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BC Bike Race - The Pacific Traverse - NE
Canada, July 1-7, 2007
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Race 3 - July 3: Port Alberini - Comox Valley, 83km
By Karl Etzel of Ride 424 in Comox Valley and Mark Campbell
Stage 3 saw the BC Bike Race beginning the transition to more technical terrain, as the last 10 kilometers included trails with names like "Bucket of Blood" and plenty of roots and rocks to remind everyone why they came to British Columbia. The predicted hot weather never materialized and racers were once again treated to partly cloudy skies and warm, but not oppressive temps. The day's major obstacle was a climb to over 1,000m which saw many racers hiking the bikes up steep loose terrain, as the climb gained 800m in a short 5 kilometers.
"Those were the best trails yet," said Trek-Volkswagen's Jeff Schalk, who along with teammate Chris Eatough, took a third consecutive stage win and now own a 14-plus minute lead in the overall standings.
The Rocky Mountain-Haywood Securities duo of Andreas Hester and Kevin Calhoun are second overall, with La Ruta de los Conquistadores-Sho Air teamates Jason First and Manuel Prado entranced in third.
There was no change at the top of the standings in any of the other two-rider categories, where team mates must stay within two minutes of each other or be hit with a one-hour time penalty.
Cynthia Young and Michelle Newton (Shore Girls Don't Cry) took their third stage win and continue to lead the women's overall. David Harris and Lynda Wallenfels (Team Desert Cyclery/HealthFX) in open mixed; Randy Richmond and Sandy Mitchell (Gerick-Nelson) in veterans 80-plus; and Doug Nottebrock and Con Diamond (Kootenay-Okanagan Cooperative) in veterans 100-plus also all pulled stage wins No. 3.
About the course
Tuesday's stage started with a lap around the Port Alberni Multiplex athletics track, before riders headed out of town and onto the famed Log Train Trail that cuts a smooth, straight path through second growth Douglas Fir. Occasional breaks in the tree line offered glimpses of rolling, green farmland, the Beaufort Mountain Range and the lush Alberni Valley.
As the Alberni Valley gave way to the Comox Valley, the Log Train Trail widened into logging road. Finally at the 50km mark, the crux of the day unfolded: an 8km climb that varied between granny gear steep and nasty hike-a-bike. The only real respite was the stunning views of the valley below.
When the pain finally ceded, it was grinning time, as the course blazed a rapid path down towards the Cumberland trail system, before racers reached the finish line in front of the Riding Fool Hostel, which is owned and operated by day 3 course director Jeremy Grasby. The hostel caters to mountain bikers and Grasby is one of the towns leading trail advocates and builders.
Wednesday's stage features a 58.5km ride from the Earl's Cove Ferry Terminal to Sechelt. Before racing begins, the race caravan will rise at 5 a.m. then take a pair of B.C. Ferry rides across the Strait of Georgia: one from Little River to Powell River (1:20 crossing time) and another from Saltery Bay to Earls Cove (50 minutes).
Once off boat and on bikes, racers will head up through rainforest to Klein Lake Park. Highlights include spectacular views of Ruby Lake and Sakinaw Lake, and time on the Suncoast Trail, singletrack that was designed to allow people to get from ferry to ferry exclusively on trails and back roads.
The stage will finish in Sechelt, which literally means, "land between two waters." Base camp is at Sechelt Indian Band Reserve.
