Mont Tremblant Canada Cup XC #3

Elite Men
1. Derek Zandstra (Can) 3 Rox Racing 2:05:00
2. Neal Kindree (Can) Kona/Les Gets, nealkindree.com 2:05:45
3. Mathieu Toulouse (Can) Maxxis 2:05:49
4. Raphaël Gagné (Can) Rocky Mountain Haywood 2:08:57
5. Mike Garrigan (Can) Epic Ride/Jetpower 2:09:11
6. Benoit Simard (Can) Specialized 2:10:04
7. Roddi Lega (Can) United Cycle 2:10:04
8. Matthew Hadley (Can) Rocky Mountain Haywood 2:13:03
9. Stefan Widmer (Can) Rocky Mountain/Different Bikes 2:13:34
10. Andrew Watson (Can) Team RACE.com 2:14:11

Elite Women
1. Amanda Sin (Can) 3 Rox Racing 1:38:28
2. Mical Dyck (Can) Trek/Terrascape/Calgary Cycle 1:40:17
3. Emily Batty (Can) Team RACE.com 1:43:13
4. Meghan Kindree (Can) Team Squamish 1:44:30
5. Sue Trimble-Haviland (Can) Norco 1:46:38
6. Caroline Villeneuve (Can) Opus/OGC 1:48:37
7. Catherine Vipond (Can) Team Trek Store 1:50:12
8. Marie Allaire (Can) Cycles Xprezo 1:52:48
9. Karine Travaillaud (Can) Les Francs Coureurs 1:53:38
10. Kathleen Villeneuve (Can) La Cordée Plein Air 1:53:42

Junior Women
1. Andréanne Pichette (Can) Opus/OGC 1:25:24
2. Sophie Harvey (Can) Sports Alpins/TVA/MSA 1:27:07
3. Katherine Short (Can) Giant Bicycles Canada 1:27:54
4. Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Manitoba/Alter Ego 1:30:32
5. Rébecca Beaumont (Can) Cyclone dAlma 1:30:38

Junior Expert Men
1. Françis Morin (Can) Devinci 1:52:49
2. Michael Mitchnick (Can) Team Trek Store 1:56:16
3. Paul Benson (Can) Specialized 1:59:27
4. Jonathan Boucher (Can) Opus/OGC 2:01:37
5. Matthew McCartney (Can) J & J Cycle 2:02:21

GP St-Raymond

Maitre A-88km-1

1 642 François Doyon Cinelume-Cycles Performance 2:14:52
2 893 Eric Provost Opus/OGC Même temps
3 548 Sebastien Gadbois Ste-Foy-Qc Métro 1:52
4 596 Régis Picoux VCM-Cycles Régis Même temps
5 139 Christophe Cheseaux Specialized-Vinci-Menikini Même temps

World cup in Offenburg

photo : Sylvain Badia

A very strong finish for Kiara Bisaro after a crash during the race.
Marie-Helène Prémont finished 2nd and Alison Sydor 38th.

So the second world cup in Offenburg is over and I am heading back to France. It is sunny now but we had some good rain during the race. The course was really suited to me but I was not feeling incredible during my warm up. Just kind of a heavy feeling. I was really nervous too since I was hoping to have a decent race here.
We did 2 start loops and 6 full laps. It started to sprinkle on the start line but I decided to stick with my dry option tires. It was a good choice since it didn't start to absolutely pour until lap 3. I was doing quite well in the race. I had an okay start but then was moving up consistently and riding with 2 other strong girls. I was riding technically well but there were some places I just felt really slow on the climbs. After it started to rain my brakes started to not really work. The thing is that when the conditions get crappy like that it turns into as much of a mental thing as physical. The descents were dangerous already and with my lack of brakes I was really happy I was having an on day technically. Everything else worked perfectly which a lot of people don't have in the mud.
I was in a group with 4 girls including Sabine Spitz on the final lap and I had a fairly massive crash and slid down an entire descent on my ass while still clipped in to my bike on one side. Yup I am a mtber! I lost contact with the group but made it safely down the rest of the descents. I finished 10th at the end. 2 min off the podium and 6:50 from the lead. I am quite happy with it and excited and super motivated for the next one in Champery 2 weeks from now.
Hope the Canada Cup went well!

