Tour de Delta - NE

Canada, July 20-22, 2007

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Stage 1 - July 20: Hill climb

Bell and Maclean take Brenco victory

Zach Bell (Symmetrics Cycling) survived a slippery start on a cold, wet night for a record third victory in the Brenco Hill climb, the opening event of the seventh annual Tour de Delta. "It was real slick out there," said the Watson Lake native. "It was hard transfer the power to the road in the firsts 15 metres. I spun out three times before I got going."

Despite his problems with a steady rain that fell all race long, the 24 year-old posted a winning time of 1.09.52, more than three seconds faster than his Symmetrics teammate Will Routley. Defending champion Ryan Hopping couldn't repeat his success of 2006 and settled for third place.

It's the second victory of BC Superweek for Bell, who also took the Tour de White Rock criterium win. It was the third victory and ninth podium finish during BC Superweek for the men on the Langley-based Symmetrics squad.

"We expected to do well this week," said Bell. "The wet weather favours us. We're used to it. I'm a little unhappy because my time was four seconds worse than the record I set a couple of years ago (in 2004) but it was tough out there tonight."

A hardy 32 of the 36 registered riders showed up at the start line for the women's race, even though the 700 metre course had turned increasingly slick in the steady rainfall that began only moments before racetime.

"It was a little bit slippery but it wasn't that bad as long as you took clean lines and were comfortable on your bike," reported women's winner Malindills Maclean of New Zealand. No one was more comfortable than her. The 18 year-old was the fastest of the night, allowing the Kiwi rider her first road racing career victory. Leah Guloien was second while third went to Maclean's Kiwi teammate Alison Shanks.

"I"ve only been road racing for six months so it feels great to win, especially because now I can use my real name," she laughed. "Malindy is what I've been called all my life but my teammates (Jazz Apple Cycling Team) said I would have to be called Malindills until I won a race. It gave me a little extra motivation."

After two months on the road in Canada and the US, 'Malindy' and her half dozen teammates are looking forward to returning home where she'll enter her second year in pre-law and psychology at the University of Aukland.

"We've been on the road for a long time but it's been great," said the former track sprinter, who recently finished in the top 10 at the Junior World championships. "BC Superweek has been fantastic. It's wonderful to see the support you get here from the volunteers and the fans To see all these people turn out on a night like this and to see those big crowds in Gastown despite that weather the other night. It's pretty special. I hope we'll be back again next year."

