October 10/09 20:19 pm - Cyclocross Nationals: Elite Women, Elite Men, U23 Men and Junior Men Report, Photos and full results
Posted by Editoress on 10/10/09
Geoff Kabush of Victoria won his second consecutive national cyclo-cross title on Saturday, while Vancouver's Alison Sydor won her first.
Kabush was the clear favourite for the men's 60 minute race, and he quickly dropped the remainder of the field to solo in for the title with a time of 55 minutes and 21 seconds. Derrick St John of Cornwall, Ontario took the silver medal, 29 seconds behind Kabush, with Aaron Schooler of Edmonton winning the bronze, a further seven seconds in arrears.
"It was so cold out there," commented Kabush, "that it felt like my eyeballs froze a bit. I was a little nervous with the snow and the slippery track, so I decided to get out in front fairly early and ride my own pace, and avoid any crashes."
Sydor, a former national champion in both road and mountain biking, became the first Canadian athlete to win titles in the three disciplines. The 42 year old three-time mountain bike world champion only took up the sport seriously this season, and came into the race facing tough competition from Pepper Harlton of Edmonton and Natasha Elliott of Cornwall, Ontario. Sydor and Harlton dropped Elliott after she crashed, and then Sydor attacked her rival shortly before the midway point of the race, to win with a time of 43 minutes and 38 seconds, 49 seconds ahead of Harlton, with Elliott at one minute and ten seconds.
"I knew that both Pepper and Natasha would be my biggest rivals," explained Sydor. "On one of the steep climbs I got a small gap on Pepper so I just kept it going, widening it on the technical parts where I seemed to be stronger. It's a real honour to have won now in three separate disciplines, especially when there is almost two decades between my first [national title] and this one."
Evan Guthrie of Peachland, BC won the U23 men's title and Kris Dahl of Calgary the Junior men's.
Photos
More to come
| Women | |
| 1 Alison Sydor (BC) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 43:38 |
| 2 Pepper Harlton (AB) Juventus | 44:27 |
| 3 Natasha Elliott (ON) Garneau Club Chaussure Oglivy | 44:48 |
| 4 Mical Dyck (AB) Trek Toronto/Terrascape | 46:31 |
| 5 Sarah Stewart (BC) Total Restoration | 46:58 |
| 6 Jean Ann Mckirdy (BC) LOCAL RIDE RACING | 47:16 |
| 7 Vicki Thomas (ON) Ottawa Cross | 47:27 |
| 8 Carol Barron (AB) Synergy | 48:22 |
| 9 Bridget Linder (AB) Hardcore Cycling | 48:32 |
| 10 Loni Klettl (AB) freeskool | 48:55 |
| 11 Andrea Bunnin (SK) Team Saskatchewan | 50:12 |
| 12 Shantel Koenig (AB) redbike | 51:32 |
| 13 Susan Clarke (SK) BCW | 51:57 |
| 14 Shari Boyle (AB) | 52:09 |
| 15 Katy Curtis (AB) Cyclemeisters/Bow Cycle | 52:50 |
| 16 Hanah Cooley (SK) Team Saskatchewan | +1 lap |
| 17 Karen Fedoruk (AB) Hardcore | +1 lap |
| DNF Julia Garnet (SK) Sask Cycling | |
| DNS Tanya Berg (BC) Oak Bay Bikes | |
| Elite Men | |
| 1 Geoff Kabush (BC) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain | 55:21 |
| 2 Derrick St John (ON) Garneau Club Chaussure Oglivy | 55:50 |
