Entrants start the 20-mile Tee Harbor Road Race from the Lynn Canal Fire Station on Saturday. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

Entrants start the 20-mile Tee Harbor Road Race from the Lynn Canal Fire Station on Saturday. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

Soza, Sheufelt win Tee Harbor Road Race

Juneau Freewheelers get the cycling season rolling.

Jason Soza and Janice Sheufelt topped the field in Saturday’s Tee Harbor Road Race, the first Juneau Freewheelers Bicycle Club race of the season.

After a rolling start at the Lynn Canal Fire Station Soza cycled the 20-mile round trip course out past Eagle Beach and back in 56 minutes and nine seconds while Sheufelt finished in 1:04:35 for seventh overall and fastest female.

Overall race results are:

1. Jason Soza 56:09; 2. Daniel Wiersma 56.11; 3. Andrew Dyke 56:16; 4. John Bursell 56:47; 5. Sommers Cole 56:49; 6. Randy Peterson 1:01:01; 7. Janice Sheufelt 1:04:35; 8. Rob Welton 1:04:36; 9. Jamie Bursell 1:05:19; 10 Dave Ringle 1:05:20; 11. Dan Tatro 1:17:04.

The next Juneau Freewheelers event is the Thane Donut Time Trial at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 27.

That event starts at the T-Shirt Company warehouse on Thane Road. For more info go to the Juneau Freewheelers Facebook page.

Jason Soza won the Tee Harbor Road Race on Saturday. (Courtesy Photo / Juneau Freewheelers)

Jason Soza won the Tee Harbor Road Race on Saturday. (Courtesy Photo / Juneau Freewheelers)

Jamie Bursell, right, nips Dave Ringle, left, at the finish of the Tee Harbor Road Race on Saturday. (Courtesy Photo / Juneau Freewheelers)

Jamie Bursell, right, nips Dave Ringle, left, at the finish of the Tee Harbor Road Race on Saturday. (Courtesy Photo / Juneau Freewheelers)

Daniel Wiersma, right, and Andrew Dyke, left, finished second and third at Saturday’s Tee Harbor Road Race. (Courtesy Photo / Juneau Freewheelers)

Daniel Wiersma, right, and Andrew Dyke, left, finished second and third at Saturday’s Tee Harbor Road Race. (Courtesy Photo / Juneau Freewheelers)

Janice Sheufelt outsprints Rob Welton to the finish of the Tee Harbor Road Race on Saturday. (Courtesy Photo / Juneau Freewheelers)

Janice Sheufelt outsprints Rob Welton to the finish of the Tee Harbor Road Race on Saturday. (Courtesy Photo / Juneau Freewheelers)

Entrants in the Tee Harbor Road Race pose for a photo before Saturday’s 20-mile event. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

Entrants in the Tee Harbor Road Race pose for a photo before Saturday’s 20-mile event. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

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