Fraser Out, BC News, UCI Rankings
Fraser Out of Tour
Gord Fraser, the only Canadian in the Tour de France, did indeed drop out of the Tour yesterday - but not by his own choice. Fraser finished the first mountain stage in 181st place, outside of the time limit, and was eliminated. We have word that he is headed back to Canada, for a well deserved rest. In his first Tour, Fraser had 3 top-20 finishes: a 7th, an 11th, and an 18th.
BC News (thanks to Jeremy Storie)
BC Canada Summer Games Men's Team:
Geoff Kabush
Trevor Wurtele
Steve Colborne
Phil Schum
Alistair Howard
Results from July 13 Fresca Invitational women's crit. Final round of the Tour of the America's, held at Alki Point in Seattle, 33km (also from Jeremy Storie)
1. Karen Kurreck, Klein, USA
2. Susie Pryde, Saeco/Timex, New Zealand
3. Dede Demet, Saturn, USA
4. Kathy Gunter, Qual-Med, USA
5. Mandy Poitras, Escape Velocity, Canada
7. Sue Palmer, Saturn, Canada
UCI MTB Rankings (after Vail World Cup)
Women
1 Pezzo, Paola ITA GARY-F 1080
2 Sydor, Alison CANVOL-CA 908
3 Matthes, Ruthie USA POWERB 763
4 Tomlinson, Lesley CANKONA 738
5 Daucourt, Chantal SUI TREKVW 706
6 De Negri, Nadia ITA BIANCH 702
7 Rosch, Nora GERPROFLX 658
8 Stropparo, Annabella ITA VOL-CA 655
9 Redden, Christina CAN RITCHY 631
10 Grigson, Mary AUS 610
18 McQuaid, Melanie CAN ROCKY 512
47 Sinclair, Trish CAN KONA 198
55 Melanie Dorion CAN SCOTT 179
69 Greene, Leslie CAN 129
99 McGilvray CAN 87
108 Dwyer, Jeanie CAN 76
133 McGann, Erin CAN 58
141 Platt, Christine CAN 53
151 Fedyna, Marg CAN 50
164 Padua, Suzan CAN 47
186 Petit, Nadine CAN 42
221 Smith, Jill CAN 30
252 Premont, Marie-Helene CAN 25
271 Hunter, Leslie CAN 22
271 Robichaud, Linda CAN 22
284 Stoner, Jessica CAN 19
298 Haagimans-Hawk, Kim CAN 17
298 Millar, Kathleen CAN 17
328 Spencer, Stacey CAN 13
328 McKeown, Jane CAN 13
344 Mogg, Karen CAN 11
357 Kilby, Diane CAN 9
374 Heggtveit, Catherine CAN 7
374 Hovind, Karey CAN 7
374 Viens, Edith CAN 7
374 Bisaro, Ivana CAN 7
394 MacDonald, Allison CAN 6
406 Phillips, Vanessa CAN 5
406 Delleney, Phyllis CAN 5
423 Ongman, Kris CAN 4
Men
1 Evans, Cadel * AUS DIAMBK 1019
2 Pallhuber, Hubert ITA DBRTST 914
3 Martinez, Miguel * FRA SUNN 905
4 Hoydahl, Rune NOR GIANT 864
5 Dupouey, Christophe FRA SUNN 802
6 Brentjens, Bart NED SPECZD 755
7 Rasmussen, Michael DEN TREKVW 750
8 Brenes, Andres CRC RITCHY 733
9 Baker, David GBR GT 697
10 Chiotti, Jerome FRA GT 679
14 Molday, Kirk CAN MARIN 557
16 Hestler, Andreas CAN ROCKY 499
29 Green, Roland CAN KONA 373
41 Sheppard, Chris CAN HARO 297
70 Grover, Neil CAN Rocky 196
95 Sallenbach, Warren CAN 132
100 McGrath, Seamus CAN KONA 123
115 Tourville, Eric CAN ORYX 103
150 Toulouse, Mathieu CAN 73
172 Kabush, Geoff CAN 57
185 Visser, George CAN 51
187 Hurley, Bill CAN SCHWINN 49
194 Wedge, Peter CAN KONA 48
205 Cobham, Paul CAN 46
233 Paradis, Sebastien CAN 37
280 Stark, Keith CAN NORCO 27
308 Crookham, Jason CAN 23
315 Spadaccini, Paul CAN 22
324 Schnyder, Ruedi CAN 20
333 Landry, Jacques CAN 19
365 Walker, Adam CAN 15
365 Larson, Adam CAN 15
365 Blais, Jean-Francois CAN 15
392 Heisler, Dave CAN 13
392 Williams, Kevin CAN 13
406 Palmer, Mike CAN 12
421 Well Seth CAN 11
421 Hall, Josh CAN 11
421 Curran, Lucas CAN 11
437 Irving, David CAN 9
464 Jaaklola, Jussi CAN 7
464 Tout, Andy CAN 7
464 Beauchemin, Pascal CAN 7
495 Freemantle, Marc CAN 6
495 Chetwynd, Paul CAN 6
514 Jones, Chris CAN 5
514 Bakogeorge, Tray CAN 5
514 Lavalle, Philippe CAN 5
514 Spodaccini, Paul CAN 5
540 Horton, Marcus CAN 4
560 Large, Geoff CAN 3
560 Lafontaine, Bruno CAN 3
623 Weber, Jeff CAN 1
623 Dutton, Robin CAN 1
UCI World Track Rankings
Sprint - Men
1 Grzegorz Krejner POL 704 points
2 Marty Nothstein USA 645
3 Darryn Hill AUS 507
Endurance - Men
1 Bruno Risi SUI 588 points
2 Alexei Markov RUS 500
3 Silvio Martinello ITA 462
54 Brian Walton CAN 100
Women
1 Antonella Bellutti ITA 1165 points
2 Felicia Ballanger FRA 640
3 Daniela Larreal VEN 446
21 Tanya Dubnicoff CAN 100
38 Lori Ann Muenzer CAN 33
44 Mandy Poitras CAN 20