May 31/14 22:30 pm - BC Road Championships
Posted by Editoress on 05/31/14
Victoria Cycling Royalty – Canning and Rathwell Crowned BC Road Cycling Champions
It’s going to take a bit more than a finish line battle to wrestle the BC Road Cycling Championship’s title away from Megan Rathwell as she sprinted the last few metres of a gruelling Accent Inns Cycling Classic Road Race to win both the elite women’s race and the provincial crown.
Victoria’s Rathwell, riding for Rumble Drinks, beat Nanaimo’s Janna Gillick (Mid Island Velo Association) in a sprint finish to win her second provincial championship in as many years. Rathwell and Gillick finished the 80-kilometre Metchosin course in 2:22:20 while Optum Pro Cycling’s Denise Ramsden was third in 2:22:05. The trio broke free about half way through the race, working together until the end.
Megan Rathwell wins - photo Morgan Turner
Podium - photo Morgan Turner
On the elite men’s side, H&R Block’s Garrett McLeod took advantage of the last hill of the 120-km course to escape from the lead pack with five kilometres to go. The Nova Scotian rider crossed the line by himself in 3:04:21 to win the second race of the 2014 Robert Cameron Law Cycling Series p/b PISE.
McLeod won by 28 seconds, the pack finish line sprint resulting in a second-place finish for Accent Inns/Russ Hay’s Cycling Team Cody Canning from Victoria, while Lead Out Project’s Evan Bayer was third. Except for a four-man breakaway early in the race, the lead pack stayed together the entire way.
McLeod Wins - photo Morgan Turner
Podium - photo Morgan Turner
As the first BC rider to cross the finish line, Canning takes the 2014 BC Road Cycling Championships elite men’s title. This makes Canning and Rathwell the unofficial King and Queen of BC cycling as they are a long-time couple off the bike as well.
Hotel Zed Dallas Road Time Trial winners Annie Ewart and Craig Richey relinquished their Omnium leaders jerseys to Gillick and McLeod who both now take the jerseys and the total series points lead into tomorrow’s Russ Hay’s / Accent Inns Bastion Square Grand Prix which is also the BC Criterium Cycling Championships. Sunday’s events also include the Tim Hortons Timbits Challenge and the GAIN (German Auto Import Network) Celebrity Challenge.
Victoria’s Mick Bryson, riding for Oak Bay Bikes/Victoria Wheelers, won the BC Road Race Masters Championship, finishing the 70-km race along with a 20-man lead pack in 1:56:20. Cordell Dickie, riding for Chain Line Cycle Club finished first in this non-elite race. No one was registered as a women’s master (40+), but Musette Cafe’s Louisa Scarlett won the 40-km women’s non-elite race.
Results
| Elite Women | |
| 1 Megan Rathwell (Rumble Drinks - 1) | 2:22:20 |
| 2 Janna Gillick (Mid Island Velo Association - 2) | at s.t. |
| 3 Denise Ramsden (Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies - 1) | 0:05 |
| 4 Leah Guloien (Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes - 1) | 4:04 |
| 5 Anika Todd (Tibco/To the Top - 1) | |
| 6 Annie Ewart (Optum Procycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies - 1) | both s.t. |
| 7 Shoshauna Routley (Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes - 2) | 5:35 |
| 8 Jenny Lehmann (Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes - 1) | |
| 9 Kinley Gibson (Trek Red Truck p/b Mosaic Homes - 2) | |
| 10 Maggie Coles-Lyster (Local Ride Racing - 3) | all s.t. |
| 11 Sara Bergen (Mighty Cycling - 2) | 5:39 |
| 12 Justine Clift (Glotman Simpson Cycling - 2) | |
| 13 Tessa Pinckston (Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes - 1) | 10:50 |
| 14 Allison Beveridge (Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes - 1) | s.t. |
| 15 Gillian Ellsay (Trail Bicycles - 3) | 10:54 |
| 16 Sarah Coney (Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes - 2) | 10:58 |
| 17 Tiffany Bilodeau (Ind - 3) | s.t. |
| 18 Heather Kay (United Cycle Race Team - 2) | 11:02 |
