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BC Bike Race - The Pacific Traverse - NE
Canada, July 1-7, 2007
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Race 4 - July 4: Comox Valley - Powell River - Earls Cove - Sechelt, 60km
By Karl Etzel of Ride 424 in Earls Cove
Stage 4 of the BC Bike Race - Pacific Traverse saw two changes to the racer's daily schedule, as the day began with two ferry rides aboard the BC Ferries to take racers from Cumberland to Earl's Cove where the bikes were staged and waiting. After a 3km paved neutral start, racers set off on a journey that marked the transition away from logging roads and fast open terrain to winding double track and several hours of classic British Columbia (BC) singletrack, with bridges and log crossings mixed in with miles of rooted twisting terrain.
The challenging terrain did not stop the men's field from finishing in a tight race, with the top three teams (Trek-VW, Rocky Mountain, and La Ruta/Sho-Air) all finishing within minutes of each other at just over three hours.
The day ended with a display of local Sechelt culture as the Sechelt Indian Band entertained racers with song and dance. Not willing to let the tired racers merely watch, the Sechelt children invited racers to join in the dancing and stretch their legs after dinner.
Results
Open Men (2 man teams) 1 Trek Vw Mountain Bike Team (Chris Eatough, Jeff Schalk) 3.03.40 2 Rocky Mountain Bikes (Andreas Hestler, Kevin Calhoun) 0.34 3 La Ruta/Sho-Air (Manuel Prado, Jason First ) 2.01 4 Team Helly Hansen (Justin Mark, Andrew Clarke) 19.47 5 Capitol Subaru Cycling (Evan Plews, Bear Perrin) 23.21 6 Chromag-Sram (Julian Hine, Kevin Phelps) 27.39 7 Bearnakedcannondale/Teamdicky (Timmy Dougherty, Rich Dillen) 29.13 8 Bicycling Magazine (Michael Cushionbury, Damon Roberson) 30.20 9 Sun Summit South-Driver - Melton (Reed Melton, Marc Driver) 31.36 10 Itscanadianeh (Jeff Cote, Mark Coates) 36.36 11 Team Marty's (Nicholas White, Jesse Epstein) 42.13 12 Twin Sin (Gary Jackson, James Durand) 52.50 13 Bow Cycle (Neall Banner, Paul Martin) 55.02 14 Prairie Boys (Dan Peters, Brett Zagozewski) 55.24 15 Bike Magazine (Kip Mikler, Mark Sevenoff) 56.04 16 Tutti (Graham Tutti, Paul Player) 56.23 17 Sin Twin (Scott Hedlund, Brad Samis) 59.12 18 Cloud City Cyclists (Sterling Mudge, Mike Bordogna) 1.03.08 19 Pedal - Specialized (Barry Lyster, Steven Devantier) 1.06.17 20 Ridin' Dirty (Nigel Halsted, Brian Mccurdy) 1.06.49 21 Fat And Slow (Charles Halliburton, Nicholas Vipond) 1.07.55 22 The Hustlers (Phil Johnston, Paul Sharman) 1.11.21 23 Miti Batai (Rodrigo Elvira, Guillermo Cuello) 1.16.16 24 Fat Chance (Alexei Marko, Ross Mccredie) 1.22.12 25 Cold One Please (Erik Keniston, Doug Gangi) 1.24.04 26 Rpm Spinning Plus Gravity (Daffyd Roderick, Mike Peshko) 1.26.56 27 Itscanadianeh (Jeff Cote, Mark