Gravel Race: Double Old Western Showdown at NC's Love Valley Roubaix

If one day of gravel is a great time, two days must be near perfection, right?

That is the thought behind North Carolina’s Love Valley Roubaix held on Saturday and Sunday last weekend. In its seventh year, the 2019 Love Valley race took a century and sliced it up into two halves on two different days.

“The original thought was to expand the event from 48 miles into a 100-miler. We created a figure 8 loop that included the original course which is now split into the two days,” race director Wes Davidson of Statesville’s First Flight Bicycles said.”

He continued, “The joke last year was to double the chances of getting good weather in just one of the days since we have had quite a few years of cold and wet riding and two days just made sense.”

One of the best parts of gravel cycling is it allows folks to see beautiful places and hidden gems they otherwise would not get to experience by bike. The Love Valley Roubaix is no different.

Both days of racing start and finish in the throwback historic western town of Love Valley, located at the foot of the Brushy Mountains in Northwest North Carolina. No cars allowed, of course.

No cars allowed in Love Valley. 2019 Love Valley Roubaix Gravel Race, North Carolina. © Love Valley Roubaix

The race website describes the town: “Love Valley is an authentic western town. It has a dirt road downtown with hitching rails for horses and a dirt road downtown that includes a general store, hardware store, blacksmith shop, saloon and few other businesses.”

“We’re grateful for the town’s continued support where the venue itself is a fun place to throw a party,” Davidson said. “There is ample camping available in the area so overall cost to participate in the full weekend’s events is easy on the wallet. Beyond what is on the website, well, what happens in the little western-themed town of Love Valley…”

Prizes are, of course, theme appropriate.

“We play on the western theme and create our own awards,” Davidson said. “This year featured awards made from our new fiber laser to etch metal plates we created. Yep, it’s a frickin’ laser.”

Prizes kept the western theme and were etched with frickin’ lasers. 2019 Love Valley Roubaix Gravel Race, North Carolina. © Love Valley Roubaix

The race started in 2013, with gravel rides turning into a gravel race.

“I have been riding the gravel roads in Love Valley since 2008 and started taking friends and customers up to ride with me. My friend Cameron Fraser loved it and decided that there should be a race so he started the Love Valley Roubaix,” Davidson said.

The two routes each checked it at around 50 miles. The Saturday route had 3,500 feet of climbing over more rolling hills, and Sunday’s packed 5,000-plus feet of climbing in, mostly via two climbs up and over the nearby mountains.

Perhaps the biggest surprise of this year’s races was the weather. After a cold, wet year in 2018, this year’s conditions were just the worst.

“The weather was terrible this year with a lot of sunshine and temps starting in the 40s and ending in the high 60s,” Davidson said. “Historically it is cold, wet, and like last year, plenty of sleet and snow.”

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The Races

With two days of racing and an omnium, there are plenty of results to go through. There were age group and singlespeed categories for both the women and men, but we will report the overall finishers here.

Carla Williams took the Day 1 Women’s win, with Allison Arensman finishing second and Sarah Griffith third.

Cynthia Frazier won Day 2, and Emily Werner and Kelly Paduch took second and third.

Arensman won the omnium for her two-day consistency. Sandy Marshall finished second and Savannah Sill third.

Allison Arensman won the Women’s two-day omnium. 2019 Love Valley Roubaix Gravel Race, North Carolina. © Love Valley Roubaix

For the Men, the Day 1 overall went to Alan Starnes. Benjamin Renkema took second and Patrick Raines third.

Day 2 went to Michael Bissette, with Kerry Werner finishing second and Renkema third.

The omnium title went to Werner, and Renkema and Raines rounded out the two-day podium.

Kerry Werner won the Men’s two-day omnium. 2019 Love Valley Roubaix Gravel Race, North Carolina. © Love Valley Roubaix

Full results for both days and the omnium are below.

The Love Valley Roubaix will return next year from March 20 through the 22nd. Due to popular demand, there may be a Friday race added to the omnium. Also, inspired by Sunday’s winner, a shot of Fireball may also be required pre-race nutrition for all non-Junior podium hopefuls.

For more gravel race goodness, see our growing archive of 2019 gravel race coverage.

