November 10/03 9:07 am - Burnaby Velodrome

Posted by Editoress on 11/10/03
 

Burnaby Velodrome - BVC #1 November 7-9, Burnaby Velodrome
Courtesy Gordon Ross

Winter Season Heats Up at Burnaby

Over 50 riders from across BC, Alberta, Washington, and Oregon competed at the Burnaby Velodrome for the first major race event of the winter season. Hosted under the air-supported roof at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre, Burnaby's 200M indoor track was treated by some great performances and hinted at the sign of things to come for some of Canada's best track talent. The November meet was a warm-up event for many athletes, testing their legs as their winter training begins.

In the Men's Category A races, Calgary's Ryan Mackenzie took first in the overall Omnium, with local rider Scott LaLiberte (Schwalbe) second, and Calgary's Robert Veroba (Bicisport) in third. Mackenzie took Omnium points in all events, including the Sprints, Kilo, Keirin, Scratch Race, Points Race, and Miss-n-Out, showing a great deal of versatility, speed, and endurance during the 3 days of racing.

Men's Sprint Omnium went to Edmonton's Lars Madsen (Guru), with Ryan Mackenzie and local rider Matt Chater (Schwalbe) in second and third. The Men's Endurance Omnium was won by Scott LaLiberte. Fresh from his World Masters Points Race championship win in Manchester, LaLiberte won all three of the highly competitive Men's A endurance events: the Scratch Race, Points Race, and Miss-n-Out. National Pursuit Champ Robert Veroba was second, with Ryan Mackenzie in third.

In the B Category, it was Calgary Junior Mark Macdonald (Coast Mtn Sports) taking the overall ahead of 15 year old Scott Crump (Rocky Mountain) and his older brother Shaun Crump. Macdonald, like Mackenzie in the A's, scored points across all Omnium events. Mandy Poitras (Rocky Mountain/Powerbar) won the B Endurance Omnium over Ross Harbottle and Scott Crump, with Mark Macdonald winning the B Sprint Omnium over Shaun Crump and Chris Anstey.

First-time racers also had a full weekend of race events in the C Category. Local rider Trevor McKee (Webber Naturals) won the overall title, with Naomi Cooper (Devo/Powerbar) and Mark Bohm (Campione) in second and third. Naomi Cooper, whose older brother Marsh Cooper (Symmetrics) did not race after dislocating his shoulder on Friday night while lining up for the Win-n-Out, won the overall BVC Race title of Best Woman Rider.

In the non-omnium 3000M Pursuit, Canadian National Masters TT medalist and Canadian Cycling Association Board member John Tolkamp (Escape Velocity) posted a 3:45.50 time, beating out Robert Veroba (3:47.38) and Matt Chater (3:53.79).

The last event of the race weekend was the Olympic Sprint. The crowd was treated to not one, but two winning rides by the powerhouse team of Yannik Morin, Cam McKinnon, and Travis Smith, who set the track record for the event with a blistering 41.13 ride. A timing malfunction meant that after clearly winning on their first effort, they wanted to make it official and do it again. Rene Regimbald, Zach Grant, and Ryan Mackenzie took second (43.54) and Scott LaLiberte, Carey Squires, and Matt Chater took third (43.72).

The winter track season has just started at Burnaby and will continue in two months time with the January 10-11, 2004 race weekend. Canadian and American athletes will continue to use the facility as a benchmark of their training programs as the season progresses and the drive towards the Athens 2004 Olympics continues.

The Burnaby Velodrome thanks all of its sponsors for this event for fantastic prizes and products: Clif Bar, Dizzy Chicks, Genisoy, Kicking Horse Coffee, La Bicicletta, Luna Bar, Mountain Equipment Coop, Powerbar, Rudy Project Eyewear, Shore Events, Weber Naturals. In particular a big thanks to Paul Haym (La Bicicletta), Richard Juryn (Shore Events) and Trevor McKee (Overwaitea) for their sponsorship.


