There will be plenty of talk about the day's ride or tomorrow's planned adventures. See more about our meals on the DINING HALL & PAVILLION page. Gather around the fire at the Iron Horse Pavilion and enjoy a home cooked meal. Iron Horse is within minutes of the famous Tail of the Dragon at Deals Gap, the scenic Cherohala Skyway, Blue Ridge Parkway, Cherokee, Fontana Dam, and the Nantahala River Gorge. We are surrounded by the splendor of the Great Smoky Mountains, which provide some of the best motorcycle riding in the world. Place Details Description: From the official motorcycle place website: "Iron Horse Motorcycle Lodge and Campground is a secluded 39-acre resort on Stecoah Creek in the smoky mountains of western North Carolina.
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A time trial is set for Monday.Place Ref: #9212 Brief Place Description: Lodging (Motels, Hotels, Bed And Breakfast) Bike Friendly : No Website: The Iron Horse Bicycle Classic continues today with downtown criterium racing in Durango, weather permitting.
Snowy weather shorted the race last year to a 25-mile sprint from Durango to the Purgatory Ski Area.īad weather at midday Saturday, including snow on the passes, forced organizers to stop many of the recreational riders before they could complete the ride to Silverton.
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pro women racing today.Īspen native Abby Mickey, a former University of Colorado cyclist, won the women’s Iron Horse road race two years ago. Women’s cycling sensation Mara Abbott of Boulder won the women’s title Saturday for the fifth time in her decorated career. Swirbul joins a star-studded list of winners of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, including the likes of Tom Danielson and Jonathan Vaugthers.
“And we got lucky with the weather, too,” he said. It was like I was waiting all winter for this,” he said. That was pretty depressing for me,” Swirbul said.īut when he was cleared to return to the bike two weeks ago, Swirbul said he was more than ready to ride. Swirbul said the Iron Horse was his first competitive race of the season after suffering a troublesome knee issue in training. “There were some surprisingly big crowds in Silverton that was lots of fun,” he said of the finish.
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“I’ve never gone full gas on a descent like that.”Ī huge crowd lined Silverton’s main thoroughfare to greet Swirbul and the Iron Horse racers Saturday morning. “The descents are really fun,” Swirbul said.
He created his winning distance on the final ascent up to 10,900 feet and the summit of Molas Pass.īut he had to hold his advantage on the high-speed, turny descent into the old mining town of Silverton. “I rode with them until halfway up the second pass (Molas). Swirbul said he considered the idea of going solo, but waited. “Myself and two other guys got away (Overend and Standish.” “On the first pass (Coal Bank), I tested the other riders, I did a couple of attacks,” Swirbul said in an interview with The Aspen Times. Swirbul, a second-year racer, rides for the Axeon Cycling Team.įourth place went to Durango pro mountain biker Ben Sonntag, a two-time winner of the Power of Four Mountain Bike Race in Aspen. Overend, who has won the Iron Horse road race five times, was third, just 1 second behind Standish. Standish was second, 42 seconds behind Swirbul.
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