November 3/15 11:44 am - Local Ride's Pumpkin Cross
Posted by Editoress on 11/3/15
Last Sunday (November 1st) saw hundreds of hard core cyclo-cross racers converge in Maple Ridge for the 9th Annual Pumpkin Cross event presented by Local Ride Racing, round number three of the BC Premier CX Series. Torrential rain didn't dampen the spirits of riders, who showed up en masse in colourful Halloween costumes for the festive gathering that included riders of all ages and levels.
The course, set up on the grounds of the North Alouette River Greenway Park, was a soggy slog consisting mostly of grass, but it also took riders on a jaunt through some tricky turns in the Spooky Forest and a chunk of the Pitt Meadows Dyke network.
Reigning Pumpkin Cross elite women's champion Sandra Walter (Liv Cycling Canada), dressed as a pirate, took the hole shot and led through the entire race, despite an early attempt to bridge by eventual third place finisher Maggie 'Foxy Fox' Coles-Lyster (Local Ride Racing/Colnago). Morgan Cabot (Glotman Simpson Cycling), garbed as plundering pirate, came on strong at the end to overtake Coles-Lyster in a neck-and-neck sprint for silver.
Women's Podium: photo by Pete Whalen
Men's Podium: photo by Pete Whalen
On the elite men's side, it was CX veteran Kevin Calhoun (Rocky Mountain) who reigned supreme in a sea of mud. The podium saw some fresh faces as Davey Mitchell, Nathan Killam (Cycosis Racing), and Ben Chaddock grabbed second through fourth, respectively. Newly crowned Master 40-49 men's Canadian Champion Bob 'The Builder' Welbourn (Glotman Simpson Cycling) rounded out the top five.
Walter led a free women's cyclo-cross skills clinic at the course on Saturday to give first-time female racers an introduction to the discipline. "It was such a great group of women that came out on a rainy Saturday to learn about 'Cross," said Walter. "We had lots of fun out there, and when I watched the huge Beginner and Intermediate Women's fields today, they were all smiling and having a good time. That's what 'Cross is all about."
Walter is holding a clinic on Saturday, November 7th in Abbotsford in conjunction with ValleyCross, BC Premier CX Series race #4. Find out more at www.valleycross.ca.
Pumpkin Cross was supported by Liv Cycling Canada, Kicking Horse Coffee, WD-40 products, Cycling BC, Cycles Lambert, the District of Maple Ridge, and the Maple Ridge Equi-Sport Centre.
report by Local Ride Racing
Results
| Elite Women, 15.04 km, 6 laps | |
| 1 Sandra Walter (CAN) Liv/Giant Canada | 43:46 |
| 2 Morgan Cabot (CAN) Glotman Simpson Cycling Club | at 2:09 |
| 3 Maggie Coles-Lyster (CAN) Local Ride Racing Team | 2:11 |
| 4 Natasha Cowie (CAN) Steed Cycles | 3:09 |
| 5 Jean Ann Berkenpas (CAN) Team GIANT Vancouver | 4:08 |
| 6 Kelly Jones (CAN) Steed Cycles | 4:35 |
| 7 Natalia Mulekova (RUS) Steed Cycles | 5:03 |
| 8 Krista Rawlings (CAN) Obsession Bikes | 6:37 |
| 9 Aimee-Claire Lees | 7:52 |
| Elite Men, 22.57 km, 9 laps | |
| 1 Kevin Calhoun (CAN) Rocky Mountain Factory Team | 59:37 |
| 2 Davey Mitchell (CAN) | at 0:33 |
| 3 Nathan Killam (CAN) Cycosis Racing | 0:39 |
| 4 Benjamin Chaddock (CAN) Garneau Quebecor | 0:45 |
| 5 Bob Welbourn (CAN) Glotman Simpson Cycling Club | 2:22 |
| 6 Pascal Wehr (GER) | 2:30 |
| 7 Brett Wakefield (CAN) Team GIANT Vancouver | 3:29 |
