With 9 races complete we have passed the half way point in the Rock City Cycles TT Series. Here are the standings as of now: Series Results Male

Female Youth Male Youth Female

Here are the last 7 race distances remaining:

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No major shakeups to the top of the standings, but we do have Chris Cameron (MIVA) and Derek Jonson (MIVA) both clawing their way up in the rankings. Nick Kupiak (Broad Street Cycles), Janna Gillick (Team ATAC) and Ayden Houle (MIVA) are still leading their respective categories. Big thank you to the volunteers who stepped in at the last minute to marshal the corners. These events can't happen without volunteers so please consider taking a night off and lending a hand.

As usual, riders will line up at 7PM at Boxwood Road in Nanaimo. Sign-on is at 6:30PM at the entrance to Longwood Brewery. Nick Kupiak (Broad Street Cycles) is crushing it with James Sage (MIVA) hot on his heels. Last week's race saw Mike Sevcov (Cycle Therapy) starting to close the gap on John Lam (MIVA). Lee Zavarise (MIVA) has been steadily hanging in there and has now moved into fifth position. Neil Bryant (Cycle Therapy) has been using his explosive sprint to power himself into sixth position.

An early evening thunder storm rolled in around 5pm, however it left the TT course unscathed while northern Nanaimo was getting flooded. With 29 people signed up, 21 actually made it to the start line. Dave Steen reported high winds on the course tonight with a quick return trip after getting hit hard on the way out to the turn around. Tonights results here Series Standings here 15k Course Records here

Janna Gillick took the honours again for her 5th win of the year, setting a new course record for the 15k by 0.6 of a second to finish in 23:08.6! Her previous record was 23:09.2 set on July 30th 2015. Lorrie Baildham took second in 25:27, with Tamara Zavarise in third place with a 28:37.

Paul Auton took the win in the male category with a 21:14 (42.4km/hr avg), followed by Sean Lunny (22:38) and Patrick Burnham (23:20). Matthys Redelinghuys set a new PB in 24:12 tonight as well, in his 10th run at this 15k course. Devon Norris, in his second attempt at the 15k knocked nearly two minutes off his time to PB as well in 25:44, and Fred Rockwell rode his best time of 2016 in 29:39.

Abigail Hare rode a 32:30, and next week will have competition back on the road as Meghan Gillmore will return. Ayden Houle narrowly missed a course record by just 3 seconds in 25:08, while Aiden Hare rode his best 15k of 2016 in 30:36.

Course Record (1) Female: Janna Gillick 23:08.6 (24:09.2)

Personal Bests (3) Janna Gillick 23:08 Matthys Redelinghuys 24:12 Devon Norris 25:44

How this affects the BAR standings is Paul Auton has now raced one of each distance and takes top spot with an overall average speed of 41.53. 

Next week is a 20k TT, sign up now with this link, see you there!

A smaller field on a slightly cooler evening, but some fast results put down nonetheless. It's pretty rare to see our mens 40k course record go down, and tonight was the closest anyone has come in a few years. Courtenay native Nigel Ellsay (Silber Pro Cycling) made his debut on the MIVA course and set the second best time ever with a 53:09. Curtis Dearden's (2013 Canadian TT Champion) holds the record at 52:59 from June 11, 2014. Paul Auton took second place in 58:31, and Sean Lunny (RCC) third in 1:02:21...edging out arch nemesis Joel Lutz by only 29.4 seconds.

Lorrie Baildham took the female win with a PB of 1:07:21, with Rose Houle in 2nd knocking nearly 4 minutes off her 40k time.

For the skimmers: Results Link  Series Results Personal Bests: Lorrie Baildham Lee Zavarise Matthys Redelinghuys

Thank you to Jason Hare for timekeeping, Fred Rockwell for turn around marshall, as well as to Don Gillmore and Glenn Houle at the registration and finish line area.

The Rock City Cycles TT Series standings are tight after 6 races:

Female

Male

Youth Female

Youth Male

The BAR Award (Best All-Around Rider) is a racers best time in each distance (15k, 20k, 40k) all combined and averaged over the total to see their average speed over all three distances. The standings after 6 races are as follows:

This weeks TT is a 15k, sign up now using the pre reg link.