40K TT #3 OF ROCK CITY CYCLES TT SERIES: RECAP & RESULTS

Race #3 in the Rock City Cycles TT Series was another great night of TT'ing on Nanaimo River Road.  28 racers showed up, with 4 in the youth category, of which 2 of them tried there hand at the 40k distance even. For the skimmers, here is the results link: http://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=67971 Series standings are here. Note that some duplicate names exist, when time permits they'll be merged.

Emile de Rosnay of Victoria made the trek up north to take part in the 40k, winning the event with a smoking time of 55:01 (43.6km/hr), good for second best 40k on this TT ever. Second place went to Don Gillmore in 58:50, and third to Paul Auton also squeezing in under one hour in 59:58.

Janna Gillick took the female top placing in 1:04:23, followed by Kristy Mighton in 1:11:42. Kiyomi Schulz was just 5 seconds behind to round out the podium.

Abigail Hare led the youth female category again in 45:06, while the youth male category had 3 battle it out. Youth points only count to how they place in the 20k TT, however some youth choose to race the 40k to test themselves against the full distance. In these cases MIVA scores their first lap (20k) towards the category placings. Aiden Houle took the honours in 35:10, followed by Ian Gillmore in 387:33, and Aiden Hare in 44:11. Of note is seeing newcomer Aiden Houle place 10th OVERALL for the 40k in a 1:10:36 averaging 34.6km/hr over the 40km course.

This weeks TT is a 15k. Special note that it starts at 7pm from now on. The pre registration link is open here, take a moment right now to pre reg and save some stress for the volunteers. Soon all TTs will be pre reg so keep making it a habit.