August 5/97 22:24 pm - Canadian Results in USA, Tour VTT, UCI Rankings, Cobourg results

Posted by Editor on 08/5/97
 

Impressive Canadians (by Kevin Field)  Just thought I'd drop you a line to let you know about an impressive Canadian showing at the Sugarbush Vt. Wicked Witch of the East Route 66 Mtb. races this past weekend.  I accompanied Bill Hurley (Schwinn, winner of 2 Canada Cup XC events this year), Marc Cousineau (Schwinn), Julian Hime (Kona) and David Irving (OGC-Gary Fischer) as they warmed up for this weekends National Championships in Hardwood Hills.  The weekend got off to a start with the Gary Fischer Short Track Dirt Crit. Hurley won by a tire width from Saturn's Mark McCormack (who is leading the Route 66 series) 3rd place went to Julian Hine. (Kona) and 5th. was Marc Cousineau (Schwinn).  Sunday in the XC the boys really shined. From the gun Hurley took off with Mark McCormack. By the end of Lap 1, Hurley and McCormack were still maintaining a lead with a chasing trio of Hine, Irving and Cousineau at 30 sec. All the other Americans were, at this point, out of the running. The race continued with Hurley and McCormack riding smoothly together, always about 30-40 sec clear of the Canadian trio until two laps to go when Hurley started attacking McCormack. It wasn't until the last lap that Hurley was able to put a significant gap on McCormack.  Hurley won with a time of 1:38. McCormack crossed the line 55 seconds later. 4:03 behind Hurley, Hine and Irving sprinted in for third and fourth respectively. 25 seconds further back Cousineau cruised in for fifth, putting 4 canadians in the top 5. Quite a show.  Watch for all these guys in Hardwood Hills this weekend.  FYI: after the xc Mark McCormack rode his bike up to Burlington Vt. and came second in the Howard Bank Criterium (i m p r e s s i v e) he lapped the field with Kevin Monaham (Breakaway N.Y.) and Czeslaw Lukaszewicz. Anyway, Lukaszewicz ended up third and TO Italia rider Damian Mathews was fifth. John Harris was up there too, not sure of his placing though.   More Norba Results  In the men‚s National series race at Snoqualmie, Washington, in addtion to Kirk Molday‚s win and Roland Green‚s 4th, Canadians Seamus McGrath and Peter Wedge finished 7th and 8th respectively. Chrissy Redden suffered a flat while among the frontrunners, dropping to last place. She managed to pass 47 riders after fixing the puncture to end up 15th.   Tour de ŒToona, Pennsylvania  Stage 5  Women - 50 km  1. Jennifer Evans (EDS) 1:12:30 2. Susy Pryde (Saeco-Timex) 3. Annette Madigan (Full Sail-Start To Finish) 4. Laura Van Gilder (Klein-Navigators) 5. Jackie Martin (Shaklee)  9. Annie Gariepy (Elite Equipe) Canada all s.t.   