Preliminary results for the 19th annual Fall Classic 200K brevet and 154K populaire have been posted on the website. Please review the results and inform me of any necessary corrections. The results will be submitted to RUSA in the coming days and become final pending RUSA certification. Seven riders clipped in for the 200K, and two started the 154K. Eight of nine total finished in good time for a 89% completion rate of the very challenging brevet and populaire.
This was the fifth running of the "Neo" edition classic routes with an Easton Start/Finish and CCW direction up the "easy" sides of most climbs.
Dan Evanko and Nora Sandorfi prudently opted for the 154K as their first randonneuring event. Populaires are supposed to be "welcoming", but our 154K fall classic populaire is tough love. Fortunately, both of these riders were well up to the chalenge and finished looking unscathed. Welcome to randonneuring. You picked a doozy of a course to start on!! If you can handle that "populaire", you certainly could handle most any normal brevet.
We were graced with rather nice weather for late October. Although it started rather chilly, 40s at the start with frost seen on some pumpkins, it was sunny and near 70 in the middle of the day. Usually riders are shivering at the end of this Fall event, looking for shelter from the cold and a hot bowl of soup. Instead, we all sat outside comfortably eating leftover EMLB buffet at the finish.
Although a few people complained the Fall foliage wasn't quite at peak, even without the full Fall colors, riders generally reported that the Neo-classic was just as scenic as ever. Scenic, of course, is bike rider code for a steady diet of hills to consume, the climb up Dyer hill just outside Easton being an appetizer for the many hilly entrees ahead.
Brad Layman writes...
It was a perfect day. The weather and scenery were absolutely beautiful. Huge thanks to Chris for welcoming us at his home for the finish and wrapping up the day with such warm hospitality.
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