| 3 Aaron Schooler (AB) Team H&R Block - Kona | 55:57 |
| 4 Tyler Trace (BC) Trek Red Truck | 56:28 |
| 5 Shawn Bunnin (AB) Team Alberta | 56:54 |
| 6 Craig Richey (BC) Blue Competition Cycles p/b Neverblue | 57:12 |
| 7 Mike Garrigan (ON) La Bicicletta Pro Shop | 57:25 |
| 8 Mathew Hewitt (BC) | 57:25 |
| 9 Shaun Adamson (AB) Juventus | 58:13 |
| 10 Kevin Calhoun (BC) Rocky Mountain - Different Bikes | 58:20 |
| 11 Paul Tichelear (AB) ERTC | 58:31 |
| 12 Nick Berry (BC) Mighty Riders | 58:48 |
| 13 Drew Mackenzie (BC) Island Racing Club | 58:58 |
| 14 Roddi Lega (AB) Pedalhead | 59:24 |
| 15 Andre Sutton (AB) Hardcore Cycling Club | 59:33 |
| 16 Chris Mcneil (AB) Team H&R Block-Kona | 59:43 |
| 17 Aaron Fillion (ON) Ride With Rendall | 1:00:02 |
| 18 Ryan Hopping (AB) United Cycle | 1:00:20 |
| 19 Russell Anderson (BC) Oak Bay | 1:00:57 |
| 20 Mark Batty (ON) Planet Energy | 1:01:41 |
| 21 Glen Rendall (ON) Ride with Rendall | 1:01:51 |
| 22 Kyle Douglas (ON) 3 Rox Racing | 1:02:18 |
| 23 Kyle Anderson (AB) ERTC/Revolution Cycle | 1:02:49 |
| 24 Nick Jendzjowsky (AB) pedalhead roadwroks | 1:03:23 |
| 25 Mike Berkenpas (BC) LOCAL RIDE RACING | 1:03:49 |
| 26 Brian Bain (AB) CMC/Bow Cycle | 1:04:15 |
| 27 Dallas Morris (AB) | 1:04:15 |
| 28 Marc Lapointe (QC) EMD Serono Specialized | +1 lap |
| 29 Nathan Sedgewick (SK) BCW | +1 lap |
| 30 Joshua Krabbe (AB) Hardcore Racing | +1 lap |
| 31 Nick Friesen (AB) Pedalhead Road Works | +1 lap |
| DNF Kevin Noiles (BC) La Bicicletta pro shop | |
| DNF David Munden (ON) lightweight by CarbonSports | |
| DNF Jonathan Benskin (AB) Hardcore Cycling | |
| DNF Stephen Ferris (BC) calgary cycle/topgear | |
| DNS Cameron Mcknight (AB) ERTC - Revolution | |
| DNS Duncan Cameron (AB) | |
| DNS Robin Baillie (AB) | |
| U23 Men | |
| 1 Evan Guthrie (BC) Rocky Mountain Bicycles | 0:49:53 |
| 2 Simon Lambert-Lemay (QC) Ride with Rendall | 0:50:17 |
| 3 Brian Robinson (AB) CMC/ Bow Cycle | 0:50:23 |
| 4 David Larson (AB) Pedalhead Roadworks | 0:50:43 |
| 5 Jared Stafford (ON) Bikesports Racing | 0:50:56 |
| 6 Justin Middleton (AB) Juventus/RVC | 0:51:46 |
| 7 Kyle Fry (ON) MCOR | 0:52:51 |
| 8 Cuylar Conly (SK) Team Sask / Cycledelia | 0:53:21 |
| 9 Matthew Krahn (AB) RedBike | 0:53:38 |
| 10 Stephen Cooley (SK) Team Saskatchewan | 0:53:45 |
| 11 Bailey Mcknight (AB) synergy racing Cycle Club | 0:54:15 |
| 12 Colter Young (BC) ERTC | 0:54:39 |
| 13 Peter Knight (AB) Hardcore Cycling Club | 0:55:52 |
| 14 Jannes Wessels (SK) Sprinter Club de Nice | 0:57:48 |
| Junior Men | |
| 1 Kris Dahl (AB) CMC / Bow Cycle | 0:42:22 |
| 2 Conor Obrien (ON) Specialized-EMD Serono | 0:42:29 |
| 3 Kiernan Orange (QC) Ride with Rendall | 0:42:33 |
| 4 Mackenzie Carson (AB) Juventus | 0:43:12 |
| 5 Felix Wilberg (AB) CMC/Bow Cycle | 0:45:05 |
| 6 Jayden Aldrich (SK) Team Sask | 0:45:16 |
| 7 Mac Garvin (AB) Cyclemeisters/ Bow Cycle/ Team Alberta | 0:45:29 |
| 8 Kevin Stafford (AB) Juventus | 0:46:17 |
| 9 Tommy Beaulieu (AB) Jueventus | 0:48:27 |
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