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| A Group Chasing during RR |
Spring has officially begun and the weather finally relented to bring warmer weather and sunshine to BC's battered and bruised cyclists. The Devo Spring Series Stage race on March 24-25 was heralded as a big success and revealed that the racing season was going to be anything but docile. For Victoria's Elite Cycling Team, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns, it was a chance to show everyone that they meant business and to be in the thick of the action. With good representation from Team HR Block and Garneau Evolution, the racing was expected to be aggressive.
Saturday's Stage 1 began with the Murrayville Criterium. In the A Race, the pace was furious with various attempts to create a breakaway. In the end, Curtis Dearden (Russ Hay's/Accent Inns) took the breakaway sprint win ahead of pro racer, Sebastian Salas (Optum p/b Kelly Benefits). A strong lead out by Emile De Rosnay from the pack allowed Cid Martinez to take the 6th place pack print, with Emile still finishing 7th from his huge effort. In the B Race, Jordan Duncan was not able to hold off Aiden Caves (Devo) and had to settle for a respectable 2nd place. Henri De Boever finished in the top ten with 9th place.
| Placing |
A Group |
B Group |
| 1 |
Curtus Deardon, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
Aidan Caves, dEVo |
| 2 |
Sebastian Salas, Optum p/b Kelly Benefits |
Jordan Duncan, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
| 3 |
David Stephens, Garneau Evolution |
Andreas Taylor |
| 4 |
Jeff Werner, Garneau Evolution |
Brian Geerts |
| 5 |
Neal Kindree, Specialized |
John Vandervliet, CVCC |
| 6 |
Cid Martinez, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
Michael Wegner, C4 |
| 7 |
Emile de Rosnay, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
Matt Ewonu, Balance Point |
| 8 |
Mike Rothengatter, Garneau Evolution |
David M Neuback, Fanatik |
| 9 |
Kyle Buckosky, Garneau Evolution |
Henri de Boever, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
| 10 |
Justin Kerr, H&R Block |
Eddie Reid, Jeff Ain Racing |
Stage 2 was a 12 km Time Trial on River Road in GlenValley. The men's A race was won by Sebastian Salas (Optum p/b Kelly Benefits), with Curtis finishing 30 seconds down for 4th place. Dylan Cunningham finished an impressive 6th place ahead of Kyle Buckosky of Garneau Evolution.
| A Group |
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| Placing |
Rider |
Time |
| 1 |
Sebastian Salas |
0:15:25 |
| 2 |
Chris McNeil |
0:15:31 |
| 3 |
David Stephens |
0:15:43 |
| 4 |
Curtis Dearden, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
0:15:55 |
| 5 |
Greg Christian |
0:16:14 |
| 6 |
Dylan Cunningham, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
0:16:17 |
| 7 |
Kyle Buckosky |
0:16:19 |
| 8 |
Mike Rothengatter |
0:16:36 |
| 9 |
Stewart Bowmer |
0:16:40 |
| 10 |
Noah Bloom |
0:16:40 |
| 11 |
Warren Muir |
0:16:42 |
| 12 |
Emile de Rosnay, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
0:16:47 |
| 13 |
Brian Ecker |
0:17:04 |
| 14 |
Jeff Werner |
0:17:06 |
| 15 |
Cid Martinez, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
0:17:07 |
| 16 |
Craig Jones |
0:17:25 |
| 17 |
Raph Lalumiere, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
0:17:32 |
| 18 |
Justin Kerr |
0:17:45 |
| 19 |
David Gerth |
0:18:00 |
| 20 |
Marvin Guzman |
0:18:52 |
In the B Race, Jordan Duncan won the time trial with a time of 16:33 which incidently would have also given him a top ten finish in the A race. Henri De Boever was close by with 4th place and Steven Grandy 5th.
