Maple Grove Bike Riders Compete in Chequamegon 40

Seventeen Maple Grove bike enthusiasts were among more than 2,000 participants that rode 40 miles in the annual Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival held over the weekend in Wisconsin.

Ed Alpasa was the top Maple Grove finisher, taking 103rd place in the Chequamegon 40, a 40-mile race that takes riders on wooded trails from Hayward to Cable, WI. Alpasa's time was 02:26:05.1.

Here's a quick rundown of how Maple Grove residents fared in the Chequamegon 40:

Overall Place

 Name

Time

103

 Ed Alpasa

02:26:05.1   

416

 John Koch

02:45:11.0       

473

 Pat Sipe

02:48:20.8    

481

Jay Thompson

02:48:39.8 

549

John Travis

02:51:30.3 

563

Mark Sponholz

02:52:37.3

671

Matthew Wolk

02:57:34.0

834

Robert Dahl

03:05:28.5

1014

Steve Schoo

03:14:23.1

1043

Brian Johnston

03:15:41.6

1087

William Vitali

03:17:46.5

1171

Kenneth Schik

03:22:59.2

1325

David Barr

03:30:56.9

1353

Shawn Billing

03:32:05.1

1474

Darren Tutt

03:41:54.1

1537

Brian Bruckner

03:46:03.9

1737

Drake Ryman

04:10:00.8