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Viva Las Vegas!<\/span><\/p>\n Pic by Rich Cruse<\/a> . Check out more race pics on Rich’s Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n I had a good season opener, despite a few hic- ups on the bike. (a small crash and a twisted chain)<\/p>\n Josiah Middaugh from Colorado had a 1.15 lead after a phenomenal bike, but to my surprise I slowly reeled him in on the 1st (of 2) super hilly run laps. On the 2nd we dueled head to head, and with 2k to go I attacked and got a little gap on Josiah. I told him afterward if he had worn the Avia AVI Stoltz racing shoes, he would have won…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Josiah, myself (conrad stoltz) and Steve Larsen (6th?)<\/p>\n Dan Hugo<\/a> finished 3rd and after him the field was blown wide open.<\/p>\n Melanie McQuaid<\/a> had a really gutsy race and beat Shonny Van Landingham and Lesley Patterson.<\/p>\n Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Conrad Stoltz 2:16:06 Viva Las Vegas! Pic by Rich Cruse . Check out more race pics on Rich’s Twitter. I had a good season opener, despite a few hic- ups on the bike. (a small crash and a twisted chain) Josiah Middaugh from Colorado had a 1.15 lead after a phenomenal bike, but to my surprise I slowly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[92,137,139],"tags":[1754,1758,657,1797,1801,1815,1838],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n![\"3guys.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/www.conradstoltz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/3guys.jpg\")
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\n2 Josiah Middaugh 2:16:38
\n3 Dan Hugo 2:21:12
\n4 Mike Vine 2:24:06
\n5 Jasper Blake 2:25:40
\n6 Steve Larsen 2:26:34
\n7 Justin Thomas 2:28:24
\n8 Brian Smith 2:28:40
\n9 Craig Evans 2:29:26
\n10 Brandon Rakita 2:31:20
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