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Tour de Delta - NE
Canada, July 20-22, 2007
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Stage 2 - July 21: Criterium
Bell and Buchanon take crit wins
Zach Bell of Burnaby won his third event of BC Superweek with his second consecutive Tour de Delta victory. The 24 year-old powered away from a field of sprinters to win the Lehigh Cement Criterium in Ladner, a night after destroying the field in the Brenco Hill Climb. The Tour de White Rock champion won a showdown with the hottest rider in North America, edging out Kirk O'Bee, who has won six North American races in the last four weeks, including Superweek's Tour de Gastown and Giro Di Burnaby.
"This is huge for me," said Bell. "I always feel great when I come to Superweek. It's a great place to test my development and progress as a rider against some of the best riders around.After this I'd say I'm pretty happy with my development."
A full field of 142 of the best riders in British Colombia, Canada and the United States started the 54 kilometre, 60 lap Lehigh Cement criterium in a steady downpour. The cool, dark night made it feel like mid November in mid-July but the slick streets of Ladner were still lined by several thousand dedicated fans and several thousand umbrellas.
"It's absolutely unbelievable to see this kind of turnout, it's a testament to the spirit of this community and how it's been touched by this event," said John McMurchy, retiring after seven years as race organizer. "In the first year people came out with quizzical looks on their faces, wondering what this was all about. This year they came out in a pouring rain to see phenomenal riding and incredible bike handling by some of he best riders we've ever seen here."
It took the most experienced bike handlers to deal with the elements as the increasingly heavy rain slowly turned the race into the 'Tour de Misery'. Some 20 laps into the race many of the pre-race favourites went down like bowling pins in a crash that had one sliding rider taking out the wheel of another, then another. Nearly a dozen riders hit the pavement. All but one of the riders managed to rejoin the race, with hometown favourite Cam Evans the exception. Evans was through for the night and the weekend after falling on the knee he seriously injured two years ago.
The race evolved into a team chess match on wheels in the closing laps. Symmetrics, Health Net and Navigators took turns sending riders out on a break while sprinters like Kirk O'Bee and Andrew Pnfold sat safely conserving their energy and legs in the middle of the pack. For three laps 42 year-old Eric Wohlberg, the 2003 Lehigh Cement Criterium champion, took off on his own and pushed the pace, trying to break up the pack.
Four laps from the finish Irish National Champion David O'Laughlin won the $1,100 prime, money collected from a huge crowd that appreciated the rider's fearless efforts in miserable conditions.
The real race came down to the final corner and the sprint to the finish. O'Bee had a slight lead but Bell buried his head and sneaked past O'Bee by 3/100ths of a second. Bell's team mate Andrew Pinfold took third, giving Symmetrics 13 podium finishes in seven men's races during BC Superweek.
The women's field rode cautiously until the weather and slick streets thinned out the field. The first serious break of the night occurred with 11 laps to go. New Zealander Rushlee Buchanon, Tour de White Rock criterium champion, led a three rider breakaway.
"I was really nervous out there tonight because I crashed three times in the rain in Gastown," said Buchanon. "It was a little bit edgy but I figured if I could stay in the top 10 I'd be alright because they're all safe, smart riders."
In the final five laps the breakaway had doubled to six, with the rest of the survivors only 10 seconds back. With two laps remaining the breakaway had been reeled in and the tightest race in Tour de Delta history would come down to the final sprint. The slippery conditions forced everyone to cautiously jockey for position around the final turn.
"I knew I couldn't let Leah [Goldstein] create a gap, so I stayed on her wheel heading into that last corner," said 19 year-old Buchanon. "I wasn't too worried about anyone else and I knew if I stayed with Leah I'd be able to sprint away from her."
Buchanon emerged at the head of the pack and lived up to her boast, sprinting away with her second BC Superweek title. She raised her arms in victory crossing the finish line while Calgary's Jenny Trew won a furious fight for second place, out-sprinting her Team Giant teammate Lisa Howard.
"I've never considered myself a great sprinter," revealed Buchanon, "But we've been here (in North America) for two months racing crit after crit so you do get faster. I also get pumped up by crowds like this. It's awesome here with all these people turning out on a night like this. We never see anything like that at home."
