Immediately after the three neutral laps, the action started! Peter Mogg,Brodie Hay, Janna Gillick, Nick Kupiak & Jon Lam put 5 seconds into
the rest of the bunch but by the next lap, just Lam and Kupiak were off
the front with a chase group of seven in hot pursuit. Within another lap,
Nick had distanced himself from Lam and there were now three groups
plus a straggler.
By lap seven, the Broad Street Cycles speedster had eight seconds in
hand, with Justin Mark bridging. Two more laps and the duo were together
and proceeded to gain five seconds per lap on a chase group that
included the original break plus Aaron Dussault, with the rest of the
starters losing ground fast.
And that's the way it stayed until eighteen laps to go when Justin finally
was unable to stay with Mr. Kupiak and started drifting back .
Ten laps later. Nick lapped the chase group and actually went ahead
again for a while before settling down behind them.
Meanwhile, Justin was in no man's land but rapidly being caught by the
bunch and on the last lap he was absorbed
Kupiak did not contest the final sprint, being a lap up on the rest but Brodie
Hay comfortably won the dash for second, with Peter Mogg in third,
just a whisker ahead of a rapidly advancing John Lam and Aaron
rounding out the top five.
Lone woman Janna Gillick came in a very creditable eighth after having
spent an active role in the main group for most of the race.
Thanks as usual to our equipment manager Iain Hay and son Brodie and
of course to our corner marshals, without whom there would be no race.
RESULTS
women youth points
1 Nick Kupiak Broad Street Cycles 1h 05' 11” 12
2 Brodie Hay Dr. Walker At 1 lap 10
3 Peter Mogg BC Permit “ 9
4 John Lam MIVA “ 8
5 Aaron Dussault Russ Hays “ 7
6 Sean De Pol MIVA “ 6
7 Justin Mark Steed Cycles “ 5
8 Janna Gillick MIVA “ F 12
9 Mike McCarney MIVA lapped 4
10 Ray Wagner CVCC lapped 3
11 Ken Olsen MIVA lapped 2
12 Phil Birrer MIVA lapped 2
14 Wade Luksay Trail Bicycles incomplete 2
DNF Mike Sevcov Cowichan Valley C.C. 1
DNF Bill McMillan MIVA 1
DNF Patrick Burnham MIVA 1
DNF Iain Hay MIVA 1
Youth Event 20 laps
1 Evan Luksay Trail Bicycles CM 12
