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Bicyclists line up at the start line Sunday during the Mainely Gravel cycling race at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. More than 200 competitors are participating in either a 58-mile or 35-mile course over mixed surface roads through New Gloucester, Auburn and Pownal, before finishing on Nordic ski trails at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Daryn Slover/Sun JournalThe Mainely Gravel cycling race is the concluding race of the three event New England Gravel Triple Crown series, composed of the Pavement Ends Gravel Race, the Guilford Gravel Grinder and Mainely Gravel. Daryn Slover/Sun JournalKyle McClintock of Cumberland helps her daughter, Whalen McClintock Reilly, 3, ride through the tall grass Sunday at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. McClintock says she and her daughter are headed to the start line to watch her husband, Drew Reilly, compete in the Mainely Gravel cycling race. McClintock says she would also be racing in the event, but parenting comes first. Daryn Slover/Sun JournalLaura Peaslee (798), Tira Denny (839), Emmy Letourneau (764) and Anja Genia Meichsner (844) hammer up a dirt hill Sunday in Pownal during the Mainely Gravel cycling race. More than 200 competitors are participating in either a 58-mile or 35-mile course over mixed surface roads through New Gloucester, Auburn and Pownal, before finishing on Nordic ski trails at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Denny of Biddeford won the women’s open race. Daryn Slover/Sun JournalDominic Giampaolo of Lewiston hammers Sunday up the steep Woodbury Hill Road in the Danville neighborhood of Auburn during the Mainely Gravel cycling race. More than 200 competitors are participating in either a 58-mile or 35-mile course over mixed surface roads through New Gloucester, Auburn and Pownal, before finishing on Nordic ski trails at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Daryn Slover/Sun JournalBeau Guenther, front right, and Andre Dempsey pull ahead Sunday on a dirt road in New Gloucester during the Mainely Gravel cycling race. More than 200 competitors are participating in either a 58-mile or 35-mile course over mixed surface roads through New Gloucester, Auburn and Pownal, before finishing on Nordic ski trails at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Guenther of Putney, Vt., placed third in the men’s open race. Daryn Slover/Sun JournalJoey Rouhana of Falmouth rounds a dirt corner Sunday in Pownal during the Mainely Gravel cycling race. More than 200 competitors are participating in either a 58-mile or 35-mile course over mixed surface roads through New Gloucester, Auburn and Pownal, before finishing on Nordic ski trails at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Daryn Slover/Sun JournalThe Mainely Gravel cycling race starts and finishes Sunday at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Participants choose between a 58-mile or 35-mile course over mixed surface roads. The race finishes on the Nordic ski trails at Pineland Farms. Daryn Slover/Sun JournalCyclists leave the start line Sunday during the Mainely Gravel cycling race at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. More than 200 competitors are participating in either a 58-mile or 35-mile course over mixed surface roads through New Gloucester, Auburn and Pownal, before finishing on Nordic ski trails at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
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