Cross on the Rock #1
Race Report and Results
Cross on the Rock #1. Diver Lake, Nanaimo
Race #1 in the Island Cup Cross Series 2006
Brought to you by Multi-Sport Promotions
Conditions: Rain, 14c, mud, wet grass, loose dirt, slippery pavement, tough and fun racing.
Rain. Glorious Rain. Perfect for Cyclocross!! Unfortunately we have had such an incredible summer that people were scared that it was raining and as a result a few missed out on one of the best and tightest courses around at Diver Lake in Nanaimo.
It was a record turn out for this event with 70 racers showing up from as far away as Ontario and in this province; Salmon Arm. A large number of the racers were club licensed riders showing the strong club based racing scene on Vancouver Island.
The second event saw the Masters leaving 1 minute before the Women and another minute before the Intermediate Men. The masters category was the largest of the day with 21 racers. Taking the first lap beer prime was Brad Collins (Bicycle Sport Pacific) for the Masters. The women’s prime was won by Kelly Jones (Sugoi) and Trevor Jones (CVCC) took home the Intermediate prime.
With the first quick laps out of the way Mark Svenson from Parksville worked his way up from a late arrival-back of the call up-start position to take over, and hold, 1st place on the 4th lap from Steven Murray (SORCA). Mark was skeptical of his 1st place position and kept asking people all around the course, including the timers, who was in front of him and by how far. Behind Svenson, Brian Griffin (MRC) from Maple Ridge was holding in 2nd place to the finish and Gary Croome (Frontrunners) from Nanaimo was working his way through the field from 6th to finish 3rd.
In the women’s race Kelly Jones (Sugoi) dominated from start to finish making a game of picking off the masters racers that started 1 minute up on her. By the end of her 50 minutes and 50 seconds race she had picked off all by 5 of the masters men. Lisa Ludwig (Oak Bay Bikes) held onto her 2nd place and Trish Sinclair (Scott) returned to cyclocross from a 3 year absence to take 3rd place.
The Expert race was a joyfully painful 10 lap experience for the 19 starters…..or 9 laps of pain for 7 of the 19. Rocky Mountain racer Kevin Calhoun took the first lap out for the prime in 6:09 followed by Troy Woodburn (Giga Bike) and Rob Britton (Gigabike). I must admit that I don’t have a lot to report on this race as I was suffering SO much having started it without warm up and sore from pounding stakes. All I can tell you is that the front guys looked like they were fly’in. Somewhere in the middle of the race Drew McKenzie (Sugoi) went out with his second mechanical. I took two pit stops as I apparently did not have even enough time to check my tire pressure. Wendy kept yelling at me from across the course, “I’m coming for you Norm”. I heard on the last lap Rob just twisted the throttle and pulled away from his riding buddies to take the win in 55:51. Kevin Calhoun (Rocky Mountain) came in for second. Dred-locked Stefan Widmer (Sugoi) was 3rd.
Next race in the Cross on the Rock Island Cup Series is in Courtenay on October 15th.
-Norm
Cross on the Rock #1. Diver Lake Nanaimo
Race #2 Masters
1 Mark Svenson
2 Brian Griffin MRC 1:04
3 Gary Croome Frontrunners 1:40
4 Dale Ewanchook Flora Glow 1:46
5 Ken Dean 1:48
6 Brad Collins BSP 1:54
7 Mark Bennett CVC 2:11
8 Ray LaChance 3:12
9 Rick Thiessen Gigabike 3:42
10 Joe Wessel COBRA 3:51
11 Jeff Hanninen Bayside 4:51
12 Steven Murray SORCA 5:05
13 Lance McGuire SORCA 6:05
14 Peter Wellsman Ryders Cycle -1 Lap
15 Derek Tripp NBC -1 Lap
1st Lap Prime: Brad Collins
Race #2 Women
1 Kelly Jones Sugoi
2 Lisa Ludwig Oak Bay Bikes 2:50
3 Trish Sinclair Scott Bikes -1 Lap
4 Jaymie McGowan Oak Bay Bikes -1 Lap
5 Heather King Natural Earth -1 Lap
6 Sarah McMillan Dizzy Chicks -2 Lap
1st Lap Prime: Kelly Jones
Race #3 Expert
1 Rob Britton Gigabike
2 Kevin Calhoun Rocky Mountain 0:13
3 Stefan Widmer Sugoi 1:54
4 Troy Woodburn Gigabike 2:00
5 Thomas Skinner Sugoi 3:05
6 Craig Ritchey Torquay 3:12
7 John Lackey Gellatin Alpine 4:07
8 Normon Thibault Frontrunners 4:52
9 Tristen Galbraith 4:54
10 Michael Burns Devo 5:46
11 Wendy Simms Kona 5:48
12 Andrew Kent AMC -1 Lap
13 Christen Hansen Fastwitch -1 Lap
14 Jeff Blair Norco -1 Lap
15 Dan Molgat-Roy -1 Lap
16 Justin Mark AMC -1 Lap
17 Joe Wessel COBRA -1 Lap
18 Dwayne Kress SORCA -1 Lap
19 Dave Nowack CVCC -1 Lap
1st Lap Prime: Kevin Calhoun
Cross on the Rock #1. Diver Lake, Nanaimo
Race #1 in the Island Cup Cross Series 2006
Brought to you by Multi-Sport Promotions
Conditions: Rain, 14c, mud, wet grass, loose dirt, slippery pavement, tough and fun racing.
Rain. Glorious Rain. Perfect for Cyclocross!! Unfortunately we have had such an incredible summer that people were scared that it was raining and as a result a few missed out on one of the best and tightest courses around at Diver Lake in Nanaimo.
It was a record turn out for this event with 70 racers showing up from as far away as Ontario and in this province; Salmon Arm. A large number of the racers were club licensed riders showing the strong club based racing scene on Vancouver Island.
The second event saw the Masters leaving 1 minute before the Women and another minute before the Intermediate Men. The masters category was the largest of the day with 21 racers. Taking the first lap beer prime was Brad Collins (Bicycle Sport Pacific) for the Masters. The women’s prime was won by Kelly Jones (Sugoi) and Trevor Jones (CVCC) took home the Intermediate prime.
With the first quick laps out of the way Mark Svenson from Parksville worked his way up from a late arrival-back of the call up-start position to take over, and hold, 1st place on the 4th lap from Steven Murray (SORCA). Mark was skeptical of his 1st place position and kept asking people all around the course, including the timers, who was in front of him and by how far. Behind Svenson, Brian Griffin (MRC) from Maple Ridge was holding in 2nd place to the finish and Gary Croome (Frontrunners) from Nanaimo was working his way through the field from 6th to finish 3rd.
In the women’s race Kelly Jones (Sugoi) dominated from start to finish making a game of picking off the masters racers that started 1 minute up on her. By the end of her 50 minutes and 50 seconds race she had picked off all by 5 of the masters men. Lisa Ludwig (Oak Bay Bikes) held onto her 2nd place and Trish Sinclair (Scott) returned to cyclocross from a 3 year absence to take 3rd place.
The Expert race was a joyfully painful 10 lap experience for the 19 starters…..or 9 laps of pain for 7 of the 19. Rocky Mountain racer Kevin Calhoun took the first lap out for the prime in 6:09 followed by Troy Woodburn (Giga Bike) and Rob Britton (Gigabike). I must admit that I don’t have a lot to report on this race as I was suffering SO much having started it without warm up and sore from pounding stakes. All I can tell you is that the front guys looked like they were fly’in. Somewhere in the middle of the race Drew McKenzie (Sugoi) went out with his second mechanical. I took two pit stops as I apparently did not have even enough time to check my tire pressure. Wendy kept yelling at me from across the course, “I’m coming for you Norm”. I heard on the last lap Rob just twisted the throttle and pulled away from his riding buddies to take the win in 55:51. Kevin Calhoun (Rocky Mountain) came in for second. Dred-locked Stefan Widmer (Sugoi) was 3rd.
Next race in the Cross on the Rock Island Cup Series is in Courtenay on October 15th.
-Norm
Cross on the Rock #1. Diver Lake Nanaimo
Race #2 Masters
1 Mark Svenson
2 Brian Griffin MRC 1:04
3 Gary Croome Frontrunners 1:40
4 Dale Ewanchook Flora Glow 1:46
5 Ken Dean 1:48
6 Brad Collins BSP 1:54
7 Mark Bennett CVC 2:11
8 Ray LaChance 3:12
9 Rick Thiessen Gigabike 3:42
10 Joe Wessel COBRA 3:51
11 Jeff Hanninen Bayside 4:51
12 Steven Murray SORCA 5:05
13 Lance McGuire SORCA 6:05
14 Peter Wellsman Ryders Cycle -1 Lap
15 Derek Tripp NBC -1 Lap
1st Lap Prime: Brad Collins
Race #2 Women
1 Kelly Jones Sugoi
2 Lisa Ludwig Oak Bay Bikes 2:50
3 Trish Sinclair Scott Bikes -1 Lap
4 Jaymie McGowan Oak Bay Bikes -1 Lap
5 Heather King Natural Earth -1 Lap
6 Sarah McMillan Dizzy Chicks -2 Lap
1st Lap Prime: Kelly Jones
Race #3 Expert
1 Rob Britton Gigabike
2 Kevin Calhoun Rocky Mountain 0:13
3 Stefan Widmer Sugoi 1:54
4 Troy Woodburn Gigabike 2:00
5 Thomas Skinner Sugoi 3:05
6 Craig Ritchey Torquay 3:12
7 John Lackey Gellatin Alpine 4:07
8 Normon Thibault Frontrunners 4:52
9 Tristen Galbraith 4:54
10 Michael Burns Devo 5:46
11 Wendy Simms Kona 5:48
12 Andrew Kent AMC -1 Lap
13 Christen Hansen Fastwitch -1 Lap
14 Jeff Blair Norco -1 Lap
15 Dan Molgat-Roy -1 Lap
16 Justin Mark AMC -1 Lap
17 Joe Wessel COBRA -1 Lap
18 Dwayne Kress SORCA -1 Lap
19 Dave Nowack CVCC -1 Lap
1st Lap Prime: Kevin Calhoun
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