| B Group |
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| Rider |
Time |
| Jordan Duncan, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
0:16:33 |
| Andreas Taylor |
0:16:42 |
| Stephen Paiano |
0:16:51 |
| Henri de Boever, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
0:16:55 |
| Steven Grandy, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
0:17:03 |
| David M. Neubeck |
0:17:07 |
| John Vandervliet |
0:17:11 |
| John Kodin |
0:17:18 |
| Kerry White |
0:17:32 |
| Joel Taylor |
0:17:41 |
Sunday's final stage was the 125km Murchison Road Race. Emile De Rosnay and Raph Lalumiere found
themselves in an early breakaway surrounded by 4 Garneau Evolution riders. Emile rode aggressive and attempted an attack
to split the group, but he was marked closely by Erik Mulder (GE). The chase group was forced to chase since
Emile was a GC threat. Meanwhile Raph
was able to capitalize on the GE chase group and sit on and be ready for the
sprint finish. In the end, the chase
group caught Emile and, at the finish, Raph was unable to beat Kyle Buckosky
(GE) and Neal Kindree (Specialized Factory) but was satisfied with a 3rd place
result. Emile was able to cross the line in 6th ahead of a number of GE and HR
Block riders. "Anyway, we did well
and our presence was felt . Lots of people commented and I think we earned some
serious respect." commented Emile.
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| Emile (R) in the break with two GE riders. |
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| B Group Overall Winner - Jordan D |
Overall GC, Curtis Dearden was the top RH rider with most
points to get a podium 3rd, followed by Emile for 6th, Raph 7th, and Dylan and
Cid finishing 11th and 12th respectively.
In the B Race, Steven Grandy was 2nd after soloing for a lap and got caught at the line. Jordan Duncan
was 3rd and won the overal B Group General Classification. Henri finished well with 5th place.
| Placing |
A Race |
B Race |
| 1 |
Kyle Buckosky, Garneau Evolution |
Aidan Caves, dEVo |
| 2 |
Neal Kindree, Specialized |
Steven Grandy, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
| 3 |
Raph Lalumiere, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
Jordan Duncan, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
| 4 |
Jeff Werner, Garneau Evolution |
David M. Neubeck, Fanatik |
| 5 |
David Gerth, Garneau Evolution |
Henri de Boever, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
| 6 |
Emile de Rosnay, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
Andrew Latreille, Mighty Riders |
| 7 |
Erik Mulder, Garneau Evolution |
Mark Sherman |
| 8 |
Greg Christian, Garneau Evolution |
Evan Carey, Triple Shot |
| 9 |
Tim Abercrombie, Garneau Evolution |
Tristan Hughes, dEVo |
| 10 |
Justin Kerr, H&R Block |
Brian H Dalton, Triple Crown Racing |
OVERALL GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
|
A Race Omnium |
Points |
| 1 |
Sebastian Salas, Optum p/b Kelly Benefits |
27 |
| 2 |
Kyle Buckosky, Garneau Evolution |
25 |
| 3 |
Curtus Deardon, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
24 |
| 4 |
David Stephens, Garneau Evolution |
20 |
| 5 |
Jeff Werner, Garneau Evolution |
18 |
| 6 |
Emile de Rosnay, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
13 |
| 7 |
Greg Christian, Garneau Evolution |
13 |
| 8 |
Raph Lalumiere, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
10 |
| 9 |
Mike Rothengatter, Garneau Evolution |
10 |
| 10 |
David Gerth |
8 |
| 11 |
Dylan Cunningham, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
7 |
| 12 |
Cid Martinez, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
7 |
| 13 |
Justin Kerr, H&R Block |
6 |
| 14 |
Noah Bloom |
5 |
|
B Race Omnium |
Points |
| 1 |
Jordan Duncan, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
37 |
| 2 |
Andreas Taylor |
22 |
| 3 |
David M Neubeck, Fanatik |
21 |
| 4 |
Henri de Boever, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
21 |
| 5 |
Stephen Grandy, Russ Hay's/Accent Inns |
20 |
| 6 |
John Vandervliet, CVCC |
14 |
| 7 |
Stephen Paiano, Pedalhead Roadworks |
10 |
| 8 |
Matt Ewonus, Balance Point |
6 |
| 9 |
John Kodin, Fanatik |
5 |
| 10 |
Joel Taylor, VAC |
3 |
| 11 |
Eddie Reid, Jeff Ain Racing |
3 |
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