June 22/06 9:10 am - Mardis Cycliste De Lachine

Posted by Editoress on 06/22/06
 

Les Mardis Cycliste De Lachine June 20th

Round #3 of the Mardis Cyclistes Saputo was won by Martin Gilbert (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) in a time of 1:01:18, followed by Dominique Rollin (Velo Club Roubaix) and Sebastien Moquin (Sleeman/Clear Energie). A record field of 128 riders turned up for the June 20th event, including teams from Australia and the Netherlands fresh from the Tour de Beauce. Alexandre Lavallée (Louis Garneau Optik) was fourth. The President of le Mardis Cyclistes, Tino Rossi, offered a $1,000 prize to anyone who could defeat the 50-km race course record, but no rider claimed the prize.

Prior to Tuesday night's race neither Rollin or Gilbert had any points and overall leader Moquin added 115 points for a new total of 371 points. Moquin has pulled well ahead of Michel Detry (VCM-Cycles Regis) in second place with 220 points, with Daniel Belisle (Cinelume-Cycles Performance) in third with 180. There are five more races in the series before the August 15 grand finale.

The junior 25 km "Lait's Go" race, had nearly 40 participants (both male and female, ages 14-16). Simon Lambert-Lemay (André Cycle/idCad) won with a time of 35:17 although it was William Garneau (Elicycle/Sports-Experts) who had led the pack for most of the race. Hugo Houle (Velocite Drummond) finished second.