MUCKERS 2026 AUGUST CHAMPIONSHIP RACE 4.

ROUTE AND RACE DETAILS:

Whitefish | Great Divide | Montana | 16.8 miles | 574 ft. elevation

ROUVY SAY: Ride south from Lower Whitefish Road, follow the east-side corridor of Whitefish Lake into Whitefish, then turn east through the town’s straighter streets. Continue across the grid, step through the final right-angle turns, and finish on East Edgewood Drive.

WE SAY: This is going to be a fast finale to the August Championship. Can you hold onto a fast group on the 5 mile descent before 2 miles of moderate ascent splits the field up towards the halfway point. Keep an eye on your heart rate and your rivals, its a long flat section in the 2nd half to survive or catch those ahead.


FULL LEADERBOARD RESULTS FROM THIS RACE:

*Points before Ballast Added.

PosRiderTimePtsw/kgmphCat.
🥇BareRemi00:31:22.72453.432.1ELITE
🥈DonMatteo_0700:31:24.12423.532.1A2
🥉koniekupe00:31:24.32393.632.1A1
4Andrus1700:31:24.72374.132.1ELITE
5nielsbrynnum00:31:24.82353.332.1A2
6VeloBuch00:31:25.12304.732.1ELITE
7Grochang00:31:52.52272.931.6A2
8Yumile00:31:53.22243.131.6A3
9lrollin00:31:53.42223.431.6A1
10EddyDomino00:31:53.52203.531.6A3
11m-forby00:31:53.62153.631.6A2
12Stefan_Schmidt00:31:53.62123.431.6A3
13RaTim00:31:53.82093.231.6A2
14karel_sousek00:31:53.92073.331.6ELITE
15wolli.d00:31:53.92053.431.6A4
16MatthiasHeil00:31:53.92003.831.6A4
17laborg00:31:54.01973.331.6A4
18Thomas__DK00:31:54.11943.131.6A4
19MikeHagen00:31:54.21923.331.6A1
20Klinthomie00:31:54.31903.031.6A5
21MNHROUVY00:31:54.51853.231.6A4
22Andy_UP00:33:30.71823.130.1A4
23BTK_jiri70_cz00:33:30.91793.830.1A3
24UncleE6400:33:31.21773.030.1A6
25DanWren00:33:31.31753.430.1A6
26Fotochic00:33:31.41703.030.1A4
27simonjp00:33:31.51673.230.1A4
28Duckman200:33:32.51643.330.1A5
29Tim_Hall00:33:43.21623.829.9A2
30Risckys_SOB00:34:02.11603.329.6A5
31S.Ludford00:34:08.81553.029.5A6
32VilemStrakos00:34:22.21523.029.3A7
33Squalo_delle_Alpi00:34:22.31493.029.3A4
34DC00:34:24.01473.129.3A5
35BikeandDogTrips00:34:55.21453.628.9A4
36amartins00:35:00.81403.728.8A4
37rouvy1bryon00:35:05.31373.228.7A6
38enry196300:35:21.41342.928.5A4
394WorldPeace00:35:28.01322.928.4A5
40Andybmax00:36:04.31303.328.0A4
41Dean00700:36:05.01253.128.0A3
42Bates198000:36:28.01223.127.7A6
43Plamenak00:36:28.61192.427.7A8
44Jens_Teisen00:36:29.61172.927.6A6
45antyradziu00:36:48.41152.527.4A5
46sunniva00:37:20.41102.827.0A6
47Mikeee7300:37:21.01072.527.0A6
48stelviobound00:38:01.31042.526.5A7
49Beldar00:38:05.51022.326.5A8
50PierBeschi6400:38:05.81003.726.5A3
51Romfcmax00:38:06.9953.026.5A6
52Agu..40400:38:07.394.92.926.4A6
53PaulC7000:38:11.794.82.626.4A8
54JanGitaneVintageCykling00:38:13.594.73.426.4A5
55robinagy00:38:19.994.62.526.3A8
56Alturner00:38:54.094.52.825.9A7
57Jpa1400:39:18.894.42.725.6A7
58Culata00:39:55.594.33.125.3A6
59speedy_hog00:39:55.594.22.625.3A7
60Gunnera00:40:11.794.12.525.1A7
61st1_bike00:40:52.0942.824.7A7
62nikospetzetakis00:41:33.393.93.124.3A5
63cdtchris00:41:48.193.82.224.1A8
64siljas00:41:59.893.72.724.0A7
65NEVC00:42:00.293.62.324.0A9
66Cesarflecha00:42:11.393.52.324.0A9
67ronaldooreis00:43:12.293.42.623.3A7
68AlfredWorry00:43:36.993.32.123.1A9
69lorybstyle00:44:31.093.22.122.7A9
70Guia00:44:47.393.12.924.6A6
71The_Legend00:45:06.2932.222.3A9
72ALVAROSTRADA00:45:14.392.92.523.0A8
73Dok_PS00:45:14.592.82.522.3A4
74gabrielsanchez198800:45:37.692.72.022.1A9
75MHorth00:46:05.592.62.221.9A9
76sumeetsarkar00:46:18.292.51.821.8A9
77MOCH.Morten00:46:56.792.42.021.7A9
78shanevan10000:51:05.992.31.819.7A9
79elywoody00:51:17.492.23.525.3A4
80Waldie00:52:04.792.11.921.4A9
81MarkTorr300:52:21.6921.619.3A9
82MOCH.Casper00:52:51.591.91.519.1A9
83robthorne00:53:48.091.81.418.7A9
84a.karpf00:54:07.091.71.618.6A9
85Quent-100:57:38.691.61.617.5A9
86ABreum00:58:41.391.51.518.0A9
87drgailll01:02:49.291.41.016.0A9