Results

Pro men
 
1 Zach Bell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling                        1.10.00
2 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling                        2.00
3 Ryan Hopping (Can) La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries                  
4 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling                      3.00
5 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling                       4.00
6 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Team Rubicon - ORBEA                      5.00
7 Jeff Sherstobitoff (Can) Symmetrics Cycling                      
8 Tim Sherstobitoff (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team           
9 Brandon Crichton (Can) Symmetrics Cycling                        
10 Matt Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team               
11 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Navigators Insurance                     6.00
12 Stefan Rothe (Ger) MERCY Cycling Team                       7.00
13 Tyler Trace (Can) La-Z-Boy Cycling Team                     8.00
14 Matt Potma (Can) Team Integrale                                 
15 David Richter (USA) Ital Pasta / Transport Belmire              
16 Cory Forrest (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team               
17 Craig DeBellefeuille (Can) Synergy Racing                       
18 Nic Hamilton (Can) Aviawest/Rocky Mountain Bicycles         9.00
19 Dan Harm (USA) Team Rubicon - ORBEA                             
20 Owen Harrison (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team              
21 Brad Kerr (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team                  
22 Marcel Aarden (Can) independent                                 
23 Thorben Wieditz (Can) Ital Pasta / Transport Belmire       10.00
24 Ryan Anderson (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale                        
25 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                 
26 Jamie Sparling (Can) La-Z-Boy Cycling Team                 11.00
27 David Veilleux (Can) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team             
28 Philippe Abbott (Can) Ital Pasta / Transport Belmire            
29 Rob Britton (Can) La-Z-Boy Cycling Team                         
30 Daniel MacDonald (Can) Masi-Adobe                          12.00
31 Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team                
32 Carlos Capela (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team              
33 Chris Reid (Can) Masi-Adobe                                     
34 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance                         
35 Jesse James Collins (Can) Bicisport Gruppo Sportivo Campione    
36 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net                               
37 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net                                     
38 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling                   13.00
39 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling                    14.00
40 Dave Brooks (Can) La-Z-Boy Cycling Team                         
41 Shaun Adamson (Can) Juventus/RVC/Kona                           
42 Cyrus Kangarloo (Can) Team H&R Block                            
43 Jonathan Gormick (Can) Masi-Adobe                               
44 Ryan McNamara (Can) La-Z-Boy Cycling Team                  15.00
45 Mike Bidniak (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale                    16.00
46 Jeff Castenmiller (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale                    
47 Jason Thompson (Can) Escape Velocity 01                         
48 James Larmer (Can) Sudbury Cycling Club                         
49 Jonathan Page (Can) Escape Velocity 01                     17.00
50 Hunter Anderson (Can) FloraGlo-Norco-StreetHawkExpress          
51 Dave Vukets (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale                          
52 Steve Kraetzer (Can) Fresh Air Experience                  18.00
53 Brad Payne (Aus) Team Rubicon - ORBEA                           
54 Dan Skinner (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team                
55 Sean Williams (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team              
56 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance                  20.00
57 Gord Fraser (Can) Carmichael Training                           
58 Bjorn Ossenbrink (Ger) Team Glotman Simpson                21.00
59 Evan Flater (Can) Aviawest/Rocky Mountain Bicycles              
60 Peter Sanowar (Can) Ital Pasta / Transport Belmire              
61 Marco Sabatino (Can) La-Z-Boy Cycling Team                 23.00
62 Matthew Martyniuk (Can) Boh's Cycle/Moose Jaw Pavers       24.00
63 Attila Hajdu (Can) Independent                                  
64 Chris Squire (Can) Escape Velocity 01                      25.00
65 Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net                               26.00
66 Logan Hunn (NZl) Team Rubicon - ORBEA                      38.00
67 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance                48.00
68 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Team Rubicon - ORBEA                 51.00
69 Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Navigators Insurance                 1.02.00
DNS Jay Hawranik (Can) Team Integrale                              
DNS Damien Waugh (Can) Escape Velocity 01                          
DNS Simon Craig (Can) Spoke N Motion                               
DNS Murray Solem (Can) Team Integrale                              
DNS Jackson Buehler (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale                     
DNS Jack Okuniewicz (Can) CVC - Central Vancouver Cycling          
DNS Owen Sturgess (Can) Escape Velocity 02                         
DNS Mike Elliston (Can) CVC - Central Vancouver Cycling            
DNS Stephen Ferris (Can) ERTC redbike                              
DNS Ryan Olson (Can) Team BH/Integrale                             
DNS Anthony Steenbergen (Can) Team H&R Block                       
DNS Nathan MacDonald (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale                    
DNS Zachery Garland (Can) Masi-Adobe                               
DNS Tim Abercrombie (Can) Escape Velocity 01                       
DNS Bradley Fairall (Can) SuperSport 35 ACNC                       
DNS Teron Singh (Ind) Ciclowerks                                   
DNS Jim Tsilemos (Can) Team Coastal                                
DNS Scott Laliberte (Can) Team Intregrale                          
DNS Shane Savage (Can) Mighty Cycling                              
DNS Nick Rowe (Can) Volkswagen - Trek                              
DNS Kenneth Johnson (USA) Harley-Davidson/Baselines Pub            
DNS Robin White (Can) Aviawest - Rocky Mountain Bicycles           
DNS Josh James (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale                          
DNS Allan Prazsky (Can) Team Glotman Simpson                       
DNS Chris Reynolds (Can) CVC - Central Vancouver Cycling           
DNS Kevin Noiles (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale                        
DNS William Goodfellow (Can) Volkswagen - Trek                     
 
Pro women
 
1 Malindills Maclean (NZl) JAZZ Apple Cycling Team          1.26.00
2 Leah Guloien (Can) Team Giant                                5.00
3 Alison Shanks (NZl) JAZZ Apple Cycling Team                      
4 Courtney Albert (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale                   6.00
5 Leah Goldstein (Isr) Symmetrics Cycling                      7.00
6 Jenny Trew (Can) Giant Bicycles Canada                       9.00
7 Jaymie McGowan (Can) Oak Bay Bikes                          11.00
8 Heather Kay (Can) ERTC/redbike                              12.00
9 Shoshauna Laxson (Can) Team Whistler                             
10 Megan Rathwell (Can) Independent                           14.00
11 Lisa Tasa (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale                            
12 Anna Webb (USA) A E Sport Development                           
13 Jennifer Schultz (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team      15.00
14 Margaret Pugh (Can) Chicks Cycling Club                         
15 Gillian Kornell (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team            
16 Kristine Brynjolfson (Can) Team Coastal                         
17 Olga Ast (Can) Independent                                 16.00
18 Sarah Murdoch (NZl) JAZZ Apple Cycling Team                     
19 Stephanie Roorda (Can) Giant Bicycles Canada                    
20 Lee Darling (Can) Team Integrale                           18.00
21 Alena Radomsky (Can) Giant Bicycles Canada                 19.00
22 Karen Watson (Can) Team Integrale                               
23 Stella Carey (USA) Velo Bella-Kona                              
24 Fiona MacLeod (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale                        
25 Heather Gerth (Can) Chicks Cycling Club                    22.00
26 Marie-Claude Gagnon (Can) Team Integrale                   24.00
27 Monica Nelson (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team         27.00
28 Sarah Kerlin (USA) Velo Bella-Kona                         28.00
29 Barbara Zimich (Can) Team Integrale                        33.00
30 Carmen Diges (Can) Independent                             39.00
31 Marian Hunting (USA) Velo Bella-Kona                       42.00
32 Anne-Marie Lefrancois (Can) Team Integrale               1.14.00
DNS Sarah Stewart (Can) Symmetrics Cycling                         
DNS Rushlee Buchanan (NZl) JAZZ Apple Cycling Team                 
DNS Natasha Kuzmak (Can) Synergy Racing Cycle Club                 
DNS Leslie Vice (Can) Chicks Cycling Club