A total of 36 cyclists tackled the 24-mile 2009 SpudCycle bicycle race under clear skies Sunday, July 19. Devin Higgins of Presque Isle narrowly defeated Paul Magoon of Cornville, Joseph Ewings of Littleton and Sam Evans-Brown of Lewiston in a furious sprint finish, with all four racers finishing within a second of each other.
Sarah Gahagan of Presque Isle finished a few minutes ahead of Stephanie Caverhill of Caribou to capture the women’s title.
Age group winners were: ages 16-29, Evans-Brown; ages 30-39, Magoon and Caverhill; ages 40-49, James Wolhsemutz of Old Town and Frances Prest of Presque Isle; ages 50-59, Von Perry of Easton and Loretta Harmon of Caribou; ages 60-and-older, Marcel Bastide of Orrington.
Wolhsemutz and Steve Wall of Lynn, Mass. won the two intermediate sprints, or primes, for cash Andrew Bailey of Fort Kent and Jordann Coiley of Fort Fairfield won the 12-mile youth race which also included Luke Bailey of Fort Kent, Josh Doody of Grove City, Calif., Graham Freme of Caribou and Dillon Beckum of Caribou.
Full race results are as follows:
1. Devin Higgins Presque Isle 1:01.39
2. Paul Magoon Cornville 1:01.39
3. Joseph Ewings Littleton 1:01.39
4. Sam Evans-Brown Lewiston 1:01.40
5. Thad Lavallee Sharon 1:02.50
6. James Wolhsemutz Old Town 1:02.50
7. Seth Haskell Caribou 1:02.51
8. Von Perry Easton 1:02.52
9. Gregg Collins Caribou 1:03.17
10. Alan Cunningham Winslow 1:06.17
11. Marcel Bastide Orrington 1:09.03
12. Corey Park Presque Isle 1:09.06
13. Brent Grass Blaine 1:10.29
14. Stephen Wall Lynn, Mass. 1:10.30
15. Sarah Gahagan Presque Isle 1:10.32
16. Tom Towle Fort Fairfield 1:10.36
17. Hal Stewart Presque Isle 1:10.38
18. Cary Grant New Sweden 1:11.06
19. Stephanie Caverhill Caribou 1:14.07
20. Kyle Washington Presque Isle 1:15.28
21. Matt Cote Skowhegan 1:15.28
22. Tim Bryce New Harbor 1:15.29
23. Patrick Baker Presque Isle 1:18.07
24. Aaron Churchill Orland 1:18.29
25. Kevin Strid Caribou 1:22.04
26. Frances Prest Presque Isle 1:22.06
27. Jim Park Presque Isle 1:24.33
28. Rob Morrison Presque Isle 1:24.42
29. John McIntyre Easton 1:26.04
30. Andrew Coiley Fort Fairfield 1:28.14
31. Craig Dubay Connor Twp. 1:30.27
32. Denise Young Caribou 1:35.17
33. Thomas Beckum Caribou 1:44.01
34. Richard Nichols Fort Fairfield 1:44.05
35. Loretta Harmon Caribou 2:00.04
36. Kelsey Towle Fort Fairfield 2:06.51
Contributed photo/Richard K. Nichols
BIKE RACE WINNERS – Among the winning bicyclists taking part in the July 19 Spudcycle Classic bike races were, in front from left, Grant Stewart, Loretta Harmon, Frances Prest, Devin Higgins and James Wolhsemutz. Middle row, Corey Park, Jake Stevens, Alexis Coiley, Cassidy Coiley, Austin Doody, Morgann Towle and Von Perry. Back row, Marcel Bastide, volunteers Kim Parent, Kelsey King, April Flagg and Bill Flagg and cyclist Paul Magoon.