Kiara

Lugagnano val d'arda

photo : Sylvain Badia

Coupe Canada, Bromont

Le podium des femmes junior

photo : Rob Jones, The Canadian Cyclist
1. - Andréanne Pichette

Le podium des hommes junior

photo : Rob Jones, The Canadian Cyclist
2. - Jonathan Boucher
3. - Steve Caillé

Hommes Élite
1- Max Plaxton, Rocky Mountain Haywood, 2h 32m 40
2- Mathieu Toulouse, Maxxis, à 33 sec
3- Raphaël Gagné, Rocky Mountain Haywood, à 4m 15
10- Jonathan Boulanger, Opus/OGC, à 11m 32
15- Leni Gélinas Trudel, Opus/OGC, à 14m 54
16- Benoit Simard, Specialized, à 15m 52
17- Ian Carbonneau, Vélo Chambly/ACQ, à 16m 15
Tous les résultats

Femmes Junior
1- Andréanne Pichette, Opus/OGC, 1h 24m 44
2- Stéphanie Lacoursière, Cyclone d'Alma, à 1m 18
3- Sophie Harvey, Sports Alpins/TVA/MSA, à 1m 37

Hommes Junior
1- Francis Morin, Devinci, 1h 48m 50
2- Jonathan Boucher, Opus/OGC, à 3m 06
3- Steve Caillé, Opus/OGC, à 5m 19

Internazionali d'Italia Val d'Arda Bike

photos : Sylvain Badia
Lugagnano, Italy


Elite Women

1 Evelyn Staffler (Ita) Colnago Arreghini Filago 1.48.56
2 Kiara Bisaro (Can) Canada 0.58
3 Blaza Klemencic (Slo) Pintatim Full-Dynamix 1.32
4 Elena Gaddoni (Ita) Progress-Frm 3.25
5 Lorenza Morfin (Mex) Hpb - Fenixs 7.22
6 Tory Thomas (Aus) Southaustralian.Com 9.11
7 Barbara Oberdorfer (Ita) L'arcobaleno Carraro Team - A. 10.01
8 Elena Giacomuzzi (Ita) Ideal Bikes International Team 12.08
9 Claudia Marsilio (Ita) ASD G.P. Racer Team Dart 12.55
10 Lucrezia Lamastra (Ita) Hard Rock FRW 16.19

One lap down

11 Joanna Wall (Aus) Southaustralian.Com
12 Zoe King (Aus) Southaustralian.Com
13 Claudia Andolina (Ita) A.S.D. Team Open Race Hicker
DNF Annabella Stropparo (Ita) Scott Racing Team
DNF Sabrina Enaux FRA19780401 Team Lapierre International

Hi to all in Montreal.
No internet lately, as we were travelling in Italy to race the italian cup in Lugagnano val d'arda http://www.lugagnanooffroad.it/new/docs/raceinfo.php
and do some training on incredible road. it was also on the way to germany for us to race the world cup number 2 tomorrow. The course is not super technical but there is 3 big drops and you have to really believe in yourself to just go and ride them. The weather is suppose to change fromp nice and hot today to rain for the race day.
it's so hot that almost everynight there is a little storm, like in the mountain. Will see.

Kiara was on the podium again, in Italia and had some word on the local newspaper the day after, that was nice.
results on : http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=mtb/2007/may07/internazionaliditalia07

Les noms

On nous demande souvent d'où viennent nos noms de vélos, que veut dire Opus, quel est le concept derrière tout cela.

