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Spring Stage Race: Stages 1-4 results |
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Sunday, 23 March 2008 23:52 |
Blizzard Bike Club Fort St. John, BC March 23, 2008
Grande Prairie’s Blaine ‘Cannonball’ Richter is solidly in the lead of the Spring Stage Race with three races to go.
Stage #1 and Stage #2 races were both Challenge Cup events. The Blizzards picked up 108 points to GP’s 45 and Dawson Creek’s 4.
Richter won three of the four opening events to lead with a solid 19 points. Pat Ferris and Geoff MacDonald are second with 9, Robin Baillie third with 7 and David Ferris 4th at 5 points.
Barb Polehoykie leads the Women with 20, Kathryn Fairweather second at 8, Marie Young third at 5 and Sandy MacDonald 4th at 4.
Stage #1 – Beatton River Hill Climb 3 km (-11 degree’s!) 1st Geoff MacDonald at 25:38, 2nd Blaine Richter 25:51 and 3rd Pat Ferris 26:44. Gary Hilderman had 26:59 for 4th and Bob Andrews 27:42 for 5th.
Stage #2 – Beatton Park Circuit Road Race 30 km (-1 C ) 1st Blaine ‘Cannonball’ Richter 2nd Geoff MacDonald and 3rd Robin Baillie in a very close sprint finish at 59:02 minutes. 4th went to Pat Ferris at 1:01:00 and 5th Robert Martens of Calgary at 1:01:57.
Stage #3 - The ‘Cannonball’ rolled on to another win, Saturday, as GP’s Blaine ‘Cannonball’ Richter won stage 3’s Beatton-Montney road race. He won the 60 k event with a time of 2:03:07. Robin Baillie was second at 2:06:36 and David Ferris third at 2:15:40. Darren Guliov was 4th at 2:17:27 and Barb Polehoykie 5th at 2:17:33.
Stage #4 – The Cannonball won third in a row, Sunday on the cold Montney out and back road race with a time of 1:17:53 hours for the 42 k event. Pat ferris edged out Bob Andrews for second at 1:19:12. David Ferris was 4th at 1:22:15. Barb Polehoykie picked up a win with 1:32:51.
Coming up:
Stage #5 – 6 pm – Tues Rocky Road Race starting at the old ‘Zoo’ at Taylor. This is a 16 km gravel road event.
Stage #6 – 6 pm - Thurs Baldonnel time trial
Stage #7 – 2 pm – Sunday, Cecil Lake road race at 2 pm.
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