Results
Open Men (2 man teams) 1 Trek Vw Mountain Bike Team (Chris Eatough, Jeff Schalk) 4.00.10 2 La Ruta/Sho-Air (Manuel Prado, Jason First ) 8.05 3 Rocky Mountain Bikes (Andreas Hestler, Kevin Calhoun) 8.15 4 Team Helly Hansen (Justin Mark, Andrew Clarke) 28.02 5 Sun Summit South-Driver - Melton (Reed Melton, Marc Driver) 40.48 6 Chromag-Sram (Julian Hine, Kevin Phelps) 41.29 7 Itscanadianeh (Jeff Cote, Mark Coates) 43.05 8 Capitol Subaru Cycling (Evan Plews, Bear Perrin) 55.57 9 Bicycling Magazine (Michael Cushionbury, Damon Roberson) 56.42 10 Twin Sin (Gary Jackson, James Durand) 1.01.15 11 Cloud City Cyclists (Sterling Mudge, Mike Bordogna) 1.03.42 12 Bearnakedcannondale/Teamdicky (Timmy Dougherty, Rich Dillen) 1.03.43 13 Sin Twin (Scott Hedlund, Brad Samis) 1.03.44 14 Bike Magazine (Kip Mikler, Mark Sevenoff) 1.04.28 15 Bow Cycle (Neall Banner, Paul Martin) 1.05.12 16 Tutti (Graham Tutti, Paul Player) 1.07.06 17 Prairie Boys (Dan Peters, Brett Zagozewski) 1.12.27 18 Fat Chance (Alexei Marko, Ross Mccredie) 1.16.45 19 Ridin' Dirty (Nigel Halsted, Brian Mccurdy) 1.18.06 20 Team Marty's (Nicholas White, Jesse Epstein) 1.19.50 21 Pedal - Specialized (Barry Lyster, Steven Devantier) 1.30.34 22 Rpm Spinning Plus Gravity (Daffyd Roderick, Mike Peshko) 1.32.34 23 Miti Batai (Rodrigo Elvira, Guillermo Cuello) 1.35.01 24 Los Hombres (Rick Bruce, Cam Robertson) 1.53.09 25 Fat And Slow (Charles Halliburton, Nicholas Vipond) 1.55.56 26 The Hustlers (Phil Johnston, Paul Sharman) 1.57.15 27 Cold One Please (Erik Keniston, Doug Gangi) 2.05.36 28 Itscanadianeh (Jeff Cote, Mark Coates) 2.08.01 29 Phat'n'dirty (Tim Logie, William John) 2.19.57 30 Williams (Terry Williams, Todd Williams) 2.20.48 31 Keep The Rubber Side Down (John Nakashima, Andrew Mckean) 2.41.44 32 Sts (Dan Stern, Doug Clawson) 2.51.05 33 Sierra Spokesmen (Chris Mccann, Layne Nadeau) 3.12.11 34 Slowmosapiens (Nick Thelen, David Simpson) 3.24.25 35 Team P.A.A.W.G. (Husain Esmail, Vince Elenko) 3.29.29 36 Cycle Center (Daniel Gordon, Greg Jakubek) 3.37.52 Open Women (2 women teams) 1 Shore Girls Don't Cry (Cynthia Young, Michelle Newton) 5.25.17 2 Scott / Trenga / De (Karen Eller, Carolin Rahner) 9.11 3 Team Tunnelvision (Emma Smith, Sarah O'byrne) 14.24 4 The Jenerators (Jennifer Keefer, Jen Sawrenko) 16.01 5 Katfish (Danielle Fisher, Karen Todd) 49.46 6 Lucky Golden Star Bicycle (Stephanie Tuck, Megan Kogut) 1.15.43 7 Rider's Cycles (Jennifer Garrett, Janna Mackenzie) 1.17.58 8 Sombrio Dakine Bavarian (Andrea Kraft-Costigan, Carmen Turner) 1.45.47 9 Team 10-33 (Beth Crowther, Lanie Forman) 2.12.37 Open Mixed (2 person teams) 1 Team Desert Cyclery/Healthfx (David Harris, Lynda Wallenfels) 4.43.12 2 Crystal Mountain Hotels (Hillary Harrison, Ryan Watts) 8.56 3 Team Bc (Lesley Clements, Matthew Bodkin) 16.29 4 Team Ride424.Com/X-Fusion (Karl Etzel, Jennifer Ratay) 42.28 5 San Diego Trek (Greg Norombaba, Lisa Riehl) 48.14 6 Vancouver Bike Gallery (Brady Fleguel, Astrid Bonter) 1.09.22 7 Special K And Captain A (Robin Kay, Jameel Adam) 2.23.21 8 Faber (Jochen Faber, Diane Faber) 3.07.37 9 Gin (Ming Gin, Christina Cuthbertson) 3.25.33 Veterans 80 (2 man teams) 1 Gerick- Nelson (Randy Richmond, Sandy Mitchell) 4.32.42 2 Different Bikes One (Andrew Handford, Pat Doyle) 5.33 3 West Coast Racing To Team (Rod Dagneau, Mike Charuk) 6.06 4 Spike Shooter (David Overstreet, Mark