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The annual Blitz to the Barrel bike race brought some of the countries top pros to town to race from Wanoga snow park to 10 Barrel brewery. The bike race took place this past Wed and the winners each took home a cool $10,000. Local Carl Decker won the mens race and Kelli Emmett won the women’s race.

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• Kelli Emmett blasts down the Funner trail on her way to winning the women’s race.

• Matt Fox
• Carl Decker launches out over Tetherow on his way to winning the men’s race at Blitz to the Barrel

This article appears in Aug 20-28, 2014.

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Blitz to the Barrel brings top pros to town

by Matt Fox, The Source - Bend, Oregon
August 22, 2014

<h1>Blitz to the Barrel brings top pros to town</h1> <p class="byline">by Matt Fox, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />August 22, 2014</p> <p>The annual Blitz to the Barrel bike race brought some of the countries top pros to town to race from Wanoga snow park to 10 Barrel brewery. The bike race took place this past Wed and the winners each took home a cool $10,000. Local Carl Decker won the mens race and Kelli Emmett won the women's race. </p> <div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media2.fdncms.com/bend/imager/kelli-emmett-blasts-down-the-funner-trail/u/original/2390418/1408729755-ke.jpg" alt="Kelli Emmett blasts down the Funner trail on her way to winning the womens race." title="Kelli Emmett blasts down the Funner trail on her way to winning the womens race. " width="500" height="749" /></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/ImageArchives?by=2318678" target="_blank">Matt Fox</a></li> <li>Kelli Emmett blasts down the Funner trail on her way to winning the women's race.</li> </ul> </div> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media2.fdncms.com/bend/imager/carl-decker-launches-out-over-tetherow-on/u/original/2390419/1408729972-cd.jpg" alt="Carl Decker launches out over Tetherow on his way to winning the mens race at Blitz to the Barrel" title="Carl Decker launches out over Tetherow on his way to winning the mens race at Blitz to the Barrel" width="500" height="520" /></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/ImageArchives?by=2318678" target="_blank">Matt Fox</a></li> <li>Carl Decker launches out over Tetherow on his way to winning the men's race at Blitz to the Barrel</li> </ul> </div></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/blitz-to-the-barrel-brings-top-pros-to-town-2390416/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=32998&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/blitz-to-the-barrel-brings-top-pros-to-town-2390416/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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