GORHAM — Even summit winds gusting to 60 miles per hour could not halt Marti Shea.

A Manchester native and former Boston University long-distance running all-America, Shea, 49, of Marblehead, Mass., bested the women’s field for the sixth straight time and won the annual Newton’s Revenge Bicycle Hillclimb to the 6,288-foot summit of Mount Washington Saturday with a time of 1:05:23.

Shea, who finished sixth overall, has never been beaten by another woman in the history of the Revenge, and she also has won the past two Mount Washington bicycle hillclimbs. She will be seeking her ninth consecutive triumph over the 7.6-mile Mount Washington Auto Road next month.

Cameron Cogburn, 26, of Cambridge, Mass., was the event’s overall winner, bolting from the field during the race’s first half mile and pedaling to a 55:59 finish.

Only one other rider, Tim Tapply, 37, of Sherborn, Mass., finished with a sub-60 minute time, reaching the summit in 58:59.

A pair of New Hampshire cyclists, Douglas Jansen, 49, of Pelham, and Gregory Larkin, 44 of Hollis, notched top 10 finishes. Jansen ended eighth in 1:07:08 while Larkin crossed 10th in 1:07:45.

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Shea has grown accustomed to adversity at Mount Washington. Several years ago her chain snapped as she approached the summit and she had to run her bike the final 150 meters to the finish line. On other occasions, she has pedaled through clouds and fog and rain.

And Saturday it was wind.

“It was a tough one today with the wind,” said Shea. “One second I’d think it was helping me, and the next it was in my face. At one point I was afraid I’d be pushed into the rocks.”

As the race developed, Shea was never farther back than her sixth place finishing position. Cogburn, who was out of his seat for the first two minutes of the race, led Tapply, Chris Yura, 33, of Bryn Mawr, Pa., Gerry Clapper, 51, of Avon, Conn., and Shea, whose positions remained virtually constant, the length of the Auto Road.

John Bayley, 43, of Watertown, Mass., swapped positions with Shea several times over the closing mile to share in the battle with the wind.

“I’m kind of bummed out because I was too slow,” said Shea. “I couldn’t push any harder because of the wind, but I felt I could go harder.”

Cogburn, who made his first effort on the mountain Saturday, is an aerobic athlete and admitted that standing out of the saddle is his style of riding.

“I’m super aerobic so I need to stand a lot and spin (the pedals) to keep the cadence high,” said the race winner. “Power is power, so I used a low gear.”

Runner-up Tapply could only watch as Cogburn sped away on the lower half of the mountain which actually features some of the course’s steepest grades.

“You do enough of these races, and you see riders accelerate early, but later blow up,” said the veteran Tapply who finished fourth here a year ago. “He (Cogburn) knows his (physical) condition. I’m a triathlete, so going straight uphill on a big mountain is not my forte.”

Cogburn led more than a minute at Two Mile Park and at the foot of Quarter Mile Straight, where racing cars reach speeds in excess of 100 mph, his advantage was 1:45. When the eventual winner reached Signal Corps at timberline, he mumbled, “This wind is awful,” as he wheeled past.

But by this time, the race was his.

“I came in with a little trepidation,” said the first-time winner. “I was holding back a little when we went into the clouds (5,600 feet), afraid I’d be blown off (the bike). At one point there was a gust and I kind of wobbled. On the last steep section (200 meters, 21 percent grade), I popped a wheelie. That was the scariest part.

“You read 40 mph (sustained) wind, but you don’t know what that’s like until you get into it,” Cogburn added.

Yura finished in 1:02:46, Clapper was timed at 1:03:59 and Bayley closed at 1:04:44.

Philadelphia’s Liz Feeney, 49, was the second woman to the summit, 28th overall, with a time of 1:14:37.

“We were protected from the wind until about Mile 4, but then a couple of gusts gave me a nice push,” Feeney smiled. “The toughest part was the gravel. It was a bit loose, deeper in spots, and with the wind it was hard to hold a line.”

Yearly erosion prevents paving of this section of the Auto Road at Cragway Turn (4,700 feet), and the recent rains including Friday night’s heavy bursts on the mountain deteriorated the surface in areas.

Kori Preble, 40, of Bow, was the top-finishing New Hampshire woman, behind Shea, with a time of 1:33:51.

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Mark Labore may be reached at mlabore@unionleader.com.