Coates) 1.35.59 28 Los Hombres (Rick Bruce, Cam Robertson) 1.43.33 29 Williams (Terry Williams, Todd Williams) 1.51.21 30 Keep The Rubber Side Down (John Nakashima, Andrew Mckean) 2.06.15 31 Phat'n'dirty (Tim Logie, William John) 2.07.02 32 Sts (Dan Stern, Doug Clawson) 2.20.59 33 Sierra Spokesmen (Chris Mccann, Layne Nadeau) 2.21.08 34 Team P.A.A.W.G. (Husain Esmail, Vince Elenko) 2.38.54 35 Slowmosapiens (Nick Thelen, David Simpson) 2.46.27 DNF Cycle Center (Daniel Gordon, Greg Jakubek) Open Women (2 women teams) 1 Scott / Trenga / De (Karen Eller, Carolin Rahner) 4.03.58 2 Shore Girls Don't Cry (Cynthia Young, Michelle Newton) 13.58 3 The Jenerators (Jennifer Keefer, Jen Sawrenko) 25.24 4 Team Tunnelvision (Emma Smith, Sarah O'byrne) 43.55 5 Lucky Golden Star Bicycle (Stephanie Tuck, Megan Kogut) 52.03 6 Katfish (Danielle Fisher, Karen Todd) 59.23 7 Rider's Cycles (Jennifer Garrett, Janna Mackenzie) 1.31.20 8 Team 10-33 (Beth Crowther, Lanie Forman) 1.58.39 9 Sombrio Dakine Bavarian (Andrea Kraft-Costigan, Carmen Turner) 3.18.12 Open Mixed (2 person teams) 1 Team Desert Cyclery/Healthfx (David Harris, Lynda Wallenfels) 3.48.07 2 Crystal Mountain Hotels (Hillary Harrison, Ryan Watts) 9.26 3 Team Bc (Lesley Clements, Matthew Bodkin) 12.29 4 San Diego Trek (Greg Norombaba, Lisa Riehl) 19.14 5 Team Ride424.Com/X-Fusion (Karl Etzel, Jennifer Ratay) 33.04 6 Vancouver Bike Gallery (Brady Fleguel, Astrid Bonter) 1.00.11 7 Special K And Captain A (Robin Kay, Jameel Adam) 2.30.32 8 Faber (Jochen Faber, Diane Faber) 3.00.23 DNF Gin (Ming Gin, Christina Cuthbertson) Veterans 80 (2 man teams) 1 Spike Shooter (David Overstreet, Mark Thompson) 3.30.38 2 Different Bikes One (Andrew Handford, Pat Doyle) 1.00 3 West Coast Racing To Team (Rod Dagneau, Mike Charuk) 5.26 4 Gerick- Nelson (Randy Richmond, Sandy Mitchell) 7.58 5 Ryders Eyewear Corp (Brent Martin, Greg Hayes) 18.10 6 Skyline Flyers (Keith Mcivor, Kevin Smith) 25.52 7 Ironhorse/Helly Hansen (Dave Howells, Denis Fontaine) 28.45 8 Damn Dirty Apes (Mike Hardenbergh, Tim Crum) 36.56 9 Stitch Me; I'm Bleeding (Michael Stiles, Rick Lewis) 37.13 10 Sleepmonsters.Ca (Doug Doyle, Darin Nevin) 37.51 11 Winded (Trevor Plestid, Stuart Jones) 40.03 12 Up And Down (Michael Wardas, Ken Waring) 40.55 13 Midlife Mojo (Dave Mountain, Jim Bennett) 40.58 14 Ride To Survive (Paul Nicholas, Henric Meldgard) 43.05 15 Team Harbour Air (Greg Mcdougall, Graeme Fitch) 1.09.00 16 The Aristocrats (Steven Wallouch, Bruce Kelsch) 1.10.12 17 Hachey (Dean Hachey, Mike Davidson) 1.13.32 18 Wheely Forkin' Tired (Bruce Gordon, Ken Knight) 1.15.16 19 Ready & Wheeling (Greg Stevenson, Jim Clement) 1.16.41 20 Team Shuichi-Leon (Shuichi Kanamori, Leon Fetzer) 1.45.22 21 Team Action Cyclery (Ken Oertle, Jonathan Mcquenn) 2.03.28 22 Big Ride - Bigger Hair (Chris Mccue, John Ratzke) 2.04.41 23 Burley