June 17, 2018 (Ottawa, Ont – Canada and New Zealand shared the honours in the elite races at the 46th annual Preston Street Criterium bike races on Father’s Day Sunday. Despite the hot and muggy weather, spectators were out in force to enjoy the beautiful weather and local establishments in Ottawa’s Little Italy.
Elite Women
The featured races started with the elite women’s event, which was set for one hour plus five laps of the one-kilometre course, starting and finishing on Preston Street.
The Cyclery made sure to keep the pace high from the outset, and soon Foreman-Mackey found herself off the front of the splintering pack with a 10-second lead. She was quickly joined by teammate Miriam Brouwer and the pair set to work to build up their lead. But the group tenaciously held their lead to just 20 seconds, with Scottish rider Jennifer George putting in a series of counter attacks.
But it wasn’t enough, and the elastic snapped around the half-way point and the two leaders quickly gained a lap on the main field.
“I’m really grateful for my teammates – they did a great job today,” said Foreman-Mackey, who will compete at the Canadian championships in Saguenay QC next weekend in the hopes of defending her national time trial title.
A feature of Preston Street is the famous beer scale: the winners of the elite races win their weight in Kichessippi beer. Foreman-Mackey made the most of the new metal women’s trophy to boost her prize.
Elite Men
The final event of the day was the elite men’s race with 60 riders on the line racing for one hour 15 minutes plus five laps.
Although last year’s winner, Derek Gee, was away racing for the Canadian team at the Tour de Beauce, the race featured three former champions: 2008 winner Osmond Bakker (Nine2FivePro Cycling Team), 2009 and 2013 winner Derrick St-John (Van Dessel p/b Hyperthreads) and 2016 winner Anton Varabei (Toronto Hustle).
Mark Brouwer (Ascent Cycling) spent several laps off the front around the mid-point of the race, but he too was not able to gain more than 10” and soon the field was back together.
The most dangerous move came about 45 minutes into the race when a group of about 10 riders – including several favorites – went clear, but it was never able to get a substantial gap and a front group of about 25 started the final lap together, setting the stage for a sprint finish.
When the dust settled, 22-year-old New Zealander Luke Mudgway (H&R Block Pro Cycling Team) took the bunch sprint ahead of local veteran Warren MacDonald (Nine2FivePro Cycling Team), and Johnston rounded out the podium in third.
“I was hanging back and watching the race develop because I only had one teammate here, unlike other teams that has four, five or six riders,” said Mudgway, who raced alongside Ottawa-area rider Conor O’Brien. His upcoming objectives include BC SuperWeek and a block of racing in Europe.
Results
Master 3, Elite 4 & U17 Men 36 km avg. speed 41.2 kph
1. Aaron Kyle (Tekne Cycle Club, RME.4) 52:50
2. Julius Delos Reyes (Ontario Pinoy Mountainbikers, RME.4) 0:24
3. Glendon Tomlinson (Full Throttle Cycling Club, RMM.3)
4. Tyler Rorke (Kallisto-FCV p/b Peloton Contracting, RMU17)
5. Bryan Jaklitsch (Ind., RME.4)
6. Patrick Seguin (Ride with Rendall p/b Biemme, RME.4)
7. Brandon Gélinas (uOttawa Cycling Club, RME.4)
8. Graeme Carbert (Ind., RME.4)
9. Daniel Horn (CCF Racing, RME.4)
10. Andrew Flanagan (CoachChris.ca/Garneau, RME.4)
11. Richard Fthenos (CCF Racing, RME.4)
12. Jacques Guillemette (Ride with Rendall p/b Biemme, RME.4)
13. Peter Doucet (Midweek Cycling Club, RME.4)
14. Jason Smith (Midweek Cycling Club, RME.4)
15. Bruce Camacho (Full Throttle Cycling Club, RMM.3)
16. Josiah Roher (Win Cycling Centre, RME.4)
17. Andrew Scott (Midweek Cycling Club, RMU17)
18. Steve Grujic (Six S Partners p/b Ciclowerks, RMM.3)
19. Anthony Simpson (Full Throttle Cycling Club, RMM.3)
20. Mike Spagnola (Bateman’s Bicycle Co., RMM.3)
21. Matthew Downs (Peterborough Cycling Club, RME.4)
22. Benjamin Harrington (Ottawa Bicycle Club, RMU17)
23. Siavash Atighetchi (Tekne Cycle Club, RMM.3)
