Durango’s Carrington finishes second
Durango’s Nathalike Krantz raced through Steamworks Brewing Company and finished 15th in the women’s pro/open category of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Mountain Bike Specialists Cross Country race Sunday in downtown Durango.
Racers in the Men's Pro division of Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Mountain Bike Race turn onto Eight Street from East Second Avenue Sunday. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Spectators cheer for riders in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Mountain Bike Race Sunday as they enter Steamworks on East Second Avenue. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald<br>
Spectators cheer for riders in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Mountain Bike Race Sunday as they pass through Steamworks on East Second Avenue. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald<br>
Spectators await riders in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Mountain Bike Race Sunday from within Steamworks on East Second Avenue. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald<br>
Todd Wells climbs the hill on East Eight Street on his way to winning the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Mountain Bike Race Sunday. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald<br>
Spectators cheer for riders in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Mountain Bike Race as they depart Steamworks Sunday. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald<br>
Todd Wells gets a high five from his son two years old Cooper Wells held by Meghan Wells after winning the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Mountain Bike Race Sunday. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald<br>
Spectators cheer for riders in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Mountain Bike Race Sunday as they pass through Steamworks on East Second Avenue. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald<br>
Spectators cheer for a rider in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Mountain Bike Race Sunday as they exit Steamworks on East Second Avenue. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald<br>
Todd Wells crosses the finish line winning the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Ben Sonntag, left, and Troy Wells compete in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Troy Wells is congratulated by fans as he finishes second in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Brad Binggham competes in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Payson McElveen competes in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Todd Wells competes in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Riders line-up for the start of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Todd Wells, right, and Payson McElveen, left, congratulate each other, and Troy Wells, the top three finishers at the end of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Riders line-up for the start of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Lots of fans cheer on riders Durango the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s and women’s pro mountain bike races in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Colton Andersen competes in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Caleb Thompson competes in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Quinn Simmons competes in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Troy Wells competes in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Riders take off at the start of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic women’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Liz Carrington competes in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic women’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Emily Schaldach gets ready to start the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic women’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Hannah Williams gets ready to start the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic women’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Emily Schaldach gets ready to start the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic women’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Liz Carrington competes in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic women’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Alexis Skarda wins the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic women’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Rebecca Gross competes in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic women’s-pro mountain bike race in Durango on Sunday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Alexis Skarda of Grand Junction sped her way to the finish line to win the Mountain Bike Specialist Cross Country mountain bike race Sunday on the second day of the 45th Iron Horse Bicycle Classic.
Dressed in her pink Stan’s No Tubes Elite Team kit, Skarda won with a time of 1 hour, 35 minutes, 40.2 seconds, nearly a full minute ahead of Durango’s Liz Carrington, who took second in 1:36:44.5.
Last year’s winner, Hannah Williams, took third in 1:37:45.0.
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