Women's Day 1 Results: 2019 Love Valley Roubaix

Overall	Last	First	Category	Category Place	Time
1	Williams	Carla	Female 40-	1	2:34:17
2	Arensman	Allison	Female 40-	2	2:43:39
3	Griffith	Sarah	Female 40+	1	3:02:15
4	Sill	Savannah	Female 40-	3	3:14:44
5	Marshall	Sandy	Female 40+	2	3:16:13
6	Threatte	Keisha	Female 40-	4	3:20:00
7	Grant	Rachael	Female 40+	3	3:26:56
8	Sharp	Adde	Female 40-	5	3:46:33
9	Reynolds	Diane	Female 40+	4	3:54:48
10	McGibbon	Ann	Female 40+	5	3:58:50
11	Cantrell	Cayce	Female 40+	6	5:13:58
	Frazier	Cynthia	Female 40-		DNF
	Werner	Emily	Female 40-		DNF
	Moloney	Sarah	Female 40-		DNF
	Haynes	Kristen	Female 40-		DNF
	Ledesma	Becca	Female 40-		DNF
	Sumner	Ann	Female 40+		DNF

Women's Day 2 Results: 2019 Love Valley Roubaix

Overall	Last	First	Category	Category Place	Time
1	Frazier	Cynthia	Female 40-	1	3:03:11
2	Werner	Emily	Female 40-	2	3:09:11
3	Paduch	Kelly	Female 40-	3	3:09:41
4	Arensman	Allison	Female 40-	4	3:09:56
5	Haynes	Kristen	Female 40-	5	3:38:22
6	Marshall	Sandy	Female 40+	1	3:42:39
7	Sill	Savannah	Female 40-	6	3:55:08
8	Blakely	Christy	Female 40+	2	3:59:35
9	Reynolds	Diane	Female 40+	3	4:05:55
	Moloney	Sarah	Female 40-		DNF
	Threatte	Keisha	Female 40-		DNF

Women's Omnium Results: 2019 Love Valley Roubaix

Place	Last	First	Time
1	Arensman	Allison	5:53:36
2	Marshall	Sandy	6:58:52
3	Sill	Savannah	7:09:52
4	Threatte	Keisha	7:50:00
5	Reynolds	Diane	8:00:43

