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July 10/25 14:59 pm - Majendie & Bourgoyne Take Gastown Titles


Posted by Editoress on 07/10/25
 

Two first time winners won the women's and men's titles at the Gastown GP on Wednesday evening in Vancouver, with Fiona Majendie (Project Instinct Racing) becoming the first Canadian women's winner since Denise Ramsden in 2015. American Lucas Bourgoyne (Cadence Cyclery p/b Encore Wire) took the men's title; Samuel Hogman (Project Echelon) was the top Canadian in fifth place.

Women
In a thrilling showcase of homegrown talent and teamwork, 27‑year‑old Fiona Majendie (Project Instinct Racing) clinched a thrilling sprint victory in a photo finish.

The 30-lap, 45-kilometre contest through Gastown's iconic cobblestone streets came down to the wire as Majendie edged Ontario riders Vanessa Montrichard (TaG Cycling) from Hamilton, and Collingwood's Katelyn Walcroft (Independent).

Majendie, who advanced from grassroots competition to becoming an Olympian in just two years, finished off the night in style and claimed the $12,000 prize purse in the process.

The final lap saw incredible action. "Going in with three laps to go, I was not in a very good position," recounted Majendie, who is also the 2025 BC Provincial Criterium champion. "So, I kind of burned a few matches to get up top five wheels. Then I was just surfing other teams' lead out trains and hoping for the best. It turned out and we crossed the line first."

In the final metres, the pack matched Majendie's pace but couldn't quite push across the line ahead of her. In the heat of the moment, Majendie misjudged her celebration by throwing an arm up early, and then her faced dropped as she thought Montrichard had caught her at the line. "It definitely was (a bit early) - my bad," she admitted with a chuckle after the race, "But we got (the win)... so we don't have to feel too bad about that."

This win proved significant not only personally, but also for Project Instinct Racing, which fielded a unified team effort. "I think this is the first time that my team has really raced it together as kind of a combined team. We went in with a plan and it paid off, so it's really exciting," she said. "It's just an awesome race to win at home and it's always so awesome to watch. That's where I started - just watching this race - and now to win it is pretty cool."


Men
Lucas Bourgoyne is making a habit of winning big races - and on Wednesday night in front of a packed and electric Gastown crowd, he added another major prize to his growing list of victories.

Nicknamed "The Cowboy", the 24-year-old from Austin, Texas, sprinted to the win, beating out Cade Bickmore (Project Echelon Racing) and Luke Lamperti (Team Soudal Quick-Step) in a thrilling final dash after 42 laps and 49 kilometres of racing.

The current U.S. National Criterium Champion, Bourgoyne rode into Vancouver fresh off a dominant showing at last month's Kwik Trip Tour of America's Dairyland, where he racked up five podium finishes - including three wins. After Wednesday's victory, he now has no fewer than a dozen individual criterium wins this year and it was his 22nd top five finish in 35 races.

"It was absolutely incredible - the crowd was amazing," said Bourgoyne. "We came in third last year and we knew we wanted to come back and win this thing because Canada throws a bike race right."

The pace was high throughout the 42-lap event, and it all came down to positioning and attacks during the closing laps. On the last lap, Bourgoyne found himself behind a few leading riders, but with one last dig, he powered his way past the competition.

"Bickmore went really long, and I thought Lamperti was going to jump him - and he didn't," Bourgoyne explained. "So, I had to get to chasing, and I was just praying to God that (Bickmore) didn't have the step of God."

"This is a dream race to win," Bourgoyne said post-race, soaking in the moment. "It's the biggest crit in Canada. We got the biggest one in the U.S., now we got the biggest one in Canada... let's go to Mexico next or something and get that."


Results

Women
1 Fiona Majendie (Project Instinct Cycling Team) 1:05:37
2 Vanessa Montrichard (TaG Cycling Race Team)
3 Katelyn Walcroft (Competitive Edge Racing)
4 Aubrey Drummond (Competitive Edge Racing)
5 Jessica Law (Cycling Canada)
6 Ivanie Blondin (Automatic Racing)
7 Diane Snobelen (Escape Velocity/DEVO) all s.t.
8 Amaia Ervin-Arambarri (TaG Cycling Race Team) 0:01
9 Sarah Coney (Independent)
10 Ariane Bonhomme (LA Sweat Racing)
11 Lilly Ujfalusi (UBC Cycling Team)
12 Galen Bolard (Competitive Edge Racing)
13 Rachel Urban (Coalition Racing)
14 Camille Desrochers-Laflamme (LA Sweat Racing)
15 Cynthia Pham (Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes)
16 Kimberly Chen (Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes) all s.t.
17 Kathryn Ayroud (Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes) 0:02
18 Eleanor Roberts (Analog Racing Team)
19 Elisa Luo (A Faster Me)
20 Helena Coney (Independent)
21 Rachel Canning (TaG Cycling Race Team)
22 Larissa Black (Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes)
23 Joanie Caron (Altius Velo)
24 Haley Gill (Crit Nasty)
25 Charlotte Mitchell (Analog Racing Team) all s.t.
26 Emily Neill (Analog Racing Team) 0:03
27 Elizabeth Vaags (Analog Racing Team) 0:04
28 Heather Clarke (Project Instinct Cycling Team) s.t.
29 Abigail-Katrina Drews (Red Kilo Cycling Team) 0:05
30 Monica Merced (LA Sweat Racing) s.t.
31 Jennifer Gerth (Crit Nasty) 0:06
32 Brenna Pauly (Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes) 0:07
33 Mikayla Lynd (Project Instinct Cycling Team) s.t.
34 Holly Simonson (Independent) 0:08
35 Lauren Fridman (Crit Nasty) 0:09
36 Pamela Troyer (Crit Nasty)
37 Jessica Yeoman (Red Kilo Cycling Team)
38 Karyn Stern (Coalition Racing) all s.t.
39 Michele Schaeffer (Crit Nasty) 0:21
40 Mariana Valadez (LA Sweat Racing) 0:25
DNF Melanie Katcher (Ruckus Racing)
DNF Sophie Gelineau (Saskatoon Cycledelia)
DNF Gabrielle Lehnert (Analog Racing Team)
DNF Mirtha Gamiz (Red Kilo Cycling Team)
DNF Marley Beckett (TaG Cycling Race Team)
DNF Cecilia Escobar (Meraloma)
DNF Shannon Ormel (Project Instinct Cycling Team)
DNF Leah Fulton (Red Kilo Cycling Team)
DNF Sophie Macdonald (Project Instinct Cycling Team)
DNF Amanda De Jong (Project Instinct Cycling Team)
DNF Lisa Kolkman (Meraloma)
DNF Mikayla Neal (Red Kilo Cycling Team)
DNF Morgan Chow (Meraloma)
DNS Emma Dressler (Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes)
DNS Jen Petersen (Meraloma)
DNS Ngaire Barraclough (LA Sweat Racing)
 
