August 20/07 4:18 am - Cypress Challenge Draws Tops Cyclists for Cancer Cause
Posted by Editoress on 08/20/07
Cypress Challenge Draws Tops Cyclists for Cancer Cause
Courtesy Allan Prazsky
Over 80 cyclists of all ages and abilities took part in August 18th's Cypress Challenge, an inaugural cancer fundraising ride that was the vision of three dedicated individuals. The Challenge event brought together top regional teams, including Escape Velocity, Masi-Adobe, Rocky Mountain, Trek Red Truck, TNA, Le Peloton and Canada's number-one ranked pro Team, Symmetrics, whose Will Routley stole the show with a climb from Cypress Mountain's Service Yard to Hollyburn's Cross-Country area - an unrelenting 12km route, marked by its steady 5.7% pitch - in just over 30 minutes! Teammate to Routley, herself no stranger to the top step of the podium, was Leah Goldstein, capturing the fastest female time of the day, at just over 35 minutes.
"I am massively impressed by the support the cycling community has shown today," beamed North Vancouver's Dave MacDonald, co-organizer of the Cypress Challenge, together with Dan Scholten and Allan Prazsky. MacDonald, clearly happy with the efforts of the event, continued, "Our gauge for success was 30 riders and a few hundred dollars! We knew it was going to be a special event when cycling aficionados from Le Peloton (a local cycling club made up of middle-aged businessmen) signed-on for the event together with top pro's like Andrew Pinfold, Will Routley (Symmetrics) and double Gold World Masters Games Medalist, Larry Zimich and his World Champion (Masters) wife, Barb. They just kept coming! The road started to fill, and I thought, wow, all this through a simple mode of publicity - serious email spam, and a few posters! Just think what more time and a better marketing campaign could do to raise money next year!"
Close to $2,000 was raised on Saturday, with 100% of the Cypress Challenge entries being contributed to the Tour of Courage. Together, the three Cypress Challenge organizers have raised in excess of $6,000. Cycling enthusiasts wishing to contribute to cancer research can do so directly online, by clicking on www.tourofcourage.com.
The organizers of the Cypress Challenge would like to thank the cycling community, and to the sponsors that kindly donated prizing for the event, including Aritzia, TNA, Northface, Adidas, Pez Cycling News, PowerBar, Broadway Dental, ATAC Sportswear, Royce Shoes, 66North, Kicking Horse Coffee and Broadway Roofing.
| WINNER. Will Routley (Men Under 34) | 30:53 | |
| 2. Andrew Pinfold (Men Under 34) | 31:03 | |
| 3. Kevin Noiles (Men Under 34) | 31:21 | |
| 4. Jonathan Page (Men Under 34) | 31:42 | |
| 5. Brandon Chrichton (Men Under 34) | 31:43 | |
| 6. UNKNOWN (Men 45+) | 31:43 | |
| 7. Kieth Stark (Men Under 34) | 31:44 | |
| WINNER. Larry Zimich (Men 35 - 44) | 32:15 | |
| WINNER. Tom Walker (Men 45+) | 33:38 | |
| 10. Damien Waugh (Men Under 34) | 33:39 | |
| 11. Paul Beard (Men 35 - 44) | 33:50 | |
| 12. Mike Ryan (Men 45+) | 33:51 | |
| 13. Brad Slater (Men Under 34) | 34:00 | |
