The Coal City Criterium Series was off to a fast start tonight on Boxwood.  A shout out to our vollies who pulled through and swept up the corners for all of the riders; Peter, Lorrie, Janine, Graeme and Antonious.  Volunteers make these events happen, thank you.

With 19 riders out on the course and some strong winds, the word is that this was one of the fastest opening races we've had.  Kudo's to the newbies on the course tonight, Stephan Mohan, Eric Rush, Kiyomi Schulz and Jesse Manor.

The race started out with two neutral laps which turned in to, (what felt like), full tilt ahead and on the 7th lap after the second corner Peter Mogg and Conner McGrady ended up on the ground.  The crash was minor and they both got back on their bikes, two laps later Conner left the race and Mr. Mogg was back in contention.  On the last lap, Peter was in the two-man break-away with Sean Lunny and managed to beat him out by .1 of a second, it was a photo finish. Thank you, Patrick, for getting us suited up with timing chips.

See the full results HERE

Way to crush it riders and see you on the road.

Monday - Group ride from NIC @ 6pm. Open to all levels - come out and ride with a great group of people.Tuesday - Crit Race - the second last one in the series. Race time is 7pm. Thursday - 15k time trial on Nanaimo River Road starting at 7pm. Only 2 more left in our series. Sign up below. Sunday - MIVA DIVA 100k - we have 23 signed up already! But there is lots more room so sign up ladies. See below. MIVA event sign up: https://www.webscorer.com/miva?pg=register

Yes it is finally summer!Monday Development Ride - roll out of the NIC @6pm - we have 3 groups ranging from about 24kmh and up. Come ride with a great group of people and improve your fitness and skills.

Tuesday Crit Race - If you want to improve your speed and endurance why not try a Crit race. Yes the pace is fast but hey drafting is encouraged. Volunteers are needed. Racers it is time to take your turn so sign up! A lucky volunteer will win a sweet Easton wheel set at the end of the season.

Wednesday Int/Adv Ride - From Rock City Cycles at 6:15. This is a good chance to push the pace up and ride with stronger riders.

Thursday Time Trial - 15k this week which is a great distance to try out or better your time. Sign up before 4pm on Thursday.

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Thanks for your patience!

Mike

Well the weather certainly turned around for us tonight.  After Mondays taste of winter I wasn't sure we were going to have a race when I got up this morning.  However it turned out to be the best night so far. Slightly smaller field than last week with more locals coming out and less making the drive down from Comox we had 16 riders take the start line.

It was a 35 lap race with two Primes up for grabs mid race.  On the sixth lap we rang the bell and Janna jumped to take the sprint and grab a box of chocolate chip clif bars.   The second Prime was closely fought with Kevin and Elijah trying to come around Chris Cameron who just barely held them off to the line.

In the final sprint it was Kevin park with a well timed effort who crossed the line just ahead of James Sage.

Full Results Here

Series standings before the start of this race.  Thank you to Janna for compiling the standings.

As always thanks to our volunteers who came out to the man the corners and the lap board.  Without them these races wouldn't happen.  All volunteers are entered in for a chance at one of three sweet draw prizes the first of which is a set of Easton EC90 wheels.  The more times you volunteer the more times you're entered :D

Sign up and let us know you're available to help out HERE