July 11/15 9:35 am - Tour de Delta: Stage 1, Roth and Ramsden repeat wins
Posted by Editoress on 07/11/15
Roth Claims MK Delta Criterium Title for the Second Straight Year
2012 Canadian Olympian Denise Ramsden Repeats in Women’s Race
At the risk of sounding too cliché, it was like déjà vu all over again at the fifth annual MK Delta Lands Criterium to kick off the 15th edition of the Tour de Delta and 2015 BC Superweek as Ryan Roth of Silber Pro Cycling won for the second year in a row – and in strikingly similar fashion.
A year ago, Roth, who was the 2012 Elite Men's Canadian National Road Race Champion, finished nearly six seconds ahead of the second place rider. This year, he was even better – crossing the finish line almost eleven seconds ahead of Garrett McLeod of Team H&R Block Pro Cycling, finishing the 48-kilometre, 40-lap race in one hour, two minutes, and 48 seconds.
It continues a strong run of podium appearances for the Silber Pro Cycling team after Roth was third at last month’s Canadian National Championship Road Race and second in the Individual Time Trial. His Silber teammate, Benjamin Perry, won the Canadian Road National Criterium title and Stage 5 of the Tour de Beauce in June.
“We had a few races in the spring to find our cohesion and legs together,” the Roth said of his team’s recent success. “Since then, we’ve been gelling really well and playing off each other and it’s been going great. We’ll have a bit of a rest in August and then we’re waiting to see about the Tour of Alberta, hopefully we’ll get in there and that will cap our season.”
Will Routley
As the race progressed and the breakaway started to develop, third place finisher Will Routley found himself without a teammate nearby, and was surrounded by riders from either Silber or H&R Block.
“Once Ryan came up it changed the dynamic a little bit, he won this last year so he knows what he’s doing and made it tough. I tried a few times (to go for it), but the better man won tonight,” the 32-year-old from Whistler, BC conceded. “I’ve been teammates with Ryan before and he’s a good bike rider.”
Ryan Roth wins
Routley finished just back of McLeod, but he wasn’t too upset about being topped by someone six years younger.
“At the end to get out-sprinted by Garrett, I actually was kind of happy because I’ve been coaching him for a couple of years so I know he’s motivated. He’s been training well the last month and it shows – he’s riding well too. Maybe I’m turning into an old man… I’m getting washed up here,” Routley added, tongue firmly planted in cheek.
Women's Race
Much like Roth, it seems that Vancouver’s Denise Ramsden could set up camp on the podium at the MK Delta Criterium. For the second straight year, the Trek Red Truck p/b Mosaic Homes rider won the fifth edition of the race, finishing the 30-lap, 36 kilometre circuit in 55 minutes and 30 seconds. The back-to-back titles come after a second place finish for Ramsden at the same race in 2013.
Ramsden, who was a member of the 2012 Canadian Team at the London Olympics, along with second place finisher Ellen Watters of Sussex, New Brunswick, broke away from the peloton with ten laps to go and were able to hang on to the end. For Ramsden, she drew upon her previous years of experience on the course.
Denise Ramsden leading Ellen Watters
“I think it’s just a hard race, so it seems to break up (each year),” she explained. “It’s three years in a row actually that I’ve been in a break at the end. The first year I kind up messed up the finish and lost the sprint so then last year I figured it out, and I pretty much did the same thing this year, going with a lap to go.”
As for the point when Ramsden and Watters found themselves on their own with a third of the race still to go, they started working together and knew one of them would go for the win with a sprint.
“I think by that point everyone’s pretty tired, so we were rolling through pretty well and then I told her ‘I think we have enough’ and then I just went at the end,” Ramsden said.
For her part, Watters knew she couldn’t let too much distance get between her and Ramsden.
“I was taking a little bit of a break and Denise took off, so I thought ‘I should follow that wheel!’ so I did and it was hard for the last ten laps,” added Watters. “Then Denise killed it in the last lap.”
On the final lap, feeling the burn of 29 previous laps, Ramsden was definitely aware of the surging group of riders behind her, especially into the final turns. “I kept checking back to see and knew that the group would be going even harder at the finish so I just had to save a little bit for that,” she said.
Watters, Ramsden, Olds
In third was two-time US National Criterium Champion Shelley Olds of the Ale Cipollini Team. The 34-year-old hasn’t been to BC Superweek since 2007, but she was eager to hit the course in North Delta – taking a spin around well before having to line up for the start of the race. It paid off for the Groton, Massachusetts product as she won a number of primes.
“I’m here just trying get in some good training and have fun,” said Olds, who’s racing the BC Superweek series without any of her teammates. “I look forward to racing the rest of the series and then heading to Paris for the women’s Tour de France.”
