Results and report for MIVA Criterium #1, 2015051235 Kilometres

The first MIVA criterium this season was held on the popular Boxwood circuit. There were 24 starters plus 2 youth riders. As is customary when there are youth entries, the first 3 laps were neutralised and then Abigail and Aiden Hare were off on their own for 20 laps. The seniors riding 32 laps- or 35 kilometres. Nick Kupiak immediately took off and set a fast pace, with the rest about 5 seconds behind and there he stayed until the first prime, which he took comfortably, with Ray Wagner (CVCC), Justin Mark (BCBR), and MIVA's John Lam in the next three places. By now, a group of eleven had detached itself from the rest of the riders and in a further ten laps had lapped everyone else, ten of whom formed a second pack and the rest straggling off the back. Just after the midway point, Peter Mac's car horn sounded another prime and Nick took this too from Ray, with Justin in third. The lead group stayed together with the second bunch mixed up with them but a lap down. And at the third prime, with seven laps left, Nick scored his third victory, tjhis time edging Justin, Brodie Hay (Dr. Walkers) and Janna Gillick who had been in the thick of the action for most of the race. The final prime, with 3three laps left was again taken by Nick who proved to be the strong man tonight. Justin again took second and Janna beat out Brodie for third spot. The sprint for the finish was hotly contested by the lead group with a few of the lapped riders in there too just to make judging more difficult. Nick beat out Justin by under half a wheel for the win, with Shepherd Stewart (MIVA) edging Ray Wagner for third. Brodie Hay cruised in for fifth just ahead of Normon Thibault (Frontrunners and Janna rounded out the top seven, taking the womens top placing.

RESULTS (first three laps neutralised) women points 1 Nicholas Kupiak, MIVA, 57' 12”   12 points

2, Justin Mar, BC Bike Rac, s.t.  10 pts

3, Shepherd Stewart, MIVA s.t., 9

4, Ray Wagner, Comox Valley C.C., s.t., 8 5, Brodie Hay, Dr. Walker, s.t., 7 6, Normon Thibault, Frontrunners, s.t, 6 7, Janna Gillick, Cowichan Cycles, s.t,  (F), 12 8, Sean Lunney, Oak bay Bikes, s.t.. 5 9, Sean De Pol, MIVA, s.t., 4 10, Mark Wieler, Oak Bay Bikes, s.t., 3 11, Mike Sevcov, Cowichan Valley C.C, s.t., 2 12, John Lam, MIVA,At 1 lap, 2 13, Bill McMillan, MIVA, at 1 lap, 2 14, Mike McCarney, MIVA, at 1 lap, 2 15, Iain Hay, MIVA, at 1 lap, 2 16, Rob Bau, MIVA, at 1 lap, 2 17, Jessica Reynolds, Dr. Walker, at 1 lap, (F), 10 18, Steve Crowley, MIVA, at 1 lap, 2 19, Patrick Burnham, MIVA, at 1 lap, 2 20, Phil Birrer, MIVA, at 1 lap, 2 21, Mike Gill, MIVA, Lapped, 2 22, Deb Epps, MIVA, Lapped, (F),  9 23, Jude Wilhelmsen, MIVA, Lapped, 2 DNF, Ken Olsen, MIVA, Mech. 1

Primes

1 Nick Kupiak, Ray Wagner, Justin Mark, John Lam 2 Nick Kupiak, Ray Wagner, Sean De Pol, Justin Mark, 3 Nick Kupiak, Justin Mark, Brodie Hay, Janna Gillick 4 Nick Kupiak, Justin Mark, Janna Gillick, Brodie Hay

Youth Race – 20 Laps

1, Aiden Hare, MIVA,  43' 16”, 12

2, Abigail Hare, MIVA, At 5”, 12

The first event in the NVA sprint series was a blast! Although only four competitors took part, there was also a mini contest with two kids competing and Patrick Burnham showed up to take some photos that will be up on Flickr. shortly.. Nick Kupiak came to watch and offered one of his new bottles as a prize - thanks Nick. We also had a local resident take some pictures. The event went straight to the semi-finals, with Kim Sutherland racing against Carey Mark in the first of three heats. Kim won handily, with Carey just failing to get onhis wheel in the final 200 metres. Then Justin Mark competed against Phil Birrer in the first heat of the other semi-final. This time, it was Justin comfortably beating Phil.

Before the second heats in the semi competition, it was the kids' turn. Peyton Mark and Chase Mark started their first sprint from the 200 metre mark and Chase edged his sister by a good margin.

In the second round of the semis, Kim again beat Carey but this race was much closer, with Carey drafting her opponent until fading just before the fiishfinishline. In the other semi-final, Phil started the sprint early but JasonJustin came around Mr. Birrer in the last 100 metres to take the race and move on to the finals with Kim.

Now the second of the kids' sprints took place and this time Peyton managed to outdistance her older brother so it was now one each.

In the first final ride for first and second, Justin won quite easily from Kim, giving Mr. Sutherland an incentive to provide more of a challenge to the younger rider which he did in heat two. However, although Kim managed to draft Justin and came through in the final few metres, Justin just managed to stay ahead by half a bike length to win the first event of the series, Kim taking second overall.

Everyone enjoyed the evening a lot and next week should prove to be more popular, with many more competitors.

In the contest for third and fourth, Phil was matched against Carey and managed to take two straight, giving him third place. Finally, the deciding race of the kids series proved to be a nail biter, Chase, on the bigger bike rode well, but Peyton revved at 100+ rpm to stay ahead of her brother and be declared winner of the first kids' sprint event.

