Race details | |
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Date | April 18 - 21, 2024 |
Region | Monterey, California USA |
Local name(s) | Sea Otter |
Competition | Professional/Amateur |
Type | Multi-discipline |
Organiser | Sea Otter Classic, Inc. |
Race director | J. Frost |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1991 Laguna Seca Challenge |
Editions | 28 |
The Sea Otter Classic is a bicycling and outdoor sports festival and exposition held each spring since 1991 at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. The four-day event is considered the world's largest cycling festival, drawing nearly 10,000 professional and amateur athletes and 74,000 fans. The Sea Otter Classic is named in honor of the southern sea otter, an indigenous mammal which flourishes along the neighboring Pacific coast.
The Sea Otter Classic was founded by Frank Yohannan and Lou Rudolph. The inaugural event was held 06–07 April 1991. The first two events were held under the name Laguna Seca Challenge. The event name was changed to the Sea Otter Classic in 1993.
In August 2021, Frank Yohannan, who has owned and operated the Sea Otter Classic for more than 30 years, found a new owner for the event — Life Time, Inc., a multi-billion dollar fitness and event company. Despite the change in ownership Yohannan will remain as director.
Year | Enduro | Cross Country | Short Track | Super D | Downhill | Dual Slalom | Road Stage Race | Circuit Race | Criterium | Road Race | Time Trial |
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2016 | Jared Graves ![]() Teal Stetson-Lee ![]() | Todd Wells ![]() Katerina Nash ![]() | Geoff Kabush Chloe Woodruff | ||||||||
2015 | Nino Schurter ![]() | Nino Schurter ![]() | |||||||||
2014 | Josh Carlson ![]() Kelli Emmett ![]() | Christoph Sauser ![]() Marianne Vos ![]() | Todd Wells ![]() Marianne Vos ![]() | Brian Lopes ![]() Anneke Beerten ![]() | Cody Kelley ![]() Luana Oliveira ![]() | Tyler Magner ![]() Leah Kirchmann ![]() | Remi Pelletier-roy ![]() Kendall Ryan ![]() | Joe Schmalz ![]() Alison Tetrick ![]() | |||
2013 | Miguel Martinez ![]() Marianne Vos ![]() | Geoff Kabush ![]() Marianne Vos ![]() | Aaron Gwin ![]() Jill Kintner ![]() | Jared Graves ![]() Jill Kintner ![]() | Kirk Carlsen ![]() Jacquelyn Crowell ![]() | Daniel Holloway ![]() Jacquelyn Crowell ![]() | Cole House ![]() Jade Wilcoxson ![]() | Alexander Hagman ![]() Jade Wicoxson ![]() | Kirk Carlsen ![]() Alison Tetrick ![]() | ||
2012 | Geoff Kabush ![]() Georgia Gould ![]() | Max Plaxton ![]() Katerina Nash ![]() | Jared Graves ![]() Jill Kintner ![]() | Kyle Strait ![]() Jill Kintner ![]() | Andy Jacques-Maynes ![]() Alison Powers ![]() | James Wingert ![]() Alison Powers ![]() | Andy Jacques-Maynes ![]() Alison Powers ![]() | Matt Cooke ![]() Alison Powers ![]() | Nate English ![]() Alison Powers ![]() | ||
2011 | Todd Wells ![]() Emily Batty ![]() | Max Plaxton ![]() Georgia Gould ![]() | Jared Graves ![]() Melissa Buhl ![]() | Jared Graves ![]() Jill Kintner ![]() | Francisco Mancebo ![]() Kristin Armstrong Savola ![]() | Raul Cancado ![]() Jade Wilcoxson ![]() | Cole House ![]() Kristin Armstrong Savola ![]() | Francisco Mancebo ![]() Kristin Armstrong Savola ![]() | Francisco Mancebo ![]() Kristin Armstrong Savola ![]() | ||
2010 | Burry Stander ![]() Georgia Gould ![]() | Todd Wells ![]() Georgia Gould ![]() | Carl Decker ![]() Kelli Emmett ![]() | Jared Graves ![]() Melissa Buhl ![]() | Mick Hannah ![]() Jill Kintner ![]() | Paul Mach ![]() Alison Powers ![]() | Jeremy Vennell ![]() Amanda Miller ![]() | Paul Mach ![]() Carmen Small ![]() | |||
2009 | Christoph Sauser ![]() Georgia Gould ![]() | Todd Wells ![]() Emily Batty ![]() | Carl Decker ![]() Kelli Emmett ![]() | Mick Hannah ![]() Tracy Moseley ![]() | Sam Hill ![]() Melissa Buhl ![]() | Morgan Schmitt ![]() Kelly Benjamin ![]() | Levi Leipheimer ![]() Tiffany Cromwell ![]() | ||||
2008 | Miguel Martinez ![]() Kelli Emmett ![]() | Sam Schultz ![]() Lea Davison ![]() | Carl Decker ![]() Lea Davison ![]() | Greg Minnaar ![]() Melissa Buhl ![]() | Greg Minnaar ![]() Sabrina Jonnier ![]() | Michael Grabinger Jr. ![]() Tiffany Cromwell ![]() | Evan Oliphant ![]() Dotsie Bausch ![]() | ||||
2007 | Geoff Kabush ![]() Georgia Gould ![]() | Jean Christophe Peraud ![]() Katie Compton ![]() | Adam Craig ![]() Kelli Emmett ![]() | Nathan Rennie ![]() Rachel Atherton ![]() | Mick Hannah ![]() Sabrina Jonnier ![]() | Daniel Ramsey ![]() Shelley Olds ![]() | Andrew Bajadali ![]() Jane Despas ![]() | ||||
2006 | Liam Killeen ![]() Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa ![]() | Adam Craig ![]() Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa ![]() | Jared Graves ![]() Tracy Moseley ![]() | Brian Lopes ![]() Tracy Moseley ![]() | Matty Rice ![]() Tina Pic ![]() | ||||||
2005 | Geoff Kabush ![]() Alison Sydor ![]() | ||||||||||
2004 | Filip Meirhaeghe ![]() Alison Dunlap ![]() | ||||||||||
2003 | Roland Green ![]() Alison Dunlap ![]() | ||||||||||
2002 | Roland Green ![]() Alison Dunlap ![]() | ||||||||||
2001 | Bart Brentjens ![]() Caroline Alexander ![]() | ||||||||||
2000 | Bas Van Dooren ![]() Laurence Leboucher ![]() | ||||||||||
1999 | Cadel Evans ![]() Alison Dunlap ![]() | ||||||||||
1998 | Cadel Evans ![]() | ||||||||||
1997 | Jérôme Chiotti ![]() | Jérôme Chiotti ![]() | |||||||||
1996 | Miguel Martinez ![]() | Andrés Brenes ![]() |
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