KARL MAXON
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS - Palmarès
106 Career Wins
1986 National Time Trial Champion
1986 National Team Time Trial Champion
1988 Corestates US PRO Championships – 7th Overall, 3rd American
1990 US National Team Member to Australia for Commonwealth Bank Classic, Fairmont Resort Tour of the Mountains, and the Tooheys Criterium Series
Multiple State/District Championships, both Time Trial and Road, Oregon and Southern California
USA and European select teams:
ACBB Peugot
Celo Europa
CKR Imports
FAGOR Electromenager
Gianni Motta / Linea MD Italia
Montgomery Securities
Painting Specialties
Shaklee
Ten Speed Drive Imports
Quick Release
Stage Races - Stage Wins and/or Overall Wins and/or Race Leader's jerseys in the following select stage races:
Cascade Cycling Classic
Redlands Bicycle Classic
Tour of Texas
Tour of Willamette
Tour du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal
Tour Gaspesie
Tour of Canada
Tour of the Unknown Coast
BC Superweek
Tour de White Rock
Vulcan Tour
Burley Duet Tandem Race
106 Career Victories
43 2nd places
38 3rd places
1986 National Champion in Time Trial and Team Time Trial
Team Fagor 1987
Tour of Texas 1986 Dallas FW Circuit Race - 1st Davis Phinney, 2nd Frankie Andreu, 3rd Karl Maxon
Below is Team Gianni Motta at the 1984 Tour of Texas. This was the initial version of the team formed. From left to right: Robin Morton (Team Manager), Greg Saunders, Dan Franger, Karl Maxon, Jeff Rutter, Claude Michely, Dag Selander, John Eustice, Steve Speaks, Gianni Motta. Robin was the groundbreaking first female Director Sportif in professional cycling. The team was the first US registered pro team, one year before Team 7-Eleven.
KARL MAXON
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS - Palmarès
Main Career - 1980-1992
1980
Cascade Cycling Classic
12th – Stage 1, Lava Butte Time Trial, Cat. 1-2-3
1st - Governors Cup Criterium
4th - Skinner’s Butte Criterium
1981
National Championships, Bear Mountain, NY
17th – Time Trial
District Championships, Oregon
2nd – Time Trial
Tour Gaspesie, Quebec, Canada
1st – Newport au Bonaventure Road Race
4th – Riviere au Renard Road Race
4th – New Richmond Circuit Race
4th – Carleton – Mont St, Joseph Time Trial
4th – Carleton Circuit Race
10th – Overall GC
Cascade Cycling Classic
1st – Time Trial
Race Leader one stage
1st - Clackamas River Road Race
1st - Skinner’s Butte Criterium
1st - Emerald City Time Trial
1982
Europe:
2nd - Grand Prix de Grasse, Trophy Maillard Road Race
3rd - Passey - Sur - Eur, Trophy Maillard Road Race, also 1st place KOM
3rd - Luxembourg – Metz Road Race
3rd - Rennes Circuit Race
Newberg Classic Stage Race
1st – Overall GC
1st – Stage 2 Time Trial
3rd – Stage 1 Road Race
4th – Stage 3 Criterium
1st - Emerald City TT
1983
National Championships, San Diego, CA
18th – Time Trial
22nd – Road Race
Pan American Games Qualifier, Redmond WA
1st – Redmond NW Bicycle Classic, 1st place Hot Spots, 2nd place KOM
District Championships, Oregon
1st – Time Trial
1st – Road Race
Cascade Cycling Classic
1st – Stage 1, Lava Butte Time Trial
3rd – Stage 2, Mount Bachelor Road Race
Race Leader two stages
