Posted by Editoress on 05/30/10
The favourites won at round three of the Canada Cup cross-country series at Hardwood Ski and Bike, north of Toronto, but they had to battle for their wins, pointing to the increasing depth in Canadian fields. Emily Batty (Trek World Racing) and Derek Zandstra (3 Rox Racing) each won in very hot and dusty conditions, coming back to race on what could be considered their 'home' course after an early season on the World Cup circuit in Europe.
In both races, a trio of riders broke away early, and rode together until late in the race, when the winner finally managed to get clear. Batty, her former Toronto Trek Store team mate Mical Dyck and Amanda Sin (3 Rox Racing) were the three riders to break clear in the women's race.
According to Batty, "Mical set the pace on the first lap, which separated us from the rest of the field. Then Amanda was at the front for the middle part of the race, before I attacked on the final lap to get a gap."
Dyck, after fading in the middle of the four lap race, came back to overtake Sin for second. Catherine Vipond (Norco Factory) takes over the Canada Cup series lead from Mikaela Kofman (3 Rox Racing) after finishing sixth to Kofman's 12th.
In the men's five lap race, the three to break clear by the middle of the first lap were Zandstra, Raphaël Gagne (Rocky Mountain) and Andrew Watson (Norco Factory). Gagne briefly got away when the other two were caught up in traffic behind riders from other categories on the course, but Zandstra and Watson were able to rejoin him, and Zandstra then powered away on the final lap to take his first win of the season. Watson, in the absence of former series leader Max Plaxton (Sho-Air/Specialized), who was busy winning a U.S. pro series race in Texas, donned the leader's jersey for the men.
"It was a tough race," commented Zandstra. "It's such a fast course that no one can get away. In the singletrack you can hope for someone to make a mistake and get a gap. The third lap, Watson and I both got stuck behind a girl that crashed, and Raph got away. Andrew and I gave 'er to catch up, and that put a big damper into both of us. On the whole last lap I kept the pressure high, and on the climbs I was getting a little gap, and on the very last big climb I just gave it at the top and got into the singletrack first."
Batty was the top Under-23 rider for the women, with Tyson Wagler (3 Rox Racing) for the men. Evan Guthrie (Rocky Mountain/Cycling BC), coming back from a bout of mononucleosis, was with the U23 leaders until fading in the final lap to finish fourth.
In the Junior Expert races, Kristina Laforge (Equipe du Quebec/Cyclone d'Alma) completely dominated the women's three lap competition, finishing two and a half minutes in front of national champion Laura Bietola (3 Rox Racing). Laforge took the lead in the Canada Cup standings. For the Junior men, it was a battle between Mitchell Bailey (Jetpower) and Leandre Bouchard (Equipe du Quebec/Cyclone d'Alma), until Bouchard flatted. Impressively, Bouchard was able to run to the pit, replace his wheel and still finish third, behind Evan McNeely (EMD Serono Specialized). Bailey leads the series standings.
Elite Women - 36 km | |
1 Emily Batty* (ON) TREK WORLD RACING | 1:52:26 |
2 Mical Dyck (BC) Trek Canada | at 1:14 |
3 Amanda Sin (ON) 3 Rox Racing | 1:49 |
4 Jean Ann McKirdy (BC) Local Ride Women's MTB | 5:23 |
5 Sandra Walter (BC) Local Ride Elite Women's MTB | 6:31 |
6 Catherine Vipond (ON) Norco Factory Team | 7:01 |
7 Cindy Montambault (QC) CVM Val-David | 9:18 |
8 Heather Gray (ON) Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnny's | 12:13 |