CATEGORY ROUND UP:

Your Category is not set in stone! it is assessed after every race you do with us and possibly changed at the end of the month so please keep this in mind when checking your results

The top 3 in Each Category Leaderboard at the end of the Month, Get the chance to have Bonus Points Added to there World Championship Points BUT only if they managed to secure a top 50 place in the Months Championship.

The winner of the Category will get a promotion to the next category, but only if 2 or more riders have done all 4 races

The lowest points scorer whos done all 4 races will be relegated at long as 4 or more riders have done all 4 races.


TOP 3 ELITE RIDERS FROM THIS RACE:

BareRemi
Andrus17
VeloBuch

ELITE LEADERBOARD SO FAR THIS MONTH:

RiderPointsRaces
VeloBuch856.24
BareRemi847.24
karel_sousek814.14
Stefan793656.93
Andrus17377.82

TOP 3 CAT. A1 RIDERS FROM THIS RACE:

koniekupe
lrollin
MikeHagen

A1 LEADERBOARD SO FAR THIS MONTH:

RiderPointsRacesCat. change
lrollin828.84⬆️
MikeHagen790.34
koniekupe478.02
marcomartins119.01

TOP 3 CAT. A2 RIDERS FROM THIS RACE:

DonMatteo_07
nielsbrynnum
Grochang

A2 LEADERBOARD SO FAR THIS MONTH:

RiderPointsRacesCat. change
Tim_Hall766.24⬆️
RaTim663.94
m-forby627.63
nielsbrynnum614.63
DonMatteo_07473.42

TOP 3 CAT. A3 RIDERS FROM THIS RACE:

Yumile
EddyDomino
Stefan_Schmidt

A3 LEADERBOARD SO FAR THIS MONTH:

RiderPointsRacesCat. change
Yumile845.34⬆️
BTK_jiri70_cz757.44
EddyDomino728.34
Sublac72592.53
Stefan_Schmidt449.02

TOP 3 CAT. A4 RIDERS FROM THIS RACE:

wolli.d
MatthiasHeil
laborg

A4 LEADERBOARD SO FAR THIS MONTH:

RiderPointsRacesCat. change
MatthiasHeil789.04⬆️
wolli.d785.04
BikeandDogTrips740.04
simonjp708.04
MNHROUVY697.04
Squalo_delle_Alpi618.04⬇️

TOP 3 CAT. A5 RIDERS FROM THIS RACE:

Klinthomie
Duckman2
Risckys_SOB

A5 LEADERBOARD SO FAR THIS MONTH:

RiderPointsRacesCat. change
Klinthomie661.04⬆️
Duckman2572.74
4WorldPeace500.94
antyradziu474.03
KonaBleit391.02

TOP 3 CAT. A6 RIDERS FROM THIS RACE:

UncleE64
DanWren
S.Ludford

A6 LEADERBOARD SO FAR THIS MONTH:

RiderPointsRacesCat. change
DanWren654.04⬆️
UncleE64644.04
Bates1980505.04
sunniva491.84⬇️
rouvy1bryon444.03

TOP 3 CAT. A7 RIDERS FROM THIS RACE:

VilemStrakos
stelviobound
Alturner

A7 LEADERBOARD SO FAR THIS MONTH:

RiderPointsRacesCat. change
VilemStrakos467.44⬆️
stelviobound438.24
ronaldooreis186.52
LarsK71125.01
blinkybob110.01

TOP 3 CAT. A8 RIDERS FROM THIS RACE:

Plamenak
Beldar
PaulC70

A8 LEADERBOARD SO FAR THIS MONTH:

RiderPointsRacesCat. change
PaulC70378.14⬆️
cdtchris375.74
Plamenak234.02
adamos777104.01
Beldar102.01

TOP 3 CAT. A9 RIDERS FROM THIS RACE:

NEVC
Cesarflecha
AlfredWorry

A9 LEADERBOARD SO FAR THIS MONTH:

RiderPointsRaces
MOCH_Ruben94.61
MikeTara94.21
Sarrang3494.11
Lozito94.01
NickHayward8894.01

THIS MONTHS TOP 100 LEADERBOARD SO FAR:

*Ballast added to this table

The Aim here is to get into the top 50 positions by the end of each 4 week period. If you do, you get World Championship points that are updated every month for the year.

Top 10 at the end of the Month get ballast added which is basically a percentage figure your points get deduced by and lasts for the whole of the year

We use your best 10 Months Out of 12 for the world championship.