Men's Day 1 Results: 2019 Love Valley Roubaix

Overall	Last	First	Category	Category Place	Time
1	Starnes	Alan	Male 30-39	1	2:23:43
2	Renkema	Benjamin	Male 30-39	2	2:23:44
3	Raines	Patrick	Male 50+	1	2:23:48
4	Labelle	Tyler	Male 30-39	3	2:23:58
5	Van Kempen	Jules	Juniors All	1	2:24:00
6	Werner	Kerry	Male 18-29	1	2:24:03
7	Mathers	Michael	Male 40-49	1	2:24:07
8	Potter	Michael	Male 18-29	2	2:24:13
9	Baker	Andrew	Male 30-39	4	2:24:13
10	Cowie	Tristan	Male 30-39	5	2:24:13
11	Champion	Matt	Male 30-39	6	2:24:18
12	Michaels	Scott	Male 30-39	7	2:24:18
13	Fender	Travis	Male 30-39	8	2:24:40
14	Huegel	Charkie	Male 30-39	9	2:25:27
15	Phillips	Cody	Male 18-29	3	2:25:42
16	Clements	Matthew	Male 18-29	4	2:27:23
17	Knettel	Brandon	Male 30-39	10	2:33:22
18	Wartski	Mark	Male 50+	2	2:34:13
19	Reynolds	Thomas	Male 30-39	11	2:34:23
20	Johnson	Dan	Male 40-49	2	2:35:46
21	Wallace	Peter	Male 18-29	5	2:35:49
22	Steiner	David	Male 40-49	3	2:39:56
23	Miller	Randy	Male 50+	3	2:40:34
24	Groat	Shaun	Male 40-49	4	2:42:41
25	Stutzman	Fred	Male 40-49	5	2:43:36
26	Provato	Chris	Male 40-49	6	2:43:40
27	Olson	Mark	Male 40-49	7	2:43:41
28	Stauffer	Bruce	Male 50+	4	2:45:55
29	Stanton	Rod	Male 40-49	8	2:46:15
30	Guella	Chris	Male 50+	5	2:46:16
31	Allen	John	Male 60+	1	2:46:22
32	Ready	Chris	Male 50+	6	2:46:47
33	Hooper	Jason	Male 30-39	12	2:46:52
34	Ruscoe	Mark	Male 60+	2	2:46:54
35	Johnston	Spencer	Male 18-29	6	2:48:57
36	Ryan	Alex	Male 30-39	13	2:48:57
37	Martin	James	Male 60+	3	2:49:32
38	threatte	joshua	Male 30-39	14	2:49:36
39	Halsey	Jason	Male 40-49	9	2:51:19
40	Mcfeeley	Patrick	Male 50+	7	2:52:06
41	Cowell	Alexander	Male 50+	8	2:52:09
42	Price	James	Male 50+	9	2:52:17
43	Rudisill	Shawn	Male 40-49	10	2:52:20
44	Fogartie	Doug	Male 30-39	15	2:53:19
45	Mead	James	Male 50+	10	2:54:42
46	Fabish	Breck	Male 50+	11	2:55:00
47	Williams	James	Male 50+	12	2:55:52
48	Brown	Jeff	Single Speed	1	2:57:17
49	Ducharme	Chip	Male 50+	13	2:58:16
50	Rogers	Greg	Male 50+	14	2:58:36
51	Reitzel	Neil	Male 50+	15	2:58:44
52	Proppe	John	Male 30-39	16	2:58:56
53	Fay	Bob	Male 50+	16	2:59:11
54	Baker	Porter	Male 18-29	7	2:59:33
55	Broom	John	Male 40-49	11	3:00:06
56	Nunnaley	Jeff	Male 40-49	12	3:01:06
57	Pike	Dennis	Male 40-49	13	3:04:33
58	Gillis	Chuck	Male 60+	4	3:05:37
59	Whiteway	Stuart	Male 50+	17	3:05:46
60	Hurt	Craig	Male 50+	18	3:05:51
61	Briles	Michael	Male 18-29	8	3:07:45
62	GutierrezGarcia	Raul	Male 40-49	14	3:07:45
63	Cox	Daniel	Single Speed	2	3:07:56
64	Killian	Rally	Male 30-39	17	3:09:04
65	Alion	Dan	Male 50+	19	3:10:30
66	Lerch	Brandon	Male 40-49	15	3:10:36
67	Goldberg	Neil	Male 50+	20	3:11:48
68	Smiley	Jason	Male 40-49	16	3:13:48
69	Johnson	Bradley	Male 30-39	18	3:14:45
70	wyatt	jay	Male 30-39	19	3:16:09
71	Deaton	Mark	Male 40-49	17	3:16:12
72	Thompson	Craig	Male 40-49	18	3:16:14
73	Slusser	Richard	Male 50+	21	3:16:26
74	Leman	Adam	Male 30-39	20	3:19:12
75	Lambert	John	Male 30-39	21	3:23:16
76	Henderson	Marshall	Male 60+	5	3:24:53
77	Clarke	David	Male 50+	22	3:25:58
78	Rimron	Patrick	Male 50+	23	3:25:59
79	Mobley	Robert	Male 50+	24	3:26:59
80	Reiner	Jeff	Male 40-49	19	3:30:08
81	Bateson	Derek	Male 60+	6	3:31:56
82	Crane	Austin	Male 30-39	22	3:31:57
83	Buttar	Zahid	Male 50+	25	3:32:07
84	Stacey	Jarred	Male 18-29	9	3:33:20
85	Rheault	Robert	Male 50+	26	3:34:21
86	Robinson	Tyler	Male 40-49	20	3:37:13
87	Medlin	James	Male 50+	27	3:37:45
88	Vansusteren	Peter	Male 18-29	10	3:46:33
89	Pegram	S	Male 50+	28	3:48:47
90	Schuman	Erik	Male 40-49	21	3:48:58
91	Montoya	Kelley	Single Speed	3	3:49:59
92	Israel	Santiago	Male 18-29	11	3:50:00
93	Hamilton	Jordan	Male 30-39	23	4:10:11
94	Porvaznik	Michael	Male 30-39	24	4:18:18
95	Brooks	Stan	Male 60+	7	4:47:40
96	Stegall	Gary	Male 60+	8	4:47:41
97	Canady	Timothy	Male 50+	29	5:13:57
	Amalong	John Paul	Juniors All		DNF
	Gonzalez	Andres	Male 18-29		DNF
	Cutler	Nicholas	Male 30-39		DNF
	Tucker	Dustin	Male 30-39		DNF
	Pipic	Mirza	Male 30-39		DNF
	Sumner	William	Male 40-49		DNF
	Schmidt	Tod	Male 40-49		DNF
	Smith	Ron	Male 40-49		DNF
	Nalls	Jeff	Male 50+		DNF
	Merriman	Jim	Male 50+		DNF
	Siemens	Jim	Male 50+		DNF
	Troppoli	Dan	Male 50+		DNF
	Lee	Eric	Male 50+		DNF
	Fedorka	Chuck	Male 50+		DNF
	Lechleidner	Keith	Male 50+		DNF
	Dunsmore	Mark	Male 60+		DNF
	Fuller	David	Male 60+		DNF

