FeVa Fotos: The chase!
FeVa Fotos: This gives an idea of the climb ... 2,200 feet in just a few miles.
FeVa Fotos: A touch of red!
FeVa Fotos: Love the green mushrooms!
FeVa Fotos: Pro Women with a vast backdrop.
FeVa Fotos: Going down is lots more fun! After each group reached the top, they had to come back down ... no holding room up there.
FeVa Fotos: It's like a caravan! The Men's Pro bikers and their support vehicles train across the mesa below the climb.
FeVa Fotos: Rory Sutherland (in blue at right) barely leads Joe Dombrowski (in red) in the first stage of the Tour of the Gila, the 92.7-mile run to the summit near Mogollon, NM. Rory had the best time of the day, 12 seconds ahead of Joe.
FeVa Fotos: Pro Men ascend the slope.
FeVa Fotos: The "fixer" passes a string of riders.
FeVa Fotos: A small cluster struggles up the grade.
FeVa Fotos: Alone among the rocks.
FeVa Fotos: At the finish line ...