| 8 Brad Issel (CAN) DARYL EVANS RACING | 3:59 |
| 9 Sherwood Plant (CAN) Langlois Brown Racing | 5:06 |
| 10 Marc Edwards (GBR) | 5:11 |
| 11 Conor Martin (CAN) Norco Bicycles | 5:14 |
| 12 Kellen Viznaugh (CAN) Revelstoke Cycling Association | 5:14 |
| 13 Corey Itterman (CAN) CrossRoad Racing | -1 lap |
| 14 Steve Devantier (CAN) Giant | -1 lap |
| 15 Richard Machhein (CAN) Team GIANT Vancouver | -2 laps |
| Master Men, 15.04 km, 6 laps | |
| 1 Andreas Hestler (CAN) Rocky Mountain Factory Team | 41:32 |
| 2 David Kvick (CAN) Rocky Mountain Factory Team | at 0:52 |
| 3 Ryan Newsome (CAN) Team GIANT Vancouver | 1:18 |
| 4 James Davison (CAN) DARYL EVANS RACING | 1:30 |
| 5 Michael Parrish (CAN) Glotman Simpson Cycling Club | 2:02 |
| 6 Chris Bond (USA) | 2:08 |
| 7 Chris Bishop (CAN) | 2:19 |
| 8 Mike Murphy (CAN) Steed Cycles | 2:47 |
| 9 Kalle Karu (EST) No team | 3:00 |
| 10 Brent Hambleton (CAN) Vancouver Island Cylistas | 3:16 |
| 11 Nick Hanni (USA) Westside Cycling Club p/b Musette Caffe | 3:21 |
| 12 Ian Hoffman (CAN) | 3:32 |
| 13 Jamin Davies (AUS) | 3:36 |
| 14 Brian Griffin (CAN) Bayview Towing | 3:48 |
| 15 Ray Lachance (CAN) CrossRoad Racing | 3:56 |
| 16 Edward Lawson (CAN) | 4:11 |
| 17 Michael Dolling (CAN) DARYL EVANS RACING | 4:35 |
| 18 JAEGAN Smith (CAN) Chain Line Cycle Club | 7:32 |
| 19 Erik Scott Schroeder (CAN) CrossRoad Racing | -1 lap |
| DNF Daryl Vachon (CAN) | |
| Intermediate Men, 15.04 km, 6 laps | |
| 1 Garrett Kryt (CAN) | 45:34 |
| 2 Seth Cox (CAN) | at 0:28 |
| 3 Carsten Ivany (CAN) Team GIANT Vancouver | 0:40 |
| 4 Brett Whitehead (CAN) Team Zaui | 1:05 |
| 5 Jake Cullen (CAN) Steed Cycles | 1:13 |
| 6 Michael Goodman (CAN) Glotman Simpson Cycling Club | 1:49 |
| 7 Jacob Rodgers (CAN) DARYL EVANS RACING | 2:14 |
| 8 Quentin Emeriau (FRA) | 2:16 |
| 9 Corey Grobe (CAN) Steed Cycles | 2:26 |
| 10 David Gillam (CAN) Glotman Simpson Cycling Club | 2:34 |
| 11 Ashley Paul James (CAN) | 2:44 |
| 12 Zachary Bradshaw (USA) | 3:00 |
| 13 Troy Neale (CAN) | 4:15 |
| 14 Piers Cunnington (CAN) Fulgas Cycle Club | 4:53 |
| 15 Darren Thompson (CAN) Glotman Simpson Cycling Club | 5:05 |
| 16 Alejandro Galindo (CAN) | 5:08 |
| 17 Andrew Kerr (CAN) Team GIANT Vancouver | 5:19 |
| 18 Jeremy Jones (RSA) | 5:21 |
| 19 Andrew Gunn (CAN) | 5:22 |
| 20 Andrew Coelho (CAN) Glotman Simpson Cycling Club | 5:39 |
| 21 John Tani (CAN) Glotman Simpson Cycling Club | 5:51 |
| 22 Matthew Sipple (USA) Mighty Cycling | 6:21 |
| 23 Michael Rothengatter (CAN) Team Giant Vancouver | 7:08 |
| 24 Darrel Domenko (CAN) Mighty Cycling | 7:31 |
| 25 Paul Craig (CAN) Team GIANT Vancouver | 8:15 |
| 26 Tobin Mccallum (CAN) | 8:23 |
| 27 Peter Wilson (CAN) | 8:51 |
| 28 Hung Mai (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | 9:01 |
| 29 Sean Solheim (CAN) Glotman Simpson Cycling Club | -1 lap |
| 30 Alex Capon (CAN) | -1 lap |
| 31 David Holder (CAN) CrossRoad Racing | -1 lap |
| 32 Finn Blackburn (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | -1 lap |
| 33 Nate Halstead (CAN) | -1 lap |
| 34 Jordan Kajfasz (CAN) | -1 lap |
| 35 Corey Itterman (CAN) CrossRoad Racing | -1 lap |
| DNF Stuart Bagnall (CAN) Glotman Simpson Cycling Club | |
| DNF Keith Ng (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | |
| DNF Matthew Scott (CAN) | |
| DNS Kellen Kjera (CAN) Glotman Simpson Cycling Club | |
| U19 Men, 15.04 km, 6 laps | |
| 1 Evan Mant (CAN) Steed Cycles | 46:30 |
| 2 Von Winkelmann (CAN) Langlois Brown Racing | at 1:40 |
| 3 Nicolas Kleban (CAN) | 3:32 |
| 4 Shane Patterson (CAN) | 3:36 |
| DNS Michael Meade (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | |
| U17 Men, 15.04 km, 6 laps | |
| 1 Quinn Storey (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | 50:48 |
| SingleSpeed (Open), 12.54 km, 5 laps | |
| 1 Richard Machhein (CAN) Team GIANT Vancouver | 38:19 |
| 2 Paul Mc Carthy (IRL) Steed Cycles | at 0:24 |
| 3 Mark Oldenburg (CAN) Mighty Cycling | 0:46 |
| 4 Steve Devantier (CAN) Giant | 1:15 |
| 5 Paul Mccloskey (CAN) Mighty Cycling | 2:58 |
| 6 Michael Parrish (CAN) Glotman Simpson Cycling Club | 3:45 |
| 7 Blair Benjamin (CAN) Alete FLC | 4:08 |
| 8 Jeremy Wilson (CAN) SpeedTheory.ca | 5:52 |
| 9 Emily Jardine (CAN) | 6:08 |
| 10 Barry Brennan (CAN) Mighty Cycling | 8:38 |
| Master Women, 12.54 km, 5 laps | |
| 1 Alyssa Myshok (CAN) West Coast Cycling | 51:45 |
| 2 Andrea Scott (CAN) Steed Cycles | at 2:18 |
| 3 ROSEMARY Gin (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | -1 lap |
| DNF Jennifer Kohm (CAN) Mighty Cycling | |
| Intermediate Women, 12.54 km, 5 laps | |
| 1 Melanie Gabanna (CAN) | 42:38 |
| 2 Anna Pettersen (CAN) Steed Cycles | at 3:07 |
| 3 Laura Beamish | 3:50 |
| 4 Lindsey Von Bloedau (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | 3:53 |
| 5 Melissa Aragon (CAN) | 10:35 |
| U17 Women, 12.54 km, 5 laps | |
| 1 Emilly Johnston (CAN) Trail Bikes | |
| 2 Elizabeth Gin (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | 0:17 |
| 3 Bronwen Campbell (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | at 3:21 |
| 4 Erin Usher (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | 8:32 |
| U19 Women, 12.54 km, 5 laps | |
| 1 Julia Long (50:04) CANADA | 15.02 |
| Beginner Men, 10.03 km, 4 laps | |
| 1 Russell Stead (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | 29:23 |
| 2 Jeff Kalman | at 0:03 |
| 3 Ivo Rytir (CZE) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | 0:24 |
| 4 Ben Smith (CAN) Glotman Simpson Cycling Club | 0:52 |
| 5 Mark Breakspear (CAN) Steed Cycles | 0:54 |
| 6 Ben Johnson (CAN) Glotman Simpson Cycling Club | 1:05 |
| 7 Nick Ethier (CAN) | 1:49 |
| 8 Kyle O'Connor (CAN) | 2:04 |
| 9 Justin Webb (CAN) | 2:17 |
| 10 Kevin O'connor (CAN) Glotman Simpson Cycling Club | 2:49 |
| 11 Thomas Rasmussen (CAN) Gastown Cycling | 3:00 |
| 12 Daniel Fleming (CAN) | 3:15 |
| 13 Ryan Cousineau (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | 3:18 |
| 14 Rob Janousek (CAN) | 3:20 |
| 15 Arne Bickle (CAN) Westside Cycling Club p/b Musette Caffe | 3:42 |
| 16 Dwayne Lotnick (CAN) | 3:49 |
| 17 Dave Matthews (CAN) | 4:05 |
| 18 graeme Falkowsky (CAN) | 4:11 |
| 19 Kellen Kjera (CAN) Glotman Simpson Cycling Club | 4:20 |
| 20 Eric Kjode (CAN) | 4:24 |
| 21 Philippe Canavan (CAN) | 4:25 |
| 22 andrew Pressault (CAN) | 4:28 |
| 23 Fred Grillet (CAN) | 4:34 |
| 24 David Usher (CAN) North Shore Road Bike | 4:40 |
| 25 Bryan Corry (CAN) | 4:44 |
| 26 Jason Chisham (CAN) | 4:44 |
| 27 Harry Bohan (CAN) | 4:46 |
| 28 Ryan Jeans (CAN) | 4:47 |
| 29 Karl Bridge (CAN) Obsession Bikes | 4:55 |