Final GC  1. Dede Demet (Saturn) 11:38:54 2. Pryde at 5:59 3. Sarah Ulmer (Christiana) and Elizabeth Emery (Klein-Navigators) tied at 6:20 5. Sue Palmer (Saturn) Canada 6:27  10. Cybil Digustini Canada 10:24.  Men - 50k km  1. Norman Alvis (Saturn) 1:02:54 2. Chann McRae (Saturn), at 0:01 3. Frank McCormack (Saturn) 4. Fred Rodriguez (Saturn) 5. Kirk Willett (Comptel-Colorado Cyclist) all s.t.  Final GC  1. Alvis 9:41:49 2. McCormack at 0:26 3. Moninger (Navigators) 0:48 4. McRae 2:50 5. Levi Leipheimer (Comptel-Colorado Cyclist) 2:55  6. Mark Walters (Jeep Eagle-Brielle) Canada at 3:12 7. Sylvain Beauchamp Canada at 3:34 8. Mat Anand Canada 3:35   TOUR DE FRANCE VTT  Stage 3 - Vals-les-Bains - Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, 75 kms:  1. Kristensen (Den) 3:34:44 2. Chiotti (Fra) at 1:45 3. Cadel Evans (Australia) at 2:38  GC  1. Kristensen 6:52:41 2. Evans 3:13 3. Savignoni 3:48 4. Chiotti, at 8'56" 5. Lezaun, at 11'23" 6. Tcherkassov, at 16'05" 7. Brentjens, at 16'24" 8. Dupouey, at 17'59" 9. Hoydahl, at 19'32" 10. Manin, at 24'35"   Latest UCI Pro Men Rankings (after the Tour)  1 JALABERT, Laurent 2,010.00 points 2 BARTOLI, Michele 1,745.00 3 ZUELLE, Alex 1,581.00 4 MUSEEUW, Johan 1,579.00 5 ULLRICH, Jan 1,543.00 6 VIRENQUE, Richard 1,346.00 7 TAFI, Andrea 1,310.00 8 OLANO MANZANO, Abraham 1,223.00 9 TONKOV, Pavel 1,188.00 10 CASAGRANDE, Francesco 1,151.00 11 BOARDMAN, Christopher 1,150.00 12 TCHMIL, Andrei 1,136.00 13 ZABEL, Erik 1,114.00 14 EKIMOV, Vjatceslav 1,102.00 15 RIIS, Bjarne 1,018.00 16 GIANETTI, Mauro 985.00 17 ROMINGER, Tony 958.00 18 SORENSEN, Rolf 953.00 19 ELLI, Alberto 933.00 20 FERRIGATO, Andrea 894.00 21 VANDENBROUCKE, Frank 876.00 22 MINALI, Nicola 845.00 23 DUFAUX, Laurent 830.00 24 ESCARTIN COTI, Fernando 820.00 25 STEELS, Tom 817.00 26 NARDELLO, Daniele 814.00 27 REBELLIN, Davide 785.00 28 CIPOLLINI, Mario 776.00 29 GOTTI, Ivan 742.00 30 CAMENZIND, Oskar 735.00 31 BÖLTS, Udo 734.00 32 ZBERG, Beat 715.00 33 BALDATO, Fabio 713.00 34 PANTANI, Marco 665.00 35 LEBLANC, Luc 633.00 36 GUIDI, Fabrizio 622.00 37 FARESIN, Gianni 619.00 38 JIMENEZ, José Maria 612.00 39 PERON, Andrea 587.00 40 BROCHARD, Laurent 583.00 41 HERVE, Pascal 558.00 42 DOMINGUEZ, Juan Carlos 547.00 43 FINCATO, Marco 533.00 44 ETXEBARRIA ALKORTA, David 528.00 45 SCIANDRI, Maximilian 525.00 46 ZARRABEITIA URANGA, Mikel 523.00 47 PETITO, Roberto 519.00 48 PODENZANA, Massimo 518.00 49 ROUX, Laurent 517.00 50 BLIJLEVENS, Jeroen 514.00 51 DONATI, Massimo 504.00 51 KONYSHEV, Dmitri 504.00 53 CHANTEUR, Pascal 502.00 54 BOOGERD, Michael 492.00 54 ROSCIOLI, Fabio 492.00 56 LOMBARDI, Giovanni 481.00 57 MONCASSIN, Frédéric 476.00 58 DEKKER, Erik 446.00 59 TOTSCHNIG, Georg 445.00 60 BREUKINK, Erik 442.00 60 LELLI, Massimiliano 442.00 62 ARMSTRONG, Lance 439.00 63 KIRSIPUU, Jann 424.00 64 VASSEUR, Cédric 414.00 64 VOGELS, Henk 414.00 66 MERCKX, Axel 413.00 