| 19 Katelyn Button (Trek Pro City - 3) | 11:06 |
| 20 Allison Daniel (Westside Cycling Club p/b Musette Caffe - 3) | 11:08 |
| 21 Sophie Wyser (Westside Cycling Club p/b Musette Caffe - 2) | 21:04 |
| 22 Kayla Vandermolen (Oak Bay Bikes - Victoria Wheelers,Oak Bay Bikes - Vict - 3) | -1 lap |
| 22 Brenna Pauly (Tripleshot Cycling Club - 3) | -1 lap |
| 22 Alexandra Grant (VIPYRS - 3) | -1 lap |
| DNF Erin Redl (Glotman Simpson Cycling - 2) | |
| DNF Katie Rushton (Accent Inns/ Russ Hay's p/b Scotiabank - 2) | |
| DNF Kia Van Der Vliet (Trail Bicycles - 3) | |
| DNF Katie Cross (Ind - 3) | |
| DNS Meghan Grant (Accent Inns/ Russ Hay's p/b Scotiabank,West of Queb - 2) | |
| DNS Allie Guenther (Accent Inns/ Russ Hay's p/b Scotiabank - 3) | |
| Elite Men | |
| 1 Garrett McLeod (Team H&R Block - 1) | 3:04:21 |
| 2 Cody Canning (Accent Inns/Russ Hay's Cycling Team p/b Scotiabank - 1) | 0:28 |
| 3 Evan Bayer (Ind - 2) | |
| 4 Kyle Buckosky (Team H&R Block - 1) | |
| 5 Adam de Vos (Team H&R Block - 1) | |
| 6 Nigel Kinney (Musette Racing - 2) | |
| 7 Dustin Andrews (Trek Red Truck p/b Mosaic Homes - 1) | |
| 8 Jay Lamoureux (Tripleshot Cycling Club - 2) | |
| 9 Chris Prendergast (H&R Block - 1) | all s.t. |
| 10 Jordan Cheyne (Accent Inns/Russ Hay's Cycling Team p/b Scotiabank - 1) | 0:40 |
| 11 Bailey Mcknight (Trek Red Truck p/b Mosaic Homes - 1) | 1:54 |
| 12 Dylan Cunningham (Accent Inns/Russ Hay's Cycling Team p/b Scotiabank - 2) | 1:59 |
| 13 Jordan Landolt (IRC - 2) | 2:04 |
| 14 Craig Richey (Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes - 1) | 3:07 |
| 15 Dylan Davies (Accent Inns/Russ Hay's Cycling Team p/b Scotiabank - 2) | 3:11 |
| 16 Curtis Dearden (Accent Inns/Russ Hay's Cycling Team p/b Scotiabank - 1) | 15:10 |
| 17 David Gerth (Musette Racing - 1) | 15:12 |
| 18 Ryan Macdonald (Team H&R Block - 1) | 15:32 |
| 19 Federico Marchiori (Ind - 1) | s.t. |
| 20 Vincent Marcotte (Musette Racing - 2) | 15:56 |
| 21 Michael Van Den Ham (Trek Red Truck p/b Mosaic Homes - 1) | s.t. |
| 22 Andrew Russell (Oak Bay Bikes - Victoria Wheelers -3 ) | 16:03 |
| 23 Emile De Rosnay (Accent Inns/ Russ Hay's p/b Scotiabank - 1) | s.t. |
| 24 Geordie Morrison (Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes - 1) | 16:05 |
| 25 Arturo Suarez (Todd's Racing - 2) | 19:26 |
| 26 Steven Grandy (Stuckylife / VIACRA - 2) | - 1 lap |
| DNF Jeff Werner (Accent Inns/Russ Hay's p/b Scotiabank - 1) | |
| DNF Robin Clegg (Team H&R Block - 1) | |
| DNF Peter Buco (Ind - 1) | |
| DNF Henri De Boever (Trek red truck p/b mosaic homes - 1) | |
| DNF Brad Clifford (Trek red truck p/b mosaic homes - 1) | |
| DNF Marc Enter (Ind - 2) | |
| DNF Dave Holmes (Ind - 2) | |
| DNF Christopher D'arcy (Todd's Racing - 2) | |
| DNF Ty Andrews (Cyclemeisters/Bowcycle - 2) | |
| DNF Jordan Duncan (Accent Inns/Russ Hay's Cycling Team p/b Scotiabank - 2) | |
| DNF Luke Koolman (Accent Inns/Russ Hay's Cycling Team p/b Scotiabank - 2) | |
| DNF Raph Lalumiere (Accent Inns/Russ Hay's Cycling Team p/b Scotiabank - 2) | |
| DNF Mike Rothengatter (Accent Inns/Russ Hay's Cycling Team p/b Scotiabank - 2) | |
| DNF Joel Taylor (Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes - 2) | |
| DNF Robert Hargrove (Musette Racing - 2) | |
| DNF Sherwood Plant (Musette Racing - 2) | |
| DNF Trevor Stothard (Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes - 2) | |
| DNF Christian Shubart Knapton | |
| DNF Kelly Servinski (Westside Cycling Club p/b Musette Caffe -3 ) | |
| DNF Cory Ostertag (Mighty Cycling - 3) | |
| DNF Amiel Flett-Brown (Musette Racing - 3) | |
| DNF Roni Jones(Westside Cycling Club p/b Musette Caffe -4 ) | |
| DNS Thomas Skinner (Tripleshot Cycling Club - 1) | |
| DNS Greg Christian (Accent Inns/Russ Hay's Cycling Team p/b Scotiabank - 1) | |
| DNS Cid Martinez (Accent Inns/Russ Hay's Cycling Team p/b Scotiabank - 1) | |
| DNS Geoffrey Homer |
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