. “It’s good for me, but the end is definitely hard.”

jlivingston@durangoherald.com

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