Skye Follas of Fergus, Ontario, continues to lead the overall standings, despite not attending Panorama, after finishing first and second in the first two rounds. Kyleigh Stewart (Liv Giant Canada) was the top Junior woman, with a time fast enough for fourth among the Elite women. Vaea Verbeeck (Rocky Mountain/Hope Tech) finished third, 19.98 seconds back.
In the women’s race, Astle, riding in her first Canada Cup race of the season, won with a time of 3:57.92, finishing 5.22 seconds ahead of Claire Buchar of Whistler, BC. Panorama has hosted multiple Canada Cups and national championships in the past, and is known for its rough, rooty and dusty run. Georgia Astle of Whistler, BC, took the women’s win, while Kirk McDowall (Dunbar Cycles) of Anmore, BC, was the men’s winner.
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(Panorama, BC – July 18, 2016) The 2016 Canada Cup Downhill series moved out West to Panorama, BC, for the third round on Sunday, with new winners in both the men’s and women’s categories.
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Registration – !/events/sun-peaks-cnd-dh-mtb-champs-2016 This takes us back to the technical type of course that Sun Peaks was famous for and I’m sure the racers are going to love it!” Thanks to the trail crews at Sun Peaks who worked hard to incorporate a championship race course into a bike park setting. “To celebrate our third year we are excited to introduce a totally new downhill course, which is longer and much more technical than the course used for previous competitions. “We at Sun Peaks are proud to be hosting this three-year sanction for the 2016 Canadian Mountain Bike Downhill Championships,” said organizer Henry Pejril. Canadian red and white maple leaf jerseys will be awarded for both women and men in Under-17, Junior (17-18), Elite (19+) and Masters age group categories (30-39, 40-49 and 50+ for men, 30+ for women) Sunday, July 24th, the Championship races will take place for all categories. The competition will begin on Saturday, July 23rd, with official seeding runs for Men and Women in the Elite and Junior categories. Our sincere thanks to Henry Pejril and the crew at Sun Peaks for their support, and best of luck to all the athletes.” “The event was a success on all levels in 2015 and we look forward to another fantastic weekend of gravity racing at Sun Peaks. “We are thrilled to have our Canadian DH Championships returning to Sun Peaks, BC,” said Mathieu Boucher, Director of Performance Development at Cycling Canada.
The Downhill Championships will be held at the well known venue of Sun Peaks, BC, which has a long history of producing top level competition. (Kamloops, BC – July 21, 2016) One week after the Cross-country championships, the action heads west for the 2016 Canadian Mountain Bike Downhill Championships, on July 23-24. I know Scratch Races can go any way, so I was planning to go as hard as I could and hope to get in a break.” J/ by Karine Bedard I was really happy just to get selected, and to get a good result was icing on the cake. It was number one on the list of goals this year. I think all the training really paid off. “It’s really cool, and maybe slightly unexpected,” said Collier, “but it just worked out really well. Collier began chasing alone with four laps remaining and crossed the finish line alone in second place, only a few metres behind Raybould, with Kristina Clonan of Australia winning the bunch sprint for bronze. In the women’s mass start Scratch Race, Rebecca Raybould of Great Britain attacked with 11 laps to go to take the gold medal. I knew I had the speed and I felt good but I didn’t think I was that fast. I haven’t done a lot of international racing so I don’t really know them. There were a few close calls because there are some great riders out there. “I knew I was going pretty good after all the training we did at the camp, but I didn’t think I would be that fast.”Īdded Ritter: “It was very nerve-wracking but to be honest, I felt pretty confident about my ride. “This is pretty unbelievable,” said Ritter. Bradley Knipe of New Zealand finished second and Junggyu Na of Korea third. His time is a new Canadian record for Juniors, and only 0.297 seconds off of the world record.
Ritter, who had finished just out of the medals in fourth a day earlier in the Keirin, was the 21st competitor out of 36 starters and set a best time of one minute and 1.673 seconds, averaging 58.372 kilometres per hour. Stefan Ritter of Edmonton, Alberta, won the men’s 1000 metre time trial, while Devaney Collier of Edmonton, Alberta, took silver in the women’s Scratch Race. (Aigle, SUI – July 22, 2016) Canada won gold and silver medals on Friday at the Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Aigle, Switzerland.
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