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    June 30

    Coming Soon: What's Next presented by GEAX

     

    June 29

    Canada Day

    Due to Canada Day there won't be a Wednesday Night Raceteam MTB ride. See you all next week!!

    Canada Day Crit Start Times

    Group Start Time Laps and Approx. Event Length Cat/Group
    1 1:00 pm 16 Laps  (35 Minutes) Women, Master C +
    2 1:45 pm 20 Laps  (40 Minutes) Master A & B
    3 2:35 pm 24 Laps  (45 Minutes) Cat 5
    4 3:30 pm 28 Laps  (50 Minutes) Cat 4
    5 4:30 pm 32 Laps  (55 Minutes) Cat 1, 2 & 3

    Devon Stage Race Summer Solstice

    I am waiting for results from the weekend races. The Devon Stage race went well and was a great primer for the Nationals next year. The Masters portion will be held in Devon in 2010.
    Congratulations to Tim fro another 1 st in the Elite men at Bragg Creek and to Cris for finishing in the Sport Men.
    Michelle was our Commissaire for the event. Thanks Michelle.
    Cory, Clayton and Stew participated in the Devon Stage Race. Check ABA for Results

    June 23

    CANMORE CANADA CUP- START MEN ELITE-

     

    June 21

    Canmore Canada Cup- ELITE MEN PODIUM-

    1st Geoff Kabush (Rocky Mt.), 2nd Derek Zandstra (Scott), 3rd Andrew Watson (Norco), 4th Tim Heemskerk (United Cycle), 5th Matt Hadley (Exprezo). Picture made by Marc Bailey. Check out www.timheemskerk.com

    Canada Cup & Banff Bike Fest

    Both events were well attended and successful for United cycle riders. Alysa Barker has been moved up to Expert women and finished fourth in her first expert Race. Lauri Wischoff raced her first MTB event this season and finished 6 th in the novice category. Michelle and Steve were  our club representatives as Commissaries. Thanks to Josh for helping us out setting up for the Market Place. His help made everything work for the rest of us.
    Trevor and Mark were 9th and 16 th respectively in the mens sport. Tim finished 4 th in the Elite mens. Stew was 17 th in the novice mens.
    Canada Cup Results
    In Banff Shannon and Cory showed well with Shannon (Cat 4) finishing 10 th in the 1A sprint and 3 rd in the ITT. Cory(Cat 3) was 4 th in the ITT, 3 rd in the 1A sprint and 4 th in the Hill Climb. Well done Guys. Stew and Cory represented United Cycle at The Bike Fest Market Place in downtown Banff on Saturday afternoon.
    Banff Results
    Great racing and Team camaraderie this weekend. Thanks to all.

    June 17

    Tuesday night Road Race Update

    Due to construction at the research park the following is the updated tuesday night Road Race calander.May

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    May 12 ­ 2 up TT­ Polar  Park (APTS)

    May 19 ­ Crit Research Park (ERTC)

    May 26 ­ ITT Villenuve  ( CRANKY'S)

    June 2 ­ Crit    Research Park   (UNITED) 

    June 9 ­ Team TT ( 4 up ) Polar part ­ Road bike's only  (PRW)

    June 16 ­ 2 UP TT  20 KM (VELO ) - HWY 830, TWP 534

    June 23  ITT- Villenuve   (JUV)

    July 28 ­ Crit    Research Park   (ERTC)

    Aug 4 ­  TTT at Villenuve - Road Bikes Only    (VELO)  

    Aug 11 ­ Crit   Research Park (   UNITED)

    Aug 18 ­ ITT ­ Hwy 830   (CRANKY'S) 

     

    May 26 ­ ITT Villenuve  ( CRANKY'S)

    June 2 ­ Crit    Research Park   (UNITED) 

    June 9 ­ Team TT ( 4 up ) Polar part ­ Road bike's only  (PRW)une 16 ­ 2 UP TT  20 KM (VELO ) - HWY 830, TWP 534

    June 23  ITT- Villenuve   (JUV)

    July 28 ­ Crit    Research Park   (ERTC)

    Aug 4 ­  TTT at Villenuve - Road Bikes Only    (VELO)  

    Aug 11 ­ Crit   Research Park (   UNITED)

    Aug 18 ­ ITT ­ Hwy 830   (CRANKY

    June 15

    Big Weekend

    Just a short note to everyone involved in the MS Bike Tour and Canada Cup to thank you for your participation in both events and team and staff members who volunteered for the MS tour. The MS tour is well on its way to it's 1.6 million dollar goal. Our road Marshalls on the tour were awsome and the feed back for the help you provided was excellent. Great Job guys.
    The racers in the Canada Cup all showed well and Alberta MTB Racing has the results up on their web Site. Any one with some good pictures please forward them to me at home stew.sharon@shaw.ca.
    Next Canada Cup is in Canmore next weekend in conjunction with the Banff Bike Fest.
    June 11

    Iron Lung Video **warning: it displays a few crashes in this video!

     
    June 09

    The Iron Lung

    The race is well named I felt like I could have use one to regain my heart rate. Congratulation to Tim for finishing first in the Elite Men and Alyssa for her third place finish in the sport women. Great ride by Lukas in the elite category as well. Good turn out in the sport men Trevor , Marc, Shannon, Cris, Clayton all finishing strong. Results are up on ABA.
    This weekend will be an exciting one for Mountain Bike Racing in Edmonton with the first edition of the United Cycle Canada Cup.
    Thanks to Alberta Mountain Bike Racing for all their work in organizing this event . You can find the info to race or help out on their web site.
    Alberta Mountain Bike Raceing
    A number of us will also be riding in the MS 150 Bike tour this weekend to help end Multiple Sclerosis. Thanks to Karen, Steve, and Chris for your community efforts.
    June 02

    Pigeon Lake

    It was an interesting race this weekend with a new course and some considerable cross and Head winds. The cross winds caused an unusual crash in the Cat 1&2 race. Tim survived the crash to go on and finish however his bike sustained a crack in the chain stay. Lucas was victim of an unfortunate center line violation and was DQ ed but finished unhurt.
    All our riders in Cat 3, 4, 5 finished. Times are posted on the ABA site. For the most part our riders did their share pulling and finished well but lost out in time to larger teams protecting their riders.
    Congratulations to Chris Hubick for his finish in the Giver'8 er in Calgary men solo catagory. Chis is a steady and compeditive rider in enduro events.
    Next weekend we will be in Canmore on Sunday for the Iron Lung.