15K TT #4 OF ROCK CITY CYCLES TT SERIES: RECAP & RESULTS

26 racers came out on a nice night for TT'ing on Nanaimo River Road.. Don and Ian Gillmore

For the skimmers: Results from tonights race Series Standings 15k Course Records

Janna Gillick narrowly missed out on the female course record of 23:09 by just 2 seconds, averaging 38.8km/hr. Lorrie Baildham took second in 24:48 while Kiyomi Schulz put in the third fastest time in 25:12.

Series sponsor Sean Lunny showed he's in fine form already this season by taking his first TT win in 22:25, averaging 40.1km/hr. Orphee Bernard was just 21.3 seconds back in second (22:46) with Joel Lutz making his season debut and taking third in 23:01 (1 second off his estimated time at pre registration). Nice to see first timer Devon Norris put in a strong ride in his debut on this course.

Ayden Houle continued his strong start to the season by setting a new youth male record of 25:08 (previous record 26:55) while wearing a borrowed helmet. Ian Gillmore came in 2nd with a PB of 26:52, with Aiden Hare in third in 31:13.

Personal Bests (7) Sean Lunny (-31 seconds) Matthys Redelinghuys (-1 second) Mark Wieler (-12 seconds) Kiyomi Schulz (-3 seconds) Tamara Zavarise (-22 seconds) Wendy Hicks (-18 seconds) Ian Gillmore (-3 seconds)

Thank you to Don Gillmore for acting as holder, and to Glenn Houle for volunteering as the turn around marshall.  Thanks to Peter McCaffery of the Nanaimo Velodrome Association for assisting at the finish line as well.

Next week's race is a 20k TT, again starting at 7pm. Pre register now with this link.

 

A QUICK REVIEW OF THE RULES AND A FEW NOTES: *Stay to the right shoulder. The RCMP will be patrolling to assist in speeders with the summer season bringing more and more vehicles out to the Lakes, and they have asked MIVA before to be courteous and stay to the right *Start line: Socializing is great but please stay to the side of the road. *Pre reg! There are at least 5, sometimes 10 posts reminding people of the TT. Its free to pre register and it has been instrumental in making the timekeepers life easier. If you find that you cant make it send miva.president@gmail.com a quick email, no problem.

RACE RULES

  • – Centre-line rule in effect. Riders must stay as far to the right as practicable. Riders caught crossing the centre-line will be disqualified. (When the RCMP came out to crack down on speeding here they noted a few of our riders not staying to the right as well)
  • – There is to be no drafting. Standard TT rules apply, riders must stay 10m behind unless overtaking another rider (5 bike lengths)
  • – Pass only on the left. Common courtesy is to notify the rider by calling out “On your left”.
  • – A pass occurs when the overtaking athlete’s front wheel passes the leading edge of the athlete being overtaken. Failure to complete a pass within 20 seconds will result in a drafting violation.
  • – Once overtaken, rider must fall back 7m before attempting to regain the lead.
  • – Be gracious to your fellow competitors. If you are overtaken, do not feel compelled to re-pass unless you are confident you can hold the lead until the finish.
  • – No blocking or impeding the forward progress of other athletes.
  • – No parking west of the start line

Upcoming Schedule:

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