A Group

Omnium
1. Ryan Mackenzie
2. Scott LaLiberte
3. Robert Veroba
4. Matt Chater
5. Lars Madsen
6. Travis Smith
7. Cam McKinnon
8. Carey Squires
9. Zach Grant
10. Mark Duff

Win-n-Out
1. Travis Smith
2. Robert Veroba
3. Scott LaLiberte
4. Murray Solem

Chariot Race
1. Travis Smith
2. Lars Madsen
3. Matt Chater
4. Yannik Morin

Flying 200M
1. Lars Madsen 11.64
2. Travis Smith 11.74
3. Cam McKinnon 11.89
4. Dean Tracy 12.17
5. Ryan McKenzie 12.18

Scratch Race
1. Scott Laliberte
2. Robert Veroba
3. Ryan Mckenzie

Sprints
1. Travis Smith
2. Lars Madsen
3. Cam McKinnon
4. Matt Chater

Points Race
1. Scott LaLiberte
2. Robert Veroba
3. Ryan Mackenzie

Kilo TT
1. Robert Veroba 1:11.33
2. Ryan Mckenzie 1:11.46
3. Yannik Morin 1:12.17

Keirin
1. Lars Madsen
2. Ryan McKenzie
3. Travis Smith

Miss-n-Out
1. Scott Laliberte
2. Robert Veroba
3. Ryan McKenzie

3000M Pursuit
1. John Tolkamp 3:45.50
2. Robert Veroba 3:47.38
3. Matt Chatert 3:53.79

Olympic Sprint
1. Morin/McKinnon/Smith 41.13
2. Regimbald/Grant/McKenzie 43.54
3. Laliberte/Squires/Chater 43.72

B Group

Omnium
1. Mark MacDonald
2. Scott Crump
3. Shaun Crump
4. Mandy Poitras
5. Chris Anstey
6. Ian Lockley
7. Ross Harbottle
8. Gordon Ross
9. Paul Craig
10. Alex Pope

Win-n-Out
1. Jenny Reed
2. David Jenkins
3. Scott Crump
4. Mandy Poitras

Chariot Race
1. Scott Crump
2. Shaun Crump
3. Gordon Ross

Flying 200M
1. Mark Macdonald 12.36
2. Chris Anstey 12.93
3. Shaun Crump 12.94

Scratch Race
1. Mandy Poitras
2. Paul Craig
3. Ian Lockley

Sprints
1. Mark Macdonald
2. Shaun Crump
3. Ian Lockley
4. Ross Harbottle

Points Race
1. Mandy Poitras
2. Jenny Reed
3. Ian Lockley

Kilo TT
1. Scott Crump 1:14.68
2. Mark Macdonald 1:14.94
3. Shaun Crump 1:16.40

Keirin
1. Chris Ainstey
2. Mark McDonald
3. Shaun Crump

Miss-n-Out
1. Scott Crump
2. Ross Harbottle
3. Gordon Ross

3000M Pursuit
1. Gordon Ross 4:06.75
2. Ian Lockley 4:13.38
3. Mike Chandler 4:15.45

C Group

Omnium
1. Trevor McKee
2. Naomi Cooper
3. Mark Bohm
4. Lucas Fennel
5. David Kosick
6. Mike Perkins
7. Monique Sullivan

Win-n-Out
1. Trevor Mckee
2. Naomi Cooper
3. Lucas Fennel

Chariot Race
1. Trevor McKee
2. Naomi Cooper
3. Mike Perkins

Flying 200M
1. Trevor Mckee 13.79
2. Mike Perkins 14.15
3. Mark Bohm 14.25

Scratch Race
1. Trevor McKee
2. Mark Bohm
3. Naomi Cooper

Sprints
1. Trevor McKee
2. Mark Bohm
3. Monique Sullivan

Points Race
1. Mark Bohm
2. Trevor McKee
3. Naomi Cooper

500m TT
1. Trevor McKee 40.34
2. Miranda Moon 41.00
3. Mike Perkins 41.33

Miss-n-Out
1. Mike Perkins
2. Naomi Cooper
3. Trevor McKee