Nevada City Classic

Nevada City Classic

Race details
Date	June (commonly on Father's Day)
Region	Nevada City, California, United States
Organiser	Charlie Allert
History
First edition	1961 (1961)
First winner	Bob Tetzlaff (USA)
Most recent	Gavin Murray (USA)
History (women)
Most recent	Eleanor Velez (USA)

The Nevada City Classic (previously: Tour of Nevada City; Father's Day Bicycle Classic), is a one-day road cycling race^[1] held in Nevada City, California. Established in 1960, the Nevada City Classic commonly occurs on Father's Day and brings in thousands of visitors to Nevada County.^[2] While the first race brought out approximately 1,500 spectators,^[3] the numbers have swelled to 15,000 spectators in recent years.^[4] Sponsored by the Nevada City Chamber of commerce, the schedule includes Women's, Junior's, and Master's races, in addition to the Men's main event. Past winners include Greg LeMond.

Course

The 90-minute race includes 40 laps on a twisty and hilly 1.1 mi (1.8 km) circuit^[5] with over 300 feet of climbing.^[6] The course, basically unchanged since its advent, is considered by experts to be the toughest one-mile criterium in the United States.^[3]

History

Established in 1960, the Nevada City Classic is the largest and oldest bicycle race on the West Coast, as well as the second-oldest bicycle race in the country.^[6][7] It was initiated by Charlie Allert, a native of Dresden, Germany, who had been a bicycle racer and master lithographer before arriving in Nevada City by way of San Francisco.^[3] With a course laid out by Allert, the first race was held on Father's Day 1961.

The 1961 and 1962 races were won by Bob Tetzlaff, a Los Gatos school teacher. Starting in 1963 when he was 18 years old, Bob Parsons from Pasadena won the race the next five years. John Howard won in 1970.^[8] Greg LeMond was the winner for the three consecutive years of 1979-81 and he was subsequently honored when the Nevada City City Council proclaimed August 11, 1986 as "Greg LeMond Day".^[3] Todd Gogulski (1986, 1988), Scott Moninger (1994, 1997, 1999, 2006), Alexi Grewal (1993), and Levi Leipheimer (1998) also took the top spot.^[8] Having participated in the race 19 years earlier,^[1] Lance Armstrong returned in 2009, and won using illegal drugs and methods, and has been disqualified with the result voided^[9] It was hailed at the time as the first victory of his comeback as it preceded his return to the Tour de France.^[10] Ian Boswell was the winner in 2010.^[5]

In 1997, the race was designated a National Classic Pro Points Race,^[11] and thirteen years later, in 2010, its course became the starting point of the Stage 1 of the Tour of California.^[12]

