Beaver Creek Blast wraps up biking series

By Chris Freud

BEAVER CREEK — Ladies and gentlemen, the Beaver Creek Blast met “Game of Thrones” on Wednesday evening. Winter is coming. There was a distinct nip of autumn for the finale of the Vail Beaver Creek Mountain Bike Race Series. In fact, with what looked like an impending storm, race organizers shortened the loops for the longer-distance divisions to make sure everyone got in OK. “I think summer’s gone,” men’s pro rider Kris Oaks said. “Some of those puddles were almost frozen over.” “It was definitely warm on the climb up,” Leadville’s Ty Hall said. “But coming down, it definitely cooled …

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