Courtesy Tour de Delta
MK Delta Criterium results
| Pro/1/2/3 Women | |
| 1 Denise Ramsden (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes | 0:55:30.80 |
| 2 Ellen Watters (Can) The Cyclery - Opus | 0:55:35.10 |
| 3 Shelley Olds (USA) Ale-Cipollini | |
| 4 Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 5 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Fearless Femme p/b Haute Wheels Racing | |
| 6 Marie-Soleil Blais (Can) The Cyclery - Opus | |
| 7 Sara Bergen (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes | |
| 8 Leah Guloien (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes | |
| 9 Irena Ossola (USA) independent | |
| 10 Shoshauna Routley (Can) BMW presented by Happy Tooth Dental | |
| 11 Sara Poidevin (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling | |
| 12 Jessica Uebelhart (Sui) BMW presented by Happy Tooth Dental | |
| 13 Janna Gillick (Can) Women's Team ATAC | all s.t. |
| 14 Jamie Gilgen (Can) Rise Racing p/b Cyclepath Woodbridge | 0:55:40.50 |
| 15 Laura Van Gilder (USA) Fearless Femme p/b Haute Wheels Racing | |
| 16 Lex Albrecht (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 17 Kinley Gibson (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes | all s.t. |
| 18 Lindsay Bayer (USA) BMW presented by Happy Tooth Dental | 0:55:43.40 |
| 19 Jannalyn Luttrell (USA) Roosters Bikers Edge | 0:55:48.40 |
| 20 Ashley Barson (Can) Rise Racing p/b Cyclepath Woodbridge | 0:55:50.70 |
| 21 Allie Guenther (Can) independent | 0:55:56.20 |
| 22 Mandy Heintz (USA) Fearless Femme p/b Haute Wheels Racing | 0:55:58.30 |
| 23 Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling | |
| 24 Emily Flynn (Can) The Cyclery - Opus | both s.t. |
| 25 Annie Foreman-Mackey (Can) The Cyclery - Opus | 0:56:06.50 |
| 26 Justine Clift (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling | 0:56:09.90 |
| 27 Claire Cameron (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling | 0:56:11.00 |
| DNF Ariane Bonhomme (Can) The Cyclery - Opus | |
| DNF Amalie Bruneau (Can) The Cyclery - Opus | |
| DNF Sarah Coney (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes | |
| DNF Suzanne Hamilton (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes | |
| DNF Rachel Canning (Can) Women's Team ATAC | |
| DNF Allison Daniel (Can) Women's Team ATAC | |
| DNF Jennifer Gerth (Can) Women's Team ATAC | |
| DNF Emma Lujan (Can) Women's Team ATAC | |
| DNF Brenna Pauly (Can) Women's Team ATAC | |
| DNF Jody Rechenmacher (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling | |
| DNF Alysia Withers (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling | |
| DNF Suzanna Dupee (USA) Pepper Palace p/b The Happy Tooth | |
| DNF Christy Keely (USA) Fearless Femme p/b Haute Wheels Racing | |
| DNF Jennifer Vollmer (USA) Roosters Bikers Edge | |
| DNF Michele Schaeffer (USA) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | |
| DNF Meghan Grant (Can) Alete-FLC | |
| DNF Kelsey Macdonald (Can) BOC Racing / Team Giant Vancouver | |
| DNF Natalie Koncz (USA) Nemesis Racing | |
| DNF Catherine Ouellette (Can) independent | |
| DNF Alice Georgia Simmerling (Can) independent | |
| DNF Heidi Wood (USA) independent | |
| DNF Maggie Coles-Lyster (Can) Local Ride Racing | |
| DNF Cady Chintis (USA) Garage Racing | |
| DNS Carrie Cartmill (Can) The Cyclery - Opus | |
| DNS Tara Whitten (Can) The Cyclery - Opus | |
| DNS Gillian Ellsay (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes | |
| DNS Melanie Von Stetten (Can) Women's Team ATAC | |
| DNS Morgan Cabot (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling | |
| DNS Amy Charity (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| DNS Annie Ewart (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| DNS Joanne Kiesanowski (Nzl) Team TIBCO-SVB | |
| DNS Sabrina David (USA) Groove Subaru - Excel Sports | |
| DNS Genevieve Krahn (Can) Holiday Inn Calgary Northwest / P-K Express | |
| DNS Juliette Wheler (Can) SMARTSAVVY+ p/b IRIS Cycling Project | |
| Pro/1/2 Men | |
| 1 Ryan Roth (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 1:02:48.60 |