It was the 2nd straight win in Delta for the New Zealanders. Jazz Apple's Malindy Maclean won the Brenco Hill climb on Friday night.
Results
Pro men 1 Zach Bell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 18.39 2 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Health Net 3 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 4 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 0.01 5 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 6 Gord Fraser (Can) Carmichael Training 7 Kirk Carlsen (USA) Team Rubicon - ORBEA 8 Ryan Anderson (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale 9 Scott Laliberte (Can) Team Intregrale 10 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Team Rubicon - ORBEA 0.02 11 Nick Rowe (Can) Volkswagen - Trek 12 Tim Sherstobitoff (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 13 David Veilleux (Can) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 14 David Richter (USA) Ital Pasta / Transport Belmire 15 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 0.03 16 Cory Forrest (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 17 Daniel MacDonald (Can) Masi-Adobe 0.04 18 Tyler Trace (Can) La-Z-Boy Cycling Team 0.05 19 Tim Abercrombie (Can) Escape Velocity 01 20 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 21 Josh James (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale 0.06 22 Marcel Aarden (Can) independent 23 Owen Harrison (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 24 Stephen Ferris (Can) ERTC redbike 25 Peter Sanowar (Can) Ital Pasta / Transport Belmire 26 Maurice Worsfold (Can) Team Glotman Simpson 0.08 27 Chris Worsfold (Can) Team Glotman Simpson 0.09 28 Jonathan Gormick (Can) Masi-Adobe 0.10 29 Jamie Sparling (Can) La-Z-Boy Cycling Team 0.17 30 Robin White (Can) Aviawest - Rocky Mountain Bicyc 31 Kevin Noiles (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale 0.18 32 Zachery Garland (Can) Masi-Adobe 33 Jacob Erker (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 0.19 34 Brandon Crichton (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 35 Jackson Buehler (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale 36 Logan Hunn (NZl) Team Rubicon - ORBEA 0.20 37 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance 0.25 38 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net 0.28 39 Matt Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team 0.32 40 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 0.46 DNF Roman Kilun (USA) Health Net DNF Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Navigators Insurance DNF Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance DNF Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance DNF Kyle Wamsley (USA) Navigators Insurance DNF Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team DNF Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling DNF Alistair Howard (Can) Masi-Adobe DNF Chris Reid (Can) Masi-Adobe DNF Brad Payne (Aus) Team Rubicon - ORBEA DNF Dan Harm (USA) Team Rubicon - ORBEA DNF Dave Vukets (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale DNF Bjorn Ossenbrink (Ger) Team Glotman Simpson DNF John Perkins (Can) Team Glotman Simpson DNF Murray Solem (Can) Team Integrale DNF Jay Hawranik (Can) Team Integrale DNF William Goodfellow (Can) Volkswagen - Trek DNF Kenneth Johnson (USA) Harley-Davidson/Baselines Pub DNF Thorben Wieditz (Can) Ital Pasta / Transport Belmire DNF Stefan Rothe (Ger) MERCY Cycling Team DNF Shane Savage (Can) Mighty Cycling DNF Simon Craig (Can) Spoke N Motion DNF Bradley Fairall (Can) SuperSport 35 ACNC DNF