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Centennial Park 'Cross - C2
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, November 10, 2007
Reain and Simms win first races of weekend
By Scott Kelly
Competitors from across Ontario and the US met in Toronto over the weekend to battle it out on the slopes of Centennial ski hill at the first annual Toronto UCI C2 International Pro-Am Cyclo-cross Race weekend. It would be the first time this year that all of Ontario's top riders, along with a few American wildcards, would converge in one place.
On Saturday, racers were faced with a long, flat challenging course that was a serpentine affair which rewarded riders who could push a big gears.
Buoyed by a CAN$135 first lap prime, Saturday's elite men's race was fast from the gun. Mike Garrigan (Epic Ride/Jetpower), newly crowned Canadian National Cyclo-cross champion, took the money for being the first through the beer tent barriers. Unfortunately what momentum he had was hindered by an early puncture.
A group containing all the favourites quickly formed and the race was on. Positions would change but it was still very much anyone's race until the closing laps when Greg Reain (Ride with Rendall) decided to make his move. It was a course suited to his style of riding and when Reain went, no one could respond. Reain finished thirty seconds clear of second placed Osmond Bakker (Stevens Cross) with Nathan Chown (Handlebars CC) rolling in for third.
In the elite women's race pre-race favourite and reigning Canadian National champion Wendy Simms (Kona-Yourkey.com) led from start to finish. Owing much to her strong legs and flawless riding she was simply the class of the field. Knowing the UCI points would earn her a favourable spot on the start line at next weekend's USGP in New Jersey; Simms was out for the win. Natasha Elliot (Stevens Cross) continued her strong cross campaign in second place and Jennifer Stephenson (Team Ultralink) in third.
Results
Elite Men 1 Greg Reain (Can) Calyon/Litespeed 57.03 2 Osmond Bakker (Can) Stevens Cross 0.29 3 Nathan Chown (Can) Handlebars - Queen City Cyclists 0.30 4 Derrick St. John (Can) The Cyclery 0.31 5 Andrew Watson (Can) TeamRace.com - Barrie Cycling Club 0.54 6 Aaron Fillion (Can) Ottawa Bicycle Club 1.12 7 Peter Morse (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee 1.16 8 Joshua Dillon (USA) Fiordifrutta 1.17 9 Jacob Fetty (USA) Team Myogenesis 1.18 10 Mike Garrigan (Can) Epic Ride-Jetpower 1.23 11 Kyle Douglas (Can) 3 Rox Racing 1.53 12 Jonathan Card (USA) Saturn or Toledo 3.15 13 Erik Box (Can) The Hub Bicycle Club 3.16 14 Benoit Simard (Can) Specialized - Québec 3.54 15 Shawn (David) Adams (Can) October Lake Effect Cycling Team 4.01 16 Ian Manning (Can) Team Spin 12 - 3 Rox Racing 4.37 17 Ernesto Marenchin (USA) Asylum Cycles 4.53 18 Michael Loranty (USA) AG Edwards 5.37 19 David Coughlin (Can) WSC Hand In Hand Baal 5.57 20 Peter Mogg (Can) The Hub Bicycle Club 6.01 21 