PRESQUE ISLE – The Nordic Heritage Center hosted the 4th annual Nordic Heritage Fat Tire Festival this weekend on their nearly 20 miles of single track mountain bike terrain.
Contributed photo A ROW OF BIKERS LINEUP for the start of an event at the 4th annual fat tire fesitval, held at the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle.
Events included a Friday evening mountain bike biathlon for all ages, a Saturday morning a mountain bike cross country race and evening blazing fast downhill event for adults.
The biathlon had four underage and six underage participants, however event organizers remain optimistic about the future of the race.
“I can’t think of any other places that do a mountain bike biathlon. I think it will do better in the future,” commented Mark Shea, of the Maine Winter Sports Center.
The cross country race was divided into sport and expert divisions. Matthew Swett of Lincoln won top ranking as an expert with a time of 1:43:03. David Chamberlain of Caribou crossed second with 1:43:34, followed by Christopher Morse of Presque Isle with 1:53:20. The remainder of the expert results follow: Pascal Sirois (1:53:25), Ed Therrien (1:54:42), Joey Bard (1:59:33), Noah Rush-Mawbry (2:05:11), Patricia Hebert (2:07:38) and Joe St. Peter (2:10:50).
Michael Lesard of Greene biked into first in the sport division with 54:21. Hal Stewart of Presque Isle and Greg Collins of Caribou sped across in second and third with 57:11 and 57:12. The remainder of the results follow: Scott Lessard (59:44), Jeremy Griffiths (1:01:44), Andrew Cash (1:05:03), Erin Bartlett (1:10:33), Paul Towle (1:13:46), Peter Forbes (1:13:58), Ben Everett (1:17:25) and Zack Dow (1:34:43).
Chad McPherson of Presque Isle ranked first in the downhill race with 2:11:86. Adam Curtis and Therrien, both of Presque Isle, placed second and third with matching times of 2:17:76. The rest of the results follow: Yonnick Ouellette (2:20:06), Tommy Cormier (2:21:59), Pierre Godbout (2:22:14), Kris Beaulier (2:24:01), Sirois (2:27:15), Tom Chasse (2:43:06), Andrew Cash (2:44:25), Rush-Mawbry (2:45:56), Dow (2:50), St. Peter (2:50:24) and Gary Kaszas (2:57:34).
