August 19. 2006 3:11PM
Tyler Hamilton, Aimee Vasse win Mount Washington bike race
The Associated Press
Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton, who's been suspended from
sanctioned races for the past two years, returned to the White
Mountains Saturday to win the only race he has been free to ride - the
7.6-mile Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb.
Grosse Point, Mich.-native Aimee Vasse won for the women, coming in at
1:08:31 to place 22nd overall in a field of almost 600 riders.
Hamilton's time was 52:21. His suspension over a blood doping offense
ends Sept. 22, just in time for the World Cycling Championships on
Sept. 24.
For Hamilton, of Marblehead, Mass., the race was a time trial.