Men's Day 2 Results: 2019 Love Valley Roubaix

Overall	Last	First	Category	Category Place	Time
1	Bissette	Michael	Male 18-29	1	2:26:23
2	Werner	Kerry	Male 18-29	2	2:27:48
3	Renkema	Benjamin	Male 30-39	1	2:32:03
4	Clancy	Devin	Male 30-39	2	2:32:06
5	Raines	Patrick	Male 50+	1	2:34:24
6	Porter	Levi	Male 30-39	3	2:35:10
7	Baker	Andrew	Male 30-39	4	2:36:15
8	Pearl	James	Male 30-39	5	2:38:44
9	Raynes	Justin	Male 30-39	6	2:38:55
10	Michaels	Scott	Male 30-39	7	2:39:05
11	Labelle	Tyler	Male 30-39	8	2:40:32
12	Pennypacker	John	Male 40-49	1	2:41:34
13	Ryan	Alex	Male 30-39	9	2:41:53
14	Wisthoff	Matthew	Male 30-39	10	2:42:34
15	Potter	Michael	Male 18-29	3	2:44:52
16	Herring	Sean	Male 18-29	4	2:46:11
17	Van Kempen	Jules	Juniors All	1	2:46:15
18	Yewer	Brad	Male 40-49	2	2:46:17
19	Seymoure	Jay	Male 30-39	11	2:48:30
20	Munoz	Juan	Male 40-49	3	2:49:46
21	Moss	Cameron	Male 18-29	5	2:51:07
22	Liborio	Justin	Male 40-49	4	2:51:18
23	Pfeiffer	Will	Male 18-29	6	2:51:25
24	Marsh	Clinton	Male 40-49	5	2:51:38
25	Mead	James	Male 50+	2	2:54:18
26	Davis	Wheeler	Male 18-29	7	2:54:41
27	Shanely	Andy	Male 50+	3	2:56:59
28	Laxton	Jason	Male 40-49	6	2:58:35
29	Reynolds	Thomas	Male 30-39	12	3:00:18
30	Rimron	Patrick	Male 50+	4	3:00:25
31	Weigel	Fred	Male 40-49	7	3:02:58
32	Jordan	Mark	Male 50+	5	3:03:22
33	Robinson	Scott	Male 40-49	8	3:04:27
34	Davis	Todd	Male 50+	6	3:04:57
35	Stauffer	Bruce	Male 50+	7	3:06:33
36	Porter	Edward	Male 30-39	13	3:07:56
37	Koury	John	Male 40-49	9	3:10:50
38	Canon	Mac	Male 60+	1	3:10:53
39	Fuller	Darren	Male 50+	8	3:10:54
40	Kirkman	Richard	Male 40-49	10	3:11:00
41	Sheehan	Greg	Male 50+	9	3:12:39
42	Boyd	Shaun	Male 50+	10	3:13:24
43	Provato	Chris	Male 40-49	11	3:14:47
44	Schreier	Alec	Juniors All	2	3:20:03
45	Schreier	Garett	Male 40-49	12	3:20:04
46	threatte	joshua	Male 30-39	14	3:22:50
47	Olson	Mark	Male 40-49	13	3:25:07
48	McCauley	Roy	Male 40-49	14	3:25:30
49	Williams	James	Male 50+	11	3:26:50
50	Hooper	Jason	Male 30-39	15	3:27:15
51	Nunnaley	Jeff	Male 40-49	15	3:27:42
52	Martin	Gary	Male 50+	12	3:27:57
53	Gibbs	Doyle	Male 50+	13	3:29:39
54	Cole	Robert	Male 50+	14	3:31:28
55	Isenberg	Keith	Male 40-49	16	3:32:10
56	Moss	Austin	Male 18-29	8	3:32:13
57	Gibbons	Kevin	Male 30-39	16	3:33:45
58	Scruggs	Kevin	Male 50+	15	3:35:03
59	Boone	Turner	Male 40-49	17	3:37:24
60	Wallace	Peter	Male 18-29	9	3:38:22
61	Lerch	Brandon	Male 40-49	18	3:38:35
62	Brown	Shaw	Male 40-49	19	3:39:06
63	Brown	Bruce	Male 60+	2	3:39:12
64	Pfeiffer	William	Male 60+	3	3:40:24
65	Deaton	Mark	Male 40-49	20	3:42:41
66	Boyer	Jeff	Male 60+	4	3:46:01
67	Fisher	Brett	Male 40-49	21	3:46:52
68	Berini	Robert	Male 40-49	22	3:49:19
69	Vandetta	David	Male 50+	16	3:52:38
70	Davant	Joe	Male 50+	17	3:55:17
71	Cross	Joseph	Male 40-49	23	3:55:24
72	Brooks	Benjamin	Male 18-29	10	3:57:04
73	Buttar	Zahid	Male 50+	18	4:05:20
74	Rosales	Albert	Male 30-39	17	4:08:58
75	Henderson	Marshall	Male 60+	5	4:13:25
	Crockett	Darrell	Male 40-49		DNF
	Foster	Leland	Male 18-29		DNF
	Sandy	Ryan	Male 18-29		DNF
	Johnston	Spencer	Male 18-29		DNF
	Amalong	John Paul	Juniors All		DNF
	Stout	Andrew	Male 30-39		DNF
	Terry	Zach	Male 30-39		DNF
	Ospina	Juan	Male 30-39		DNF
	Bares	Curtis	Male 30-39		DNF
	Cutler	Nicholas	Male 30-39		DNF
	Gladora	Chris	Male 30-39		DNF
	Tucker	Dustin	Male 30-39		DNF
	Reiner	Jeff	Male 40-49		DNF
	Glas	Dietrich	Male 40-49		DNF
	Cant	Bart	Male 40-49		DNF
	Nalls	Jeff	Male 50+		DNF
	Jester	David	Male 50+		DNF
	Ciavatta	Dominic	Male 50+		DNF
	Wheeler	Dave	Male 50+		DNF
	Reavis	Lee	Male 50+		DNF
	Ellington	Rory	Male 50+		DNF
	Odell	Art	Male 50+		DNF
	Berry	Michael	Male 60+		DNF
	Luddeke	Charles	Male 60+		DNF