PosRiderCat.PointsRacesBallastC.BW.CW/C
🥇VeloBuchELITE856.2410.25%105060
🥈BareRemiELITE847.2412.75%74956
🥉YumileA3845.341.25%104858
4lrollinA1828.847.50%104757
5karel_sousekELITE814.149.75%54651
6MikeHagenA1790.343.50%74552
7MatthiasHeilA4789.040.75%104454
8wolli.dA4785.041.75%74350
9Tim_HallA2766.243.75%104252
10BTK_jiri70_czA3757.441.25%74148
11BikeandDogTripsA4740.040.00%54045
12EddyDominoA3728.342.50%53944
13simonjpA4708.040.00%3838
14MNHROUVYA4697.040.00%3737
15RaTimA2663.940.00%73643
16KlinthomieA5661.040.00%103545
17Stefan793ELITE656.938.00%3434
18DanWrenA6654.040.00%103343
19UncleE64A6644.040.00%73239
20m-forbyA2627.632.25%53136
21Squalo_delle_AlpiA4618.040.00%3030
22nielsbrynnumA2614.632.75%2929
23laborgA4614.430.75%2828
24Thomas__DKA4601.530.25%2727
25Sublac72A3592.531.25%2626
26Duckman2A5572.740.00%72532
27Andy_UPA4538.030.00%2424
28Bates1980A6505.040.00%52328
294WorldPeaceA5500.940.00%52227
30sunnivaA6491.840.00%2121
31koniekupeA1478.020.00%52025
32antyradziuA5474.030.00%1919
33DonMatteo_07A2473.420.75%1818
34VilemStrakosA7467.440.00%101727
35Stefan_SchmidtA3449.020.00%1616
36rouvy1bryonA6444.030.00%1515
37stelvioboundA7438.240.00%71421
38S.LudfordA6437.030.00%1313
39ChakA4394.330.00%1212
40KonaBleitA5391.020.00%1111
41PaulC70A8378.140.00%101020
42Andrus17ELITE377.828.75%99
43cdtchrisA8375.740.00%7815
44enry1963A4294.020.00%77
45LinVA6289.020.00%66
46ValRdzA5283.020.00%55
47DCA5257.020.00%44
48TudenELITE242.010.00%33
49Bor79A5239.020.00%22
50PlamenakA8234.020.00%516
51chajensenELITE224.010.00%0
52GrochangA2212.816.25%0
53Berty-Bassett6A4212.010.00%0
Jared_WayneA2212.010.00%0
55BartVandenBrandeA2209.010.00%0
56Fabi4nA3194.010.00%0
57WildmarkA2192.010.00%0
58ronaldooreisA7186.520.00%0
59mgrant10A2185.010.00%0
60tranbergA4182.010.00%0
61RamboRobA4175.010.00%0
62bartttA4170.010.00%0
FotochicA4170.010.00%0
64ludwigdbA3164.010.00%0
PikillessenA6164.010.00%0
66KingmagicA3162.010.00%0
67Risckys_SOBA5160.010.00%0
68Kasx68A4149.010.00%0
69AlaindeGroen_Beat_632A2147.010.00%0
SebLSA4147.010.00%0
71ForjaA5145.010.00%0
ogeeA5145.010.00%0
vezelfA4145.010.00%0
74amartinsA4140.010.00%0
KowarzaninA2140.010.00%0
76Amos640607A4137.010.00%0
CelestinaJA5137.010.00%0
78Alex79WestFRA3134.010.00%0
79AndybmaxA4130.010.00%0
Don_PedroA4130.010.00%0
SlyflyA5130.010.00%0
82Dean007A3125.010.00%0
LarsK71A7125.010.00%0
NoobnumberoneA4125.010.00%0
85kvaningenA5122.010.00%0
86Donglin_LuA5119.010.00%0
marcomartinsA1119.010.00%0
88Jens_TeisenA6117.010.00%0
89blinkybobA7110.010.00%0
90Mikeee73A6107.010.00%0
PLS-ALS-Diagnosed7A6107.010.00%0
Tomek1985A7107.010.00%0
vargapeterA4107.010.00%0
94adamos777A8104.010.00%0
Belgian66A5104.010.00%0
CraighewesA6104.010.00%0
97BeldarA8102.010.00%0
LAMISA7102.010.00%0
Nathan1406A5102.010.00%0
100FacciuA5100.010.00%0
PierBeschi64A3100.010.00%0
sttxA6100.010.00%0
vero-rA6100.010.00%0

WHATS NEXT TO COME:

Remember you are more than welcome to come and race with us on any of our races even if the championships are of no interest to you. The more the merrier!! These championships are just here as extra motivation and fun ways to train.

Sunday Hill Climb (aka the Sunday hill climb championship)

Alpine Panorama route | Stage 7 | Fribourg – Montbovon | 35.03 miles | 2,949 ft. elevation

Leave the historic city of Fribourg and head south through the Gruyère valley. Ride past Lake Gruyère, the medieval town of Gruyères and into the foothills of the Swiss Alps, finishing in the scenic Pays-d’Enhaut region.

Single event this Sunday with the usual am/pm timeslots available. This route is not our typical hill climb, a nice 3000ft elevation but we would describe this route as ‘punchy’.

Search “Muckers Sunday” in the event search function on ROUVY to find all the scheduled climbs we have created so far. All start times included in the championship.