Pour commencer, "Opus" veut dire "oeuvre" en latin. Comme nous cherchions un nom qui représente bien l'état d'esprit du projet, "Opus" s'est imposé comme le nom parfait.
Le "O" du logo Opus est la symbolisation du mouvement de pédalage.
Partant de cette idée de mouvement, nous avons choisi les mouvements musicaux connus, puis, finalement, un peu tout ce qui se rapporte à la musique. Et ceci pour les vélos de route, car la gamme de route fut la première à représenter la marque, et ceci durant 6 ans, jusqu'à l'arrivée des vélos de montagne. Pour ces derniers, nous n'avons pas suivi le même concept de noms.

Voici quelques définitions des noms utilisés pour la gamme de vélos de route :

Staccato : adv. et n.m. (italien) Passage musical devant être exécuté en détachant nettement les notes.
Toccata : n.f. (italien, touche) Pièce de musique instrumentale de caractère brillant.
Vivace : adj. (latin) mouvement musical : Avec vivacité. Autre définition : Qui veut vivre longtemps? Qui dure, tenace.
Allegro : n.m. (italien) Morceau de musique exécuté avec allégresse.
Crescendo : adv. (italien) Musique en augmentation progressive.
Alto : n.m. (italien) degré de tonalité musicale au dessus de ténor.
Andante : adv. (italien) Musique exécutée dans un mouvement modéré.
Scherzo : n.m. (italien) Morceau de musique d'un style léger et brillant.
Otello : Opéra de Rossini.
Triton : n.m. Musique : intervalle mélodique ou harmonique de trois tons (note : originellement, ce vélo était dédié au triathlon. Le triton est aussi un amphibien!).
Sibelius : Johan Sibeluis Compositeur classique finlandais. (note : Jeu de mot "Si belle" pour ce vélo adapté à la physiologie féminine).
Fidelio : Opera de Beethoven.
Cantate : n.f. (italien) Composition musicale pour une ou plusieurs voix.
Legato : adv. (italien) Musique : en liant les notes.
Largo : adv. (italien) Musique : Lentement et avec ampleur.
Stelle : n.f. (italien) Étoile. (note : Rien à voir avec la musique, mais avec l'écusson d'Opus qui comporte trois étoiles)
Sentiero : n.m. (italien) Sentier. (note : Rien à voir non plus avec la musique, mais pour un vélo de cross-country, cela sonnait bien, et nous restons dans les noms à consonance italienne!)
Magnificat : n.m. (latin) oeuvre magistrale
Libretto : n.m. (italien) Livret musical
Citato : n.m. (italien) cité (note : Vélo urbain performant)
Fugue : n.f. (italien) Fugue, fuite. Composition musicale qui donne l'impression d'une fuite et d'une poursuite par l'entrée successive des voix et de la reprise du même thème.
Chorus : n.m. (latin) Musique : Choeur.
Cappricio : n.m. (italien) Caprice, fantaisie, envie.
Orpheo : Opéra de Gluck
Adagio : adv. (italien) Musique : Mouvement solennel
Mondano : adj. (italien) Mondain (note : Vélo de ville)
Urbano : adj. (italien) Urbain (note : Vélo de ville)
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Montolieu

Hello Ville St Laurent,

We were very pleased to see that the Opus-OGC provencial Team did well at the 1st Canada cup and Happy to see that Caroline Villeneuve and Andreanne Pichette were on the Podium.

We are back in our base camp at my parents place in Montolieu, south of France after a trip to switzerland for the swiss power cup. Kiara had an okay day and tha competition was hard, but she manage to put in a hard effort and did an amazing job. She was on the Podium again.

The Fhast 1 has already made some podium (USA, France, Spain, Switzerland) and I hope that Opus start to be known a bit more here in Europe, we are working on it.

We are planning to go to Italy this week end to race a class 1 to get UCI points.
It will put us on the way to germany and everybody is racing a lot, so, Kiara need to move up in the international ranking (she's 56 today). that's the race we are planning to go to.