9 Sue Haviland (ON) Norco Evolution | 12:50 |
10 Ashley Barson* (ON) Coach Chris.ca / Ted Velikonja | 13:00 |
11 Andreanne Pichette* (QC) Equipe du Quebec SubwayGenetik | 13:36 |
12 Mikaela Kofman* (ON) Scott/3 Rox Racing | 14:10 |
13 Rebecca Beaumont* (QC) Equipe du Quebec/Cyclone dAlma | 14:32 |
14 Susan Stephens (ON) Ind | 15:19 |
15 Marie-Cl Surprenant* (QC) Equipe du Quebec/Xprezo-Borsao | 18:19 |
16 Erin Disterheft (MI) Team Billy's | 18:57 |
17 Tricia K. Spooner (ON) Stevens Racing p/b The Cyclery | 18:59 |
18 Celine Foreht (ON) Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnny's | 23:45 |
19 S. Lacoursiere* (QC) Equipe du Quebec/Cyclone dAlma | 24:49 |
20 Sarah Moore* (QC) CVM Val David | 25:35 |
21 Kristen Lake (ON) Sweet Pete's | 28:55 |
22 Annick Chretien (QC) Ind | 33:09 |
23 Anna O'Brien (QC) Tall Tree Cycles | 36:10 |
DNF C. Olivier-Lapierre* (QC) Equipe du Quebec SubwayGenetik | |
DNF Lisa Morgan (NZl) Ind | |
DNF Samantha Grover* (AB) Pedal Head Racing | |
DNF Marjorie Lavoie* (QC) CVM Val-David | |
DNF Holly WhiteKnight (ON) Wild Betty's | |
DNF Melanie Bernier* (ON) Coach Chris.ca/Ted Velikonja | |
*=U23 | |
Junior Expert Women - 27 km | |
1 Kristina Laforge (QC) Equipe du Quebec/Cyclone dAlma | 1:33:17 |
2 Laura Bietola (ON) 3 Rox Racing | at 2:34 |
3 Lauren Rosser (BC) Cycling BC | 4:04 |
4 Valerie Meunier (QC) Equipe du Quebec/Cyclone dAlma | 4:20 |
5 Cayley Brooks (ON) Team Hardwood/Trek | 7:31 |
6 A. Lanthier Nadeau (QC) Equipe du Quebec/Rocky Mtn | 8:13 |
7 Samantha Wagler (ON) Two Wheel Express | 12:52 |
8 Caeli Barron (AB) Synergy Racing Club | 14:51 |
9 Haley Smith (ON) ThinkSL.com / Carson Electric | 18:29 |
10 Stacey Forbes (ON) Coach Chris.ca / Ted Velikonja | 19:42 |
11 Emily Flynn (ON) EMD Serono-Specialized | 21:42 |
12 Katlyn Dundas (ON) Bikefit Sunflower Squad | 26:05 |
13 Jessica Tripp (ON) St. Catharines Cycling Club | 36:49 |
14 Stephanie Vialle (QC) CVM Val David | 1:00:40 |
DNF Emily Fisher (ON) Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnny's | |
DNF Michelle Everist (ON) Ind | |
DNF Morin Justine (QC) Dalbix | |
Elite Men - 45 km | |
1 Derek Zandstra (ON) 3 Rox Racing | 2:02:06 |
2 Raphael Gagne (QC) Rocky Mountain Factory Team | at 0:26 |
3 Andrew Watson (ON) Norco Factory Team | 1:03 |
4 Adam Morka (ON) Trek Canada | 2:02 |
5 Peter Glassford (ON) Trek Canada | 2:13 |
6 Stefan Widmer (BC) Rocky MTN Factory Team | 2:47 |
7 Eric Batty (ON) Trek Canada | 3:22 |
8 Mike Garrigan (ON) JetPower | 4:05 |
9 Kris Sneddon (BC) KONA | 4:33 |
10 Marty Lazarski (BC) Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 4:56 |
11 Matthew Hadley (NB) XPREZO - BORSAO | 5:19 |
12 Cameron Jette (ON) La Bicicletta Elite Team | 6:39 |
13 Tyson Wagler* (ON) 3 Rox Racing | 6:43 |
14 Daniel Sessford (BC) Aviawest/BlueCompetitionCycles | 6:50 |
15 Ryan Atkins (ON) EMD Serono Specialized | 7:42 |
16 Francis Morin* (QC) Specialized | 8:11 |
17 S. CadieuxDuval* (QC) CVM Val David | 8:46 |
18 Evan Guthrie* (BC) Rocky Mtn Bicycles/Cycling BC | 9:21 |
19 Cody Canning* (AB) ERTC/Revolution Cycle | 9:30 |
20 Jacob McClelland* (ON) Team Hardwood/Trek | 9:30 |
21 Craig Richey (BC) Aviawest/BlueCompetitionCycles | 11:06 |
22 Andrew L'Esperance* (NS) Cyclesmith/Trek | 11:08 |
23 Simon Lalancette* (QC) Equipe du Quebec/Devinci | 11:40 |
24 Felix Cote* (QC) CVM Val-David | 11:42 |
25 Patrick Chartrand* (QC) CVM Val-David | 12:47 |
26 Jon Kinsie* (ON) Ind | 12:47 |
27 Neil Schiemann (QC) Tall Tree Cycles | 14:01 |
28 Stu Alp (ON) Norco Evolution | 14:07 |
