Tivers makes it two in a row

Elite Women

Laura Van Gilder (Mellow Mushroom) dominated the day in the women’s race, featuring heavily in the break before soloing off the front in the last few laps to take another win for her 2011 tally.

The American also extended her lead in the overall leader’s pink jersey courtesy of the day’s stage win.

Elite Men

After a number of attack it was yesterday’s winner Brett Tivers who made the right move and ultimately rode away to victory again in the elite men’s race.

With 25km remaining, Brett Tivers (Garneau) jumped off the front before the Kenda/5-hour Energy train had built. Kenda/5-hour Energy established a 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 formation chasing hard but were unable to catch Tivers’ solo move. Tivers was brought back as the chaos ensued for the $6,000 Ben’s Cycle Ultra Prime.. A lap and a quarter later, Isaac Howe (Kenda-5-hour Energy) crossed the prime line on the backside of the course to pack his pockets full of green.

The Ben’s Cycle Ultra Prime shattered the field, leaving many riders struggling to even hang on.

Tivers made another move late in the race and seemingly miraculously hung on for the win, in front of Josh Carter (Aerocat) and Cole House (realcyclist.com) who rounded out the day’s top three. Tvetcov remains in Overall yellow with Aerocat still standing atop the 5-hour Energy Team Competition.