LA Z BOY CRITERIUM #4

10 starters tonight - best yet. Once the Tuesday riders from CedarTraining Ride start to realise that our great circuit is only 10 minutes farther, the numbers will certainly increase. This evening's event was fast but all stayed together until the final sprint, despite a few experimental surges off the front by Mike Sevcov and Warren Muir. Half way through the race a little excitement was caused by the arrival of the RCMP who demanded to know what was going on. (duh! - it's a bike race dudes.). Despite the 100 plus city of Nanaimo cones and the official 'no left turn' and 'road closed' signs, the officers still didn't get it, asked to see the event permit and demanded who had issued it. By the way, they were parked on the course just past the finish line! After going through the necessary? posturing, the officer in charge said that she would 'look into the matter further' and then the police vehicle got out of the riders' path and went on its way. In the final sprint, Everti's Derek Brain looked a sure winner but was just pipped on the line by Warren Muir, OBB, with OBB's Tony Winter 3rd., a length and a half back.

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