Shawn Marshall (Can) Ottawa Bicycle Club - Mike's Bike Shop 6.02 22 Timothy Carleton (Can) Team Trek Store - Ride for Karen 6.51 One lap behind 23 Guy Vankrimpen (Can) St. Catharines CC 24 John Roden (Can) JW Dundee`s Home Performance Cycling 25 Scott Kelly (Can) Burlington Two laps behind 26 Stephane Marcotte (Can) Cycle Solutions - Angry Johnny`s Racing 27 William Fu (Can) Pedal Performance 28 Jonathan Wood (Can) ERTC - Redbike 29 Nicholas Vipond (Can) Ottawa Bicycle Club Three laps behind 30 Kaesy Gladwin (Can) Sudbury Four laps behind 31 Alex Keomany (Can) The Jittery Joes Pro Cycling Team 32 Alexander Fulton (Can) West Of Québec Wheelers 33 Matthew Knight (Can) Cycle Solutions - Angry Johnny`s Racing DNF Shane Hollingshead (Can) Norco Factory Team - Barrie Cycling Club DNF Mark Batty (Can) Team R.A.C.E DNS Chris Tirone (USA) Buffalo Bicycling Club Elite Women 1 Wendy Simms (Can) Kona-Yor Key Mortgage Team 48.15 2 Natasha Elliott (Can) Stevens Cross 0.43 3 Jennifer Stephenson (Can) Team Ultralink 4 Kelly Jones (Can) Sugoi/Cannondale/Bontrager 3.22 5 Jill Vale (Can) Coach Chris.ca - Ted Velikonja 4.07 6 Amanda Sin (Can) 3 Rox Racing 4.35 7 Vicki Thomas (Can) Stevens Cross 4.48 8 Denise Ramsden (Can) Cyclocross Ontario.com 6.48 9 Lesley Chown (Can) St. Catharines CC 8.18 10 Christina Bouchard (Can) from Toronto 8.29 11 Sue Trimble-Haviland (Can) Norco Factory Team 9.10 12 Briana Illingworth (Can) Midweek Cycling Club 9.42 13 Jenny Simpson (Can) The Cyclery 9.54 One lap behind 14 Tabitha Ferguson (Can) Waterloo CC 15 Kelly Kavanagh (Can) Mike`s Bike Shop DNS Anne Schwartz (USA) Flying Rhino Cycling Club Junior Men 1 Jared Stafford (HB Cycling Club) 49.30 2 Karl Hoppner (Ride With Rendall) 1.20 3 Mitchell Bailey (Epic Ride / Jetpower) 1.46 4 Devon Novakowski (Gears & Grinds Racing) 2.37 5 Michael Miller (Ride With Rendall) 5.02 6 Bennett Winn (Impala Bicycles) 6.11 7 Kiernan Orange (Ride With Rendall) 6.44 8 Matthew Farquharson (Independent) 7.27 9 Noah Summers (Newmarket Eagles) 8.52 One lap behind 10 Ian Turner (Independent) 11 Conor O'Brien (Ride With Rendall) Two laps behind 12 Stefan Milosevic (Midweek Cycling Club) DNS Christopher Bradbury (Cyclissimo Cycling Club) DNS Evan Odell (Independent) DNS Jeff Tompkins (The Hub Bicycle Club) Master 2 Men 1 Jeffrey Craft (October Lake Effect Cycling Team) 51.20 2 Doug Richards (Pierik's - Elite Health) 0.35 3 Chris Olson (Ride With Rendall) 0.48 4 Unknown Racer (Independent) 1.42 5 Scott Sexsmith (Peterborough Cycling Club) 2.05 6 Peter Hennessy (Independent) 2.23 7 Rory McDonagh (Pierik's - Elite Health) 2.32 8 Rick Meloff (La Bicicletta - J. Lindenberg) 2.33 9 Alex Sanna (The Hub Bicycle Club) 2.34 10 Dave Scott (speedriver.com) 2.36 11 Hugh Hill (HB Cycling Club) 2.38 12 Phil Renaud (Hamilton Cycling Club) 3.00 13 Don Smith (Independent) 3.50 14 Joel Rose (The Hub Bicycle Club) 4.06 15 Ryan Trant (Cyclepath Oakville Race Team) 4.23 16 Eric Sanders (Aquila Racing - Racer