26 racers came out on a nice night for TT'ing on Nanaimo River Road..

For the skimmers: Results from tonights race Series Standings 15k Course Records

Janna Gillick narrowly missed out on the female course record of 23:09 by just 2 seconds, averaging 38.8km/hr. Lorrie Baildham took second in 24:48 while Kiyomi Schulz put in the third fastest time in 25:12.

Series sponsor Sean Lunny showed he's in fine form already this season by taking his first TT win in 22:25, averaging 40.1km/hr. Orphee Bernard was just 21.3 seconds back in second (22:46) with Joel Lutz making his season debut and taking third in 23:01 (1 second off his estimated time at pre registration). Nice to see first timer Devon Norris put in a strong ride in his debut on this course.

Ayden Houle continued his strong start to the season by setting a new youth male record of 25:08 (previous record 26:55) while wearing a borrowed helmet. Ian Gillmore came in 2nd with a PB of 26:52, with Aiden Hare in third in 31:13.

Personal Bests (7) Sean Lunny (-31 seconds) Matthys Redelinghuys (-1 second) Mark Wieler (-12 seconds) Kiyomi Schulz (-3 seconds) Tamara Zavarise (-22 seconds) Wendy Hicks (-18 seconds) Ian Gillmore (-3 seconds)

Thank you to Don Gillmore for acting as holder, and to Glenn Houle for volunteering as the turn around marshall.  Thanks to Peter McCaffery of the Nanaimo Velodrome Association for assisting at the finish line as well.

Next week's race is a 20k TT, again starting at 7pm. Pre register now with this link.

A QUICK REVIEW OF THE RULES AND A FEW NOTES: *Stay to the right shoulder. The RCMP will be patrolling to assist in speeders with the summer season bringing more and more vehicles out to the Lakes, and they have asked MIVA before to be courteous and stay to the right *Start line: Socializing is great but please stay to the side of the road. *Pre reg! There are at least 5, sometimes 10 posts reminding people of the TT. Its free to pre register and it has been instrumental in making the timekeepers life easier. If you find that you cant make it send miva.president@gmail.com a quick email, no problem.

RACE RULES

• – Centre-line rule in effect. Riders must stay as far to the right as practicable. Riders caught crossing the centre-line will be disqualified. (When the RCMP came out to crack down on speeding here they noted a few of our riders not staying to the right as well)
• – There is to be no drafting. Standard TT rules apply, riders must stay 10m behind unless overtaking another rider (5 bike lengths)
• – Pass only on the left. Common courtesy is to notify the rider by calling out “On your left”.
• – A pass occurs when the overtaking athlete’s front wheel passes the leading edge of the athlete being overtaken. Failure to complete a pass within 20 seconds will result in a drafting violation.
• – Once overtaken, rider must fall back 7m before attempting to regain the lead.
• – Be gracious to your fellow competitors. If you are overtaken, do not feel compelled to re-pass unless you are confident you can hold the lead until the finish.
• – No blocking or impeding the forward progress of other athletes.
• – No parking west of the start line

Upcoming Schedule:

Link here: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=68526&owner=1 Start list posted on MIVA Facebook Page at 430 race day.

Note: Start time 7pm now

Don't forget to pre register for our time trials to keep things running smoothly at the start line. Register here

Also note that our start time has moved to 7pm

Thanks

Reminder for climbers. MIVA is partnering with the BC Masters Cycling Association to host the annual dual hill climbs Saturday. The first time trial is a short, steep climb in Mill Bay at noon; the second, a 9 km climb inSouth Shawnigan at 2 p.m. Medals are awarded for each 5-year category for riders 30 and older. The Masters welcomes women and men of all  experience levels to its road races, time trials and hill climbs, several held on Vancouver Island. You don't have to join the Masters to take part. An entry fee of $20 covers both climbs. $5 is added for non-members. For more, see  bcmasterscycling.com and/or contact MIVA member Dave Steen at 250 246-3530.

Race #3 in the Rock City Cycles TT Series was another great night of TT'ing on Nanaimo River Road.  28 racers showed up, with 4 in the youth category, of which 2 of them tried there hand at the 40k distance even. For the skimmers, here is the results link: http://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=67971 Series standings are here. Note that some duplicate names exist, when time permits they'll be merged.

Emile de Rosnay of Victoria made the trek up north to take part in the 40k, winning the event with a smoking time of 55:01 (43.6km/hr), good for second best 40k on this TT ever. Second place went to Don Gillmore in 58:50, and third to Paul Auton also squeezing in under one hour in 59:58.

Janna Gillick took the female top placing in 1:04:23, followed by Kristy Mighton in 1:11:42. Kiyomi Schulz was just 5 seconds behind to round out the podium.

Abigail Hare led the youth female category again in 45:06, while the youth male category had 3 battle it out. Youth points only count to how they place in the 20k TT, however some youth choose to race the 40k to test themselves against the full distance. In these cases MIVA scores their first lap (20k) towards the category placings. Aiden Houle took the honours in 35:10, followed by Ian Gillmore in 387:33, and Aiden Hare in 44:11. Of note is seeing newcomer Aiden Houle place 10th OVERALL for the 40k in a 1:10:36 averaging 34.6km/hr over the 40km course.

This weeks TT is a 15k. Special note that it starts at 7pm from now on. The pre registration link is open here, take a moment right now to pre reg and save some stress for the volunteers. Soon all TTs will be pre reg so keep making it a habit.