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Bruce Harmon

2003-06-25

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Rose Festival/Mt. Tabor bicycle race: Sunday, June 29th

 Portland, Oregon June 25, 2003 ? Team Rose City (formerly Rose City

Wheelmen), Oregon?s oldest bicycle club, is holding one of Oregon?s major

bicycle races Sunday, June 29, 2003 at Mt. Tabor Park in southeast Portland.

The race will take place around the upper reservoir on a hilly, 1.3-mile

loop. Officially sanctioned by the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association, the

race will actually include eleven separate events for all ages and

competitive levels.

 The Phil Hohnstein Memorial Classic, for many years part of the Rose

Festival, returned last year as an officially sanctioned Rose Festival

event. Team Rose City, the bicycle club co-founded by Hohnstein, has brought

the event back as an officially sanctioned Rose Festival event.

 Major sponsors include Russ Auto Group, Portland Tribune, Northwest

NewsChannel 8 and River City Bicycles. Additional race sponsors include

Kissler?s Bicycles of Beaverton, Higgins Restaurant, Alpenrose Dairy,

Coventry Cycle Works, the new web-only Oregon Magazine, and the Bicycle

Transportation Alliance.

 ?The Mt. Tabor Classic has a long and interesting history,? said race

director Bruce Harmon of Team Rose City. ?Top cycling athletes will be

participating. This is an interesting and entertaining race to watch. There

are many vantage points around the course to watch colorful bicycles and

riders representing teams from around the Northwest is exciting races all

day from 8:45 am to 4:30 pm.?

 ?As one of the most challenging races of the 2003 season for the

150-200 competitors, each circuit through the beautiful forested park

includes a hill that climbs 136 feet in elevation each lap while the speeds

on the descents often exceed 40 miles per hour,? Harmon added. Prize purse

will exceed $3000.00.

Recumbents also to race

 Adding interest to traditional bicycle racing, is a recumbent cycle

event. The low-slung recumbents will compete in a three-lap exhibition race,

which is the only race of this type in Oregon.

 Team Rose City has promoted the Mt. Tabor race annually since 1952.

The event is named after the late Phil Hohnstein, the race originator and

sponsor until the early 1990s. Hohnstein owned Phil?s Bicycle Shop on N.E.

Broadway for nearly four decades, and was a charter member of Rose City

Wheelmen.

 Founded in 1951, Team Rose City celebrates its 52nd anniversary this

year as Oregon?s oldest bicycle club. Members of Team Rose City have been

dominant in competitive cycling at local, state, national and international

levels, winning many senior and masters state and national championships.

Club members also won gold, silver and bronze medals at the World Masters

Games held in Portland in 1998.

Schedule of races:

Time Category

8:45 Juniors

9:05 Men 5/Novice

9:25 Masters 50+

9:55 Masters 35-49

10:45 Men 4

11:20 Women 4/35+

11:55 Tandems

12:15 Recumbents

12;35 Men 3

1:30 Women 1/2/3

2:25 Men pro 1/2

4:30 END

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<H3>Rose Festival/Mt. Tabor bicycle race: Sunday, June 29th 

</H3> Portland, Oregon June 25, 2003 – Team Rose City (formerly Rose City Wheelmen), Oregon’s oldest bicycle club, is holding one of Oregon’s major bicycle races Sunday, June 29, 2003 at Mt. Tabor Park in southeast Portland. The race will take place around the upper reservoir on a hilly, 1.3-mile loop. Officially sanctioned by the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association, the race will actually include eleven separate events for all ages and competitive levels. 

 The Phil Hohnstein Memorial Classic, for many years part of the Rose Festival, returned last year as an officially sanctioned Rose Festival event. Team Rose City, the bicycle club co-founded by Hohnstein, has brought the event back as an officially sanctioned Rose Festival event. 

 Major sponsors include Russ Auto Group, Portland Tribune, Northwest NewsChannel 8 and River City Bicycles. Additional race sponsors include Kissler’s Bicycles of Beaverton, Higgins Restaurant, Alpenrose Dairy, Coventry Cycle Works, the new web-only Oregon Magazine, and the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. 

 “The Mt. Tabor Classic has a long and interesting history,” said race director Bruce Harmon of Team Rose City. “Top cycling athletes will be participating. This is an interesting and entertaining race to watch. There are many vantage points around the course to watch colorful bicycles and riders representing teams from around the Northwest is exciting races all day from 8:45 am to 4:30 pm.” 

 

 “As one of the most challenging races of the 2003 season for the 150-200 competitors, each circuit through the beautiful forested park includes a hill that climbs 136 feet in elevation each lap while the speeds on the descents often exceed 40 miles per hour,” Harmon added. Prize purse will exceed $3000.00. 

Recumbents also to race 

 Adding interest to traditional bicycle racing, is a recumbent cycle event. The low-slung recumbents will compete in a three-lap exhibition race, which is the only race of this type in Oregon. 

 Team Rose City has promoted the Mt. Tabor race annually since 1952. The event is named after the late Phil Hohnstein, the race originator and sponsor until the early 1990s. Hohnstein owned Phil’s Bicycle Shop on N.E. Broadway for nearly four decades, and was a charter member of Rose City Wheelmen. 

 Founded in 1951, Team Rose City celebrates its 52nd anniversary this year as Oregon’s oldest bicycle club. Members of Team Rose City have been dominant in competitive cycling at local, state, national and international levels, winning many senior and masters state and national championships. Club members also won gold, silver and bronze medals at the World Masters Games held in Portland in 1998. 







Schedule of races:











Time Category 

8:45 Juniors 

9:05 Men 5/Novice 

9:25 Masters 50+ 

9:55 Masters 35-49 

10:45 Men 4 

11:20 Women 4/35+ 

11:55 Tandems 

12:15 Recumbents 

12;35 Men 3 

1:30 Women 1/2/3 

2:25 Men pro 1/2 

4:30 END





 







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