NED OVEREND, EL CAPITAN

Ned Overend, una de las mayores leyendas del Mountain Bike, aunque profesionalmente retirado no se cansa de competir y sigue sumando triunfos a un palmarés que será muy difícil de alcanzar. En este caso sobre la bicicleta de ciclocross y, de nuevo, en unos campeonatos nacionales.

Overend se llevó un nuevo título de campeón de USA de la modalidad en la categoría de 55 a 59 años, tras una cerrada batalla con Norm Kreiss. Tras más de 25 años compitiendo, Ned no para de sorprendernos, ya sea sobre una mountain bike, con la bici de ciclocross o incluso en carretera, donde hace unas temporadas fue capaz de ganar el campeonato de Colorado de amateurs.

Edmund “Ned” Overend nació el 20 de agosto de 1955 en Taipei, Taiwán, hijo de un diplomático estadounidense, comenzó en ciclismo de montaña a principios de los años 1980. Su carrera profesional se inicio en 1983, militando en el equipo Schwin de 1983 a 1986, y en el equipo Specialized desde 1988 hasta hoy en día. Ned Overend fue el primer  campeón del mundo de mountain bike en 1990.

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Entro en Salón de la Fama del mountain bike en 1990 y en el Salón de la Fama del ciclismo americano en 2001.
Retirado del ciclismo profesional en 1996, ha seguido compitiendo hasta nuestros días logrando victorias en toda clase pruebas como el triatlón XTERRA, otros triatlones, ciclocross y otros eventos, su nombre hoy en día esta ligado a la marca Specialized, para la que trabaja como imagen publica de la marca en multitud de eventos tanto de competición como de promoción teniendo su propia gama de productos Specialized denominada “The captain”.

En el ciclismo de montaña profesional, Overend se ganó los apodos de “Deadly Nedly” y “The Lung”, porque era muy difícil de batir y por su impresionante resistencia aeróbica (especialmente para un hombre de su edad), respectivamente.
Esta otra leyenda del MTB, tiene un palmarés envidiable, acumulando un sin fin de victorias en carreras de un día, de varios, de resistencia, de triatlón….

1976 California Junior College All-State Cross Country Selection
1980 24th Hawaii Ironman Triathlon 1st Kendall Mountain Run 2nd Pikes Peak Marathon 1st Imogene Pass Mountain Run
1981 3rd Estes Park Marathon 3rd Estes Park Triathlon 1st Kendall Mountain Run (new record) 2nd Pikes Peak Marathon 1st Imogene Pass Mountain Run

1982 2nd Estes Park Marathon 4th Fountain Mountain Triathlon
1983 1st Grand Junction Stage Race 1st Morgul Bismarck Road Race 2nd Fountain Mountain Triathlon 1st Iron Horse Road Race (2nd Overall Stage Race) 3rd Colorado State Road Race 35th Coors Classic 2nd Mt. Evans Hill Climb 1st Road Apple Rally Colorado State Best All-Around Rider
1984 4th Iron Horse Road Race (2nd Overall Stage Race) 2nd Colorado State Road Race 1st Pacific States Suntour MTB series 1st Crested Butte MTB Stage Race 2nd NORBA National Championships
1985 2nd Iron Horse Road Race 1st Iron Horse MTB Race 2nd Colorado State Road Race 1st Mt. Evans/Bob Cook Memorial Road Race 6th Munsingwear Bicycle Classic 1st Pacific States Suntour MTB series 1st Crested Butte MTB Stage Race 1st Road Apple Rally 5th NORBA National Championships 1st NORBA National Points Series Colorado Best All-Around Rider (Road)

1986 1st Iron Horse Road Race 1st Iron Horse MTB Race 1st Colorado State Championships 1st Mt. Evans/Bob Cook Memorial Road Race

16th National Road Race Championships 2nd Munsingwear International Stage Race World Cycling Road Championships 1st NORBA National Championships
1987 1st Iron Horse Road Race 3rd Nevada City Road Race 2nd Mt. Evans/Bob Cook Memorial Road Race 6th Munsingwear Bicycle Classic 1st Rage in the Sage 1st Revenge of the Siskiyous 1st Colorado State Championships (MTB) NORBA National Champion 1st NORBA National Points Championships 1st European World Championships 1st NORBA World Championships (XC and Hill Climb)
1988 3rd Iron Horse Classic MTB Race 1st Colorado State Championships 2nd NORBA National Championships 2nd European World Championships 1st NORBA World Championships (XC and Hill Climb) 1st Road Apple Rally
1989 1st NORBA National Championships 4th NORBA World Championships

1990 1st Mammoth NORBA National 1st King of the Rockies MTB Stage Race UCI World MTB Champion 1st NORBA National Championships Inducted: Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
1991 1st NORBA National Championships 1st Park City MTB World Cup 1st Road Apple Rally
3st UCI World MTB Champion
1992 1st NORBA National Championships

1994 1st Place Swiss MTB World Cup 1st Place Italian MTB World Cup
1996 3rd XTerra Triathlon World Championships
1997 2nd XTerra Triathlon World Championships
1998 1st XTerra Triathlon World Championships
1999 1st XTerra Triathlon World Championships
2000 1st U.S. National Winter Triathlon Championships
2001 U.S. National XTERRA Series Champion
2002 U.S. National XTERRA Series Champion
2004 Colorado State Road Champion 1st Road Apple Rally
2005 5th NORBA Nat'l Championships 4th Mt. Washington Hill Climb
2006 National CycloCross Champion - Age 50-54 2nd Mt. Washington Hill Climb 2nd Mt. Evans Hill Climb

2007 National CycloCross Champion - Age 50-54
2008 National CycloCross Champion - Age 50-54
2009 1st Road Apple Rally 2nd Mt Washington Hillclimb 3rd Vail Pass Road Time Trial 4th Single Speed MTB Worlds 15th Ironhorse Road Race 21st National MTB XC Championships

2010 9th Ft ORD road race CA 14th Sea Otter road race CA 14th 2nd Monterey Mtn bike race CA 2nd 6th Wente Vinyards road race CA 6th 7th Iron Horse Classic road race CO 7th 2nd Tamarancho Mtn bike race CA 2nd 9th Ft ORD road race CA 14th Sea Otter road race CA 2nd Monterey Mtn bike race CA 6th Wente Vinyards road race CA 7th Iron Horse Classic road race CO 2nd Tamarancho Mtn bike race CA National MTB Singlespeed XC Champion 2nd Mt Evans road race CO 26th Leadville 100 MTB 2nd University road race Santa Cruz 2nd Mt Diable hill climb TT 1st Santa Teresa park mtn bike race CA 5th Dolores cross CO 4th Cortez cross CO 6th Durango halloween cross 4th Santa Rita park cross CO 4th Fort Lewis cross CO 10th USGP Ft Collins cross CO 35+ 5th Fairafax cross CA 10th Golden Gate park cross CA National CycloCross Champion - Age 55-59