November 14/10 19:01 pm - Hammer and The Anvil: Day 2
Posted by Editoress on 11/14/10
Locals win again at second race of cyclocross double-header
Sunday’s race in the Ride With Rendall double-header in Nepean once again fell to Ottawa-area residents Natasha Elliott and Derrick St. John.
Elliott (Garneau-Club Chaussures) easily rode away to victory on the technical course at the Nepean National Equestrian Park, this time ahead of Sophie Matte (Stevens Racing p/b The Cyclery) and Julie Lafreniere, who swapped their podium positions from Saturday’s race.
The elite men’s race again got off to a blistering start and by the end of the first lap Saturday’s top two, St. John and Evan McNeely (EMD Serono-Specialized) opened up a gap over the rest of the field. But a tired McNeely wasn’t able to stay on St. John’s wheel and dropped back. While he held St. John at 10 seconds for a few laps, he gradually faded to finish 39 seconds back.
Meanwhile, behind the two leaders, Osmond Bakker, Matteo Dal-Cin, Conor O’Brien and Marc Boudreau formed a chase group which soon shattered under pressure from Bakker, who crossed the line in third, 2:34 behind the winner but 20 seconds ahead of Dal-Cin. Six seconds later O’Brien took a tight sprint for fifth ahead of Boudreau and Nathan Underwood.
Organizer Glen Rendall said the double-header weekend will be back in 2011 and he’s working on a bid for the 2012 national cyclocross championships.
By Kris Westwood
| U13 Men | |
| 1 Stewart Melville (Kanata) | |
| 2 Liam Kerr (The Cyclery) | 1:16 |
| 3 Connor Melville (Kanata) | -2 laps |
| U13 Women | |
| 1 Rebecca Melville (Kanata) | |
| U15 Men | |
| 1 Derek Gee (Ottawa Bicycle Club) | |
| 2 Albert Picard (VCM Cycle Regie) | at 3:26 |
| 3 Alex Heroux (Nepean) | 5:37 |
| Master C Men | |
| 1 Chris Black (Ride With Rendall) | |
| 2 Cornelius Cluge (Cycledelia Road Racing Club) | at 0:20 |
| 3 Peter Schuck (Ride With Rendall) | 0:30 |
| 4 Drew Edwards (euro-sports.ca) | 3:22 |
| 5 Paul Miller (Aquila Racer Sportif) | 1 lap |
| Master B Men | |
| 1 Rob Orange (Ride With Rendall) | |
| 2 John Gee (Ride With Rendall) | 0:36 |
| 3 Steve Bouvette (Velo Select) | 0:44 |
| 4 Kris Westwood (The Cyclery) | 0:59 |
| 5 Hans Loeffelholz (Nine2FivePro.com) | 1:12 |
| Master A Men | |
| 1 John Fee (The Cyclery) | |
| 2 Shawn Marshall (Les Rouleur de l’Outaouais) s.t. | |
| 3 Matt Surch (Tall Tree Cycles) | at 0:36 |
| 4 Michel Henri (Iris) | 1:30 |
| 5 Rob Parniak (Tall Tree Cycles) | 1:49 |
| U19 Men | |
| 1 Johan Patry (Ride With Rendall) | |
| 2 Edouard Tougas (Velo Select) | 2:17 |
| 3 Derek Gee (Ottawa Bicycle Club) | -5 laps |
| Women | |
| 1 Natasha Elliott (Garneau-Club Chaussures) | |
| 2 Sophie Matte (Stevens Racing p/b The Cyclery) | at 2:11 |
| 3 Julie Lafreniere (Kunstadt Sports) | 2:26 |
| 4 Jennifer Stevenson (7th Groove) | 3:24 |
| 5 Trisha Spooer (Stevens Racing p/b The Cyclery) | 3:32 |
| Elite Men | |
| 1 Derrick St. John (Garneau-Club Chaussures) | |
| 2 Evan McNeely (EMD Serono-Specialized) | at 0:39 |
| 3 Osmond Bakker (La Bicicletta) | 2:34 |
| 4 Matteo Dal-Cin (euro-sports.ca) | 2:54 |
| 5 Conor O’Brien (EMD Serono-Specialized) | 3:00 |
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