August 25/98 2:40 am - Mountain National team, CCA News Posted by Editor on 08/25/98
Canadian National Mountain Bike Team (courtesy CCA)
The following riders have been selected to represent Canada at the Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont Ste Anne, Québec. Please note that some of the positions are funded, and some not (as is usually the case).
| Senior Pro Men Cross Country | | | 1. | Chris Sheppard | British Columbia | | 2. | Andreas Hestler | British Columbia | | 3. | Roland Green | British Columbia | | 4. | Peter Wedge | New Brunswick | | 5. | Guido Visser | Québec | | 6. | Bill Hurley | Nova Scotia | | 7. | Eric Tourville | Québec | | | Senior Pro Women Cross Country | | | 1. | Alison Sydor | British Columbia | | 2. | Chrissy Redden | Ontario | | 3. | Lesley Tomlinson | British Columbia | | 4. | Amber Chorney | British Columbia | | 5. | Melanie Dorion | Québec | | 6. | Trish Sinclair | British Columbia | | 7. | Melanie McQuaid | British Columbia | | | Espoir Men Cross Country | | | 1. Seamus McGrath | Ontario | | 2. Geoff Kabush | British Columbia | | 3. Mathieu Toulouse | Québec | | 4. Neil Grover | Manitoba | | 5. Martin Nuckle | Québec | | 6. Josh Hall | Ontario | | 7. Marc Sonntag | British Columbia | | | Junior Men Cross Country | | | 1. | Ryder Hesjedal | British Columbia | | 2. | Jean-Francois Laroche | Québec | | 3. | Ryan Dey | Ontario | | 4. | Phil Karasinski | Ontario | | 5. | Lane Cooper | Alberta | | 6. | Ricky Federov | British Columbia | | | Junior Women Cross Country | | | 1. | Carrie Tuck | Alberta | | 2. | Marisol Bernier | Québec | | 3. | Melissa Lunstead | Ontario | | 4. | Suzana Schrainmova | British Columbia | | 5. | Sandra Walter | British Columbia | | 6. | Emilie Germain | Québec | | | Elite Men Downhill | | | 1. | Eric Cseff | Ontario | | 2. | Dave Watson | British Columbia | | 3. | Frederic Poulin | Québec | | 4. | Chris Buckrell | Ontario | | 5. | Brent Lyon | British Columbia | | 6. | Jimmy Coll | Québec | | Atl. | Andrew Shandro | British Columbia | | | Senior Elite Women Downhill | | | 1. | Lorraine Blancher | British Columbia | | 2. | Daamiann Skelton | British Columbia | | 3. | Cecile Gambin | Ontario | | 4. | Sylvie Allen | British Columbia | | 5. | Chantal Boulianne | Québec | | 6. | Aleisha Cline | British Columbia | | 7. | Tera Meade | British Columbia | | Alt. | Elladee Brown | British Columbia | | | Junior Men Downhill | | | 1. | Dustin Adams | British Columbia | | 2. | Tony Pejril | British Columbia | | 3. | Eric Belanger | Québec | | 4. | Peter McLean | Ontario | | 5. | Vincent Roy | Québec | | 6. | Tim Coleman | British Columbia | | | Junior Women Downhill | | | 1. | Lalena Desautels | Ontario | | 2. | Elizabeth Windsor | Alberta |
Other CCA News
The Development Committee will be making their decision with respect to the Makeup Downhill race (held at the Nationals, after the boycotted event at Rocky Mountain House) on Thursday (August 27th). We have been promised a report for Friday morning.
With respect to the Canada Cup Final Standings: the situation is that there are a number of riders who were listed as D.N.S. in the official results after the Nationals. The CCA is working on clarifying the results, and has promised to update us as soon as possible. The Canada Cup standings are going to change, we are just waiting to find out which riders need to have their results recalculated.
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