20th Race Across America (RAAM)

Portland, Oregon to Pensacola, Florida. June 16 - ?

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RAAM Wraps Up

By David Jacobson

With the arrival of the last official finishers--the tandem team of George Thomas and Terri Gooch, followed by soloist Michael Lau--the 20th-anniversary edition of RAAM has concluded. The intense focus of racers, crews and officials now disperses. We return to the mundane, but with a new perspective, forever changed by this experience.

Time will blunt both our pain and our glory, but a new form of mental and emotional knowledge will infuse all we do. We will forever be affected by memories:

John Howard putting the hammer down.

Byron Rieper's crew RV stuck two feet deep in gravel outside Maupin.

The piney aroma and absolute silence of a 2 a.m. Oregon mountain.

Wolfgang Fasching walking like John Wayne to a Snowville, Utah hotel room after 41 straight hours on the bike.

The awful music emanating from Fredi Virag's support van.

Rob Kish smoothly passing the Tennessee Pass sign.

The warmth of Stefan Lau's crew.

Dave Green's gory shattered elbow eliciting no expression of pain except that of being prevented from remounting.

Team SAS on the podium beaming smiles as bright as the midnight moon shining on the Gulf.

Allen Larsen riding up the finish ramp in his "traction contraption" and sobbing as he held his wife and daughter.

A heart swollen with gratitude for being accepted as family, with awe at witnessing such heroism, and in anticipation of RAAM 2003.

Final Results

Men's Solo
                    Time Section  Miles covered  Time      Average speed
1 Wolfgang Fasching           54    2991.9    219.38.00    13.62 miles per hour
2 Rob Kish                    54    2991.9    233.35.00    12.81
3 4Allen Larsen               54    2991.9    241.05.00    12.41
4 Stefan Lau                  54    2991.9    244.14.00    12.25
5 Fredi Virag                 54    2991.9    258.42.00    11.57
6 Franz Venier                54    2991.9    260.19.00    11.49
7 Sam Beal                    54    2991.9    266.55.00    11.21
8 Guus Moonen                 54    2991.9    273.51.00    10.93
9 Michael Lau                 54    2991.9    284.33.00    10.51
10 Wolfgang Kulow Beyond Cut  49    2815.8    284.56.00     9.88
11 Arend-Jan Koning DNF       38    2292.8    203.07.00    11.29
12 Ricardo Arap DNF           34    2031.9    222.43.00     9.12
13 Ish Makk DNF               24    1434.0    132.34.00    10.82
14 Mark Patten DNF            21    1281.3    103.45.00    12.35
15 Byron Rieper DNF           21    1281.3    132.18.00     9.68
16 Fabio Biasiolo DNF         18    1082.2     75.52.00    14.26
17 Jack Vincent DNF            9     571.1     57.20.00     9.96
 
Women's Solo Division
 
1 Sandy Earl DNF              16     986.6    100.47.00     9.79
 
Tandem Mixed Division
 
1 George Thomas & Terri Gooch 54    2991.9    283.21.00    10.56
 
Two Person Men's Team
 
1 Team Clif Bar               54    2991.9    192.16.00    15.56
2 Team Millennium/IRSA        54    2991.9    195.39.00    15.29
3 Leader Bike USA             54    2991.9    218.56.00    13.67
 
Two Person Mixed Team
 
1 Team Two Roads DNF          20    1211.0     95.58.00    12.62
 
Four Person Men's Team
 
1 Team RAF/BAE SYSTEMS/CG     54    2991.9    144.45.00    20.67
2 Team Swiss Academic Skiclub 54    2991.9    153.57.00    19.43
3 Team San Diego              54    2991.9    163.53.00    18.26
 
Four Person Women's Team
 
1 Team ZISVAW                 54    2991.9    182.55.00    16.36
 
Four Person Mixed Team
 
1 Team No Limits              54    2991.9    174.24.00    17.16
2 The Twin PAC                54    2991.9    196.35.00    15.22