Men's Omnium Results: 2019 Love Valley Roubaix

Place	Last	First	Time
1	Werner	Kerry	4:51:51
2	Renkema	Benjamin	4:55:47
3	Raines	Patrick	4:58:11
4	Baker	Andrew	5:00:28
5	Michaels	Scott	5:03:23
6	Labelle	Tyler	5:04:30
7	Potter	Michael	5:09:05
8	Van Kempen	Jules	5:10:15
9	Ryan	Alex	5:30:50
10	Reynolds	Thomas	5:34:41
11	Mead	James	5:49:00
12	Stauffer	Bruce	5:52:28
13	Provato	Chris	5:58:27
14	Olson	Mark	6:08:49
15	threatte	joshua	6:12:26
16	Hooper	Jason	6:14:07
17	Wallace	Peter	6:14:12
18	Rimron	Patrick	6:26:24
19	Nunnaley	Jeff	6:28:48
20	Deaton	Mark	6:58:53
21	Buttar	Zahid	7:37:27
22	Henderson	Marshall	7:38:18

Gravel Race: Double Old Western Showdown at North Carolina’s Love Valley Roubaix

The Races

Women's Day 1 Results: 2019 Love Valley Roubaix

Women's Day 2 Results: 2019 Love Valley Roubaix

Women's Omnium Results: 2019 Love Valley Roubaix

Men's Day 1 Results: 2019 Love Valley Roubaix

Men's Day 2 Results: 2019 Love Valley Roubaix

Men's Omnium Results: 2019 Love Valley Roubaix

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