Thompson) 11.43 5 Ryders Eyewear Corp (Brent Martin, Greg Hayes) 21.52 6 Skyline Flyers (Keith Mcivor, Kevin Smith) 24.23 7 Ironhorse/Helly Hansen (Dave Howells, Denis Fontaine) 24.25 8 Up And Down (Michael Wardas, Ken Waring) 24.58 9 Sleepmonsters.Ca (Doug Doyle, Darin Nevin) 37.42 10 Stitch Me; I'm Bleeding (Michael Stiles, Rick Lewis) 44.05 11 Damn Dirty Apes (Mike Hardenbergh, Tim Crum) 49.20 12 Ride To Survive (Paul Nicholas, Henric Meldgard) 58.09 13 Hachey (Dean Hachey, Mike Davidson) 1.04.12 14 Midlife Mojo (Dave Mountain, Jim Bennett) 1.04.24 15 The Aristocrats (Steven Wallouch, Bruce Kelsch) 1.07.09 16 Winded (Trevor Plestid, Stuart Jones) 1.12.54 17 Team Shuichi-Leon (Shuichi Kanamori, Leon Fetzer) 1.16.22 18 Big Ride - Bigger Hair (Chris Mccue, John Ratzke) 1.30.33 19 Ready & Wheeling (Greg Stevenson, Jim Clement) 1.30.34 20 Wheely Forkin' Tired (Bruce Gordon, Ken Knight) 1.30.35 21 Team Harbour Air (Greg Mcdougall, Graeme Fitch) 1.35.28 22 Burley M F (Derek Riley, Monti Burtini) 1.37.26 23 Team Action Cyclery (Ken Oertle, Jonathan Mcquenn) 2.21.49 24 Red Team (Keith Winzenried, Scott Hodges) 2.40.01 Veteran 100 (2 man teams) 1 Kootenay-Okanagan Cooperative (Doug Nottebrock, Con Diamond) 5.18.35 2 Geopsyclos (Clive Rubens, Leo Groenewoud) 1.40.57 3 Team Canine Carnage (Rick Kaleta, Jean Michaud) 2.11.04 4 Team Synergy (Gary Stetler, Guy Dutil) 2.29.59 4 person teams 1 Out There Guys (Rob Blanchard, Rob Herbst, Bruce Barker, Darrell Jones) 5.17.47 2 Out There Girls (Tori Fahey, Alana Heise, Lisa Le Poole, Alison Jones) 1.34.35 3 Dark Horse Racing (Calindy Ramsden, Donna Macintosh, John Ramsden, Unknown Rider) 2.07.27 Overall classification after stage 3 Open Men (2 man teams) 1 Trek Vw Mountain Bike Team (Chris Eatough, Jeff Schalk) 12.56.48 2 Rocky Mountain Bikes (Andreas Hestler, Kevin Calhoun) 14.16 3 La Ruta/Sho-Air (Manuel Prado, Jason First ) 53.51 4 Capitol Subaru Cycling (Evan Plews, Bear Perrin) 1.48.43 5 Team Helly Hansen (Justin Mark, Andrew Clarke) 1.53.58 6 Chromag-Sram (Julian Hine, Kevin Phelps) 2.16.47 7 Bicycling Magazine (Michael Cushionbury, Damon Roberson) 2.28.05 8 Sun Summit South-Driver - Melton (Reed Melton, Marc Driver) 2.38.25 9 Bow Cycle (Neall Banner, Paul Martin) 3.12.24 10 Bike Magazine (Kip Mikler, Mark Sevenoff) 3.13.12 11 Tutti (Graham Tutti, Paul Player) 3.21.37 12 Cloud City Cyclists (Sterling Mudge, Mike Bordogna) 3.24.00 13 Twin Sin (Gary Jackson, James Durand) 3.25.13 14 Sin Twin (Scott Hedlund, Brad Samis) 3.27.41 15 Bearnakedcannondale/Teamdicky (Timmy Dougherty, Rich Dillen) 3.42.10 16 Team Marty's (Nicholas White, Jesse Epstein) 3.43.15 17 Pedal - Specialized (Barry Lyster, Steven Devantier) 4.19.11 18 Miti Batai (Rodrigo Elvira, Guillermo Cuello) 4.20.17 19 Fat Chance (Alexei Marko, Ross Mccredie) 4.30.00 20 Ridin' Dirty (Nigel Halsted, Brian Mccurdy) 4.30.06 21 Rpm Spinning Plus Gravity (Daffyd Roderick, Mike Peshko) 4.34.57 22 Prairie Boys (Dan Peters, Brett Zagozewski) 4.36.16 23 The Hustlers (Phil Johnston, Paul Sharman) 4.58.06 24 Itscanadianeh (Jeff Cote, Mark Coates) 5.20.09 25 Los Hombres (Rick Bruce, Cam Robertson) 5.20.33 26 Cold One Please (Erik Keniston, Doug Gangi) 5.51.44 27 Fat And Slow (Charles Halliburton, Nicholas Vipond) 6.09.17 28 Phat'n'dirty (Tim Logie, William John) 6.29.23 29 Williams (Terry Williams, Todd Williams) 7.18.16 30 Sts (Dan Stern, Doug