Winners

Men

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1961	Bob Tetzlaff
1962	Bob Tetzlaff
1963	Bob Parsons	Dave Capron	Ian Mahon
1964	Bob Parsons	Tim Kelly	Sharp
1965	Bob Parsons	David Brink	Ward Thompson
1966	Bob Parsons
1967	Bob Parsons	David Brink (cyclist)	Dan Butler
1968	David Brink	John Allis	Dan Butler
1969	Bill Wild
1970	John Howard
1971	Fred Fisk	Geoffrey Conley	Richard Baronna
1972	Dave Walters	Don Davis	Harry Morton
1973	Keith Vierra	Gary Fisher	Steve Lundgren
1974	Ed Parrot	Bill Wild
1975	Bill Wild	Don Davis
1976	Mark Pringle	Larry Malone	Tim Kelly
1977	Rick Baldwin	Bob Cook	Larry Shields
1978	Bob Cook	Kent Bostick	Ron Miller
1979	Greg LeMond	William Watkins
1980	Greg LeMond	Toby Power	Keith Vierra
1981	Greg LeMond	Greg Demgen	Wayne Stetina
1982	Toby Power	Jeff Pierce	Glenn Sanders
1983	Dale Stetina
1984	Greg Demgen
1985	Jeff Pierce
1986	Todd Gogulski
1987	Gervais Rioux
1988	Todd Gogulski
1989	Mark Caldwell
1990	Nate Reiss	Scott Moninger	Bart Bowen
1991	Chris Huber
1992	Michael Engleman	Scott Moninger	Wayne Morgan
1993	Alexi Grewal
1994	Scott Moninger	Michael Engleman	Bobby Julich
1995	Michael Engleman	Tyler Hamilton	Nate Reiss
1996	Chad Gerlach	Thurlow Rogers	Scott Moninger
1997	Scott Moninger	Chris Horner	Chad Gerlach
1998	Michael Engleman	Levi Leipheimer	David Clinger
1999[13]	Scott Moninger	David Clinger	Chad Gerlach
2000[14]	John Peters	Trent Klasna	Frank McCormack
2001	Ernesto Lechuga
2002	Antonio Cruz
2003[15]	Eric Wohlberg	James Mattis	Justin England
2004	Justin England	Antonio Cruz	Philip Zajicek
2005[16]	Burke Swindlehurst	Andrew Bajadali	Alex Candelario
2006[17]	Scott Moninger	Gordon McCauley	Antonio Cruz
2007[18]	Darren Lill	Scott Moninger	Antonio Cruz
2008[19]	Justin England	Scott Nydam	Graham Howard
2009[20] · [21]	Lance Armstrong	Ben Jacques-Maynes	Levi Leipheimer
2010[22]	Ian Boswell	Paul Mach	Zachary Davies
2011[23]	Ian Boswell	Evan Huffman	Nathaniel English
2012	Stephen Leece	Nathaniel English	Chuck Hutcheson
2013[24]	Stephen Leece	Roman Kilun	Jon Hornbeck
2014[25]	Walton Brush	Torey Philipp	Chris Harland-Dunaway
2015[26]	Nathaniel English	Max Jenkins	Colin Daw
2016[27]	Jason Saltzman	Cameron Bronstein	Chris Riekert
2017[28]	Chris Riekert	Cameron Bronstein	Torey Philipp
2018[29]	Chris Riekert	Aria Kiani	Robert Skinner
2019[30]	Gavin Murray	William Myers	Ford Murphy
2020	Cancelled

Women

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1978	Heidi Hopkins
1979	Heidi Hopkins
1980	Cindy Olivarri
1981	Cindy Olivarri
1982	Cancelled
1983	Charlene Nicholson
1984	Cindy Olivarri
1985	Inga Thompson
1986	Rebecca Twigg
1987	Chris Paragary
1988	Katrin Tobin
1989	Inga Thompson
1990	Katrin Tobin
1991	Sally Zack
1992	Suzie Forsyth	Michelle Blain	Jacquie Phelan
1993	Shari Kain	Jacquie Phelan	Julie Young
1994	Shari Kain	Linda Jackson	Susy Pryde
1995	Stace Cooper	Ellen Krimmel	Belinda Heerwagen
1996	Laura Mullen
1997	Julie Hudetz	Cynthia Mommsen	Helena Drumm
1998	Joan Wilson
1999[13]	Karen Kurreck	Julie Hanson	Caren Spore
2000[14]	Belem Guerrero	Julie Young	Susy Pryde
2001	Cynthia Mommsen
2002	?
2003[15]	Eryn Hanna	Jane Despas	Cynthia Mommsen
2004	Cindy Carroll
2005[16]	Barbara Howe	Cynthia Mommsen	Taitt Sato
2006[17]	Helene Drumm	Kimberly Anderson	Amber Rais
2007	Shelley Olds
2008[19]	Sarah Bamberger	Betina Hold	Ally Stacher
2009[21]	Shelley Olds	Brooke Miller	Kateřina Nash
2010[22]	Kateřina Nash	Megan Guarnier	Kendall Ryan
2011[23]	Kateřina Nash	Emily Kachorek	Susannah Breen
2012	Kateřina Nash	Flávia Oliveira	Amy Thornquist
2013[24]	Elle Anderson	Joanna Bechtel	Cristina Hughes
2014[25]	Katie Hall	Kathryn Donovan	Alison Starnes
2015[26]	Shelley Evans	Chloé Dygert	Liza Rachetto
2016[27]	Diane Moug	Sara Enders	Amy Cameron
2017[28]	Amy Cameron	Megan Ruble	Melanie Wong
2018[29]	Lisa Cordova	Amity Gregg	Ellie Velez
2019[30]	Ellie Velez	Jennifer Tafoya	Megan Brinkmeyer
2020	Cancelled

References

External links

• Official website