October 29/06 10:05 am - Season Final at the Atlantic Cycling Centre

Posted by Editoress on 10/29/06
 

Mike's Bike Shop Cup Season Final Event at the Atlantic Cycling Centre
Courtesy Luc Arseneau

The local season came to an end on a high note with the final event of the Mike's Bike Shop Cup. This last stage of the series was the Boo-cross and was taken by Guy Pellerin. He was followed closely by André Brisson and Cameron Thorne. Before the event, kids of the riders taking place in the Cup went for two laps of the modified course and their run ups included treats and the mandatory dismount was forcing them down a slide. These little ghosts re-invented cyclo-cross!

In the general classification, Riverview's Chris Selkirk took the top spot with 805 points accumulated throughout the season in the cross country, criterium, track and finally 'Cross events. With the victory came the right to pick a charity to offer the profits made with the Mike's Bike Shop Cup, and Selkirk opted for Moncton Headstart. A donation will be made in the next few days. Charles Cormier and Don Ricker completed the podium. A great thanks to all the participants, our sponsor (Mike's Bike Shop), and our partners for this great event!

Although this completes the local season in Dieppe, the National Cycling Centre - Atlantic Canada will take place in one more event, the National Cyclo-cross Championship. Last year's silver medal winner, Garrett MacLeod will head west to Nanaimo on November 12 to aim for the top spot on the junior podium. The Centre will have big shoes to fill this Fall with the retirement of 7-time national champion, Peter Wedge.

Along with Wedge's retirement, the National Track Championships, held September 9th to 12th, were among the highlights of the 2006 season. The success of this event certainly contributed to building the good reputation of the Centre. The on-going construction of the Dieppe BMX track also kept the Centre staff busy during the past few weeks. This last project of 2006 should be ready as soon as Mother Nature decides to cooperate.

On the medal count, the Giant Elite riders also rode well collecting another 8 national championships medals.

October 27th (13 weeks)
1. Guy Pellerin
2. André Brisson
3. Cameron Thorne
4. Bill MacKenzie
5. Frank LeBlanc
6. Jeff Currie
7. Don Ricker
8. Mike LeBlanc
9. Melanie Bordage
10. Alain Goguen
11. Chris Selkirk
12. Andre Charlebois
13. Jean Léger
14. Charles Cormier
15. Braden Selkirk
16. Pablo Vergara
17. Caroline Belliveau

Final Overall
1. Chris Selkirk, 805 points
2. Charles Cormier, 695
3. Don Ricker, 530
4. Jeff Currie, 525
5. Mike LeBlanc, 490
6. Patrice Boudreau, 415
7. Krista Koval, 400
8. Michelle Chase, 345
9. Pablo Vergara, 345
10. Alain Goguen, 330
11. Pierre Leblanc, 325
12. Jean-Richard Cormier, 295
13. Sacha LeBlanc, 290
14. Laura Hominick, 270
15. Bill MacKenzie, 250
16. Cameron Thorne, 245
17. René Julien, 230
18. Caroline Belliveau, 215
19. Guy Pellerin, 205
20. Braden Selkirk, 175
21. Jean Leger, 170
22. Francois Gazzano, 165
23. Max Keeler, 165
24. Luc Arseneau, 145
25. Andre Charlesbois, 140
26. Derek LeBlanc, 135
27. Tino Ruiters, 135
28. Nathan St-Onge, 125
29. Andrew Scott, 125
30. André Brisson, 120
31. Denis Hebert, 105
32. Sean Ritchie, 100
33. Craig de Gier, 100
34. Frank LeBlanc, 90
35. Luc Swanson, 80
36. Jon Burgess, 75
37. Donald LeBlanc, 75
38. Roberto Piccinin, 60
39. Jeremie Hebert, 55
40. Paul Gionet, 55
41. Stuart Wight, 50
42. Mélanie Bordage, 50
43. Pierre Cyr, 40
44. Francois Maltais, 30
45. Fred Desjardins, 25
46. Samia Gould, 20
47. Ian Macavity, 15
48. Denis Doucet, 15
49. Zoel Johnson, 10
50. Terry Tomlin, 5
51. Simone Colette, 5
52. Keith Godfrey, 5
53. Francine Comeau, 5
54. Carole Doucet, 5