Tuesday Race Night Warm Up Race

Gravel | Madison Buffalo Jump State Park | Montana | 6.75 miles | 230 ft. elevation

Ride north-northeast from Madison Road, follow the road east of the Madison River, and reach the route highlight around 9.30 km. Turn east across the open grid, swing south on the eastern leg toward Buffalo Jump Road, and finish on Buffalo Jump Road near the Madison Buffalo Jump State Monument area.

Tuesday Race Night (aka the w/kg training championship)

Butte | Great Divide | Montana | 12.41 miles | 1,191 ft. elevation

Ride south from Phillips Street in Butte, roll out from the Floral Park edge near I-90 and reach the route highlight around 4.8 km. Hold the southbound corridor east of Bert Mooney Airport, continue past the 375 marker, then bend southwest through the final open road section to finish on Moose Creek Road.

First Tuesday of the month so we have a 2.0w/kg target this week. The climb is at the end so no need to get extra watts in the bank as it may be hard to shed any extra watts over 2w/kg on the final climb.

Search “Muckers Tuesday” in the event search function on ROUVY to find all the scheduled races we have created so far at the 6 different start times. All start times included in the championship

Thursday Race Night (aka the world championship)

Columbia Falls | Great Divide | Montana | 14.18 miles | 577 ft. elevation

Ride east-southeast from Wisconsin Avenue in Whitefish, leave the town edge and follow the grid roads toward Halfmoon. Reach the route highlight after the fifteenth kilometre, pass near Country Estates Mobile Home Park, enter the Columbia Falls corridor, then turn south through the final grid section and finish on Middle Road.

It’s week 1 of a new championship month so that means one thing, a no draft TT. A good TT route, short, flat enough for the big riders but a number of short 6% and 7% kickers to make sure they don’t have it all their way and balance the favour to the lighter riders.

Search “Muckers championship” in the event search function on ROUVY to find all the scheduled races we have created so far at the 7 different start times. All start times included in the championship


TO FINISH OFF:

EDIT since blog first published: We received information that Stefan793 received a Rouvy DSQ tonight that, on review, does not look justified and has cost him 1st place (verified by the following rider). It is our view that a glitch, whether a Rouvy fault or Rider fault should be viewed as a racing incident and the Rouvy result is deemed final .. however .. we will manually intervene if we receive communication and evidence that we accept as accurate within 1 hour of the last rider finishing the race. Unfortunately, we did not get this information before publication of the results and we have the 1 hour rule as retrospective amendments for situations beyond our control would take too much time.


A reminder for the Category Promotion & Relegation criteria:

Highest Rider in each category* is promoted providing they, and at least one other same category opponent, have competed in all 4 events. (*highest Cat 9 rider is only promoted to A8 if they are ‘Verified’ to be providing heart rate data).

Lowest Rider that has competed in all 4 events in each category is relegated, any rider who has finished in the overall Top 3 bonus points positions is NOT relegated.


We are really pleased with the Category system and the level of engagement it has developed and encouraged. It’s great to see the races within the race and how it impacts the strategies of individual riders.

We feel fixed Categories would still see the same faces as winners each month even if the category bands were narrow (eg. 2.8w/kg-3.0w/kg). Promotion/Relegation creates a reward, performance and participation system that keeps it both dynamic and engaging. Promotion gives you the opportunity and reward of testing yourself against stronger opposition, Relegation makes you the big fish in the next pond and the opportunity to gain bonus points and bounce back up. Hopefully, you have all been in a competitive promotion or relegation battle at some point this year. We are also seeing that most categories are evolving towards multiple regular participants, increasing competition and helping riders naturally find their correct Category without our manual intervention, A1 and A2 still need to catch up a little but they will get there.


Hopefully somebody from the MOCH e-cykling team sees this blog. Firstly, welcome to Muckers Worldwide racing events, great to have you onboard, unfortunately we are unable to include any performance in our results without heart rate data (unless the rider is classified as A9). We just wanted to let you know, it may not be important to you, but if you would like to be included reach out to us in the comments below and we can guide you on the requirements.


