A pack of women racers on a sunny tree-lined road, led by riders in teal, purple E-Voke Racing and black-and-yellow kits, with more riders and spectators behind

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E-Voke Racing

A longtime Southern California racing team that made the trip north, and part of Berkeley Hills Road Race history: second in the 2022 Women Masters 40+ race.

Berkeley Omnium 2022
Raced: Berkeley Hills Road Race

The story

Part of the Berkeley racing story.

E-Voke Racing has been part of California bike racing for decades. The team describes a roster that runs from state and national champions to masters racers, women, novice riders and emerging talent, held together by competition, mentorship and community.

In 2022, E-Voke's Shannon Gaffney finished second in the Women Masters 40+ race at the Berkeley Hills Road Race, and fourth in the same category at the West Crescent Criterium at UC Berkeley. Two results, one weekend of Berkeley racing, and one more E-Voke jersey in the history of these races.

In their words

For decades, E-Voke Racing has been a fixture of California cycling, developing athletes and competing at the highest levels of the sport.

Source: E-Voke Racing →

Highlights

Berkeley Hills Road Race
2022: Shannon Gaffney, second in Women Masters 40+.

E-Voke in the field

Purple in the pack.

You can spot an E-Voke kit from a long way down the road. Here it is in a women's field, rolling alongside a San Jose Bicycle Club rider: two of the many California teams that make up the field on race day.

Who writes a race's history

Not only the winners.

The Berkeley Hills Road Race has been run since 1957. Its history is usually told through the names at the top of the results: the winners, the record holders, the famous breakaways.

But a race's history is built by everyone who shows up for it. The masters racer who finishes second. The teammate who drives the carpool. The rider in the field who makes the race hard enough to matter. Teams like E-Voke, who keep bringing riders to the start line year after year, are how a race gets to be nearly seventy years old.

2nd
Shannon Gaffney, Women Masters 40+, 2022 Berkeley Hills Road Race
Source: BikeReg results
4th
Shannon Gaffney, Women Masters 40+, 2022 West Crescent Criterium at UC Berkeley
Source: BikeReg results

Keep reading

More of the Berkeley racing story.

Where E-Voke's story connects to the rest of Berkeley racing.

  1. 01

    Berkeley Hills Road Race

    East Bay hills, since 1957

    Where E-Voke finished second in Women Masters 40+ in 2022.

  2. 02

    Berkeley Hills Road Race history

    1957 to today

    The winners, the eras and the people behind nearly seventy years of racing.

  3. 03

    Berkeley Streets Criterium

    Downtown Berkeley

    The Omnium's second day, on a fast downtown circuit.

  4. 04

    Women's racing: Super Sprinkles

    San Francisco

    A team built to bring more women into racing.

  5. 05

    San Jose Bicycle Club

    San Jose, since 1939

    E-Voke's neighbor in the pack.

Thank you, E-Voke Racing.

Thank you for decades of showing up for California racing, and for putting an E-Voke jersey into the history of the Berkeley Hills Road Race.

Every rider who lines up becomes part of the story. We'd love to add another chapter.

Bring the purple back to Berkeley in 2027. 🚴

Follow E-Voke Racing

Instagram @evokeracingteam →

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Bring the purple back to Berkeley in 2027. 🚴

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