The second Coal City Crit finished with all the rubber side down. There was some smooth riding tonight. 30 was the magic number for laps. One neutral lap to start and then it was game time. Lap 11 the bell was rung for a prime which was taken by Kevin Park, followed by James Sage for second and Chris Cameron for third. Immediately after the prime, Sean Lunny and John Lam attacked to try and form a breakaway, but where pulled back in over the next lap. Lap 20 Kevin Park made and attack but was also pulled back in. There were a lot of strong riders out tonight and a couple who just happened to add the Crit into their 100km ride! Lazarus Difiore and Devon Norris, no big deal.

Shout out to Janna who cleaned up and took the garbage out this weekend at Race the Ridge. She felt 3 wins was enough for one weekend so she gave the first away tonight with a wink and glide. You are amazing Janna, way to show up for female cyclists out there.

Ian Hay took the win tonight for the Men with Menno Jongsma coming in a close second.

You can see the full results here.

Last but definitely not least is the appreciation to the volunteers tonight. Tamara Zavarise, Joanne Brear, Michael Jorgenson, Antonious Adema and Peter McCaffery. Patrick, thanks for doing what you do👌.

Ride hard and ride often.

An amazing turnout tonight for the 1st TT of the year.  26 riders showed up to challenge themselves on the 15k course.  The weather was fantastic with warm temperatures and virtually no wind which lead to some fast times.  It was great to see so many first-timers out on the course tonight: Jan Hamilton, Shannon Cragg, Mary Jo Mace, Erin Biddlecomb, Jack Mace (big shout out to you at 13, crushed your first TT), Thomas Stephen, Stephen Mohan, Fabian Poulin and Jesse Manner.   We know the burning lungs and the late night coughs will have you coming back for more;)  It brought Paul Callow back after two years he missed it so much!

Peter Mogg was the fastest male coming in at 21:24 just over 42km/hour, Ian Hay in 22:38 and James Sage a close 3rd in 22:42.  Two wins for Mr. Mogg this week...someones got a target on their back now!  How aero can you get next week?  Nice work!

Lorrie Baildham was the fasted female tonight at 25:01 nudging Kiyomi Schulz out by a mere 6 seconds who came 2nd and Jamie Olsson has the 3rd fastest time of  26:31.  Looks like Ross is getting the crowd going for the Lorrie and Kiyomi showdown once again!  That's it, no gloves next week... lol. 

Full results can be found here

Shout out to Ed Smythe for acting as the holder, and to Steve Olsson for volunteering as the turn around marshal.  A big thanks to Patrick Burnham for setup, timing and marking the roads to make sure we got a true 15km!   And thank you, Lorrie, for getting the bones of this email together. 

Remeber to grab a Seasons Pass, it's worth it! 

https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=130161

And you can see all of the registrations HERE

HERE IS A QUICK REVIEW OF THE RULES

• – The center-line rule is in effect. Riders must stay as far to the right as practicable. Riders caught crossing the center-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, the 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

Final sign off and remember, tonight you may be tired but tomorrow you will be one day stronger!

Ride on.

The Coal City Criterium Series was off to a fast start tonight on Boxwood.  A shout out to our vollies who pulled through and swept up the corners for all of the riders; Peter, Lorrie, Janine, Graeme and Antonious.  Volunteers make these events happen, thank you.

With 19 riders out on the course and some strong winds, the word is that this was one of the fastest opening races we've had.  Kudo's to the newbies on the course tonight, Stephan Mohan, Eric Rush, Kiyomi Schulz and Jesse Manor.

The race started out with two neutral laps which turned in to, (what felt like), full tilt ahead and on the 7th lap after the second corner Peter Mogg and Conner McGrady ended up on the ground.  The crash was minor and they both got back on their bikes, two laps later Conner left the race and Mr. Mogg was back in contention.  On the last lap, Peter was in the two-man break-away with Sean Lunny and managed to beat him out by .1 of a second, it was a photo finish. Thank you, Patrick, for getting us suited up with timing chips.

See the full results HERE

Way to crush it riders and see you on the road.

There were a whopping 40 + riders out last night for the Monday Night Group Ride, I think that is an all-time record. The groups that will be running every Monday Night will be considered Group A, B and C.  For nights when there are 40+ we will have two B groups for safety reasons.  There was some great riding out last night so way to go riders, let's make this the best season yet.   Showing up is how to make the magic happen! Tonight is the first Criterium and we have 3 volunteers that have stepped up for the night and we are looking for 4 more to keep the riders safe and get the rocks off the course.  Sign up here.  The race starts at 6:30 so volunteers are needed for 6 pm.  If you are still considering and would like some pointers, let one of the MIVA Board of Directors know and we can arrange some time with one of the veteran crit riders;)

See you on the road!

ps. if you are still needing to sign up do that here. And if a seasons pass is in order you can get that here

Tonight, Monday April 16th's, House of Kiyo Monday Night Development Ride is canceled due to weather.  We will always do our best to provide 2 hours notice for canceled events for out of towners.