I will keep you posted on that.
Hope everything is going well.
Have a good day

Sylvain

Open de Espana Maxxis

photo : Sylvain Badia

Team Opus's Kiara BISARO wins the Open de Espana Maxxis in Ager (Lleida)

Kiara Bisaro Team Opus raced the third event of the Open de Espana Maxxis in Ager (Lleida) on the 6th of May and managed to win this race with a comfortable advance on a Spanish field of women racers in the great area of the Noguera region, in the Catalan Pyrenees.
3 laps on a 10,1 Km race track and 1h37:55 later Kiara crossed the finish line on her Opus Fhast Iwith a large gap on the second and third Spanish racer that apparently didn't recognized Kiara on the start line and didn't react when Kiara attacked after less than 2 Km in the race.
Kiara continues her Racing European Tour Sunday in Switzerland the swisspower cup in Hasliberg. In between she is training in Montolieu (Aude) under the sun of South of France.

1 Kiara Bisaro
1:37:55
OPUS TEAM

2 Rocio Gamonal Ferrera
05:16
TOSCAF-BH SUNTOUR

3 Cristina Mascarreras Sabria
05:55
SPIUK-TAU CERAMICA

Open de Espana Maxxis in Ager (Lleida)

photo : Sylvain Badia

Hi From South of France at OGC
Some fresh news from the week end:

Team Opus’s Kiara BISARO wins the Open de Espana Maxxis in Ager (Lleida)

Kiara Bisaro Team Opus raced the third event of the Open de Espana Maxxis in Ager (Lleida) on the 6th of May and managed to win this race with a comfortable advance on a Spanish field of women racers in the great area of the Noguera region, in the Catalan Pyrenees.
3 laps on a 10,1 Km race track and 1h37:55 later Kiara crossed the finish line on her Opus Fhast 1 with a large gap on the second and third Spanish racer that apparently didn’t recognized Kiara on the start line and didn’t react when Kiara attacked after less than 2 Km in the race.
Kiara continues her Racing European Tour Sunday in Switzerland the swisspower cup in Hasliberg. In between she is training in Montolieu (Aude) under the sun of South of France.

1 Kiara Bisaro Team Opus 1:37:55
2 Rocio Gamonal Ferrera a 05:16 TOSCAF-BH SUNTOUR
3 Cristina Mascarreras Sabria a 05:55 SPIUK-TAU CERAMICA
4 Ruth Moll Marques a 06:14 TOSCAF-BH SUNTOUR
5 Anna Villar Argente a 06:30 MASSI
6 Sandra Santanyes Murillo a 07:05 MASSI
7 Mercé Tusell Quevedo a 11:13 MASSI
8 Sandra Ramos Araujo a 12:12 BT TRILHOS
9 Ursula Serrano Pimentel a 13:38 14 CEMELORCA
10 Mercè Pacios Pujado a 21:20 13 BICISPRINT-DOLSART
11 Mª Del Mar Sancho Bauza a 32:22 MASSI
12 Vanessa Fernandez Vidueira -1 lap VILLAROSA CC
13 Rocio Martín Rodríguez -2laps SPECIALIZED

Infos at:
http://www.maxxiscup.com/index.php?idioma=CONS_ANG
http://www.maxxiscup.com/Open2007/Ager/ResAger/RepA3vELITF.htm

Grand Prix Super C, Brossard

(CRITÉRIUM-Maître B-22 tours)

1 893 Eric Provost Opus/OGC 59:05
2 875 Scott Mc Farlane Calyon Litespeed Même temps
3 801 Stéphane Le Beau Opus/OGC 59:08
4 870 Alain Major Le Yéti
5 882 Ernest Noble Drummond
....
22 886 Richard Pelletier Opus/OGC

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Bisaro Wins French ATB Marathon

photo : Sylvain Badia

Riding her Opus Fhast I, Team Opus's Kiara Bisara won the Nimes Garrigue VTT , a gruelling 63km ATB race held in southern France April 29th.

Kiara is staying in France between European World Cup races and entered the Nimes Garrigue event as a training event between World Cups.