December 13/98 12:11 pm - Canmore Results, Euro News, Olympics, Photos

Posted by Editor on 12/13/98
 

`Cross Results (Skiing, That Is!)
(courtesy Greg Flaaten)

Some results from the Canmore race of the Continental Cup. Mountain biker (and Nagano Olympian) Guido Visser finished 10th in the 20K Skate.

Open Men 10K (December 11)

1) Donald Farley CAN
3) Chris Blanchard CAN
5) Robin McKeever CAN
7) Phil Villeneuve CAN
9) George Grey CAN
17) Guido Visser CAN

Open Women 5K (December 11)

1) Milaine Theriault CAN
4) Jaime Fortier CAN
5) Marie-Odile Raymond CAN
7) Amanda Fortier CAN
9) Marie-Helene Martin CAN

Open Men 20K Skate (December 12)

2) Donald Farley CAN
3) Chris Blanchard CAN
4) Steve Cyr CAN
7) Jean Paquet CAN
8) Christopher Jeffries CAN
10) Guido Visser CAN

Open Women 10K Skate (December 12)

2) Jaime Fortier CAN
3) Milaine Theriault CAN
4) Nancy Dassie CAN
6) Amanda Fortier CAN
7) Marie Odile Raymond CAN
9) Marie-Helene Martin CAN
10) Carrie Greene CAN


Euro News

Junior World Road Champion Mark Scanlon of Ireland has signed with the Rabobank amateur team.

The French Cycling Federation has suspended two of the Festina team officials at the centre of the Tour de France doping scandal. Willy Voet, the masseur who was caught crossing the French border with a car full of banned substances, has been suspended for 3 years, and team Directeur Sportif Bruno Roussel for 5. Both men have launched appeals.


UCI Commissaire's Course

The UCI will be holding an International Mountain Bike Commissaire's Course in the Philippines next spring. The instructors will be two Canadian commissaires - Marie-France Bernier and Pierre Blanchard. The dates are April 15th to 18th, and if you want to apply to attend, it must be through the national federation (ie, the CCA). Spaces are limited to 30, and the deadline for applications by the federations is February 15th, so get moving!


Sydney Olympics

The IOC (International Olympic Committee) and UCI have released the numbers for how many athletes will be allowed in the cycling events at the 2000 Olympics. In Road events there will be a total of 212 (155 men, 57 women); Track will have 188 (154 men, 34 women); and Mountain Bike 80 (50 men, 30 women). Also of note is the fact that minimum ages have been increased: riders must be at least 18 years old for track events and 19 for road and mountain bike.


Cards

It is still not too late to get our cycling cards in time for Christmas (they will make great stocking stuffers). Go Here to see the cards and order them.


Gala Photos

We have some photos from the CCSD Gala for your 'viewing pleasure'. Go Here.


Forums Revisions

As requested by you, our readers, we have fixed up the posting mechanism so that previously visited links now change colour. We are working on an efficient way to present total number of links within a given thread.