Here's hoping that Tuesday's final crit will be an all-out intra-MIVA battle between Lam, Cameron, Burnham and Zavarise for the coveted fourth place podium spot*. With Nick Kupiak (Broad Street Cycles), Ayden Houle (MIVA) and Janna Gillick (Women's Team ATAC) having locked up their titles and James Sage (MIVA) and Mike Sevcov (Cycle Therapy) having sealed silver and bronze, respectively, there isn't much on the line except for the smug feeling of satisfaction the winner will get post-race. * Note that in this era of "your kid is a snowflake / everyone deserves a ribbon / I need to Instagram my 7th place finish for my sponsors", MIVA maintains that a podium consists of the top three riders.

A perfect night for racing brought out 22 riders to take on the second last race in the Rock City Cycles TT Series for 2016. For the skimmers: Results Series Standings 20k Course Records

Course Records (2) Meghan Gillmore 34:23 (-0:30) Ayden Houle 32:49 (-0:15)

Personal Bests (7) Lorrie Baildham 33:20 Lorraine Hepting 39:06 Wendy Hicks 39:36 Matthys Redelinghuys 31:38 Derek Steel 33:52 Meghan Gillmore 34:23 Ayden Houle 22:49

Janna Gillick led the female category with a good race, only 44 seconds off her course record, this on tired legs after a week of suffering (and placing top 10) at BC SuperWeek on the mainland. Lorrie Baildham, the current series leader tied her personal best in a quick 33:20, followed by Rose Houle in 37:37. Both Cycle Therapy riders Lorraine Hepting and Wendy Hicks set PBs on the final 20k of the year, nice work!

Paul Auton took the male group in 28:28, followed closely by Johan Lindkvist in his first 20k TT (29:34). Patrick Burnham narrowly took 3rd on the podium in 31:30. Matthys Redelinghuys set a massive personal best tonight in 31:38, averaging just a sliver under 38 km/hr! Early this season Matthys rode a respectable 34:17, but his hard work has lowered his PB by 2 1/2 minutes. Great way to close out your TT season! Derek Steel also set a PB tonight knocking 42 seconds off his best 20k time!

Meghan Gillmore set a new Youth Female course record in 34:23, knocking 30 seconds off the CR! To show how far Meghan has come, in 2015 she raced a 42:08 in her opening 20k. Nearly 8 MINUTES is incredible. Ayden Houle came with his game face on ready to ride as he set a new Youth Male course record in 32:49 (averaging 36.6km/hr), knocking 15 seconds off his old record.

The BAR (Best All Around Rider) Standings don't move much, updated after tonight to read:

The Series Standings have fleshed themselves out a bit more as well, with Ayden Houle clinching the Youth Male TT Title, and Abigail Hare taking the Youth Female TT crown. The mens race will have a repeat winner with Paul Auton clinching another trophy. The womens race has yet to be decided, with Lorrie Baildham holding a 106-96 lead over Janna Gillick going into next weeks final race.

Next week is the series finale with a nice easy 15k, hope to see all of you out there. Pre reg here.

Leaves 6pm from Rock City Cycles! Note from ride leader Angelina: Moving forward, this ride will be structured as a “Drop" ride. The Wednesday rides are a bit of a hammer-fest, but that’s why people love them!!

Only 2 races left this year, come on out. There are a few who are due to make an appearance, don't make me call you out by name! Pre Register HERE.

The second last crit of the season saw our largest turn out in several weeks with 21 riders taking a gamble on the weather to come out and play.  It was especially fortunate that the weather held off with 8 CVAA riders making the trip down from Comox/Courtenay.  Having Evan Luksay in the field for his first crit of the year as a youth rider the first two of forty laps were ridden at a neutral pace.  The tame start to the race caught several riders flat footed as the pace increased sharply with the Comox riders attacking each other making several attempts at a breakaway; all of which were quickly brought back in.

The Comox riders swept up the three Primes with Kevin Park taking the first two and Harry Reddiw taking the third.

After the third prime with five laps to go Nick Kupiak attacked trying break away from the pack.  His attack united the CVAA riders who gave up attacking each other and worked together to reel Nick in with three laps to go.  Knowing he was caught Nick sat in and worked on positioning himself for the final sprint to win the race followed by Janna Gillick (fresh off a hard week of racing in the lower mainland for Super Week) and Kevin Park.

1. Nick Kupiak
2. Janna Gillick
3. Kevin Park
4. John Lam
5. Kent Duncan
6. James Sage*
7. Ayden Houle*
8. Daniel Wilson*
9. Tyler McCallen*
10. Kent Duncan*
11. Nathan Walsh*
12. Harry Reddiw*
13. Philippe Turgeon Dion*
14. Scott Flemming*
15. Norm Thibault
16. Wade Luksay
17. Mark Wieler
18. Phil Birrer -1 lap
19. Lee Zavarise -1 lap
20. Dave Kenny -1 lap
21. Evan Luksay -Junior 20 laps

*Main Bunch, positions approximate

As always a huge thanks to our volunteers Lorrie, Mike and Michael for watching the corners.

More Photos Here