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A new champion and a title
defense highlight windy DK 200
has competed in the Tour de
France multiple times, King led
the pack for most of the day and
The Dirty Kanza 200 lives in finished with a time of 11 hours,
infamy in the cycling commu- 50 minutes and 12 seconds.
“So this is what it’s like to win
nity due to the grueling nature of
gravel and mud in the 200-mile a race,” King joked after crossing
the finish line in
trail, but it wasn’t
the mud and dirt “It was a really casual first his first ever Dirty
which caused the 100 miles. Then it turns out Kanza 200. “I’m
honored. That was
most headaches
it was a casual 100 miles
not easy — to give
for more than
it the understate2,000 cyclists on
with a tailwind and then
ment of the year.”
Saturday.
it was literally a 100-mile
Finishing be “It was a really
hind
King was
casual first 100
headwind home.”
Michael Sencenmiles,” Dirty Kanbaugh of Cornza 200 winner Ted
TED KING,
Dirty Kanza 200 winner
ville, Arizona,
King said after
with a time of 12
the race. “Then it
hours, 32 minutes
turns out it was a
casual 100 miles with a tailwind and 16 seconds, while Mike Easand then it was literally a 100-mile ter from Ventura, California, took
headwind home.”
A retired professional cyclist
Please see DK, Page 3
from Mill Valley, California, who
By John Robinson
[email protected]
Ted King is sprayed
with champagne as
he crosses the finish
line to win the 2016
Dirty Kanza 200
Saturday in Emporia.
King won his first
DK with a time of
11 hours, 50 minutes
and 13 seconds.
Photo above,
Amanda Nauman
is congratulated
by fans just after
crossing the finish
line to win the
women’s Dirty Kanza
200 with a time of
13 hours, 11 minutes
and 11 seconds.
Nauman, a resident
of Laguna Hills,
California, has won
back-to-back DK200
women’s titles.
ZACH HACKER/GAZETTE
JAN BUCKMAN/SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
A group of riders heads through the Flint Hills outside of
Madison Saturday morning on their way to the first checkpoint
in the Dirty Kanza.
ZACH HACKER/GAZETTE
Young fans cheer on some Dirty Kanza 100 finishers Saturday at the Dirty Kanza in downtown Emporia.
EMPORIA SHINES WITH DK HOSPITALITY
By John Robinson
[email protected]
VOL. 124, NO. 289
JAN BUCKMAN/SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
Ted King and Amanda Nauman
may have stolen the show as event
champions, but the real star of Saturday’s Dirty Kanza was the city of
Emporia.
From before 6 a.m. Saturday
morning until the wee hours of
Sunday morning, the downtown
area was buzzing with excitement.
Apart from the more than 2,000 riders who participated in this year’s
festivities, throngs of spectators,
friends and families turned Commercial Street into the place to be.
As riders from the 100-mile,
Half-Pint race and, eventually, the
200-mile main event reached the
chute lining the entrance to the finish line, fans from Emporia and all
over cheered and rang cowbells —
as has become custom at the DK —
to welcome them back from their
grueling ride.
It wasn’t just in the downtown area where Emporians
were making their presence felt,
however. Overall, 20 Emporians
completed the Dirty Kanza 200,
while more than 60 completed the
100-mile race. Michael Reynolds
was the top-finisher from Emporia in the DK200, coming in at 13
hours, 44 minutes and 39 seconds
— good for 29th place overall. Nicole Schmidt was the Emporia’s
fastest female rider at 16 hours, 43
minutes and 46 seconds.
Please see Emporia, Page 8