| 14. Mike Hunter (Men 35 - 44) | 34:01 | |
| 15. Shane Savage (Men Under 34) | 34:53 | |
| 16. Russ Stead (Men 35 - 44) | 34:56 | |
| 17. Brian March (Men Under 34) | 34:57 | |
| 18. Alex Northey (Men 35 - 44) | 35:26 | |
| WINNER. Leah Goldstein (Women 35+) | 35:29 | |
| 20. Jason Brooks (Men 35 - 44) | 37:01 | |
| 21. Derek Porter (Men 35 - 44) | 37:02 | |
| 22. Clinton Kabler (Men Under 34) | 37:02 | |
| 23. Doug Molder (Men 35 - 44) | 37:14 | |
| 24. Bob Chew (Men 35 - 44) | 37:20 | |
| 25. Phillip Colderoy-Lo (Men 35 - 44) | 37:22 | |
| 26. Mark Ellis (Men 45+) | 37:29 | |
| 27. Ted Martin (Men Under 34) | 38:28 | |
| 28. Steve McMurdo (Men 45+) | 38:33 | |
| 29. Sara Neil (Women 35+) | 38:50 | |
| 30. Dana Williams (Men Under 34) | 39:26 | |
| 31. Perry Grunenberg (Men 45+) | 39:34 | |
| 32. Richard Pestes (Men 35 - 44) | 39:57 | |
| 33. Jakub Wasiede (Men Under 34) | 40:00 | |
| 34. Peter Curtain (Men 45+) | 41:19 | |
| 35. Doug Smith (Men 45+) | 41:20 | |
| 36. Barb Zimich (Women 35+) | 41:30 | |
| 37. Paul 'The Hammer' Needham (Men 35 - 44) | 41:45 | |
| 38. Kurt Foellmer (Men 45+) | 42:03 | |
| 39. Max Feldman (Men Under 34) | 42:04 | |
| WINNER. Karen Watson (Women Under 34) | 42:10 | |
| 41. Neil Schuler (Men Under 34) | 42:11 | |
| 42. Darren Vanunen (Men 35 - 44) | 42:15 | |
| WINNER. Alan Ross (Men 60+) | 42:30 | |
| 44. Christo Ferreira (Men 45+) | 43:31 | |
| 45. Michael Daerendinger (Men 35 - 44) | 44:16 | |
| 46. Jennifer Kohm (Women Under 34) | 44:24 | |
| 47. Tony Thompson (Men 45+) | 44:27 | |
| 48. Rick Peterson (Men 45+) | 44:36 | |
| 49. Phillip Marren (Men Under 34) | 45:30 | |
| 50. Anna Zonderland (Women Under 34) | 45:36 | |
| 51. Jerome Marburg (Men 35 - 44) | 45:54 | |
| 52. UNKNOWN (UKNOWN) | 46:37 | |
| 53. John Horton (Men 35 - 44) | 46:54 | |
| 54. Graham Reid (Men 45+) | 46:55 | |
| 55. Chris Morrison (Men 35 - 44) | 46:58 | |
| 56. Phil Vernon (Men 45+) | 47:02 | |
| 57. Tommy Eleizegui (Men 35 - 44) | 47:03 | |
| 58. Richard Ketchen (Men 45+) | 47:45 | |
| 59. Leah Perrier (Women Under 34) | 47:46 | |
| 60. Cheryle Steele (Women 35+) | 48:00 | |
| 61. Gary Asselin (Men 45+) | 48:12 | |
| 62. Allisa Karvonen (Women 35+) | 48:50 | |
| 63. Allan Schroeder (Men 35 - 44) | 49:00 | |
| 64. Peter Ladner (Men 45+) | 49:11 | |
| 65. Jim Locke (Men 45+) | 50:53 | |
| 66. Karen Nakagana (Women 35+) | 50:54 | |
| 67. Lisa Duncan (Women 35+) | 50:59 | |
| 68. Oleh Ilnyckyi (Men 45+) | 51:17 | |
| 69. Stan Shaw (Men 45+) | 51:40 | |
| 70. Leslie Trivett (Women Under 34) | 51:43 | |
| 71. Ian Worland (Men 35 - 44) | 52:00 | |
| 72. Geoff Glotman (Men 45+) | 52:20 | |
| 73. Graham Clark (Men 45+) | 52:21 | |
| 74. Ron Neil (Men 60+) | 55:29 | |
| 75. Martin Bache (Men 60+) | 55:34 | |
| 76. Mitchell Rupp (Men 45+) | 55:49 | |
| 77. Brian Lavery (Men 45+) | 55:57 | |
| 78. Nancy Asselin (Women 35+) | 56:13 | |
| 79. Martin Harley (Men Under 34) | 1:02:08 | |
| 80. Michelle Blain (Women Under 34) | 1:03:45 | |
| 81. Miranda Meyer (Women Under 34) | 1:08:50 |
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