World championship blog will be updated a little later this month while we give Neil a chance to return from holiday and kick start his computer again, so expect the finished article to be shared during the first week of September.

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9 Responses

  1. Klinthomie says:

    Welp! I made it?! I guess I am looking forward to competing in a stacked A4 …

    but without Manuel – noooo! Hopefully we can soon cross paths again.

    Thanks for a fun August. Thank you Steven and Kyle for organizing and recapping!

    • Eric H. (UncleE64) says:

      Congrats and well done! Congrats too to the others who won their categories – especially Dan Wren going from A6 to A5.

    • Paul bateman says:

      You have done a great job the past couple of months 👍👍 getting up there with the fastest

  2. Steven Ludford says:

    Rinse and Repeat tactic from last week by hitching a ride on the downhill train. Approx 35 minutes estimate so I felt 3.1w/kg could be achievable so I wanted to be below that target after the descent so I could keep fighting afterwards. I was still out of my depth in strong company and finally had to let go on the smallest of lumps 4 miles from the end. I was now solo with about 6 riders in a group 0.25 miles behind .. somehow I held them off by 14 seconds, but it was no picnic, as we say.

    • Eric H. (UncleE64) says:

      Hi Ste – if you had the TT wheels you would have stuck with us! , Total respect for you sticking to the road wheels. Cheers!

  3. Mike Hagen says:

    Downhill start, a few rollers, then flattish. 32 in the lead group at the base of the first ramp. It’s apparent that a lot of riders are doing a lot of races and are getting pretty good at this. That was a strong group! Four groups after that first climb, then my third group caught the second on the second little climb. We 15 were 500 m behind the lead group of 8 hitters, hammering mindlessly away, too fast for any tactics. Finish sprint: I was well positioned, but, I dunno, maybe not the best legs today, ended up 13th of 15 in the group.

    I was happy to see the August results in the blog showing I’d hung onto 6th in GC (by less than a point ahead of Matthias!). I’d been thinking I’d lost so many points today! Nice that there was no damage after all. Welcome, Tim_Hall, to A1. You gotta do the main event so we can keep an eye on you, huh?

  4. Brian Westfall (4WorldPeace) says:

    I had a decent start but found myself a little deeper in the big lead pack. Got in with some good riders and manage to get back with the leaders. As expected, I fell behind on the climb and found my self in the 40s. I crested with with a group out of my league (antyradziu, enry1963, amartins, BikeandDogTrips) Sorry of I missed anyone, Not sure how but I stayed with this group, trying to do my part. antyrdziu fell behind with around the 3/4 mark and I just couldn’t hold on until the end, losing the group about the 15 mi mark. The group behind was about .5 miles behind so I didn’t get past and I managed to keep my speed up enough to beat my average speed goal of 28 mph at 28.4. Finished in 39 place, and by default manage to place 3rd in A5, get some bonus points, and not get demoted LOL. I don’t think I have the same outcome next month with stronger riders coming from below and above. Oh well, tons of fun, and I love the challenge!! Thanks to all the riders I rode with this month and all that are putting in so much time and effort keeping this amazing train going.

    • Paul bateman says:

      You done a great job keeping up with the A5 group. For some reason i am ahead of you in points this month and i’m not sure why?? I was 1sec ahead of you on week one but behind you on all the others. Seems like you should have had more points

  5. Manuel Lamber SHARK says:

    I decided to race the final event out of fairness and a sense of team spirit, even though I was coming off three days of intense riding. Naturally, I was lacking a bit of power by the end, but I worked with a solid group of four to hold off the chasers—and we almost caught Steven right at the finish. It’s almost a joke: the one month where the courses were perfect for me, I ended up getting relegated—so I won’t be able to race directly against Kris… Oh well. Maybe resting would have been the smarter move to stay in A4, but it makes me wonder if they shouldn’t also relegate riders who don’t complete all four races—since they didn’t fully commit to the series, or perhaps skipped a race for tactical reasons… Food for thought. 💪👍🦈

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