Peruski won the 10.5-mile Denali Park time trial in the morning and the 28-mile road race from Cantwell to the Denali viewpoint pullout on the Parks Highway. He finished the time trial in 38 minutes, 1 second and the road race in 1:38:38.
Second in both stages was Brant Schalk of Fairbanks (39:49 in the time trial; 1:39:16 in the road race).
Today, the eight competitors will race 51.3 miles from the Denali viewpoint to downtown Talkeetna. Friday is the Hatcher Pass hillclimb and Saturday is an 8-mile time trial from the Eagle River weigh station on the Glenn Highway to the finish line at Davis Park in Mountain View.
Sadler's Alaska Challenge
Wednesday's results
Denali Park time trial (10. 5 miles)
1) Travis Peruski, Linden, Mich., 38:01; 2) Brant Schalk, Fairbanks. 39:49; 3) Matthew Robinson, Albuquerque, N.M., 43:03; 4) Michael O'Neill, Anchorage, 45:53; 5) Rick Gilliland, Kenai. 54:46; 6) Leon Bostick, Northridge, Calif., 57:24; 7) Mark Stever, Clearwater, Kan, 57:51; 8) Larry Coutermarsh, North Pole. 57:51.
Cantwell to Denali viewpoint (28.5 miles)
1) Peruski 1:38:38; 2) Schalk 1:39:16; 3) Robinson 1:56:34; 4) O'Neill 2:06:19; 5) Gilliland 2:17:36; 6) Stever 2:32:28; 7) Coutermarsh 2:32:30; 8) Bostick 2:33:43.
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