29 Thomas Skinner (BC) Aviawest/BlueCompetitionCycles | 15:23 |
30 Jamie Lamb (NS) Cyclesmith | 16:10 |
31 Seamus Powell* (NY) Windham Mtn. Outfitters | 17:16 |
32 Pierre Chamberland* (QC) CVM Val David | 18:24 |
33 Codey May (ON) Mountainview Cycling Club | 19:04 |
34 Ben Dawson (ON) Team Hardwood/Trek | 19:31 |
35 JP ThibaultRoberge* (QC) PlaneteSports.ca | 19:39 |
36 Logan Tacoma* (ON) Two Wheel Express | 19:40 |
37 Danny Souter (ON) KHS Bicycles | 19:53 |
38 Zachary Winn* (ON) Cycle Youth | 20:23 |
39 Haydn Boucher* (ON) 3 Rox Racing | 20:26 |
40 Matthew Paziuk (ON) Trek Store Toronto | 20:41 |
41 Tim Carleton (ON) Trek Store Race Team | 20:42 |
42 John Burns (ME) Bikeman.com | 21:38 |
43 Imad El-Ghazal (Lib) Kunstdat Cycling Club | 22:38 |
44 Wai-Ben Wong (ON) Ind | 22:55 |
45 Brendan Matheson (ON) Trek Store Race Team | 23:42 |
46 Jamie Wagler* (ON) Two Wheel Express | 23:58 |
47 Jon Slaughter* (ON) Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnny's | 23:59 |
48 Tristan Smit (ON) Evolution Cycles | 25:30 |
49 Simon Wagler* (ON) Two Wheel Express | 27:36 |
50 Patrick Dennis (ON) Trek Bicycle Store | 28:22 |
51 Jeremi Bussieres* (QC) CVM Val David | 30:57 |
52 Cory Hancock* (ON) 3 Rox Racing | 33:34 |
53 Brandon Schmidt (ON) KHS Bicycles | 35:24 |
DNF Leni Trudel (QC) Equipe du Quebec/Specialized | |
DNF Zachary Hughes* (ON) Norco Factory Team | |
DNF Kyle Douglas (ON) 3 Rox Racing | |
DNF Benjamin Sonntag (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing | |
DNF Ishai Rotem (Isr) Team Jamis | |
DNF Jared Stafford* (ON) Bikesports Racing | |
DNF Adam Snyder (USA) Team Jamis | |
DNF Mathieu Bilodeau (QC) Ind | |
DNF Stephen Chapman (ON) Ind | |
DNF Andrew De Cal* (ON) ShortHills Cycling Club | |
DNF Jason Everaert (ON) Coach Chris.ca / Ted Velikonja | |
DNF Jarrod Forrest (ON) The Hub Race Team | |
DNF Jerome Samson (ON) Sweet Pete's | |
DNF Rickey Visinski (CT) Justice Madison Cycles | |
*=U23 | |
Junior Expert Men - 36 km | |
1 Mitchell Bailey (ON) Jetpower | 1:42:30 |
2 Evan McNeely (ON) EMD Serono Specialized | at 1:21 |
3 Leandre Bouchard (QC) Equipe du Quebec/Cyclone dAlma | 2:12 |
4 Antoine Caron (QC) Equipe du Quebec/SubwayGenetik | 4:12 |
5 Jeremy Martin (QC) Equipe du Quebec/Rocky Mtn | 4:21 |
6 Bretton Matthews (ON) Jetpower | 5:05 |
7 Etienne Moreau (ON) Team Hardwood/Trek | 6:14 |
8 Daniel Varga (ON) Jet Power | 6:39 |
9 Steven Noble (ON) Jetpower | 7:42 |
10 Felix Wilberg (AB) Cyclemeisters/Bow Cycle | 9:20 |
11 JeanPhilippe Cote (QC) Velo Plein Air | 11:15 |
12 Thomas Guiot (ON) Mountainview Cycling Club | 12:29 |
13 Emmanuel Boily (QC) Ind | 13:52 |
14 Karl Hoppner (ON) EMD Serono Specialized | 15:04 |
15 Corey Brioschi (ON) Ind | 16:33 |
16 Alex Gibson (ON) esteemtraining.com | 18:09 |
17 Lucas Gracey (ON) Ind | 21:04 |
18 Daniel Hope (ON) Team Spoke O`Motion | 22:35 |
19 Luke Hlavenka (ON) esteemtraining.com | 23:29 |
20 P. Gauhtier Boudreau (QC) CVM Val David | 23:50 |
21 Sam Rykhoff (ON) Evolution Cycles | 25:22 |
22 Thomas Botyrius (ON) Cyclepath Oakville | 25:42 |
23 Parker Wilson (ON) Ind | 27:23 |
24 TJ Boucher (ON) Long Sault Long Shots | 28:21 |
25 Sean Kelly (ON) esteemtraining.com | 29:50 |
26 Jordan Doner (ON) Team Spoke O`Motion | 31:08 |
27 Joshua Thomas (ON) ThinkSL.com / Carson Electric | 33:55 |
28 Brendan Cubello (ON) esteemtraining.com | 38:08 |
DNF Xavier Perreault (QC) CVM Val David | |
DNF Preston Wagler (ON) 3 Rox Racing | |
DNF Rob Leigh (BC) Cycling BC | |
DNF Jason LeBlanc (ON) Ind | |
DNF JeanDaniel St.Martin (ON) Ind | |
DNF Stuart Loney (ON) HB Cycling Club |
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