In 1989, Greg Lemond used the new aero bars, first seen in triathlons, to beat Laurent Fignon in the final time trial stage of the Tour de France. Here is a video of the stage, ably narrated by (much younger) Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen.
Triple Shot is considering co-organising the BC Time Trial Championships in Duncan on August 6th. In addition to the usual categories, they may include masters categories. Watch for further information here.
MIVA 20KM TIME TRIAL/TEAM TIME TRIAL Nanaimo River Road
JULY 14TH, 2011
Most of the day it rained and the organiser went out to the start area expecting that maybe a couple of hardy soul would show up. However, there were six participants and the course was dry,humidity high, and just a light wind.
Lone woman, Colleen Wtorek was first off and rode steadily to get her 12 points. In the men's event, Iain Hay and Kyle Waring had elected to ride a two up time trial and were faster than all except Don Gillmore, who started last and finished first with a time just over half a minute slower than his record for the distance on the Nanaimo River course.
All riders who have completed one or more of the MIVA weekend and/or Tuesday criteriums, please send your UCI licence code or Cycling BC citizens' permit number to pakamac@gmail.com. so that we can apply for upgrading points where appropriate.
Tomorrow, Wednesday is the regular Cedar Training race, organised by Nanaimo Road Club. The event starts at 6.30pm at Cedar Intermediate School and goes between two and three laps of the Yellow Point Rd. /Hill Rd./Cedar Rd. circuit. If there are enough starters, there will be a B event for the slower / less-experienced riders. These events are great for developing your road racing skills. More information from Mike Sevcov, msevcov@shaw.ca