The inaugural Mainely Gravel gravel grind attracted 102 competitors Saturday to Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Leavitt Area High School senior Caden Cox (67) and Abigail Wentworth of Cape Elizabeth (13) compete Saturday during Mainely Gravel in New Gloucester. The inaugural gravel race covered 55 miles along gravel and paved roads throughout Pownal, Auburn and New Gloucester. One hundred and two cyclists participated in the Downeast Racing-sponsored event that raised $1,300 for the Independence Association, a Brunswick-based organization that assists adults and children with disabilities. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Hank Pfeifle of Brunswick provides information Saturday to cyclists prior to the start of Mainely Gravel, the 55-mile bike race founded by Pfeifle. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Ashley Statnton Niehoff competes Saturday during the Mainely Gravel race in New Gloucester. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Taryn Morin of Topsham climbs a gravel road Saturday during the Mainely Gravel race in New Gloucester. Morin is one of 102 cyclists who competed during the 55-mile race on gravel and paved roads. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Kyle Rancourt (15) of Lewiston hangs with the chase pack Saturday during Mainely Gravel in Pownal. The inaugural gravel race covered 55 miles along gravel and paved roads throughout Pownal, Auburn and New Gloucester. One hundred and two cyclists participated in the Downeast Racing-sponsored event that raised $1,300 for the Independence Association, a Brunswick-based organization that assists adults and children with disabilities. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Nate Colavolpe, left, of Cumberland talks with his father, Ron Colavolpe, before the start of Mainely Gravel in New Gloucester. Nate Colavolpe placed second in the race. His father finished sixth. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Cyclists leave Pineland Farms on Saturday during the start of Mainely Gravel in New Gloucester. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Kirk Silver competes Saturday during the Mainely Gravel race in New Gloucester. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Camden Black-Ingersoll, right, Zev Myerowitz Jr., center, and Nate Colavolpe pull ahead Saturday during Mainely Gravel in Pownal. The three attacked early and stayed out front during the 55-mile race. Black-Ingersoll, a Bates College graduate, won the inaugural race. Colavolpe took second and Myerowitz grabbed the final spot on the podium. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Patrick Horne of Pownal competes Saturday during the Mainely Gravel race in New Gloucester. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Evan Gorr (57) and Troy Goss (78) pull the chase pack up a gravel hill Saturday during Mainely Gravel in New Gloucester. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Tim Goodell, left, Emmy Letourneau and Troy Goss chat Saturday following the 55-mile Mainely Gravel bike race in New Gloucester. Letourneau won the women’s race. Goodell, 17, beat Goss at the finish line by a fraction of a second for fourth place. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Greely High School graduate Nate Colavolpe, 20, rides Saturday back to Pineland Farms in second place during Mainely Gravel in New Gloucester. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Michael Gulden, 65, climbs a gravel road Saturday during the Mainely Gravel race in New Gloucester. Gulden was one of 102 cyclists who covered 55 miles on gravel and paved roads. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

The Mainely Gravel men’s race came down to two cyclists: Camden Black-Ingersoll, right, and Nate Colavolpe after Zev Myerowitz Jr. punctured his tire on a gravel roads. Black-Ingersoll pulled away on the last big climb on Cloucester Hill Road in New Gloucester and won the 55-mile race in 2:23:27, 42 seconds ahead of Colavolpe. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Emmy Letourneau, center, placed first Saturday during the Mainely Gravel women’s race. Gillian Bennett, right, took second and Tira Denney placed third. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Awards were given Saturday to first through third place finishers for men and women during the Mainely Gravel race in New Gloucester. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal