Locals compete in Chafe 150 Gran Fondo
Sandpoint’s Eric Donenfeld flexes a muscle before finishing 8th in the 40-mile race on Saturday.
Photo by MAX OSWALD
A group of bikers chat after finishing the 40-mile race.
Sandpoint's John Lampignano cruises to a sixth-place finish in the 40-mile race.
A biker celebrates before reaching the finish line on Saturday.
Sandpoint's Peter Goetzinger approaches the finish line. Goetzinger finished 11th in the 80-mile race.
SANDPOINT – The Sandpoint Rotary Club held another successful CHAFE 150 Gran Fondo Saturday, June 17. Many local riders came out to compete in races ranging from 25 to 150 miles to a gravel-only ride.
The highest local finisher in the 150-mile race was Sagle’s Christian Rocholl, who finished in 14th place overall with a time of 8:12:50. Not far behind Rocholl was Beth Stoner of Sandpoint who finished 19th overall with a time of 8:48:43; she was the third overall female and first in the 60-69 age category.
In the 80-mile race, Bonner County riders made up four out of the top 11 finishers. Jeremy Sears of Sandpoint finished in fourth place with a time of 4:39:10. The other three riders all finished within nine seconds of each other – Kenny Kovalchuk of Sandpoint in 4:58:40, Vicki Reich of Sagle in 4:58:46, and Peter Goetzinger of Sandpoint in 4:58.49.
The 40-mile and 25-mile races mostly consisted of local riders. John Faggard of Sandpoint finished fifth in the 40-mile race with a time of 2:08:25. In the 25-mile race Hannah and Kandy Alley of Sandpoint finished in first and second with finishing times of 1:25:52 and 1:26:05, respectively.
In the gravel race, Spencer Grasl of Bonners Ferry finished first with an impressive 2:52:49 finish which was minutes ahead of the competition.
Full results can be found at bikesignup.com/Race/ID/Sandpoint/Chafe150
