Maple Grove Residents Compete in City of Lakes Loppet

On Feb. 2 and 3, thousands of skiers, bikers and dogs took the trails to participate in the Twin Cities City of Lakes Loppet.

Many of the weekend’s festivities including the REI Tour, Hoigaard’s Classic, City of Lakes Freestyle Loppet, Chuck & Don’s Skijoring Loppet and Subaru National Skijoring Championship, Penn Cycle Fat Tire Loppet and the Finn Sisu Sprints started at Golden Valley’s Theodore Wirth Park and ended in Uptown.

Plenty of Maple Grove residents completed various events during the annual ski festival. Below is a listing of local results.

City of Lakes Freestyle Loppet, 33 KM

• Dan Luoma, 1:36:17
• Noah Rounds, 1:40:33
• Erik Torniainen,1:51:25
• Jacob Kjome, 1:51:28
• Ed Alpasa, 1:54:21
• Kay Pederson, 1:57:48
• Bob McKenzie, 1:57:51
• Kurt Waananen, 2:01:02
• Jill Troutner, 2:04:07
• John Lorbiecki, 2:12:54
• Tim Dietz, 2:29:06
• Tim Jette, 2:38:07

Hoigaard’s Classic, 25 KM

• Adam Johnson, 1:32:29
• Mark Peugh, 1:52:34
• Todd Sivertsson, 1:58:53
• Birgit Fink, 2:06:51
• David Hedlund, 3:27:56

REI Tour, 10 KM

• Kelly Ehnes,  1:42:59.9
• Juan Hincapie, 58:54.8
• Ryan Klug, 57:48.8
• Mary Luoma, 1:06:29.2
• Katy Prozinski, 2:08:06.2
• Jennifer Rudie, 51:31.0

Chuck and Don's Skijoring Loppet, 4 KM

• Leanne Ritz, 12:02.6

For a complete listing of results, click here.