24. Nicholas Dehler (Ride with Rendall p/b Biemme, RME.4)
25. Thomas Hodgins (Batemans Bicycle Co., RME.4)
26. John Mahaffey (Full Throttle Cycling Club, RME.4) :38
27. Alexis Christian Alvarez (Ind., RME.4) :46
28. John David Power (Newmarket Eagles, RMM.3) -1 lap
29. Alex Martins (613 Cycling, RMM.3) -1 lap
30. Sarabraj Singh (Ind., RME.4) -1 lap
31. Roger Waithe (Madonna Wheelers, RMM.3) -1 lap
32. Mik Popiel (Independant/Soldier On Canada, RMM.3) -1 lap
33. Robert Moir (Ottawa Bicycle Club, RME.4) -2 laps
DNF Derrick Waldron (Full Throttle Cycling Club, RMM.3)
DNF Antoine Lafleur (Ind., RME.4)
DNF Justin Seales (Ind., RMM.3)
DNF Christian Simard (Ind., RMM.3)
DNF Alessandro Sproul (NCCH pb Franklin Templeton Inv., RME.4)
DNF Adam Killick (Nine2FivePro Cycling Team, RMM.3)
DNF Jim Brennan (Ottawa Bicycle Club, RMM.3)
DNF Michael Leonard (Racer Sportif / Mattamy Homes, RMU17)
DNF Taegan Mcguire (Tekne Cycle Club, RMU17)
DNS Damien Vialaret (Van Dessel p/b Hyperthreads, RMU17)
Master 2, Elite 3 & Junior Men 37 km avg. speed 42.5 kph
1. Carson Miles (OBC Junior Racing Team, RMJ) 52:35
2. Frederic Brousseau (Velo2000 / Rhino Rack, RMM.2) :49
3. Bill Hurley (The Cyclery Racing, RMM.2)
4. James Brooks (West of Quebec Wheelers, RMM.2)
5. Enrico Traini (Kallisto-FCV p/b Peloton Contracting, RME.3)
6. Samuel Leblanc (Centre du Velo 82, RME.3)
7. Patrick Farrell (REALDEAL | AQUILA, RME.3)
8. Ian Dalling (The Cyclery Racing, RMM.2)
9. Michael Fawcett (Cyclepath Oakville Race Team, RME.3)
10. Cody Mckay (Tekne Cycle Club, RME.3)
11. Philip Gil (Tuga Cycling, RMM.2)
12. Dominic Pollard (REALDEAL | AQUILA, RME.3)
13. Andrew Mcewan (St. Catharines CC, RME.3)
14. Matthew Dickson (OBC Junior Racing Team, RMJ)
15. Mark Hiscocks (Nine2FivePro Cycling Team, RMM.2)
16. Jacob Lacroix (Ottawa Bicycle Club, RMJ)
17. Robert Orange (Ride with Rendall p/b Biemme, RMM.2)
18. David Charles (Tekne Cycle Club, RMM.2)
19. Maciej Zielinski (CCF Racing, RMM.2)
20. Chad Hartman (Faction-Smile Tiger C.R. p/b WCC, RMM.2)
21. Rodrigo Diaz (Euro-Sports, RMM.2)
22. Philipe Clericy (Cycles Regis 360 Agency, RMM.2)
23. Mark Sherboneau (Ride with Rendall p/b Biemme, RMM.2)
24. Richard Grieve (Tekne Cycle Club, RMM.2)
25. Sergei Maximenco (PowerWatts-MDT, RMM.2)
26. Christian Brochu (Ride with Rendall p/b Biemme, RMM.2)
27. Guillaume Laforest (Dac Jet, RMM.2)
28. William Trischuk (Kallisto-FCV p/b Peloton Contracting, RMM.2)
29. Henry Chan (PowerWatts-MDT, RMM.2)
30. Christian Despatie (Midweek Cycling Club, RME.3)
31. Dale Danner (The Cyclery Racing, RMM.2)
32. Sean Lancaric (Win Cycling Centre, RME.3)
33. Fabien Grignard (Expertismed-CGR, RMM.2)
34. Emmanuel Parent (Dac Jet, RMM.2)
35. Andreas Ihm (Team iBike, RMM.2)
36. Guillaume Lafleur (Ottawa Bicycle Club, RME.3)
37. Peter Tregunno (Ottawa Bicycle Club, RMM.2) 1:00
38. Louis-René Busque (Centre du Velo 82, RME.3) 1:23
39. Stephen Kirby (Midweek Cycling Club, RME.3) 1:34
40. Anthony Patrick Miles Cisinaro (Centre du Velo 82, RMM.2) 1:56
41. Luc Mahler (Ride with Rendall p/b Biemme, RME.3) 1:58
42. Brett Stoppa (OBC Junior Racing Team, RMJ) -1 lap
43. Bruno Duguay (Centre du Velo 82, RMM.2) -1 lap
DNF Jordan Murdock (613 cycling, RME.3)
DNF Michel Demers (Centre du Velo 82, RMM.2)
DNF Marc-Olivier Demers (Centre du Velo 82, RME.3)
DNF Zachary Konings (CoachChris.ca/Garneau, RME.3)
DNF Damien Carrier (Les Rouleurs / Polo Velo, RMM.2)
DNF Martin Larose (Les Rouleurs / Polo Velo, RMM.2)
DNF Stéphane Tremblay (Les Rouleurs / Polo Velo, RMM.2)
DNF Jay Lambert (Nine2FivePro Cycling Team, RMM.2)
DNF Cedric Beaulieu (Ottawa Bicycle Club, RMJ)
DNF David Albert (PowerWatts-MDT, RMM.2)
DNF John Ashmore (PowerWatts-MDT, RMM.2)
DNF Geoffroy Tremblay (PSC-TEAM-Centre-du-Velo, RMM.2)
DNF Arthur Jedson Tommy (Ride with Rendall p/b Biemme, RMM.2)
DNF Elgar Vaivars (Six S Partners p/b Ciclowerks, RMM.2)
DNF Nick Bundza (Tekne Cycle Club, RMM.2)
DNF Vincent Duchesne (Velo2000 / Rhino Rack, RME.3)
DNF Sean Lancaric (Win Cycling Centre, RME.3)
DNF Francis Michaud (Les Rouleurs / Polo Velo, RMM.2)
DNS Jeff Johnston (Nine2FivePro Cycling Team, RMM.2)
