Howard Grotts
 Grotts on the Men's Marathon MTB XC podium in Texas - January 2017 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | January 12, 1993 Durango, Colorado, United States | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Mountain bike | ||||||||||||||
| Role | MTB racer / Coach for Durango Devo cycling development team[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Howard Grotts (born January 12, 1993) is an American cross-country mountain biker. He rode in the cross-country event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] He also won the Leadville Trail 100 for 3 consecutive years from 2017 to 2019. He has also won the Cape Epic twice, in 2018 and 2024.[3]
Major results
[edit]- 2014
- 3rd
Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships - 3rd Marathon, National Championships
- 5th Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
- 3rd Albstadt
- 2015
- 1st
Cross-country, National Championships - 2016
- National Championships
- 1st Cross-country
- 1st Short track[4]
- 1st
- 2017
- National Championships
- 1st Cross-country[5]
- 2nd Marathon
- 1st
- 1st Leadville Trail 100[6]
- 2nd Bonelli Park XC
- 3rd Sea Otter Classic Cross-country
- 2018
- National Championships
- 1st Cross-country
- 2nd Marathon
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Cape Epic (with Jaroslav Kulhavý) - 1st Leadville Trail 100[7]
- 1st Missoula XC
- 2nd Cypress Sunshine Cup
- 2nd Sea Otter Classic Cross-country
- 2019
- 1st Leadville Trail 100[8]
- 2nd Cross-country, National Championships
- 2024
- 1st Overall Cape Epic (with Matthew Beers)
References
[edit]- ^ "American Explorer: Howard Grotts discovers a drive beyond international mountain biking". Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ "Howard Grotts". MTB Cross Country.com. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- ^ Giuliani, Simone (March 25, 2024). "Cape Epic 2024: Beers and Grotts, Terpstra and Koller claim overall titles". Cycling News. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ "Howard Grotts gets the better of Todd Wells to claim men's US Short Track title". cyclingnews.com. July 16, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
- ^ "Howard Grotts claims USA cross-country title". cyclingnews.com. July 21, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- ^ "Howard Grotts wins 2017 Leadville Trail 100". Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ "Howard Grotts wins 2018 Leadville Trail 100". Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ "Howard Grotts wins third consecutive Leadville Trail 100 in 2019". Retrieved December 28, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Howard Grotts at Cycling Archives
- Howard Grotts at ProCyclingStats
- Howard Grotts at MTB Data
- Howard Grotts at Olympedia
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