Tour of Willamette
3rd – Overall GC
3rd – Stage 3, Wolf Creek Road Race
4th – Stage 5, McKenzie Road Race
4th - Points Overall GC
5th – Stage 6, University of Oregon Criterium
National Prestige Classic
4th – Santa Ynez Road Race
Northwest Rider of the Year – “Bicycle Paper” periodical (Seattle)
1st - Jack Frost Time Trial
1st - Wigrich Road Race
1st - Piece of Cake Halsey Road Race
1st - Watsonville Criterium
1st - Hell of the East Time Trial, 1st place Cobblestone Time Prize
2nd – Mount Tabor Rose Festival Circuit Race
2nd - Port Townsend Criterium
2nd - Scott Park Criterium
5th – Capitola Criterium
6th – University of Santa Cruz, Circuit Race
7th – Vulcan Tour, Ring of Fire Criterium
Europe:
16th - Prix Center Azur, Nice, France, Road Race
1984
Europe:
16th – Giro della Toscana
Giro d’Italia highlights:
6th – Overall GC, Trofeo Banco di Santo Spirito Points
13th – Stage 22 TT
21st – Stage 15 TT
38th – Prolog
Cascade Cycling Classic
3rd – Stage 1 Time Trial
5th – Overall GC
Vulcan Tour
2nd – Stage 2, Time Trial
4th – Stage 4, Road Race
Washington Trust Classic
4th – Stage 2, Seven Hills Road Race
5th – Stage 3, Manitou Park Criterium
5th – Overall GC
5th – Stage 4, Downtown Criterium
7th – Stage 1 Road Race
Tour of Willamette
1st - Stage 1, Greenhill Road Race
2nd - Stage 4, McKenzie River Time Trial
6th –Overall GC
Race Leader two stages
Wenatchee Stage Race
1st - Stage 1 Time Trial
1st - Stage 3 Road Race
2nd – Overall GC
Ketchum Stage Race
1st - Stage 3 Time Trial
4th – Stage 1, Sun Valley Criterium
1st - Umpqua Valley Road Race
1st - Umpqua Valley Criterium
1st - Crow Road Race
2nd – Hell of the East Time Trial, 2nd place Cobblestone Time Prize
3rd – Port Townsend Criterium
1985
Cascade Cycling Classic
2nd – Stage 1, Lava Butte Time Trial
Tour of Texas
2nd – Stage 3 Time Trial
British Columbia Superweek
1st – Gilford Town Square Criterium
4th – Victoria Criterium
4th – Overall GC
6th – Langley Criterium
Tour of Willamette
1st – Stage 2, McKenzie Time Trial
1st – Stage 4, Blanton Heights Road Race
3rd – Stage 1, Junction City Road Race
3rd – Stage 5, Skinners Butte Criterium
10th – Overall GC
Washington Trust Classic
2nd – Stage 2, Seven Hills Road Race
2nd – Stage 4, Downtown Criterium
8th – Manitou Park Criterium
9th – Overall GC
Vulcan Tour
3rd – Stage 2, Time Trial
Baleno NorthWest Prestige Trophy - Season long points series
2nd – Overall GC
Bellfountain Stage Race
1st - Overall GC
1st – Stage 1 Time Trial
1st – Stage 2 Road Race
1st – Governors Cup Criterium
1st – Port Townsend Criterium
1st – Lebanon Strawberry Criterium
1st – Tijuana Criterium, Mexico
1st – Pomay Cider Cup, Overall GC
2nd – Hell of the East Time Trial, 1st place Cobblestone Time Prize
3rd – Redmond Northwest Cycling Classic
5th – Wheat Thins Portland Mayor’s Cup Criterium
6th – Sandpoint Cycling Classic, Overall GC
9th – Phoenix / Scottsdale Road Classic
10th – Whistler British Columbia Stage Race, Overall GC
1986
National Championships, Boise, ID
1st – Time Trial – National Champion
1st – Team Time Trial – National Champion
5th – Road Race
District Championships – Southern California
1st – Time Trial
1st – Road Race
Redlands Bicycle Classic
