Posted by Editoress on 06/30/12
The U23 and Junior Women's races will be the final events of the day.
The U23 women will do 4 laps and the Junior Women 3
Both will start in downtown Windham, ride ~ 1 km on pavement, befoer hitting the gravel on the actual course. This makes lap 1 longer and the first climb a very long one.
U23 Women
Lap 1
At the end of the first full lap, Jolanda Neff (Wheeler - IXS Team) is leading Barbara Benko (Focus MIG Team) by 9 seconds . Candice Neethling 3rd at 34 seconds. Rebecca Henderson 4th at 37 sec and Samara Sheppard (Wheeler - IXS Team) 5th at 38 sec
Andréanne Pichette (OPUS/OGC) 7th at 1:32 back
Haley Smith (Norco Evolution) 8th at 1:43 and Cayley Brooks (Trek Canada) 9th at 2:04
Lap 2
At the end of the 2nd lap, Neff leading Henderson at 30 sec. Neethling 3rd at 1:04, Benk 5th at 1:18
Pichette 7th at 3:39, Smith 8th, Valerie Meunier 9th and Brooks 10th
Lap 3
end of lap: Neff leading Henderson by 53 sec. Neethling solid in 3rd. Benko 4th at 3:24
Pichette 7th, Brooks 8th, Smith 9th and Meunier 10th
Finish UNOFFICIAL
1 Jolanda Neff (Sui) Wheeler - IXS Team, 1:23:03
2 Rebecca Henderson (Aus), at 1:24
3 Candice Neethling (RSA), 2:49
Junior Women
Lap 1
No surprise, Frederique Trudel (Team Canada) is leading at the end of hte first of 3 laps. Kate Courtney (USA) 2nd at 1 sec, Grace Alexander (USA) 3rd at 3 sec. Trudel won at MSA and also won Windham in 2011
Rachel Pageau (Team Canada) is 10th, Frédérique Larose-Gingras (Team Canada) 12th and Gabrielle April (Team Canada) 14th
Lap 2
Courtney has taken over teh lead with Trudel and Grace at 27 sec. Amber Johnston (New-Zealand) 4th at 1:07 and Shayna Powless (USA) at 1:28
Finish UNOFFICIAL
1 Kate Courtney (USA) United States of America, 1:06:48
2 Frederique Trudel (Can) Team Canada, at 1:25
3 Amber Johnston (NZl) New-Zealand, 1:27
8 Rachel Pageau (Can) Team Canada
12 Frédérique Larose-Gingras (Can) Team Canada
13 Gabrielle April (Can) Team Canada
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