Jim Tsilemos (Can) Team Coastal DNF Chris Squire (Can) Escape Velocity 01 DNF Damien Waugh (Can) Escape Velocity 01 DNF Jason Thompson (Can) Escape Velocity 01 DNF Jeff Ain (Can) Escape Velocity 01 DNF Jonathan Page (Can) Escape Velocity 01 DNF Paul Beard (Can) Escape Velocity 01 DNF Brad Kerr (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team DNF Carlos Capela (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team DNF Dan Skinner (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team DNF Gary Wade (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team DNF Sean Williams (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team DNF Attila Hajdu (Can) Independent DNF Cyrus Kangarloo (Can) Team H&R Block DNF Matthew Martyniuk (Can) Boh's Cycle/Moose Jaw Pavers DNF Teron Singh (Ind) Ciclowerks DNF Chris Reynolds (Can) CVC - Central Vancouver Cycling DNF Steve Kraetzer (Can) Fresh Air Experience DNF Shaun Adamson (Can) Juventus/RVC/Kona DNF James Larmer (Can) Sudbury Cycling Club DNF Craig DeBellefeuille (Can) Synergy Racing DNF Ryan Olson (Can) Team BH/Integrale DNF Marco Sabatino (Can) La-Z-Boy Cycling Team DNF Jeff Castenmiller (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale DNF Nathan MacDonald (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale DNF Anthony Steenbergen (Can) Team H&R Block DNF Rob Britton (Can) La-Z-Boy Cycling Team DNF Philippe Abbott (Can) Ital Pasta / Transport Belmire DNF Mike Elliston (Can) CVC - Central Vancouver Cycling DNF Jesse James Collins (Can) Bicisport Gruppo Sportivo Campione DNF Dave Brooks (Can) La-Z-Boy Cycling Team DNF Owen Sturgess (Can) Escape Velocity 02 DNF Mike Scheske (Can) Escape Velocity 02 DNF Mike Bidniak (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale DNF Ryan Hopping (Can) La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries DNF Nic Hamilton (Can) Aviawest/Rocky Mountain Bicycles DNF Matt Potma (Can) Team Integrale DNF Hunter Anderson (Can) FloraGlo-Norco-StreetHawkExpress DNF Ryan McNamara (Can) La-Z-Boy Cycling Team DNF Jack Okuniewicz (Can) CVC - Central Vancouver Cycling DNF John Tolkamp (Can) Escape Velocity 01 DNF Evan Flater (Can) Aviawest/Rocky Mountain Bicycles DNS Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling DNS Jeff Sherstobitoff (Can) Symmetrics Cycling DNS Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling DNS Allan Prazsky (Can) Team Glotman Simpson DNS Hugh Trenchard (Can) Island Racing Club Pro women 1 Rushlee Buchanan (NZl) JAZZ Apple Cycling Team 58.22 2 Jenny Trew (Can) Giant Bicycles Canada 3 Lisa Howard (Can) Giant Bicycles Canada 4 Leah Goldstein (Isr) Symmetrics Cycling 0.01 5 Leah Guloien (Can) Team Giant 6 Malindills Maclean (NZl) JAZZ Apple Cycling Team 7 Sarah Stewart (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 0.03 8 Jennifer Schultz (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 9 Laura Brown (Can) Giant Bicycles Canada 0.04 10 Alena Radomsky (Can) Giant Bicycles Canada 0.05 11 Heather Kay (Can) ERTC/redbike 12 Gillian Kornell n/a Total Restoration Cycling Team 0.06 13 Marie-Claude Gagnon (Can) Team Integrale 14 Claire Cameron (Can) Giant Bicycles Canada 15 Lisa Tasa (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale 16 Kristine Brynjolfson (Can) Team Coastal 0.07 17 Karen Watson (Can) Team Integrale 0.08 18 Lisa Dorian (Can) Chicks Cycling Club 0.09 19 Sarah Kerlin (USA) Velo Bella-Kona 0.15 20 Susy Pryde (NZl) JAZZ Apple Cycling Team 0.46 21 Stephanie Roorda (Can) Giant Bicycles Canada 0.59 DNF Alison Shanks (NZl) JAZZ Apple Cycling Team DNF Sarah Murdoch (NZl) JAZZ Apple Cycling Team DNF Anna Webb (USA) A E Sport Devolpment DNF Stella Carey (USA) Velo Bella-Kona DNF Fiona MacLeod (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale DNF Monica Nelson (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team DNF Marian Hunting (USA) Velo Bella-Kona DNF Jenelle Cassidy (Can) Giant Bicycles Canada Women DNF Chelsea Bilsbarrow (Can) Giant Bicycles Canada Women DNF Leslie Vice (Can) Chicks Cycling Club DNF Sarah Nathan (Can) Chicks Cycling Club DNF Courtney Albert (Can) TREK - Red Truck Ale DNF Megan Rathwell (Can) Independent DNF Sara Laliberte (Can) Team Integrale DNF Olga Ast (Can) Independent DNF Shoshauna Laxson (Can) Team Whistler DNS Marni Hambleton (Can) Symmetrics Cycling DNS Stephanie Ossenbrink (Can) Team Glotman Simpson DNS Barbara Zimich (Can) Team Integrale DNS Lee Darling (Can) Team Integrale DNS Natasha Kuzmak (Can) Synergy Racing Cycle Club DNS Anne-Marie Lefrancois (Can) Team Integrale DNS Heather Gerth (Can) Chicks Cycling Club DNS Margaret Pugh (Can) Chicks Cycling Club DNS Carmen Diges (Can) Independent DNS Jaymie McGowan (Can) Oak Bay Bikes Category 3/4 men 1 Julian Base (Can) Team Whistler 33.06 2 Austin Macdougall (Can) Escape Velocity / DEVO 0.01 3 Kevin Thorpe (Can) Escape Velocity / DEVO 4 Bob Welbourn (Can) Independant 5 Roy McBeth (Can) Local Ride-Maple Ridge 6 Anselmo Rossiello (Can) Team Coastal 7 Kurtis Vallee (Can) Aviawest/Rocky Mountain Bicycle 8 Vaughn Hildebrand (Can) IRC p/b R.W.Cameron Law 0.02 9 Mark Dormer (Can) Escape Velocity / DEVO 10 Jakub Wasiela (Can) Escape Velocity / DEVO 11 Wendell Challenger (Can) Mighty Cycling 0.03 12 Bruce Denis (Can) Independant 0.06 13 Russell Stead (Can) Escape Velocity / DEVO 0.08 14 Daniel Owsiany (Can) Independant 0.09 15 Mike Laxdal (Can) Team Integrale 0.38 16 Scott Vigliotti (Can) CVC - Central Vancouver Cycling 0.44 17 Michael Rothengatter (Can) Escape Velocity / DEVO 0.45 18 Maurizio Giraldi (Can) Mighty Cyclist 0.46 19 Owen Sampson (Can) CVC - Central Vancouver Cycling 0.47 20 Brian Wong (Can) CVC - Central Vancouver Cycling 0.55 21 James Thompson (Can) CVC - Central Vancouver Cycling 22 Horacio Chaves (Can) Mighty Cyclist 0.58 23 Johnson Jung (Can) Escape Velocity / DEVO 24 Brian Griffin (Can) Independant 1.08 DNF Jason Manning (Can) Escape Velocity / DEVO DNF Guy Biggar (Can) Escape Velocity / DEVO DNF Tim Harman (Aus) Coburg Cycling Club DNF Tom Birk (Can) Steed Cycles DNF Doug Preston (Can) Escape Velocity / DEVO DNF Cameron Thorpe (Can) Escape Velocity / DEVO DNF Alexander Pope (Can) Escape Velocity / DEVO DNF Curtis Jung (Can) Escape Velocity / DEVO DNF Tony Zackery (USA) CVC - Central Vancouver Cycling DNF Kyle Chura (Can) Independant DNF Colin Reddin (Can) Independant DNF Gavin Day (Can) Lazboy Cycling DNF Ian Fingler (Can) Masi Adobe DNF Derek Sakamoto (Can) Masi Adobe DNF Roger Bing-Wo (Can) Atomic Racing Club DNF David Nelson (Can) Gerick Cycle DNF Clayton Sansbury (Can) Masi Adobe DNF Bill Yearwood (Can) Mighty Cyclist DNF David Kosick (Can) Escape Velocity / DEVO DNF Rod Siudut (Can) Independant DNF Eric Van veen (Can) Team Coastal DNF Tyler Dumont (Can) FloraGlo-Norco-StreetHawkExpress DNF Savy Spada (Can) CVC - Central Vancouver Cycling DNF Riley Milavsky (Can) Escape Velocity / DEVO DNF Erich Zwick (Can) Independant DNF Darrin Grund (Can) Team Coastal DNF Gerry Van Gaans (Can) Independant DNF Anthony King (Can) Team Glotman Simpson DNF Trevor Young (Can) Independant DNS Joseph Piscitello Philadelphia Ciclismo DNS Neil Perry (Can) B.C. 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