1st – Hot Spots Points competition
2nd – Stage 4, Downtown Criterium
3rd – Stage 1, Oak Run Road Race
3rd - Prolog
Cascade Cycling Classic
2nd – Stage 1, Lava Butte Time Trial
2nd – Stage 2, Criterium
3rd – Stage 4, Mirror Pond Criterium
3rd – Overall GC
6th – Stage 2, Mount Bachelor Road Race
Tour of Texas
2nd – Stage 5, Team Time Trial
3rd – Prolog
9th – Overall GC
Vulcan Tour
1st – Stage 2, Team Time Trial
Vuelta de Bisbee
1st – Team Overall GC
2nd – Stage 3, Team Time Trial
6th – Stage 2, Mule Pass Road Race
6th – Overall GC
Washington Trust Cycling Classic
2nd – Stage 3, Time Trial
3rd – Overall GC
5th – Prolog
Baleno Northwest Prestige Trophy – Season long points series
1st – Overall GC
1st – Port Townsend Criterium
1st – Hell of the East Time Trial
2nd – Borrego Springs Desert Classic Road Race
2nd – Yuma Classic Criterium
2nd – Castlepark Criterium
6th – Victoria Day Road Race, Vancouver, Canada
6th – Phoenix Criterium
9th – Redmond Northwest Cycling Classic
1987
Europe
7th – Rond des Pyrenees, France, Road Race
Tour of Spain
8th – Stage 3, Time Trial
20th - Prolog
Tour d’Amourique, France
11th – Stage 1, Time Trial
17th – Overall GC
Cascade Cycling Classic
1st – Stage 2, Sunriver Circuit Race
5th – Overall GC
Race Leader two stages
Washington Trust Cycling Classic
3rd – Stage 2, Time Trial
District Championships – Southern California / Orange County Criterium Championships, Santa Ana Grand Prix:
1st – Southern California and Orange County Champion
1988
US PRO Championship Road Race, Philadelphia, PA
7th – Overall, 3rd – American
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal, Classique Petro Canada
1st – Overall GC
1st – Prolog
1st – Stage 3, Parc Olympic Circuit
3rd – Stage 2, Mont Royal Road Race
Tour of Canada, Niagara Classic
1st – Stage 7, Stoney Creek to Milton Road Race
2nd – Stage 6, Team Time Trial
2nd – Overall GC
Race Leader one stage
Tour of Texas
1st – Corpus Christi, Team Time Trial
3rd – Stage 7, Fort Worth Criterium
4th – Stage 6, Dallas Criterium
5th – Prolog
Cascade Cycling Classic
4th – Stage 2, Sunriver Circuit Race
Tour of the Unknown Coast
1st – Overall GC
1st – Stage 1, Fairgrounds Criterium
2nd – Stage 2, Unknown Coast Road Race
1st – Santa Maria Criterium
2nd – Tour of Schenectady, NY, Criteruim
2nd – West Hollywood Criterium
3rd – University of San Diego, Criterium
3rd – Del Mar Grand Prix, Circuit Race
4th – Tour of Mount Hood, Stage 2, Criterium
5th – Gastown Grand Prix, Vancouver, Canada
10th – Scatalon International Pro Road Race, Hamilton / Toronto, Canada
1989
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal, Classique Petro Canada
2nd – Stage 2, Time Trial
3rd – Overall GC
1st – Honda Laval Classique de Quebec, Canada
1st – Tompkins Hill Road Race
1st – Bayside Time Trial
1st – Elmira Road Race
3rd – Inn of the 7th Mountain – Mountain Bike Race
3rd – Tino Rossi Criterium, Quebec, Canada
5th – Canadian Tire Criterium, Toronto, Canada
1990
National Championships, Albany, NY
3rd – Time Trial
US National Team:
Commonwealth Bank Classic – Australia
2nd – Team Overall GC
5th – Overall KOM GC
17th – Overall GC
Fairmont Resort Tour of the Mountains – Australia