Clawson) 7.49.42 31 Sierra Spokesmen (Chris Mccann, Layne Nadeau) 7.50.54 32 Itscanadianeh (Jeff Cote, Mark Coates) 7.55.13 33 Keep The Rubber Side Down (John Nakashima, Andrew Mckean) 8.13.23 34 Team P.A.A.W.G. (Husain Esmail, Vince Elenko) 8.59.39 35 Cycle Center (Daniel Gordon, Greg Jakubek) 9.24.13 36 Slowmosapiens (Nick Thelen, David Simpson) 10.26.44 Open Women (2 women teams) 1 Scott / Trenga / De (Karen Eller, Carolin Rahner) 17.17.00 2 Shore Girls Don't Cry (Cynthia Young, Michelle Newton) 0.28 3 The Jenerators (Jennifer Keefer, Jen Sawrenko) 1.04.32 4 Team Tunnelvision (Emma Smith, Sarah O'byrne) 1.17.10 5 Katfish (Danielle Fisher, Karen Todd) 2.19.45 6 Lucky Golden Star Bicycle (Stephanie Tuck, Megan Kogut) 2.41.24 7 Rider's Cycles (Jennifer Garrett, Janna Mackenzie) 3.27.22 8 Team 10-33 (Beth Crowther, Lanie Forman) 5.13.39 9 Sombrio Dakine Bavarian (Andrea Kraft-Costigan, Carmen Turner) 5.20.17 Open Mixed (2 person teams) 1 Team Desert Cyclery/Healthfx (David Harris, Lynda Wallenfels) 15.02.43 2 Team Bc (Lesley Clements, Matthew Bodkin) 45.25 3 Crystal Mountain Hotels (Hillary Harrison, Ryan Watts) 49.10 4 Team Ride424.Com/X-Fusion (Karl Etzel, Jennifer Ratay) 1.49.57 5 San Diego Trek (Greg Norombaba, Lisa Riehl) 2.55.52 6 Vancouver Bike Gallery (Brady Fleguel, Astrid Bonter) 3.15.41 7 Special K And Captain A (Robin Kay, Jameel Adam) 6.39.08 8 Faber (Jochen Faber, Diane Faber) 8.32.22 9 Gin (Ming Gin, Christina Cuthbertson) 10.00.16 Veterans 80 (2 man teams) 1 Gerick- Nelson (Randy Richmond, Sandy Mitchell) 14.29.17 2 Different Bikes One (Andrew Handford, Pat Doyle) 19.56 3 Spike Shooter (David Overstreet, Mark Thompson) 42.30 4 West Coast Racing To Team (Rod Dagneau, Mike Charuk) 53.24 5 Ironhorse/Helly Hansen (Dave Howells, Denis Fontaine) 1.38.50 6 Damn Dirty Apes (Mike Hardenbergh, Tim Crum) 1.54.14 7 Ryders Eyewear Corp (Brent Martin, Greg Hayes) 1.56.57 8 Skyline Flyers (Keith Mcivor, Kevin Smith) 2.02.25 9 Up And Down (Michael Wardas, Ken Waring) 2.05.49 10 Stitch Me; I'm Bleeding (Michael Stiles, Rick Lewis) 2.14.10 11 Sleepmonsters.Ca (Doug Doyle, Darin Nevin) 2.20.37 12 Midlife Mojo (Dave Mountain, Jim Bennett) 3.12.19 13 The Aristocrats (Steven Wallouch, Bruce Kelsch) 3.15.44 14 Team Shuichi-Leon (Shuichi Kanamori, Leon Fetzer) 3.21.31 15 Ride To Survive (Paul Nicholas, Henric Meldgard) 3.23.45 16 Ready & Wheeling (Greg Stevenson, Jim Clement) 3.25.51 17 Hachey (Dean Hachey, Mike Davidson) 3.53.40 18 Winded (Trevor Plestid, Stuart Jones) 3.56.53 19 Team Harbour Air (Greg Mcdougall, Graeme Fitch) 4.26.29 20 Big Ride - Bigger Hair (Chris Mccue, John Ratzke) 4.33.58 21 Wheely Forkin' Tired (Bruce Gordon, Ken Knight) 4.35.35 22 Burley M F (Derek Riley, Monti Burtini) 4.57.58 23 Team Action Cyclery (Ken Oertle, Jonathan Mcquenn) 6.34.20 24 Red Team (Keith Winzenried, Scott Hodges) 11.17.06 Veteran 100 (2 man teams) 1 Kootenay-Okanagan Cooperative (Doug Nottebrock, Con Diamond) 17.03.21 2 Geopsyclos (Clive Rubens, Leo Groenewoud) 4.30.21 3 Team Canine Carnage (Rick Kaleta, Jean Michaud) 7.03.44 4 Team Synergy (Gary Stetler, Guy Dutil) 4 person teams 1 Out There Guys (Rob Blanchard, Rob Herbst, Bruce Barker, Darrell Jones) 18.32.51 2 Out There Girls (Tori Fahey, Alana Heise, Lisa Le Poole, Alison Jones) 3.14.11 3 Dark Horse Racing (Calindy Ramsden, Donna Macintosh, John Ramsden, Unknown Rider) 3.22.03
