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Race Across America - NE
USA, June 11-23, 2006
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Day 11 - June 21
Jonathan Boyer Claims Inaugural Solo Enduro RAAM
America's first ever Tour de France competitor, Jonathan “Jock” Boyer, of Monterey, Calif., made a successful return to the Race Across America, adding a Solo Enduro victory in the 3,043 epic to his first RAAM win back 1985.
Arriving in Atlantic City at 1:35 p.m. on June 21, Boyer was tired, but happy with his time of 10 days and 52 minutes.
This made him the first winner of the new Solo Enduro division of racing, in which riders were mandated to take at least 40 hours of stops.
For Boyer, who first won RAAM aged 32, his return to the race 20 years later was dogged by difficulties.
The problems began on the second day, when extended time in the aero position of his time trial bike started to place excessive stress on his neck muscles.
Within 48 hours he started to need a head support, which was initially fabricated as a cardboard pillar taped to his bars and later replaced by a proper neck brace.
Next, when traveling through the high winds of Kansas on days five and six, so much debris was blown into the air that visibility was sometimes reduced to only a few feet.
One of his support vehicles drove off the road and a wheel sheared off. Hospital treatment was required by the car’s occupants, but thankfully none sustained more than superficial injuries.
This left Boyer with only one support vehicle, seemingly an unsustainable loss.
But RAAM veteran Byron Riper was recruited from Fort Scott, Kansas, and under the expert support crew leadership of another RAAM veteran, Kerry Ryan, Boyer became the first Solo rider to win with the support of only one vehicle and three crew members.
"We were begging and borrowing where ever we could. One company chief, who was a stranger I randomly called, even made a $100 grocery order for us and brought it out to the course. People really stepped up all around us to help keep Jock on the road. That's all we had to do, we knew he'd win it if we could just keep the support moving," said Ryan.
All the way Boyer diced with the leading Solo Traditional riders, but in the end he had to let them get away and settle for victory in the Enduro division alone. He remained philosophical about this. "Riding for a cause makes for a whole different viewpoint. You can't get disappointed when what you're achieving is not a personal goal. Bringing information about organ transplants to people all along the route, that's what my race was really all about."
Results
Men's Solo - Enduro 1 Jonathan Boyer 3042.8 10.00.52 (12.63mph) 2 Marko Baloh 3042.8 10.09.28 (12.20mph) 3 David Tinker Juarez 2932.7 10.13.18 (11.58mph) 4 Kenny Souza 2864.2 10.13.49 (11.28mph) 5 Bryce Walsh 2776.1 10.14.01 (10.93mph) 6 Guido Kunze 2685.8 10.14.11 (10.57mph) 7 Mitchell Lesack 2640.9 10.10.44 (10.53mph) 8 Fred Boethling 2640.9 10.13.37 (10.41mph) DNF Rob Lucas 1996.5 8.01.24 (10.32mph) DNF Jean - Marc Velez 1173.1 5.02.52 (9.55mph) DNF Jure' Robic 771.2 1.23.21 (16.29mph) DNF Guy Wells 565.1 2.12.20 (9.37mph) DNF Valentin Zeller 488.9 1.10.21 (14.23mph) Men's Solo - Enduro 1 Daniel Wyss 3042.8 9.11.50 (13.36mph) 2 Dino Nico Valsesia 3042.8 9.16.23 (13.09mph) 3 Fabio Biasiolo 3042.8 9.19.49 (12.90mph) 4 David Haase 3042.8 9.21.41 (12.80mph) 5 Kevin Wallace 3042.8 10.03.57 (12.47mph) 6 Guus Moonen 2977.9 10.12.15 (11.81mph) 7 Gerhard Gulewicz 2977.9 10.14.12 (11.71mph) 8 Attila Kaldy 2864.2 10.08.37 (11.52mph) 9 Tony O'Keeffe 2824.9 10.09.42 (11.31mph) DNF Marcel Knaus 1295.3 4.00.44 (13.39mph) DNF David Jones 1295.3 5.01.59 (10.62mph) DNF James Kern 721.0 2.01.52 (14.46mph) DNF Orlando Borini 721.0 2.09.43 (12.49mph) DNF Louis Lamoureux 488.9 2.07.12 (8.86mph) Women's Solo - Traditional 1 Shanna Armstrong 2732.2 10.14.44 (10.73mph) DNF Patty Jo Struv 771.2 3.00.03 (10.70mph) Two Person Male 1 Team BodyXchange / Garden Pathways 3042.8 6.11.24 (19.58mph) 2 Team eXtreme 3042.8 8.00.23 (15.82mph) 3 Team Race for Wishes 3042.8 8.06.07 (15.36mph) 4 Cheniere's Making Cancer History Team 3042.8 8.08.15 (15.20mph) Two Person Mixed 1 Racing Against Diabetes 2732.2 10.10.43 (10.90mph) Two Person Recumbent 1 Volae Wolf Pack 3042.8 7.15.47 (16.56mph) Four Person Male 1 Beaver Creek - Vail 3042.8 5.16.01 (22.37mph) 2 Athletes Racing for Charity Team 3042.8 6.13.06 (19.37mph) 3 Gearsandtears 3042.8 6.23.40 (18.15mph) 4 Team Heifer International 3042.8 7.04.09 (17.68mph) 5 Team care 4 kids (NICH) 3042.8 7.12.40 (16.84mph) 6 Dreams for Kids 3042.8 7.16.53 (16.46mph) 7 Vencendo Desafios Team Brazil 3042.8 7.23.54 (15.86mph) 8 Team OC Quattro 3042.8 7.23.51 (15.86mph) 9 2CURE - HD 3042.8 8.01.21 (15.74mph) 10 Team Nor'easter 3042.8 8.05.59 (15.37mph) 11 Team Cyclonauts 2977.9 8.06.40 (14.99mph) DNF Swiss DAMOVO Team 1927.5 3.22.14 (20.45mph) Four Person Female 1 Vail / Beaver Creek B2B Divas 3042.8 7.15.11 (16.61mph) 2 Team Red Helmets 3042.8 7.22.15 (15.99mph) Four Person Mixed 1 Emily's Team 3042.8 6.19.59 (18.56mph) 2 Just Sweat No Tears 3042.8 7.00.10 (18.09mph) 3 Team 4 Gone 3042.8 7.16.50 (16.46mph) Four Person Tandem 1 Team JDRF 3042.8 8.05.56 (15.37mph) Corporate Challenge 1 Team Type 1 3042.8 5.16.04 (22.36mph) 2 Team ViaSat 3042.8 6.12.50 (19.40mph) 3 Team Donate Life 8 3042.8 7.04.54 (17.60mph) 4 Cycling for Chaffey 3042.8 7.08.36 (17.23mph) Corporate Challenge HPV 1 Handcycleteam RC - Enjo Volarlberg 3042.8 10.00.12 (12.67mph) 24 Hour Corporate Challenge 1 Team Beat Cancer 488.9 1.00.24 (20.04mph) 2 The Swami's Team 488.9 1.02.26 (18.50mph) 3 Pam Reed's Badwater Crew 488.9 1.02.36 (18.38mph) 4 Team Illumina 488.9 1.04.28 (17.17mph)
