Tinker Juarez raced in The Keyesville Classic this past weekend. The event has been held in California since 1988.
It was one of the first mountain bike races of the year for much of its history, and it’s still going on. The event was granted “Classic” status in 1995 by the the National Off-Road Bicycle Association (NORBA), making it one of the few events in the U.S. to receive this title.
This year’s event offered racing in both cross-country and enduro categories, including e-bike divisions, to appeal to the growing number of eMTB riders in our sport.
The event also had two vintage classes for riders who want to compete on older bikes. One class was open to riders racing on bikes from 1986 and earlier, and the other vintage bike class included bikes made from 1987 to 1998.
The Keyesville Classic takes place in the historic Keyesville Mining Area, a former 1850s gold rush town.
Tinker Juarez shared a couple of photos with us from this weeekend’s race.
The results come to us courtesy of MyResults.com
Tinker topped the podium in the Elite Men 50 and Over class.
When we checked the results, we saw that Tinker (who is now 64) had the fastest time of any rider in the three-lap version of the cross-country race, and that includes the e-bike riders.
Here are some of the key results that we found at myresults.com:
If you check the next two groups, you can see that Tinker’s winning time in the “Men Elite (Cat 1) 50+” class beat the winning time of the rider who chose to compete in the “Men Elite (Cat 1) 49- ” class.