| 2 Garrett Mcleod (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team | 1:02:58.30 |
| 3 William Routley (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 4 Derrick St-John (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | both s.t. |
| 5 Kaler Marshall (USA) Canyon Bicycles - Shimano | 1:03:02.30 |
| 6 Florenz Knauer (Ger) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team | 1:03:04.30 |
| 7 Felix Cote Bouvette (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team | |
| 8 Alexander Ray (Nzl) Silber Pro Cycling | |
| 9 Hendrik Werner (Ger) RRG Porz 1987 | |
| 10 Brandon Feehery (USA) Astellas Cycling Team | |
| 11 Andrew Dahlheim (USA) Canyon Bicycles - Shimano | |
| 12 Eric Young (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 13 Elliott Doyle (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | |
| 14 Brandon Etzl (Can) Team NCCH p/b Dec Express | |
| 15 Eamon Lucas (USA) iRT Racing | |
| 16 Jacob Schwingboth (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team | |
| 17 Chris Prendergast (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee | |
| 18 Cody Canning (Can) Russ Hays Accent Inns Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 19 Walton Brush (USA) iRT Racing | 1:03:08.70 |
| 20 Chris Harland-Dunaway (USA) Herbalife p/b Marc Pro - Strava | |
| 21 Bailey Mcknight (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team | |
| 22 Michael Van Den Ham (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes | |
| 23 Stefan Rothe (USA) Elbowz Racing | |
| 24 Kristofer Dahl (Can) Team SmartStop | |
| 25 Matteo Dal-Cin (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | |
| 26 Alexander Cowan (Can) CycleMeisters-Bow Cycle | |
| 27 Dan Gardner (Gbr) Astellas Cycling Team | |
| 28 Clay Murfet (Aus) Astellas Cycling Team | |
| 29 Craig Richey (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes | |
| 30 Ryan Anderson (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 31 Christoph Schweizer (Ger) Team Bike Aid | |
| 32 Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| 33 Cortlan Brown (USA) Astellas Cycling Team | |
| 34 Nathan Elliott (Aus) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team | |
| 35 Danick Vandale (Can) Russ Hays Accent Inns Cycling Team | |
| 36 Rene Corella (Mex) iRT Racing | |
| 37 Olivier Brisebois (Can) Garneau Quebecor | |
| 38 Jack Burke (Can) Team NCCH p/b Dec Express | |
| 39 Alex Cataford (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | |
| 40 Jeffrey Werner (Can) Langlois Brown Racing | |
| 41 William Myers (USA) Herbalife p/b Marc Pro - Strava | |
| 42 Mackenzie Champlin (USA) Herbalife p/b Marc Pro - Strava | |
| 43 Geordie Morrison (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes | all s.t. |
| 44 Ariel Herrmann (USA) Herbalife p/b Marc Pro - Strava | 1:03:15.90 |
| 45 Brett Wakefield (Can) Team Giant Vancouver | |
| 46 Tony Baca (Mex) Elbowz Racing | |
| 47 Morgan Schmitt (USA) Canyon Bicycles - Shimano | all s.t. |
| 48 Nigel Ellsay (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 1:03:19.40 |
| 49 Benjamin Perry (Can) Silber Pro Cycling | 1:03:22.10 |
| 50 David Gerth (Can) Langlois Brown Racing | 1:03:23.80 |
| 51 Simon-Pierre Gauthier (Can) Garneau Quebecor | 1:03:26.10 |
| 52 Steve Fisher (USA) Jelly Belly pb Maxxis | |
| 53 Max Jenkins (USA) Astellas Cycling Team | |
| 54 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | all s.t. |
| 55 Marc-Antoine Soucy (Can) Garneau Quebecor | 1:03:28.10 |
| 56 Stefano Barberi (USA) California Giant/Specialized | s.t. |
| 57 Pat Casey (USA) Canyon Bicycles - Shimano | 1:03:30.80 |
| 58 Sam Bassetti (USA) iRT Racing | 1:03:31.80 |
| 59 Jan Niklas Droste (Ger) Team Gießen u. Weiseck | 1:03:34.10 |
| 60 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) Team Lexxi Speedbike | s.t. |
| 61 Michael Sheehan (USA) Elbowz Racing | 1:03:46.90 |
| 62 Kevin Massicotte (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee | 1:04:05.30 |
| 63 Jason Lowndes (Aus) Garneau Quebecor | 1:04:33.50 |
| DNF Adam De Vos (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNF Jure Rupnik (Slo) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNF Travis Samuel (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNF Chris D'arcy (Can) Langlois Brown Racing | |
| DNF Jackson Pickell (Can) Langlois Brown Racing | |
| DNF Arturo Suarez (Mex) Langlois Brown Racing | |
| DNF Jonathan Wood (Can) Langlois Brown Racing | |
| DNF Ty Andrews (Can) Russ Hays Accent Inns Cycling Team | |
| DNF Raphael Lalumiere (Can) Russ Hays Accent Inns Cycling Team | |
| DNF Bruno Langlois (Can) Garneau Quebecor | |
| DNF Anton Varabei (Can) Garneau Quebecor | |
| DNF Joshua Carling (USA) Herbalife p/b Marc Pro - Strava | |
| DNF Matt Chatlaong (USA) Herbalife p/b Marc Pro - Strava | |
| DNF Nate Freed (USA) Herbalife p/b Marc Pro - Strava | |
| DNF Nick Schaffner (USA) Herbalife p/b Marc Pro - Strava | |
| DNF Lukas Adomonis (Can) SMARTSAVVY+ p/b IRIS Cycling Project | |
| DNF Mason Burtnik (Can) SMARTSAVVY+ p/b IRIS Cycling Project | |
| DNF Noah Epp (Can) SMARTSAVVY+ p/b IRIS Cycling Project | |
| DNF Joshua Kropf (Can) SMARTSAVVY+ p/b IRIS Cycling Project | |
| DNF Torey Phillipp (USA) California Giant/Specialized | |
| DNF Coty Greenberg (USA) iRT Racing | |
| DNF Willem Boersma (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes | |
| DNF Trevor Stothard (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes | |
| DNF Curtis White (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies | |
| DNF Braydon Bourne (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee | |
| DNF Luke Vanlauwe (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee | |
| DNF Isaac Leblanc (Can) Team NCCH p/b Dec Express | |
| DNF Edward Walsh (Can) Team NCCH p/b Dec Express | |
| DNF Fergus Horrobin (Can) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | |
| DNF Michael Pincus (USA) Super Squadra p/b Austin Bikes | |
| DNF Amiel Flett-Brown (Can) TaG Cycling | |
| DNF Christian Shubart-Knapton (Can) TaG Cycling | |
| DNF Cory Ostertag (Can) Mighty Cycling | |
| DNF Edouard Angue (Can) Musette Racing | |
| DNF Gevan Samuel (TTO) Ride with Rendall | |
| DNF Robert Hargrove (Can) Sante Universalle // Marin Bikes | |
| DNF Connor Toppings (Can) Synergy Racing | |
| DNF James Mowatt (Aus) Data#3 Symantec | |
| DNF Andrew Attwell (Can) Pro City Racing / Rumble Drinks | |
| DNS Stuart Wight (Can) H&R Block Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNS Emile De Rosnay (Can) Langlois Brown Racing | |
| DNS Nigel Kinney (USA) Langlois Brown Racing | |
| DNS Sherwood Plant (Can) Langlois Brown Racing | |
| DNS Normand Richard (Can) Russ Hays Accent Inns Cycling Team | |
| DNS Curtis Dearden (Can) Russ Hays Accent Inns Cycling Team | |
| DNS Dylan Cunningham (Can) Russ Hays Accent Inns Cycling Team | |
| DNS Jordan Landolt (Can) Russ Hays Accent Inns Cycling Team | |
| DNS Julien Gagne (Can) Garneau Quebecor | |
| DNS Jacob Howard (Can) SMARTSAVVY+ p/b IRIS Cycling Project | |
| DNS Teddy Kozlowski (USA) SMARTSAVVY+ p/b IRIS Cycling Project | |
| DNS Brad Neagos (USA) SMARTSAVVY+ p/b IRIS Cycling Project | |
| DNS Jacob Albrecht (USA) California Giant/Specialized | |
| DNS Zeke Mostov (USA) California Giant/Specialized | |
| DNS Tobin Ortenblad (USA) California Giant/Specialized | |
| DNS Ben Wolfe (USA) California Giant/Specialized | |
| DNS Adam Myerson (USA) Astellas Cycling Team | |
| DNS Frayre Eder (Mex) iRT Racing | |
| DNS Coulton Hartrich (USA) iRT Racing | |
| DNS Nic Hamilton (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes | |
| DNS Jay Lamoureux (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes | |
| DNS Joel Taylor (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes | |
| DNS Mat Stephens (USA) Canyon Bicycles - Shimano | |
| DNS Michael Parrish (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling | |
| DNS Max Korus (USA) Team Mike's Bikes p/b Equator Coffees | |
| DNS Chris Jameson (Can) Gastown Cycling | |
| DNS Alex Hui (Can) Pro City Racing / Rumble Drinks | |
| DNS Mark Faas (Can) independent |
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