{"id":18253,"date":"2023-03-08T20:55:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T20:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/08\/snow-mud-hail-2023-shasta-gravel-hugger-race-gallery\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T20:55:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T20:55:30","slug":"snow-mud-hail-2023-shasta-gravel-hugger-race-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/08\/snow-mud-hail-2023-shasta-gravel-hugger-race-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow, mud, hail – 2023 Shasta Gravel Hugger race gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brennan Wertz heading to a second victory at Shasta Gravel Hugger with Max Ritzow in the chase <\/span>(Image credit: Shasta Gravel Hugger 2023)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Epic<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
Epic scenery emphasized with snow for fourth edition in 2023 <\/span>(Image credit: Sean Bagshaw\/ Shasta Gravel Hugger 2023)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Lead<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
Lead Pack in the Half Hug decending on York road with 17 miles left to race – Brandon Fisher, Owen Kuhl, Lief Yergensen and Ryan Palo <\/span>(Image credit: Sean Bagshaw\/ Shasta Gravel Hugger 2023)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Open<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
Open Women’s podium – Champion Nadia Gontova (center) with Sarah Flamm in second and Rebecca Fahringer in third <\/span>(Image credit: Shasta Gravel Hugger 2023)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Open<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
Open Men’s podium – Champion Brennan Wertz (centre), second-placed Max Ritzow(left) and third-placed Nolan McPeek-Bechtold in his first gravel race <\/span>(Image credit: Shasta Gravel Hugger 2023)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Overall<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
Overall 2023 Shasta Gravel Hugger Champion Brennan Wertz <\/span>(Image credit: Shasta Gravel Hugger)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Riders<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
Riders ripping down Gravel Sector 14 on 5th Avenue <\/span>(Image credit: Shasta Gravel Huger 2023)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Lead group in the Full Hug Route 18 miles into the race <\/span>(Image credit: Sean Bagshaw\/ Shasta Gravel Hugger 2023)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Gabriel<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
Gabriel McCoy on York Road at Shasta Gravel <\/span>(Image credit: Shasta Gravel Hugger 2023)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Before<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
Before the Start of the Open Full Hug with snowy and cold conditions <\/span>(Image credit: Sean Bagshaw\/ Shasta Gravel Hugger 2023)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Moto<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
Moto Support and Riders taking cover under a tree <\/span>(Image credit: Shasta Gravel Hugger 2023)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Patrick<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
Patrick Fisher with some final race prep at Shasta Gravel Hugger 2023 <\/span>(Image credit: Shasta Gravel Hugger 2023)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Snow, mud, hail, sunshine and freezing temperatures were part of the menu for the 2023 Shasta Gravel Hugger in northern California on March 4. Brennan Wertz <\/a>returned to recapture another overall men\u2019s title at the 100-mile Full Hug race, while Nadia Gontova claimed the title in the Open Women\u2019s division.<\/p>\n

Because of cold weather and snow in northern California in a forecast a week before the event, race organisers moved the start time on Saturday from 9 a.m. local time to 11 a.m., and two dirt sections, East Louis Jeep Trail and Townsend Road were removed from the main course. By race day, the thermometer would barely rise above the freezing mark.\u00a0<\/p>\n