TdB, Stage4: Final Hill Climb Pursuit; Holly and Ian win stage, Elena and Isaac win Tour

It was an exciting afternoon at the final stage of the Tour de Berkshires: a pursuit-style hill climb up Petersburg Pass; finishing right on the New York border. Today saw two new victors emerge: Holly Whitney and Ian Nesbitt, who both had resounding wins. 

  Holly gapping the women's skate field by 53 seconds.  Hannah Smith and Elena Luthi followed her for the second and third place finishes.  For Holly, the win put her on the podium for 3rd place in the overall Tour.  Elena Luthi kept her overall lead to become the Tour champion, and Hannah Smith finished close behind in 2nd place. 

   In the men's skate race,  Ian put over a minute on his closest competitor, Kalle Jahn.  Vanya Rybkin placed third in the skate, which also netted him third place in the overall Tour.  Isaac Hoenig earned the overall Tour title, with champion-of-the-classic-stages, Erik Anderson, taking second overall. 

Ian

Holly

Cool down run on top of Petersburg Pass

Women's Skate podium: Hannah S (3), Holly (1), Elena (2)

Men's Skate podium: Vanya (3), Ian (1), Kalle (2)

TdB Podium: Holly (3), Elena (1), Hannah (2)

Men's TdB Podium: Vanya (3), Isaac (1), Erik (2)

On Three:

Women’s Skate Hill Climb Results

1. Holly Whitney  28:52

2. Hannah Smith    29:45

3. Elena Luthi      30:45

4. Hannah Hausman    31:26

5. Christina Knapp    32:39

6. Becca Bell         33:06

7. Kristen Halvorsen (classic)

Men’s Skate Hill Climb Results

1. Ian Nesbitt  25:22

2. Kalle Jahn  25:37

3. Vanya Rybkin  25:54

4. Dimitri Luthi  26:36

5. Will Wicherski  26:52

 6. Phil Tosteson    27:13

7. Isaac Hoenig   27:20

8. Casey Jones    28:23

9. Erik Anderson   28:27

10. Patrick Joslin    29:34

Men’s Overall TdB Results:

1. Isaac Hoenig  1:04:33

2. Erik Anderson1:04:45

3. Vanya Rybin  1:05:06

4. Kalle Jahn  1:05:48

5. Will Wicherski 1:06:10

6. Ian Nesbitt  1:06:11

7. Phil Tosteson 1:06:33

8. Casey Jones  1:07:33

9. Patrick Joslin  1:10:31

Women’s Overall TdB Results

1. Elena Luthi  1:03:20

2.  Hannah Smith  1:03:45

3. Holly Whitney  1:05:02

4. Christina Knapp  1:05:36

5. Hannah Hausman  1:07:43

6. Becca Bell  1:09:28

7. Kristin Halvorsen