May 22/08 10:27 am - Vancouver Island Cup XC Race #4 Info, Pepsi Cup, LaRoccaXC & Ironwood Team News, 10 Team Spots Open Up for BC Bike Race 2008

Posted by Editor on 05/22/08
 

Vancouver Island Cup XC Race #4
Courtesy Experience Cycling Club

The Experience Cycling Club is proud to host the Island Cup XC Race #4 at Cobble Hill Mountain on May 25th. We hope everyone will be able to come out and try our new race course at our new venue.

The Experience Cycling Club (ECC) is a Grass Roots Mountain Bike Association (GRMBA) club. All participants must be registered with a GRMBA affiliated club and sign a participation waiver for the race; you may join our club on race day.

Registration opens at 10:00am.
Start times will begin at 12:00 noon.
Categories include Expert, Intermediate and Beginners for both men and women.

Cost is $20 for Exp & Int. Beginners race for free, however they must be (or become) GRMBA members.

Directions: From Victoria - head North on TCH. Turn left at Hutchison Rd. Parking is off of Cobble Hill Rd which is at the end of Hutchison Rd (they intersects) beside the "train station".

From Naniamo - head South on TCH. Turn right at Cobble Hill Rd. Parking is beside "train station" on Cobble Hill Rd (where it intersects with Hutchinson Rd).

Our 6.5 Km loop (for Int & Exp) has a short-cut eliminating the top portion of the mountain for the beginners making this race the most novice friendly we have ever organized! We picked classic singletrack and a lot of it (about 80%), threw in a view from the top, and mixed in a heavy dose of swoopy descents; this course is a gem!

Prizes and a BBQ will round out the day. See you there!!

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LaRoccaXC & Ironwood News
Dominique Larocque, Director, LaRoccaXC Mountain Bike School

The season has kickstarted for LaRoccaXC Mountain Bike School. With many new programs for riders of all abilities and a new IMBA Affiliated Family Club, we are ready to rock indeed.

LaRoccaXC is a proud sponsor of Ironwood Racing, a new OCA affiliated club, coached by Norm Cowan and ex two time National team member, Dominique Larocque. LaRoccaXC and Ironwood Racing is fully committed not only to excellence on the bike but also excellence off the bike as strong advocates to sustainable trail developments, under the guidance of IMBA Canada.

Norm Cowan is the official IMBA Trail Manager on the Valley side at Camp Fortune. Larocque, along with Ironwood racers, all commit their summers working at the Rock Paper Scissors development camp for children age 8 to 12 on Larocque's private land in Val-des-Monts, Québec, 35 minutes from Ottawa. We hope that these little ironwood trees will develop in strong cadet racers. Lot's of action at LaRoccaXC and Ironwood Racing. Ryan Atkins, Ironwood racer, is on Team Ontario development team.


10 Team Spots Open Up for BCBR 2008!!!

Due to high demand, we have opened up 10 Team spots to join us at the start line for BC Bike Race 2008! Be one of the first 10 teams to submit your entry request, and you'll be ripping it up at the ultimate singletrack experience in BC this summer!!

We don't expect these spots to last long, so act fast if you want in on the ride!


Pepsi Cup
Courtesy Monique Witzell

Pepsi Cup results for Wednesday, May 21st

Don Ricker is a local Dieppe photographer who took many photos at last night's Pepsi Cup.

Boys 10 yrs
1. Ryan Morrison
2. Tyler O'Brien
3. Rémi Gaudet

Boys 11 yrs
1. Sasha Léger
2. Gabriel Landry
3. Alex Cormier

Boys 12 yrs
1. Christian Babineau
2. Sébastien Soucy
3. Mathieu Costain

Boys 13 yrs
1. Maxime Larochelle
2. Julien Roussel
3. Sébastien Alary

Boys 14 yrs
1. André Hébert
2. Justin Mallet
3. Marc Evers

Boys 15 yrs
1. Pierre Belliveau
2. Jean-Luc Bordage

Girls 10 yrs
1. Anika Bastarache
2. Marie-Pierre Robichaud
3. Annie Cormier

Girls 11 yrs
1. Célina Hébert
2. Sophie Ashe
3. Emilie Savoie

Girls 12 yrs
1. Stéfanie Levesque
2. Isabelle Cormier
3. Kamylle Frenette

Girls 13 yrs
1. Caroline Savoie
2. Monika LeBlanc
3. Chantal Saulnier

Girls 14 yrs
1. Rebecka Aurell
2. Nicole Poirier
3. Janique Vautour