2nd – Overall KOM GC
3rd – Overall GC
4th – Stage1, Road Race
5th – Stage 2, Circuit Race
District Championships, Oregon
1st – Time Trial
Cascade Cycling Classic
2nd – Stage 5, Mirror Pond Criterium
Most Aggressive Rider Award
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal, Canadian Tire Series Race
1st - Stage 2, Time Trial
Race Leader one stage
Tour of the Unknown Coast
1st – Stage 1, Time Trial
2nd – Overall GC
5th – Stage 5, Unknown Coast Road Race
Race Leader two stages
Vuelta de Bisbee
4th – Prolog
6th – Stage 1, Mule Pass Road Race
Eugene Celebration Stage Race
1st – Overall GC
1st – Stage 1, Road Race
2nd – Stage 2, Time Trial
3rd – Stage 3, Criterium
Gateway to the Wilderness Stage Race
1st – Overall GC
1st – Stage 1, Time Trial
2nd – Stage 3, Criterium
Redwood Curtain Stage Race
1st – Overall GC
1st – Table Bluff Road Race
1st – Bayshore Criterium
1st – Kneeland Hillclimb
1st – Samoa Time Trial
1st – Korbel Hillclimb
Burley Duet Tandem Stage Race
1st – Stage 3, Brownsville Time Trial
3rd – Stage 2, Criterium
4th – Stage 4, Cottage Grove Road Race
1st – ICC International Road Race, Calgary, Canada
1st – Silverton Health Fair Criterium
1st – University of Oregon Criterium
1st – Mount Tabor Rose Festival Circuit Race
4th – Banana Belt Road Race
1991
Canadian Tire Cup Series
Tour du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada
1st – Overall GC
1st – Stage 2, Time Trial
2nd – Team Overall GC
2nd – Stage 1, Road Race
5th – Stage 4, Road Race
Victoria Grand Prix
1st – Stage 2, Time Trial
3rd – Stage 1, Criterium
3rd – Prolog Team Time Trial
Tour de White Rock
1st – Stage 1, Time Trial
4th – Overall GC
Race Leader for three Stages
Redlands Bicycle Classic
3rd – Stage 1, Time Trial
Eugene Celebration Stage Race
1st – Overall GC
1st – Stage 1, Elmira Road Race
1st – Stage 2, McBeth Time Trial
2nd – Stage 3, Criterium
Oktoberfest Omnium, Mount Angel
1st – Stage 1, Criterium
1st – Stage 2, Criterium
Treetop Yakima Series
1st – Criterium
2nd – Road Race
1st – Tour of the Unknown Coast Road Race
1st – Riverside Canyon, CA, Criterium
1st – Bald Peak Newberg Road Race
1st – Newberg Classic Criterium
1st – Molalla Biathlon, Team
2nd – Victor Point Road Race
2nd – Banana Belt Road Race
3rd – Christopher Columbus Seward Park Criterium
1992
District Championships, Oregon
1st – Time Trial
Redlands Bicycle Classic
1st – Stage 1, Time Trial
3rd – Stage 5, Downtown Criterium
6th – Stage 6, Sunset Circuit Race
8th – Overall GC
Race Leader for three stages
Tour of Willamette
1st – Stage 5, Time Trial
7th – Overall GC
Bellingham / Old Fairhaven Stage Race
1st – Overall GC
1st – Stage 2, Time Trial
1st – Stage 3, Criterium
2nd – Stage 1, Road Race
1st – La Canada Circuit Race
1st – Port Townsend Criterium
1st – Mount Tabor Rose Festival Circuit Race
3rd – Portland Mayor’s Cup, Criterium
5th – San Luis Rey Road Race
12th – Nevada City Classic
1994
Burley Duet Tandem Stage Race
1st – Time Trial
2nd – Downtown Criterium
2nd – Overall GC
3rd – Windy Flats Brownsville Road Stage
3rd – Cottage Grove Road Stage
1997
Vulcan Tour
1st – Stage 1, Road Race
1st – Stage 2, Criterium
4th – Sharps Creek Road Race