Saturday April 14, 2018
Stage 5 is the Industry Nine’s Land of the Waterfall route.
This final stage shuttles racers by bus to a remote start. From there riders start the long steep climb up to Farlow’s Gap. Then starts the technical decent down Farlow and Daniel’s Ridge, crossing several waterfalls along the way. Racers get a much needed break at Davidson River and then the grueling seven mile climb to Bracken Mountain begins. Bracken Mountain is the final Enduro section and includes fast flow sections, switchbacks and even some climbing. Riders then finish at the Brevard Music Center to celebrate.
Racers board buses for a shuttle up to a remote start.
Stacey Mulligan climbs her singlespeed up to Farlow’s Gap.
Bacon handups!
Dylan Johnson wins stage five but is unable to gain enough to move up to the podium. Travis Livermon wins the Pisgah Stage Race, Tristan Cowie a close 2nd just 5 minutes back and Kerry Werner hangs on for 3rd.
The top five finishers in the Men’s open are:
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Team Name | Stage 5 Time | Total Time | ||||||||||
| 1 | TRAVIS | LIVERMON | 02:04:18.914 | 11:11:30.087 | |||||||||||
| 2 | TRISTAN | COWIE | Sycamore Cycles | 02:04:51.749 | 11:16:02.328 | ||||||||||
| 3 | KERRY | WERNER | Kona Endurance Team | 02:05:48.195 | 11:23:22.490 | ||||||||||
| 4 | TRISTAN | UHL | Giant co-factory | 02:02:08.040 | 11:27:43.678 | ||||||||||
| 5 | DYLAN | JOHNSON | Leska MTB Racing | 02:02:01.091 | 11:31:54.422 | ||||||||||
Men’s Open overall podium: 1st Travis Livermon, 2nd Tristan Cowie, 3rd Kerry Werner
In the Women’s Division Jena Greaser seals up the win for the overall title. Ada Xinxo finishes 2nd about 20 minutes back from Jena. Jen Nielson comes in 3rd with a total time of 15hrs.
The top five finishers in the Women’s open are:
| Division: OPEN WOMEN | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | State/Country | Team Name | Stage 5 Time | Total Time | |||||||||
| 1 | JENA | GREASER | BRITISH COLUMBIA | 02:33:10.703 | 14:02:18.872 | ||||||||||
| 2 | ADA | XINXO | SPAIN | Trideporte / Tracks Ibiza | 02:37:28.600 | 14:22:46.266 | |||||||||
| 3 | JEN | NIELSON | SC | I9 SouthPaw Cycles Liv | 02:44:15.022 | 15:00:43.499 | |||||||||
| 4 | JEN | TOOPS | OH | Pearl Izumi/Pivot Cycles | 02:47:53.208 | 15:25:44.563 | |||||||||
| 5 | KAARIN | TAE | NS | 02:50:51.549 | 15:41:42.228 | ||||||||||
Women’s Open overall podium: 1st Jena Greaser, 2nd Ada Xinxo, 3rd Jen Nielson
Men’s Enduro Podium: 1st Kerry Werner, 2nd Tristan Cowie, 3rd Tristan Uhl
Women’s Enduro Podium: 1st Jena Greaser, 2nd Kim Quinlan, 3rd Meghan Korol
Watch the Stage 5 video recap:
For full stage results click here: