This was the club's first team time trial of the season. Seven two person teams contested the Nanaimo River Road 15km course and, for some, it was a real learning experience. Several duos used the uphill out section to get used to each others riding style, cadence, and change over technique and all teams rode a very fast second half.

Winning by a comfortable margin, Ian Smith and Charles Hamer must have been inspired by the new club skin suits they both purchased at registration and were a fast moving advertisement for the gorgeous new club kit.

Second fastest time was turned in by Cheryl Morch and Lorrie Bailtham but they were later penalised two minutes as they had had help from a third, unregistered rider for much of the way. This moved the next four teams up a notch, moving Bryan Rehill and Sue Handel (great to see her back after an absence of two years).

Victoria's Ryder Hesjedal is now sitting in third place after the first five stages of the Italian grand tour. A great ride by Garmin Barracuda in Tuesday's team time trial, where Hesjedal provided a lot of the driving force, moved all the team into high places in the race g.c. Although the first few stages are traditionally won by sprinters, with Mark Cavendish taking two so far, the g.c. contenders including Hesjedal, have finished comfortably in the main peleton  and are set to make a showing once the race reaches the mountains. For a video of the last five kilometres of today's stage, including Cavendish being led out by his SKY team to take today's stage, go here.

After examining a video of last night's Boxwood Criterium finish, taken with a Contourroam camera, the results have been modified. Mark Wieler moves up to 5th., Paul Thompson stays at 6th. and Charles Hamer moves to 7th.  Andrea Hunter took a shot of the finish with her new I Pad. The pictures were really clear except that the slow shutter speed blurred the riders almost beyond recognition. For future events, the Contourroam will be used for finish verification.

POS	NAME	CAT	CLUB	TIME	PTS
1	Ian Smith	2	MIVA	43' 56”	12
2	Iain Hay	3	MIVA	s.t.	10
3	Sean Lunny	5	OBB	s.t.	9
4	Mike Sevcov	3	Everti/MIVA	s.t.	8
5	Mark Wieler	3	Arrowsmith/MIVA	s.t.	7
6	Paul Thompson	5	MIVA	s.t.	6
7	Charles Hamer	5	MIVA	S,t,	5
8	Menno Jonsma	5	MIVA	s.t.	4
9	Shepherd Stewart	5	MIVA	s.t.	3
10	Brodie Hay	cad	MIVA	Lapped	12
11	Glenda Harling	W	Everti/MIVA	Lapped	12
P1	Ian Smith				4
P2	Ian Smith				4
	HELPERS	pts	HELPERS		pts
	Iain Hay	5	Brodie Hay		5
	Kristy Mighton	5	Al Henderson		5

MIVA BOXWOOD CRITERIUM, MAY 8TH. 2012 wind – a lot, barometric pressure – yes, sun – some.

Best turnout so far this season. Eleven at the start including nine seniors, one youth and one woman. The start was faster than usual and Brodie Hay and Glenda Harling were soon dropped but carried on at their own pace, joining in with the fast-moving bunch each time they were lapped. The first and second primes were both won by Ian Smith who also took first place from Iain Hay, Sean Lunny and Mike Sevcov. 24 laps in 43'56” average speed – 36.05kph

Thanks to Ed Henderson, Kristy Mighton, Iain Hay and Brodie Hay for help with registration, set-up and lap board (new).