| 30 Chris Mallinson (CAN) Steed Cycles | 5:18 |
| 31 Van Shih (CAN) | 5:22 |
| 32 Reginald Kao (CAN) CrossRoad Racing | 5:22 |
| 33 Tim Keeping (CAN) | 5:27 |
| 34 Chris Hennessy (CAN) | 5:35 |
| 35 Johnathon-Joshua Harder (CAN) Alete FLC | 6:00 |
| 36 David Hodgson (CAN) Boundary Bay Cycling Club | 6:08 |
| 37 Mike Thompson (CAN) Gastown Cycling Association | 6:11 |
| 38 Robert Mclaren (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | 6:12 |
| 39 Joseph Moore (CAN) | 6:25 |
| 40 Joseph Ujfalusi (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | 6:33 |
| 41 Norman Tinkhou (CAN) | 7:05 |
| 42 Ryan Morford (CAN) | 7:33 |
| 43 Dean Philp (CAN) | 7:49 |
| 44 Paul Verlaan (CAN) | 8:05 |
| 45 Jason Gauthier (CAN) | 9:11 |
| 46 Nick Towill (CAN) Mighty Cycling | 9:16 |
| 47 Trevor Relitz (CAN) Team Coastal | 10:03 |
| 48 Pat Murphy (CAN) | 10:07 |
| 49 Peter Whalen (CAN) Team GIANT Vancouver | -1 lap |
| 50 Raphael Fang (CAN) | -1 lap |
| DNF Sean Kerr (CAN) | |
| DNF Sheldon Coles (CAN) | |
| U13 Men, 10.03 km, 4 laps | |
| 1 Manu Moore (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | 33:37 |
| 2 Campbell Parrish (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | at 1:27 |
| 3 Patrik Rytir (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | 1:31 |
| 4 Cam Mccallum (CAN) | 3:24 |
| 5 Garrett Sayers (CAN) Trek Red Truck Racing | -1 lap |
| U15 Men, 10.03 km, 4 laps | |
| 1 Cody Scott (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | 29:31 |
| 2 Lief Rodgers (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | at 0:14 |
| 3 Evan Mcbeath (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | 2:42 |
| 4 finn Bohan (CAN) | -1 lap |
| Beginner Women, 7.52 km, 3 laps | |
| 1 Trisha Rodgers (CAN) DARYL EVANS RACING | 24:55 |
| 2 Alanna Dyck (CAN) | at 0:11 |
| 3 Janine Copp (NZL) CrossRoad Racing | 0:33 |
| 4 Katrinna Roth (CAN) Atomic Racing Club | 0:38 |
| 5 Kerri Anderson (CAN) Steed Cycles | 0:39 |
| 6 Jeanine Ball (CAN) | 0:49 |
| 7 Hannah Van Der Roest (CAN) | 0:58 |
| 8 Keely Hammond (CAN) | 1:40 |
| 9 Donna Tyson (CAN) No team | 1:52 |
| 10 Juliet Korver (CAN) Fulgas Cycle Club | 2:22 |
| 11 Emily Willobee (USA) | 2:43 |
| 12 Kaitlin Wood (CAN) Women's Team ATAC | 3:13 |
| 13 Jamie Hennessey | 3:37 |
| 14 Michelle Peterson (CAN) | 4:16 |
| 15 Allison Keogh (CAN) Glotman Simpson Cycling Club | 4:22 |
| 16 Mackenzie Neale (CAN) | 4:40 |
| 17 Carla Hudson (CAN) | 5:14 |
| 18 Tina Stewart Glotman Simpson Cycling Club | 6:32 |
| 19 Sue Weston BOC Racing | 13:52 |
| 20 Joanne Kerr | 13:52 |
| 21 Colleen Anspach | -1 lap |
| DNS christine Scott (CAN) | |
| U13 Women, 7.52 km, 3 laps | |
| 1 Geza Rodgers (CAN) DARYL EVANS RACING | 32:03 |
| U15 Women, 7.52 km, 3 laps | |
| 1 Kate Matson (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | 32:03 |
| 2 Maia Matson (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | at 1:08 |
| 3 Josie Welbourn (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | 1:55 |
| 4 Lilly Ujfalusi (CAN) EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | 2:34 |
| 5 Kaelen Coles-Lyster (CAN) Local Ride Racing Team | 6:34 |
| U11 Women, 7.52 km, 3 laps | |
| 1 Katrin Rytirova (CAN EV/DEVO pb Catalyst Kinetics | 32:00 |
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