67 CHIAPPUCCI, Claudio 408.00 67 CONTE, Biagio 408.00 69 PEETERS, Wilfried 403.00 70 BLANCO GIL, Santiago 391.00 71 CLAVERO SEBASTIAN, Daniel 390.00 72 CASAROTTO, Davide 388.00 73 JULICH, Bobby 387.00 74 DI GRANDE, Giuseppe 370.00 74 VAN PETEGEM, Peter 370.00 76 ALDAG, Rolf 362.00 77 CAPIOT, Johan 345.00 78 INDURAIN LARRAYA, Miguel 337.00 79 HAMBURGER, Bo 332.00 79 SERRANO RODRIGUEZ, Marcos 332.00 81 NOE', Andrea 331.00 82 AGNOLUTTO, Christophe 330.00 82 GUERINI, Giuseppe 330.00 84 MCEWEN, Robbie 328.00 85 GARCIA ALONSO, Marcelino 325.00 86 SVORADA, Jan 324.00 87 GONTCHAR, Serguei 320.00 88 FONDRIEST, Maurizio 317.00 89 BARTHE, Stéphane 314.00 90 PUTTINI, Felice 310.00 91 SIMON, François 307.00 92 VAN BON, Leon 306.00 93 HENN, Christian 303.00 93 MOREAU, Christophe 303.00 95 DJAVANIAN, Viatcheslav 300.00 96 MAURI PRAT, Melchior 299.00 97 GARMENDIA ARBILLA, Aitor 298.00 98 JEKER, Fabian 296.00 99 ANDERSSON, Michael 294.00 100 DEN BAKKER, Maarten 293.00   NORTHUMBERLAND CHALLENGE STAGE RACE presented by the Cobourg Cycling Club (http://www.eagle.ca/~ran/cobourgcycle/)  SPONSORED BY: Bicycles Plus (Oshawa), Discount Car and Truck Rentals, Pupp's Rental and Sales, Warkworth Service Club, Cobourg P.U.C., Cobourg Safety Equipment Supply, Ste. Anne's Water, Money Concepts, Proform Cycle, Belden Canada Inc., The Sports Newspaper, Williams Communications.  VETERAN MEN  STAGE 3 - 75 KM ROAD RACE, AUGUST 3  1. Mark Dwyre, 30pts. +1 bonus 2. Stef Kramer, 26pts. +2 bonus 3. Jorn Hansen, 24pts. 4. Desi Desrochers, 23pts. 5. Steve Narasnek, 22pts. +2 bonus  STAGE 4 - 7.6 KM TIME TRIAL, AUGUST 3  1. Desi Desrochers, 10:38, 25pts. 2. Steve Narasnek, 10:40, 21pts. 3. Jorn Hansen, 10:43, 19pts. 4. Mark Dwyre, 10:56, 18 5. Emanual Martins, 11:21, 16pts. 5. Stef Kramer, 11:21, 16pts.  STAGE 5 - 50 KM ROAD RACE, AUGUST 4  1. Greg Cavanagh, 30pts. 2. Gord Clarke, 26pts. 3. Jorn Hansen, 24pts. 4. Desi Desrochers, 23pts. 5. Steve Narasnek, 22pts.  FINAL G.C.  1. Jorn Hansen, 117pts.* 2. Desi Derochers, 117pts. 3. Steve Narasnek, 114pts. 4. Mark Dwyre, 112pts. 5. Greg Cavanagh, 108pts. *tie breaker was 16km TT time  WOMEN  STAGE 3 - 75KM ROAD RACE, AUGUST 3  1. Amy Jarvis, 30pts. + 3 bonus 2. Kathleen Miller, 26pts. +3 bonus 3. Linda Simonsen, 10pts. 4. Helen Houle, 10pts. 5. Judy Osborne, 10pts.  STAGE 4 - 7.6 KM TIME TRIAL, AUGUST 3  1. Amy Jarvis, 12:09, 25pts. 2. Kathleen Miller, 12:13, 21pts. 3. Helen Houle, 13:04, 19pts. 4. Judy Osborne, 13:12, 18pts. 5. Linda Simonsen, 13:23, 17pts.  STAGE 5 - 50 KM ROAD RACE, AUGUST 4  1. Kathleen Miller, 30pts. 2. Amy Jarvis, 26pts. 3. Linda Simonsen, 10pts. 4. Helen Houle, 10pts. 5. Judy Osborne, 10pts.  FINAL G.C.  1. Amy Jarvis, 140pts. 2. Kathleen Miller, 137pts. 3. Linda Simonsen, 86pts. 4. Helen Houle, 85pts. 5. Judy Osborne, 82pts.