May 5/00 1:57 am - Hestler Wins Street Race, Congratulations, Melanie Dorian, BC News

Posted by Editoress on 05/5/00
 

Hestler wins!

We just received a report from Neil Ross (national team assistant manager) that Andreas Hestler (CAN) Team Ford Devinci has won the street race at St Wendel, the opening event for this weekends World Cup #4 in Germany. The women's race was won by Jimena Florit-Juarez (ARG) RLX/PoloSport, 2nd. Alla Epifanova (RUS) Volvo/Cannondale, 3rd Leslie Tomlinson (CAN) RLX/PoloSport.

The race organizers have been "adjusting" the course since early in the week, when day after day of rain meant that tire selection during training was tricky and real mudholes developed on the official course.

Today the sun was shining and things were drying up. The organizers have removed some of the real muddy spots and added a few "technical" sections, although Neil reports that most of the riders will be riding on semi-slicks for Sunday's race.

Congratulations
(Courtesy Avro Rims)

Trevor Porter was married last weekend in New Brunswick!!!!!!

Even though he is now a married man, Trevor will race Canada Cup and Norba DH events this year.

Dorion reprend le boulot après un temps difficile

Silver City, Nouveau-Mexique (DIAPO) - Mélanie Dorion est de retour en selle après deux semaines de repos forcé. Inscrite au Tour de Gila, au Nouveau-Mexique, Dorion a terminé au 24e rang du contre-la-montre mercredi, et 16e de la difficile épreuve sur route de jeudi. Au classement général, elle occupe le 20e rang.

"Je suis très satisfaite de mes deux premières étapes", expliquait Dorion fort souriante au bout du fil. "Après la Coupe du monde (de vélo de montagne) de Mazatlan (Mexique), je me sentais complètement épuisée. Plutôt que de me rendre en Europe, je suis demeurée à Tucson où je n'ai presque rien fait pendant deux semaines. Je bâtis ma forme pour le championnat du monde de vélo de montagne, ma dernière chance de qualification pour les Jeux olympiques de Sydney. " Le championnat du monde se tiendra en Espagne au début du mois de juin.

Le Tour de Gila, une course de cinq étapes, se poursuit jusqu'àdimanche.

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Mélanie Dorion est boursière Sac Magique de la Fondation de l'Athlète d'Excellence du Québec. Elle est également commanditée par la Clinique Synergie.
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BC Summer Games Selection Updates
(courtesy Rodney Hsu)

This Saturday (May 6th) is the SPOKE Invitational race (Lower Mainland High School League). It is taking place at the beautiful Buntzen Lake. Race organizers are expecting a big turnout at this race so make sure you go out there and cheer on the kids! This is also the second last BC Summer Games MTB qualifying race. For more information, please check out the SPOKE website:

SPOKE


The BC Classic Criterium is taking place in Downtown Langley on this Sunday (May 7th). This race is also the second road selection race of the BC Summer Games. Racers who want to compete at the summer games should definitely do this race because it's a great opportunity to fine tune your road racing skills. Mountain bikes that are fitted with slick tires may be used for the race in the school age categories. For more information, please check out Escape Velocity's website:

Escape Velocity