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Cycle News 2023 Issue 33 August 22

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WIND IN THE P44 It's not often you see a 500- plus mile, nearly nine-hour-long race come down to minutes and seconds, but the two Pro teams at the front did exactly that. Just a few miles from the finish line, the gap had shrunk to about one mile, or 60 seconds at BITD speeds, with the Honda team closing in. An unpredicted rain - storm over the mountains sur- rounding the finish saw a deluge of rain flood the rocky mountain roads, leaving slick rock and mud bogs as additional obsta - cles for the racers to overcome. Unfortunately for the N1 team, a brief mishap with a mudhole saw them lose valuable time to the leaders, giving the Cooper Motorsports team some breath - ing room to cross the finish line in 8:46:42, one minute and six seconds ahead of the Honda team on adjusted time. However, some infractions during the race forced a time penalty on the Cooper Motorsports squad, relegating them back to second overall on the day behind the Hintz/Hunter duo. While the race at the front of the pack was a nail-biter, the battle for the final podium position was no different. Mike Baxter's Alpine Signs/Carson City Motorsports team fought to the end with Jesse Canepa's Primo Racing team, with Baxter's trio topping Canepa's team by less than a minute, finishing in 9:19:18. Other notable finishers in - clude fifth overall and 30-Plus Pro winner Gregory Pheasant/ Willy Heiss, first Ironman Pro Zach Myers, and the first Expert team of Kody Moutafidis/Wyatt Brittner. Trevor Hunter Overall 1. Hayden Hintz/ Trevor Hunter (Hon) 2. Danny Cooper/Clayton Roberts/ Shane Logan (GG) 3. Mike Baxter/Austin Serpa/ JT Baker (Hon) 4. Jesse Canepa/Ryan Marshall/ Connor Eddy (GG) 5. Gregory Pheasant/ Willy Heiss (Hus) Zach Myers was the first Pro Ironman rider. The Kody Moutafidis/ Wyatt Brittner team won the Expert division.

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