May 1/01 5:32 am - Midweek Novice, B.C. Warp Speed Results

Posted by Editor on 05/1/01
 

La Bicicletta Midweek Novice Series 2001

Sponsors: Schwinn Canada, Trillium Foundation, City of Mississauga
Organizers: Peter Morse, Amit Ghosh
Event # 2 April 30, 2001 Hershey Centre 28.0 km
Conditions: Clear and Sunny 17 deg C, wind: SSE 16 km/h

Dan Zucconi - Ind. Cat. 3 50:40
Axel Bergman - Ind. Cat. 3 at 0:03
Monir Taha - Ind. Cat. 3
Adam Lucas - U of T Cat. 3
Stuart McKay - Gears Cat. 3
Alex Pond - Ind. MA all s.t.

Team Competition Winner: 300's
Sock Prime: 1) Adam Lucas 2) Ian McKay 3) Axel Bergman

The second race in the Midweek Novice Race series was won by last week's winner and points leader Dan Zucconi (Ind.) who managed to hold off a small but hard charging chase group in the final two laps. The sprint for second was taken by Axel Bergman (Ind.). Adam Lucas (U of T) faded to fourth after taking the fiercely fought sock prime with 3 laps remaining. Action in the field was enlivened by the season's Midweek debut of veteran rider Peter McCaffery, who we hope will become a fixture in the pack.

Special Thanks to Rider Coaches: Ann Turrin, Pierre Perrin, Jeff Archbold and Kevin Speacht. Thanks to Peter McCaffery and Peter Hurley for help in setting up the course and putting on the race. Thanks to Schwinn Canada and La Bicicletta for providing prime and draw prizes.


Warp Speed TT Results - B.C.
Courtesy Jonathan Wornell

This past weekend over 40 B.C. junior/espoir athletes took to the roads of North Vancouver and Langley, B.C., to gain points which will help them secure one of the 6 positions (6 men/6 women) available on Team B.C.'s Canada Summer Games team.

Both races were held under slightly less than optimal conditions as torrential rain fell both nights before each of the Time Trial and the Criterium and, for some unlucky riders, during their races! In the Time Trial less than 20 seconds separated the top three CSG men with Ian Condron pulling in just ahead of both Cameron Evans and Clayton Hiltz. For the women Erica Drew squeezed in just ahead of Sandra Walter to take the top CSG placing for the day. Suzanne Macht came in a little over a minute later to round out the top three.

The next day, with yet more rain, on a criterium course in beautiful Langley, B.C., Lisa Sweeny joined the top three women in the standings to put up a fight for her own spot on the team. Lisa not only took the top CSG placing, but also the top woman overall for the day, with Sandra and Erica taking 2nd and 3rd overall.

The next selection race takes place on May 13th over on Vancouver Island at the Gary Lund Classic. This should prove to be a very exciting conclusion to the road portion of the selection races!