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Sunday, 27 July 2008 23:38 |
Blizzard Bike Club Fort St. John, BC July 27, 2008
Thirty five riders converged in Hudson’s Hope, BC, for the Terry Stone Memorial Time Trial and Ride, Sunday. Terry Stone was a long time Blizzard cyclist who passed away in the spring. The race/ride was a celebration of a man the club, friends and family held near and dear.
Pat Ferris was the winner of the 40 km time trial event with 1:04:13 hours on the hilly, hot and breezy course. Bob Andrews was second at 1:07:19 and Gord Harris third at 1:11:51. Trevor McDonnell was 4th at 1:12:22 and Simon Andrews 5th at 1:12:31.
Other times were Kathryn Fairweather 1:14:03, Gilbert Bilodeau 1:14:05, Sandy McDonald 1:14:38, Jolea Bilodeau 1:15:43, Richard Wood 1:16:58, Jason Naisby 1:17:18, Rob Scorey 1:17:48, Sam Keats 1:17:51, Erma Stanonik 1:19:38, Ken Nix 1:19:55, Wim Kok 1:20:48, Owen Giebelhaus 1:22:06, Lisa Boda 1:22:56, Bill Lindsay 1:36:00, Hilda Bilodeau 2:16:09 and Terry Peresini 2:21:12.
Estelle Nix did 52:24 and Suzy Bach 56:17 for the 20 km distance.
Kendra Young is bringing home 2 silver medals from the BC Summer Games in Kelowna. More Complete results to follow.
Colter Young is racing the Tour D’ Abitibi with the Alberta Junior team. Results were unavailable at press time.
Coming up
-Thursday Baldonnel time trial at 7 pm.
-Sunday is the S and S Turbines Hill Climb Championships on the Bear Flats Hill at 10:00 am.
-Monday is the Ole Lake (Alberta) Road race at 10:00 am followed by a BBQ.
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Tour De France:
Victoria’s Ryder Hesjedal was the first Canadian since Steve Bauer to complete the Tour De France with a creditable 47th place, overall, assisting his team leader Christian Vande Velde to 5th place.
Along the way, Ryder finished a very good 13th spot in Saturday’s final 53 km time trial stage against the best cyclists in the world.
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