M F (Derek Riley, Monti Burtini) 2.06.44 DNF Red Team (Keith Winzenried, Scott Hodges) Veteran 100 (2 man teams) 1 Kootenay-Okanagan Cooperative (Doug Nottebrock, Con Diamond) 4.11.31 2 Geopsyclos (Clive Rubens, Leo Groenewoud) 1.25.51 3 Team Synergy (Gary Stetler, Guy Dutil) 1.59.21 4 Team Canine Carnage (Rick Kaleta, Jean Michaud) 2.07.09 4 person teams 1 Out There Guys (Rob Blanchard, Rob Herbst, Bruce Barker, Darrell Jones) 5.17.34 2 Out There Girls (Tori Fahey, Alana Heise, Lisa Le Poole, Alison Jones) 15.27 3 Dark Horse Racing (Calindy Ramsden, Donna Macintosh, John Ramsden, Unknown Rider) 41.34 Overall after race 4 Open Men (2 man teams) 1 Trek Vw Mountain Bike Team (Chris Eatough, Jeff Schalk) 16.00.27 2 Rocky Mountain Bikes (Andreas Hestler, Kevin Calhoun) 14.51 3 La Ruta/Sho-Air (Manuel Prado, Jason First ) 55.52 4 Capitol Subaru Cycling (Evan Plews, Bear Perrin) 2.12.04 5 Team Helly Hansen (Justin Mark, Andrew Clarke) 2.13.45 6 Chromag-Sram (Julian Hine, Kevin Phelps) 2.44.27 7 Bicycling Magazine (Michael Cushionbury, Damon Roberson) 2.58.26 8 Sun Summit South-Driver - Melton (Reed Melton, Marc Driver) 3.10.01 9 Bow Cycle (Neall Banner, Paul Martin) 4.07.26 10 Bike Magazine (Kip Mikler, Mark Sevenoff) 4.09.16 11 Bearnakedcannondale/Teamdicky (Timmy Dougherty, Rich Dillen) 4.11.23 12 Tutti (Graham Tutti, Paul Player) 4.18.01 13 Twin Sin (Gary Jackson, James Durand) 4.18.04 14 Team Marty's (Nicholas White, Jesse Epstein) 4.25.29 15 Sin Twin (Scott Hedlund, Brad Samis) 4.26.54 16 Cloud City Cyclists (Sterling Mudge, Mike Bordogna) 4.27.09 17 Pedal - Specialized (Barry Lyster, Steven Devantier) 5.25.28 18 Prairie Boys (Dan Peters, Brett Zagozewski) 5.31.40 19 Miti Batai (Rodrigo Elvira, Guillermo Cuello) 5.36.34 20 Ridin' Dirty (Nigel Halsted, Brian Mccurdy) 5.36.55 21 Fat Chance (Alexei Marko, Ross Mccredie) 5.52.13 22 Rpm Spinning Plus Gravity (Daffyd Roderick, Mike Peshko) 6.01.54 23 The Hustlers (Phil Johnston, Paul Sharman) 6.09.27 24 Itscanadianeh (Jeff Cote, Mark Coates) 6.56.09 25 Los Hombres (Rick Bruce, Cam Robertson) 7.04.06 26 Cold One Please (Erik Keniston, Doug Gangi) 7.15.49 27 Fat And Slow (Charles Halliburton, Nicholas Vipond) 7.17.12 28 Itscanadianeh (Jeff Cote, Mark Coates) 8.31.50 29 Phat'n'dirty (Tim Logie, William John) 8.36.25 30 Williams (Terry Williams, Todd Williams) 9.09.38 31 Sts (Dan Stern, Doug Clawson) 10.10.41 32 Sierra Spokesmen (Chris Mccann, Layne Nadeau) 10.12.03 33 Keep The Rubber Side Down (John Nakashima, Andrew Mckean) 10.19.38 34 Team P.A.A.W.G. (Husain Esmail, Vince Elenko) 11.38.33 35 Slowmosapiens (Nick Thelen, David Simpson) 13.13.12 DNF Cycle Center (Daniel Gordon, Greg Jakubek) Open Women (2 women teams) 1 Scott / Trenga / De (Karen Eller, Carolin Rahner) 21.20.57 2 Shore Girls Don't Cry (Cynthia Young, Michelle Newton) 14.26 3 The Jenerators (Jennifer Keefer, Jen Sawrenko) 1.29.56 4 Team Tunnelvision (Emma Smith, Sarah O'byrne) 2.01.06 5 Katfish (Danielle Fisher, Karen Todd) 3.19.09 6 Lucky Golden Star Bicycle (Stephanie Tuck, Megan Kogut) 3.33.28 7 Rider's Cycles (Jennifer Garrett, Janna Mackenzie) 4.58.42 8 Team 10-33 (Beth Crowther, Lanie Forman) 7.12.18 9 Sombrio Dakine Bavarian (Andrea Kraft-Costigan, Carmen Turner) 8.38.30 Open Mixed (2 person teams) 1 Team Desert Cyclery/Healthfx (David Harris, Lynda Wallenfels) 18.50.49 2 Team Bc (Lesley Clements, Matthew Bodkin) 57.54 3 Crystal Mountain Hotels (Hillary Harrison, Ryan Watts) 58.36 4 Team Ride424.Com/X-Fusion (Karl Etzel, Jennifer Ratay) 2.23.01 5 San Diego Trek (Greg Norombaba, Lisa Riehl) 3.15.07 6 Vancouver Bike Gallery (Brady Fleguel, Astrid Bonter) 4.15.53 7 Special K And Captain A (Robin Kay, Jameel Adam) 9.09.40 8 Faber (Jochen Faber, Diane Faber) 11.32.45 DNF Gin (Ming Gin, Christina Cuthbertson) Veterans 80 (2 man teams) 1 Gerick- Nelson (Randy Richmond, Sandy Mitchell) 18.07.53 2 Different Bikes One (Andrew Handford, Pat Doyle) 12.58 3 Spike Shooter (David Overstreet, Mark Thompson) 34.31 4 West Coast Racing To Team (Rod Dagneau, Mike Charuk) 50.51 5 Ironhorse/Helly Hansen (Dave Howells, Denis Fontaine) 1.59.37 6 Ryders Eyewear Corp (Brent Martin, Greg Hayes) 2.07.08 7 Skyline Flyers (Keith Mcivor, Kevin Smith) 2.20.18 8 Damn Dirty Apes (Mike Hardenbergh, Tim Crum) 2.23.12 9 Up And Down (Michael Wardas, Ken Waring) 2.38.46 10 Stitch Me; I'm Bleeding (Michael Stiles, Rick Lewis) 2.43.25 11 Sleepmonsters.Ca (Doug Doyle, Darin Nevin) 2.50.30 12 Midlife Mojo (Dave Mountain, Jim Bennett) 3.45.19 13 Ride To Survive (Paul Nicholas, Henric Meldgard) 3.58.52 14 The Aristocrats (Steven Wallouch, Bruce Kelsch) 4.17.57 15 Winded (Trevor Plestid, Stuart Jones) 4.28.57 16 Ready & Wheeling (Greg Stevenson, Jim Clement) 4.34.34 17 Team Shuichi-Leon (Shuichi Kanamori, Leon Fetzer) 4.58.55 18 Hachey (Dean Hachey, Mike Davidson) 4.59.14 19 Team Harbour Air (Greg Mcdougall, Graeme Fitch) 5.27.31 20 Wheely Forkin' Tired (Bruce Gordon, Ken Knight) 5.42.52 21 Big Ride - Bigger Hair (Chris Mccue, John Ratzke) 6.30.40 22 Burley M F (Derek Riley, Monti Burtini) 6.56.43 23 Team Action Cyclery (Ken Oertle, Jonathan Mcquenn) 8.29.49 DNF Red Team (Keith Winzenried, Scott Hodges) Veteran 100 (2 man teams) 1 Kootenay-Okanagan Cooperative (Doug Nottebrock, Con Diamond) 21.14.51 2 Geopsyclos (Clive Rubens, Leo Groenewoud) 5.56.13 3 Team Canine Carnage (Rick Kaleta, Jean Michaud) 8.35.27 4 Team Synergy (Gary Stetler, Guy Dutil) 9.03.06 4 person teams 1 Out There Guys (Rob Blanchard, Rob Herbst, Bruce Barker, Darrell Jones) 23.50.24 2 Out There Girls (Tori Fahey, Alana Heise, Lisa Le Poole, Alison Jones) 3.29.39 3 Dark Horse Racing (Calindy Ramsden, Donna Macintosh, John Ramsden, Unknown Rider) 4.03.38
