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Tour de Tunnel
Port Townsend, Washington, October 4, 2003
By Hyun Lee
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Saturday, October 4 was Team Ragnorok's Tour de Tunnel cyclocross race in Port Townsend's Fort Warden Park. Fort Warden is known for being the locale for the film "An Officer and a Gentleman" with Richard Gere and Debra Winger and of course, Louis Gossett Jr.
This was a course that wound its way up through historic bunkers and battlements and down a loose, sandy descent. Ryan Trebon won the elite race followed by Jonny Sundt (K2) about a minute back. Trebon and Sundt stayed together for the first three or four laps before Trebon got a gap which he held for the win. Sundt soloed in for second place, with the battle for third between Eric Atwood (Ritchey), Christian Young (Rahnorok) and Troy Herthecker.
In the end, it was Hetchecker followed by Atwood and Young, with Mark Hansen (Bianchi) coming in for sixth place. In the women's race, Christy Berg (JF2) won comfortably, holding a significant gap over the chasers.
Photos
Images by Hyun Lee
- And they're off.
- Coming through the fog at Fort Warden.
- Dab Nyens making his A debut.
- Dale Plant emerges from the tunnel.
- Dale Plant followed by Dan Nyenes.
- Dan Nyens flies along the straightaway.
- Jump or hop - different styles as the riders take to the barriers.
- Ingrid Spears tackles the barriers.
- Joe Brown and Rob Campbell.
- There's light at the end of the Tour de Tunnel (sorry, it had to be said).
- The two leaders, Jonny Sundt and Ryan Trebon, still together on lap three before Trebon opened a gap Sundt couldn't follow.
- Mark Hanson takes the barriers.
- Ryan Trebon takes the lead.
- Jonny Sundt hot on Trebon's tail, but couldn't match Trebon today.
- Ryan Trebon rides through the old battlements on his way to victory.
- Sundt chases hard for second through the battlements and fog.
- Sundt screams down the descent.
- The battle for third was a tight one.
- The final spot on the podium was fought out between Eric Atwood (Ritchey), Christian Young (Rahnorok) and Troy Herthecker.
- The chase group comes down the sandy descent.
- Christy Berg on her way to winning the women's race.
Results
Men 1 Ryan Trebon 2 Jonny Sundt (K2) 3 Troy Herthecker 4 Eric Atwood (Ritchey) 5 Christian Young (Rahnorok) Women 1 Christy Berg (JF2)