RESULTS

Senior Contest:  1. JasonJustin Mark - BCBR, 2. Kim Sutherland - MIVA, 3. Phil Birrer - MIVA, 4. Carey Mark - Steed Cycles.

Youth Event: 1. Peyton Mark, 2. Chase Mark.

The clothing store is OPEN. Orders taken for the next TWO WEEKS ONLY. NO extra clothing is being ordered by the club, so if you don't order it, you don't get it.

Here's the link:

http://custom.champ-sys.com/Login/en-CA/in.aspx

Ordering instructions: Step 1: Everyone must complete step 1 with the same username and password: Login: MIVA Password: AVIM

Step 2: Create your own login details

Step 3: Shop! 3a – select the "Order Now" of the order name (Friends Order) 3b - select the "Order" button of the product category you want to order (jersey, jacket, shorts, caps, warmers) 3c – enter your order details. REPEAT 3b and 3C as necessary 3e – confirm order 3f – complete payment

*The club will order socks and sell them as the online store won't allow it **Cycling Caps will be created on the next order go round

Register here: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=42089&owner=0  The Event – Need a reason to kick your training up a notch?  Join us on climbing 1,100m of elevation in 18.2 km up Mount Washington!  This is not a race, but we will provide timing for the fun of it.  Burger and beverage social at Ted’s to follow so that you can share your suffering with fellow cyclists from across the island.  There will also be a start at the 8 km mark for those wishing to avoid the “Wall of Suffering” at the bottom of the hill.

When – 10am Saturday May 23^rd, 2015 (Weather Permitting).

Details –

• Pre-register online at www.bikeracing.ca  by Wednesday May 20.  $10 fee due day of race includes a beverage and burger. $15 day of registration.  Cash only.
• Must have Cycling BC Citizen’s License and either a MIVA or CVCC membership.
• 9:30 am – Meet at the bottom of Strathcona Parkway at the base of Mount Washington.  Drop of a small bag with a change of clothes/kit and comfortable shoes for the social event at the top.  ***It is also wise to pack a jacket for the descent as it can be extremely cold coming down.***
• 10:00 am – Start time from the bottom
• 10:15 am – Start time at the 8km mark.
• 11:30 am – Social at Ted’s.  Exciting draw prizes from our sponsors!

Please Note – If the weather is looking inclement for the 23^rd, we will postpone it to Saturday May 30^th.  Please check www.bikeracing.ca for details.  There are no washroom facilities at the base of the hill.  Parking at Tim Horton’s/Superstore is 13 km/approximately 25 minutes away is a great warm-up.

Contact - Cheryl Morch at ontheroadcheryl@gmail.com

Another beauty evening for a TT, with a slight headwind on the way out and tailwind on the way back.  Tonight we had another huge turnout, with 24 riders out for the 20k TT.  Full results via webscorer available here. In the Youth Female category, Meghan Gillmore pushed hard tonight to edge out Abigail Hare by 1 minute.. after Abigail bested her last week by 47 seconds.   In the Youth Male category, Ian Gillmore beat Aiden Hare, averaging a faster speed over a longer distance than last week. The youth categories should have some great friendly rivalries this year!

In the Female category, Janna Gillick set a new PB and womens course record for the 20k with a smokin 31:56.  Lorrie and Kiyomi held onto the same spots as last week in 2nd and 3rd.  Deb Epps made her season debut on her slick new bike and will only get faster and faster.  Colleen Wtorek made her triumphant comeback to the TT with a solid time, as did Sandy Przada.  Carole Phee also put the pedal down and upped her average speed over last week.

In the Male category, Nick Kupiak continued his assault on his own PBs, going 2 for 2 this season after winning with a 29:36 over the 20k.  Thats an average of 40.5km/hr, on a course with huge elevation gain.  Patrick 'Steam Train' Burnham also upped his average on last week coming in 2nd with a 31:05, and Justin Mark rounded out the podium with a 31:25 averaging over 38 km/hr.  Matthys Redelinghuys put in one of his best TT's ever with a 34:01, while Simon Menno Jim and Ross all rode their first TT of the season and shook the rust off as well.  Best crowd support goes to Lee Zavarise's family who set up shop with cowbells and cheered him in, great to see!  After only 2 weeks its impressive to see everyones speeds going up already, with Mike Gill, Ian Drown, Murray Walters, and Jason Hare all moving up.

Thank you to Pure Chiropractic for supplying fresh cut oranges and banana for post race!  It was like being a kid after soccer or hockey practice again.  Also thank you to Don Gillmore for acting as the holder for the starters.

Next week we go to 15k, registration open at 630pm, race starts at 700pm.  Note this is half hour later than our first two TT's, or just show up super early thats ok too.  We are trying out pre reg for this one, you can sign on with the webscorer link here, you don't pay anything (its just like our spin class sign ups).  You can enter your name, category, cycling bc (if you dont have it, just write 'not yet'), miva yes/no, and estimated 15k time.  This will streamline our registration process and keep your wait minimal to get racing.  Humour me and try it out this week, lets see how it works.

VOLUNTEERS!  If anyone can come volunteer it would be greatly appreciated.  I think I drove about 80k tonight back and forth back and forth to set up the signs/cones and take it all down.  A turnaround marshall would be great, as well as anyone who can spot racers on their way in for me to input times quicker.  And if you're interested in timing (many survey respondents answered yes) I'd be happy to suffer for a TT while you time (don't need to know webscorer, you can do it old school)