May 30/10 11:23 am - Hardwood Hill Canada Cup - UPDATES
Posted by Editoress on 05/30/10
A beautiful sunny warm summer day at Hardwood Hills. Currently 25 C
The Elites are just about to start, with the Elite men going out first for 5 laps (45 km). Elite Women will start 3 min later and will go for 4 laps (36 km). Junior Expert men will start 3 min behind the Elite women and will go for 4 laps (36 km). Junior Expert women take the final start and will race 3 laps (27 km)
Happy Birthday to Andrew Watson, who is celebrating today.
Matt Hadley (Xpresso-Borsao) said that this year's course is tighter and narrower than previous years. This means less opportunity for passing and potential of more crashes. The hot dry weather recently has left the course surface very loose, again increasing the potential for crashes.
Lap 1
On Boneshaker
Elite Men
Mike Garrigan (Jet Power) was leading Derek Zandstra (#Rox Racing), Raphael Gagne (Masxxis Rocky) and Stefan Widmer (Rocky Mountain factory) and then a long line of riders
Elite Women
Mical Dyck (Trek Canada) was leading Emily Batty (Trek World Racing), 3rd was Amanda Sin (3Rox Racing), 4th Jean Ann McKirdy (Local Racing), then a gap to 5th Cindy Montambault (CVM Val David) and 6th Sandra Walter (Local Racing)
Junior Men
The Junior men have caught the Elite women and the JM leader is Antoine Caron (Quebec), followed by Jeremy Martin, Dan Hope
Junior Women
Kristina Laforge (Quebec) is leading the Jr Women
Lap 2
As they start out for the 2nd lap
Junior Men
Antoine Caron leading Mitch Baily, Breton Mathews , Etienne Moreau, Dan Varga, Dan Hope, TJ Boucher, Preston Wagler. as they cross the line
Down boneshaker it is: Mitch baily leading Leandre Bouchard. Then ~ 20 sec to Caron and Evan McNeely
Elite Women
Mical Dyck, Emily Batty and Amanda Sin all together in the lead as they start Lap 2
Down boneshaker it is Sin, with batty and Dyck on her wheel. The a very large gap to McKirdy, Montembault and then Walter
Junior Women
Kristina Laforge leading with Laura Beitola in 2nd
On boneshaker it is Laforge leading Beitola by over 1 min
Elite Men
Down boneshaker it is Derek Zandstra leading with Raph Gagne and Andrew Watson . A small gap and it is Stef Widmer in 4th
Lap 3
Elite Men
As the Elite men head out to start the 3rd lap the 3 leaders are : Gagne, Zandstra and Watson still together. Stef Widmer chasing alone at ~ 30 sec, with Eric Batty, Adam Morka and Peter Glassford at ~ 45 sec
Elite Women
Starting their 3rd: Amanda Sin leading Emily Batty and Mical Dyck. at 1:30 down is Jean Ann McKirdy, at 2:30 Montembault, at 3min Catherine Vipond
At the top of boneshaker
Amanda Sin has attacked and only Batty has been able to match. Dyck now alone in 3rd
Junior Men
On boneshaker 3rd: Bailly leading Bochard. at 40 sec it is McNeely and Caron
Junior Women
Kristina Laforge leading Bietola by 1:38, then Lauren Rosser in 3rd and Valeri Meunier 4th
Lap 4
Elite Men
At the end of the 3rd lap: Zandstra leading Gagne, folowed by Watson
At 1 min is a chase group of 4: Adam Morka, Eric Batty, Stef Widmer, Peter Glassford,
Next chasers at then at 1:33 Marty Lazarski and Mike Garrigan.
At 2:30 are Kris Snedon abd Dan Sessford
1:01 pm Zandstra staring to attack forcing Gagne and Watson to chase
The chase group is beginning to disintigrate as the hard chase continues
In the U23 men: Cody Canning is the top rider with Evan Guthrie cahsing and beginning to close the gap
Elite Women will finish on lap 4
Final
Unofficial
Junior Women
1 Kristina Laforge (Quebec)
2 Laura Bietola (3Rox racing)
3 Lauren Rosser (Cycling BC)
4 Valerie Meunier (Quebec)
5 Cayley Brooks (Hardwood/Trek)
6 A Lanthier Nadeau (Quebec0
7 Samantha Wagler (Two Wheel Express)
8 Caeli Barron (Synergy Racing)
9 Hayley Smith (ThinkSl.com)
10 Stacey Forbes( CoachChris)
Junior Men
1 Mitch Baily (Jetpower)
2. Evan McNeely ( EMD Serono) at 1:20
3 Leandre Bouchard (Quebec), 2:11
4 Antoine Caron (Quebec)
5 Jeremy Martin (Quebec)
6 Bretton Mathews (Jetpower)
7 Etienne Moreau (Hardwood/ Trek)
8 Daniel Varga (Jetpower)
9 Steven Noble (Jetpower)
10 Felix Wilberg (Cyclemeisters/Bow Cycle)
Elite Women
1 Emily Batty (Trek World Racing)
2 Mical Dyck (Trek Canada) at 1:12
3 Amanda Sin (3Rox Racing), 1:45
4 Jean Ann McKirdy (Local Racing)
5 Catherine Vipond (Norco)
6 Cindy Montembault (CVM Val David)
Elite Men
1 Derek Zandstra (3Rox Racing)
2 Raphael Gagne (Maxxis/Rocky) at 0:25
3 Andrew Watson (Norco), 1:02
4 Adam Morka (Trek Canada), 2:02
5 Peter Glassford (Trek Canada), 2:12
6 Stefan Widmer (Rocky)
7 Eric Batty (Trek Canada)
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