Sportif) 4.27 17 Fulvio Mark Cubello (HB Cycling Club) 4.49 18 John Fisher (Cycle Solutions-Angry Johnny's Racing) 5.42 19 Darko Antic (OPEN ACCESS- GRG Road Racing) 6.01 20 Will Winn (Impala Bicycles) 6.03 21 Paul Miller (Ride With Rendall) 6.38 22 Pierre Perrin (Team Ultralink : Cycle 4 MS) 6.55 23 Ed Rieckelman (Independent) 7.44 24 Adam Fournier (HB Cycling Club) 7.58 25 Scott Doel (TeamRace.com : Gears Bike Shop Club) 8.18 26 Frank Watts (Pierik's - Elite Health) 8.38 27 Michael Mandel (Independent) 8.45 One lap behind 28 Ken Hoppner (Ride With Rendall) 29 David Tompkins (The Hub Bicycle Club) 30 Brian Rogers (Brampton CC) 31 Bob Bergman (Independent) 32 Mark Gray (Barrie Cycling Club) 33 Ron Baines (Waterloo CC) 34 Bill Packham (Lapdogs Cycling Club) 35 Martin Kohn (Independent) DNF Ron Spencer (Velocity Bike and Multisport) DNF Tom Villano (Team Trek Store-Ride for Karen) DNF Phil Harper (Newmarket Eagles) DNS Derek Koops (Mississauga Bicycle Racing Club) Master 1 Men<-b> 1 Andrew Croutch (True North Cycles) 55.16 2 Marc Boudreau (Stevens Cross) 3 Don Cameron (Specialized - Québec : Tailwind Enterprises, MI) 0.01 4 Steve Heck (Team Trek Store-Ride for Karen) 0.33 5 Craig C Hawkes (The Cyclery) 6 John Fee (The Cyclery) 7 Paul Greene (Chain Reaction CC) 1.21 8 Pavle Stanojevic (Jamis Racing) 1.57 9 Steve Proulx (Stevens Cross) 1.59 10 Robert Orange (Ride With Rendall) 2.00 11 Matthew Berridge (La Bicicletta - J. Lindenberg) 2.35 12 Ted Ingram (Cycle Solutions-Angry Johnny's Racing) 2.41 13 David Dermont (True North Cycles) 2.47 14 Lorne Anderson (La Bicicletta - J. Lindenberg) 2.49 15 Chris Wood (Sound Solutions) 2.54 16 Cary Moretti (Project Freeride) 2.56 17 Don Gain (Barrie Cycling Club) 3.02 18 Rodney Merchant (Independent) 3.47 19 Kevin Simms (Team Hardwood Cycling & Ski Club) 3.53 20 Mark Pagell (Independent) 3.57 21 James Barker (The Hub Bicycle Club) 4.09 22 Andrew Nicholas (The Hub Bicycle Club) 4.21 23 Jonathan Wilby (Independent) 4.24 24 Roy Andrigo (Team H&R Block) 4.48 25 Scott Malone (Steed Cycles - SRAM - BC) 5.13 26 Richard Strong (King Street Cycles) 5.37 27 Brian Haum (Pierik's - Elite Health) 5.43 28 Wes Stephenson (Rapid City Cycle) 6.11 29 Chris Kiziak (Sound Solutions) 6.16 30 Brent Lowes (Sound Solutions) 6.38 31 Doug Hinan (Peterborough Cycling Club) 7.36 32 Oscar Retamal (Independent) 7.38 33 Gord Woolley (Sound Solutions) 7.51 34 Andrew Stewart (Project Freeride) 7.58 35 Roaul Khan (ZM Cycling Club) 8.00 36 Roderick Olliver (OPEN ACCESS- GRG Road Racing) 8.01 37 Christopher Paton (Cycle 4 MS) 8.05 38 Kevin Mahoney (JW Dundee's Home Performance Cycling) 8.39 39 Mark Summers (Sound Solutions) 9.06 40 Clifford Vanclief (The Hub Bicycle Club) 9.53 41 John Pdand (Independent) DNF Dan Staffo (JW Dundee's Home Performance Cycling) DNF Adrian Jackson (Wheels of Bloor) Master Women 1 Carolyne Haill (Chain Reaction CC) 58.39 One lap behind 2 Leslie Greene (Chain Reaction CC) 3 Catherine Adams (Independent)
