
For some, a century of road riding isn’t enough, 100 miles on technical gravel is more their style. Then on the far extreme, you have the folks you participate in the Dirty Kanza 200, who have a penchant for suffering over a half day in the saddle.

In the 2014 race, local Kansas Native Brian Jensen and three-time winner Rebecca Rusch were able to tackle the dry course in about 11 and 12 hours, respectively, for the win.

This year was a game changer with the weather, however. The rain turned the 200 miles of the course into a slop-fest, and the already challenging features upped their difficulty.

Michael Sencenbaugh had positioned himself at the lead of the race for much of the 13 hours. Yuri Hauswald, however, who had been trying to maintain his second place position, caught up to Sencenbaugh with only several miles left to go. After over a half day in the saddle, the Men’s Race came down to a sprint finish, with Hauswald edging out the younger Sencenbaugh by a second.

Just as nail-biting, the Women’s Race saw some interesting developments. Although Rusch was the heavy favorite after her long stretch as the Queen of the Kanza, Amanda Nauman, a cyclocrosser that has already cemented her legacy in Southern California cyclocross, was able to soar to victory. Nauman beat the rest of the Woman’s Field by over twenty minutes, with second place Kristen Legan beating Rusch by over 15 minutes.

For videos of three stages of the race, we have included three short videos posted on YouTube by the Kansas City Star. Also, be sure not to miss Paul Clements’ video below on the sprint finish in the Men’s Race. Below the videos, you can find the full Women’s Results as well as the Men’s Top 100 Results.

More Race Info: dirtykanza200.com

Dirty Kanza 200 Race Videos and Sprint Finish

2015 Dirty Kanza 200, Women's Race

Rank Name Bib Time Pace Hometown Age Gender Division Div Rank 1 Amanda Nauman 892 14:08:18 14.22 Laguna Hills, CA 25 F F39 and Under 1 2 Kristen Legan 603 14:32:24 13.82 Boulder, CO 29 F F39 and Under 2 3 Rebecca Rusch 2 14:49:42 13.56 Ketchum, ID 46 F F40+ 1 4 Amy Andrews 938 14:50:19 13.55 Bountiful, UT 43 F Tandem 1 5 Andrea Cohen 437 15:45:50 12.75 Iowa City, IA 25 F F39 and Under 3 6 April Morgan 115 15:52:34 12.66 Hopkins, MN 32 F F39 and Under 4 7 Karen Pritchard 108 16:16:33 12.35 Prairie Village, KS 47 F F40+ 2 8 Danielle Musto 860 16:18:36 12.32 Grand Rapids, MI 37 F F39 and Under 5 9 Shannon Tenwalde 817 16:29:00 12.19 Columbus, OH 33 F F39 and Under 6 10 Patti Schmidt-Iverson 836 16:35:20 12.12 Hampton, MN 44 F F40+ 3 11 Thea Kent 275 16:39:12 12.07 Asheville, NC 36 F F39 and Under 7 12 Carlie Mock 598 16:44:10 12.01 Rogers, AR 31 F F39 and Under 8 13 Nicole Schmidt 807 16:46:57 11.98 Emporia, KS 27 F F39 and Under 9 14 Sarah Rice 31 16:56:26 11.87 Chicago, IL 41 F F40+ 4 15 Laurel Brady 842 17:05:19 11.76 Anchorage, AK 15 F F39 and Under 10 16 Allyson Tufano 186 17:07:08 11.74 Columbia, MD 35 F F39 and Under 11 17 Hannah Tell 815 17:07:15 11.74 Lawrence, KS 38 F F39 and Under 12 18 Micki Harris 588 17:24:47 11.54 Arvada, CO 47 F F40+ 5 19 Annie Fox 617 17:31:31 11.47 Evergreen, CO 52 F F40+ 6 20 Jaime Skylar Watts 62 18:11:39 11.05 Claremore, OK 46 F F40+ 7 21 Mindi Hoffmaster 104 18:18:13 10.98 Denver, CO 46 F F40+ 8 22 Crystal Wintle 848 18:23:34 10.93 Stillwater, OK 31 F F39 and Under 13 23 Gillian Forsyth 691 18:29:34 10.87 Chicago, IL 47 F F40+ 9 24 Jennifer Barr 798 18:34:44 10.82 Kansas City, MO 49 F F40+ 10 25 Anne Moore 20 18:54:20 10.63 Mount Pleasant, SC 41 F F40+ 11 26 Jennifer Clark 235 18:55:32 10.62 Rocheport, MO 52 F F40+ 12 27 Malinda Gillispie 548 19:13:39 10.45 Barboursville, WV 34 F F39 and Under 14 28 Christine Springer 618 19:14:42 10.44 Allentown, PA 47 F F40+ 13 29 Wendy Davis 788 19:15:48 10.43 O Fallon, MO 46 F F40+ 14 30 Jennifer Talley 475 19:20:09 10.4 Niceville, FL 35 F F39 and Under 15 31 Dori Coetzee 944 19:25:50 10.34 Huntington Beach, CA 57 F Tandem 6 32 Lyn Blubaugh 352 19:40:44 10.21 Madison, KS 48 F F40+ 15 33 julie toole 237 19:58:05 10.07 Toronto, Canada 35 F F39 and Under 16 34 Kate Geisen 253 20:02:07 10.03 Edwardsville, IL 42 F F40+ 16 35 Ruthie Myers 838 20:15:36 9.92 Buffalo Valley, TN 38 F F39 and Under 17 36 Teresa Sedlacek 225 20:33:10 9.78 Mesilla, NM 43 F F40+ 17 37 Christine Roettger 455 20:33:13 9.78 Saint Louis, MO 40 F F40+ 18

2015 Dirty Kanza 200, Men's Race