Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb

Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb
Race details
Date	August
Region	Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, United States
Discipline	Road race
Type	One-day race
History
First edition	1973
Editions	37
First winner	John Allis (USA)
Most wins	Tyler Hamilton (USA) (4 times); Aimee Vasse (USA) (5 times)
Most recent	(USA); Aimee Vasse (USA)

The Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb is an annual American cycle racing event held in New Hampshire. The event raises money for the Tin Mountain Conservation Center, which promotes appreciation of the environment.

Background[]

In August of each year, up to six hundred riders take part in the race which centers around a 7.6 mile (12.2 km) climb to the top of New Hampshire's Mount Washington—the highest peak in New England. The Mount Washington Auto Road has an average gradient of 12% and reaches gradients of up to 22%.

The race's most famous victor is Tyler Hamilton who got his fourth victory in the race in 2006 in a time of 52:21, beating out Ned Overend by 2:20. Jeannie Longo holds the women's record at 58:14, while Tom Danielson owns the men's record of 49:24.

In June 2011 race organizers announced that the times ridden by Tyler Hamilton of the United States and Genevieve Jeanson of Canada would no longer be considered official records. This decision followed the admissions by both athletes that during their professional racing careers they regularly used performance-enhancing drugs.

Past winners[]

Year	Men		Women
1973	John Allis	1:15:05	Unknown
1974	John Allis	1:01:39	Unknown
1975	Results unknown
1976	John Howard
1977		58:24		1:02
1978		1:03:21	Unknown
1979	Steve Pyle	1:01:29	Unknown
1980	Dale Stetina	0:57:41	Unknown
Results for 1981 and 1982 are unknown
1983			Unknown
1984		1:03:45		1:29:46
1985		0:59:59		1:18:58
1986		0:28:22	Kathy Swanson	0:31:52 (shortened due to weather)
1987		1:06:20		1:23:12
1988		1:07:48		1:21:31
1989		1:10:16		1:22:48
1990		1:05:13		1:19:25
1991		1:01:30		1:24:40
1992		1:02:47		1:16:17
1993		1:02:33		1:16:51
1994	Race cancelled due to weather
1995	Race cancelled due to weather
1996		1:00:30		1:14:19
1997	Tyler Hamilton	0:51:56		1:11:38
1998		0:59:19		1:11:56
1999	Tyler Hamilton	0:50:21	Geneviève Jeanson	1:01:57
2000	Tim Johnson	0:55:46	Jeannie Longo	0:58:14 (record)
2001	Tim Johnson	0:53:31		1:09:20
2002	Tom Danielson	0:49:24 (record)	Geneviève Jeanson	0:54:02 (record invalidated in 2011)
2003	Tom Danielson	0:51:05	Geneviève Jeanson	0:59:58
2004		0:58:50	Aimee Vasse	1:10:44
2005	Tyler Hamilton	0:51:11	Aimee Vasse	1:12:38
2006	Tyler Hamilton	0:52:21	Aimee Vasse	1:08:31
2007	Race cancelled due to weather
2008	Phillip Gaimon	0:54:57		1:08:52
2009	Phillip Gaimon	0:54:37		1:07:43
2010		0:57:26		1:05:42
2011	Ned Overend	0:55:03		1:04:12
2012	Cameron Cogburn	0:52:28		1:03:14
2013	Cameron Cogburn	0:50:48		1:09:56
2014	John Kronborg Ebsen	0:52:53		1:06:01
2015		0:53:00	Véronique Fortin	1:05:58
2016		0:52:10		1:07:32
2017	Phillip Gaimon	0:52:10	Aimee Vasse	1:07:32
2018	Barry Miller	0:53:34	Aimee Vasse	1:04:05
2019	Erik Levinsohn	0:53:42	Stefanie Sydlik	1:10:32
2020	Race canceled due to Covid-19

|- !2021 | Erik Levinsohn ||

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Coordinates: 44°16′52.9″N 71°16′36.5″W / 44.281361°N 71.276806°W / 44.281361; -71.276806