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MIVA 15km Time Trial 130827
Nanaimo River Road
Riders turning up for the last event in the series hoped that, as is often the case, the constant rain in Nanaimo during the day would abate and that the sun would be shining on Nanaimo River Road. Alas, that was not the case and all participants would be thoroughly soaked by the end of the event. At 6pm, when registration opened, only Sarah Davidson was there sitting in her car and hoping that the race would be called off due to lack of entries. But as the scheduled start time approached, more riders arrived in ones and twos. First Jason Hare with kids Aiden and Abigail, then the Gordons and after that Justin Mark who after the race was taking off for a few days competing in the sun. By 6.25pm, the start list had grown to no less than twelve riders – one of the better turn-outs this season.
Jason Hare was holder and then took off to marshal the turn. He is one of MIVA's best volunteers and his help is much appreciated.
The start order is usually arranged from slow to fast so that finishing order is compressed and firsat to emerge from the twilight mist was Patrick Burnham on his fixed, finishing in 24'15”, which would eventually place him second overall, less than two minutes behind winner Justin Mark. Mike Gill just missed his personal best by seven seconds and finished a very creditable third in 25'10”, just half a minute in front of Paul Callow.The next four finishers posted times within within a minute of each other, with Glen Gordon taking fifth with 27'29.
First woman was Sarah Davidson in twenty-nine and a half minutes, with Jennifer Gordon in second place riding her heavy hybrid for the last time as she picks up her new road bike on Saturday.
In the youth category, Abigail Hare beat brother Aiden by over three minutes, although both are in separate categories and so get equal points.
Thanks again to Jason for doing the turn and saving the organiser the task of taking the cones and signs out.
Next week, the MIVA hill climb series starts. This year the climbs are a distinct competition and are not included with the time trials. The schedule is on the MIVA web site. Full results are at:
www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=12007
The Best All-Around Rider Award (Male/Female) at the year end banquet is awarded to the TT racer who has the highest overall average speed over all 3 race distances combined(15k, 20k, and 40k).
Below is a quick screen shot of the current standings. If you recall, this came down to the wire in 2012 with Don Gilmore narrowly edging out Paul Auton by a miniscule 0.23km/hr average over 75km of time trialing! This year Don holds a commanding lead to date, but the battle for the rest of the podium is tight as you can see.
The final TT of the year is this Thursday, August 29th. It's a 15k, let's have a big crowd out for the finale. Rehydration afterwards!
Updated points based on the 27-Aug-2013 Boxwood race. The tie between Ian Smith and Justin Mark was broken with a head-to-head comparison with Ian winning that by a single point.
| Rank | Senior Men | Points | Races Counted |
| 1 | Ian Smith | 60 | 5 |
| 2 | Justin Mark | 60 | 5 |
| 3 | Nick Kupiak | 58 | 5 |
| 4 | Ray Wagner | 54 | 5 |
| 5 | Chris Cameron | 51 | 5 |
| 6 | Menno Jongsma | 48 | 5 |
| 7 | Iain Hay | 46 | 5 |
| 8 | Marc Wieler | 45 | 5 |
| 9 | Mike Sevcov | 40 | 5 |
| 10 | Paul Thompson | 37 | 5 |
| 11 | Evan Earp-Jones | 37 | 5 |
| 12 | Aaron Milan | 36 | 5 |
| 13 | Michael Gill | 32 | 5 |
| 14 | Bruce Perry | 28 | 5 |
| 15 | Bill McMillan | 28 | 5 |
| 16 | John Lam | 23 | 5 |
| 17 | Steve Struthers | 20 | 3 |
| 18 | Shepherd Stewart | 20 | 5 |
| 19 | Russell Berg | 19 | 3 |
| 20 | Scott Doran | 19 | 4 |
| 21 | Steve Crowley | 19 | 5 |
| 22 | Patrick Burnham | 18 | 5 |
| 23 | Mike Gill | 12 | 5 |
| 24 | Don Gillmore | 12 | 1 |
| 25 | Mike Mann | 12 | 2 |
| 26 | Rob Russell | 11 | 2 |
| 27 | Mike Addiscott | 10 | 2 |
| 28 | Phil Birrer | 10 | 4 |
| 29 | Fred Hodgson | 10 | 2 |
| 30 | Matt Allardyce | 10 | 3 |
| 31 | Shawn Boyd | 9 | 2 |
| 32 | Kyle Waring | 8 | 2 |
| 33 | Normon Thibault | 6 | 3 |
| 34 | Dave Kenny | 5 | 3 |
| 35 | Regis Chapman | 2 | 2 |
| 36 | Kirby Villeneuve | 2 | 1 |
| 37 | Adam McConnell | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Sean De Pol | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Mark Overton | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Colby Large | 1 | 1 |
| 41 | Ron Hewitson | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Quentin Wicks | 1 | 1 |
| 43 | Rob Bau | 1 | 1 |
| Rank | Youth Men | Points | Races Counted |
| 1 | Brodie Hay | 60 | 5 |
| 2 | James Grant | 58 | 5 |
| 3 | Aiden Hare | 56 | 5 |
| 4 | Mark Grant | 48 | 5 |
| 5 | Ian Gillmore | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | Andrew Grant | 1 | 1 |
| Rank | Senior Women | Points | Races Counted |
| 1 | Charlene Hay | 52 | 5 |
| 2 | Glenda Harling | 24 | 2 |
| 3 | Janna Gillick | 22 | 2 |
| 4 | Laurie Ritchie | 13 | 2 |
| 5 | Lorrie Baildham | 12 | 1 |
| 6 | Cheryl Morch | 12 | 1 |
| 7 | Katie Wallington | 9 | 1 |
| Rank | Youth Women | Points | Races Counted |
| 1 | Jessica Reynolds | 60 | 5 |
| 2 | Abigail Hare | 48 | 4 |
| 3 | Mykelti Berg | 44 | 4 |
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1 |
Justin Mark | Steed Cycle |
M |
49'24” |
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| 2 | Iain Hay | MIVA |
M |
s.t. |
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| 3 | Nick Kupiak | MIVA |
M |
s.t. |
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| 4 | Mike Sevcov | Cycle Therapy |
M |
s.t. |
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| 5 | Phil Birrer | MIVA |
M |
s.t. |
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| 6 | Bill McMillan | MIVA |
M |
s.t. |
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| 7 | Mark Wieler | Arrowsmith |
M |
s.t. |
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| 8 | Mike Gill | MIVA |
M |
s.t. |
Youth Race 18 laps
| 1 | Abigail Hare | MIVA |
YF |
50'17” |
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| 2 | Aiden Hare | MIVA |
YM |
53' 20” |