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