Men
1 Lucas Bourgoyne (Team Cadence Cyclery pb Encore) 1:19:56
2 Cade Bickmore (Project Echelon Racing)
3 Luke Lamperti (Soudal-Quickstep)
4 Richard Holec (Team Cadence Cyclery pb Encore) all s.t.
5 Samuel Hogman (Project Echelon Racing) 0:01
6 Nick Kleban (Hustle Pro Cycling)
7 Alexander Murison (Independent)
8 Evan Russell (Expeditors Cycling Team)
9 Ian Brown (Red Kilo Cycling Team)
10 Clever Jose Martinez Moros (Foundation Cycling NYC)
11 Tommy Feng (Hustle Pro Cycling)
12 Elijah Kwon (Edinburgh Bike Fitting) all s.t.
13 Cody Scott (Competitive Edge Racing) 0:02
14 Monty Rigby (PNW Racing)
15 Nathanael Fry (Hustle Pro Cycling)
16 Cameron Fitzmaurice (Independent)
17 Cormac Mcgeough (Canel's-Java)
18 Kolby Mullen (Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes)
19 Ming Chun Hsu (Expeditors Cycling Team) all s.t.
20 Finn Borstmayer (Manteo Racing) 0:03
21 Zakariya Jackson (Independent)
22 Warren Tilbrook (Squadra Indipendente) both s.t.
23 Aidan Oliphant (TaG Cycling Race Team) 0:04
24 Christopher Uberti (Coalition Racing)
25 Sam Morris (Independent)
26 Braden Kersey (TaG Cycling Race Team)
27 Matthew Sherar (Independent)
28 Jeremy Gourd (Meraloma) all s.t.
29 Thomas Ford (604 Project Racing) 0:05
30 Kaler Marshall (Expeditors Cycling Team)
31 Owen Harris (Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes)
32 Olaf Axel Gonzalez Juarez (Balbaneras Cycling Team)
33 Orien Massey (Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes)
34 Johannes Daniel Mallie (Lost Boys Book Club) all s.t.
35 Declan Kelly (Independent) 0:06
36 Marc Sato (Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes)
37 Eric Berg (Manteo Racing)
38 Yehor Volkov (Independent) all s.t.
39 Zola Mehlomakulu (RealDeal Racing) 0:07
40 Liam Sargent (Independent)
41 Adam Millar (Shareholders)
42 Cole Gar-Aouy (UBC Cycling Team)
43 Gavin Broadhead (Manteo Racing) all s.t.
44 Oscar Wong (PNW Racing) 0:08
45 Carson Smith (Victoria Breakaway Cycling Club)
46 Nick Monette (Independent)
47 Casey Bloomer (Independent)
48 Lucien Des Mazes Landry (604 Project Racing)
49 Mathieu Gauthier (Independent)
50 Mac Napier (Future Racing Team) all s.t.
51 Philip Sheffield (604 Project Racing) 0:09
52 Colin Eriks (Red Kilo Cycling Team) 0:11
53 Cooper Langard (Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes) 0:13
54 Alec Cowan (Legion of Los Angeles) 0:14
55 Luke Fetzer (Independent)
56 Alex Hutchinson (Red Kilo Cycling Team) both s.t.
57 Samuel Boardman (Herbalife p/b Marc Pro & Nature's Bakery) 0:23
58 Trevor Bastian (604 Project Racing) 0:40
59 Marcos Mendez (Foundation Cycling NYC) 0:43
60 Tyler Williams (Golden State Blazers) 1:32
61 Joshua Woods (Red Kilo Cycling Team) 1:36
DNF Cole Glover (Independent)
DNF Henry Dowd (606 Racing)
DNF Jonas Cuypers (Future Racing Team)
DNF Daniel Fraser-Maraun (Cycling Canada)
DNF Frederique Lotin (Future Racing Team)
DNF Julian Cameron (Victoria Breakaway Cycling Club)
DNF Tristan Drews (Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes)
DNF Matthew Thibodeau (Future Racing Team)
DNF Michael Waymann (Independent)
DNF Ethan Ogrodniczuk (604 Project Racing)
DNF Carson Hale (Red Kilo Cycling Team)
DNS Jayden Mcmullen (TaG Cycling Race Team)
DNS Myles Lane (Independent)




 

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