Elite, Master & Junior Women 45 km avg. speed 39.7 kph
1. Annie Foreman-Mackey (The Cyclery Racing, RWE.1) 1:08:12
2. Miriam Brouwer (The Cyclery Racing, RWE.1) s.t.
3. Ariane Bonhomme (The Cyclery Racing, RWE.1) -1 lap
4. Emily Flynn (The Cyclery Racing, RWE.1) -1 lap
5. Jennifer George (TORELLI-BROTHER, RWE.1) -1 lap
6. Sophie Bernard (The Cyclery Racing, RWE.1) -1 lap
7. Kinley Gibson (The Cyclery Racing, RWE.1) -1 lap
8. Kate Smith (Ind., RWE.1) -1 lap
9. Kate Heckman (First Draft Garneau p/b M-B Oakville, RWE.1) -1 lap
10. Sophie Gattuso (Dac Jet, RWMA) -1 lap
11. Amélie Bruneau (The Cyclery Racing, RWE.1) -1 lap
12. Evelyn Sifton (Hexagon Cycles, RWE.3) -1 lap
13. Lizzie Stannard (Ind., RWE.1) -1 lap
14. Jill Messier (West of Quebec Wheelers, RWE.2) -1 lap
15. Isabelle Mayrand (Dac Jet, RWE.1) -1 lap
16. Julia Bradley (First Draft Garneau p/b M-B Oakville, RWE.1) -2 laps
17. Nicole Lentini (First Draft Garneau p/b M-B Oakville, RWE.1) -2 laps
18. Carol Deavy (Cycle Velo Outaouais, RWMB) -3 laps
19. Manon Lannergan (Dac Jet, RWMB) -3 laps
20. Julie Gagnon (Dac Jet, RWE.1) -3 laps
21. Émilie Fortin (Espoirs Elites Primeau Velo, RWE.2) -3 laps
22. Roxanne Takpanie (Euro-Sports, RWMA) -3 laps
23. Heather Tkalec (Euro-Sports, RWMB) -4 laps
24. Jazmine Lavergne (Ottawa Bicycle Club, RWU17) -4 laps
25. Mallory Williams (Ottawa Bicycle Club, RWU17) -4 laps
26. Elizabeth Archbold (Madonna Wheelers, RWJ) -5 laps
27. Madison Dempster (Midweek Cycling Club, RWU17) -5 laps
28. Dominique Gervais (Ottawa Bicycle Club, RWJ) -5 laps
29. Magalie Tardif (Ottawa Bicycle Club, RWJ) -5 laps
DNF Angela Beauchamp (Euro-Sports, RWMB) DNF
DNF Aubrie Desylva (Highgate Racing, RWE.2) DNF
DNF Genevieve De Champlain (Maglia Rosa Racing Team, RWMA) DNF
Elite 1,2 & Master 1 Men 60 km avg. speed 43.3 kph
1. Luke Mudgway (H&R Block Pro Cycling Team, RME.1) 1:22:45
2. Warren Macdonald (Nine2FivePro Cycling Team, RMM.1)
3. Eric Johnston (Ascent Cycling p/b Neworld Cycle, RME.1)
4. Mark Brouwer (Ascent Cycling p/b Neworld Cycle, RME.1)
5. Ed Veal (REALDEAL | AQUILA, RME.1)
6. Max Rubarth (ProBaclac/ Devinci, RME.1)
7. Anton Varabei (Toronto Hustle, RME.1)
8. Mike Little (Ascent Cycling p/b Neworld Cycle, RME.2)
9. Conor O’Brien (H&R Block Pro Cycling Team, RME.1)
10. Nicolas Côté (Team iBike, RME.1)
11. Derrick St John (Van Dessel p/b Hyperthreads, RME.1)
12. Keith Brouillette (Ascent Cycling p/b Neworld Cycle, RME.1)
13. Maximilien Moreau (The Pack Factory-five, RME.1)
14. Marc Boudreau (The Cyclery Racing, RME.2)
15. Kurt Penno (Toronto Hustle, RME.1)
16. Doug Van Den Ham (Nine2FivePro Cycling Team, RMM.1)
17. Matthew Sherar (Ind., RME.1)
18. Christopher Gill (Factory Five-thePACK, RME.1)
19. Simon Fothergill (Ascent Cycling p/b Neworld Cycle, RME.1)
20. Zola Mehlomakulu (Independent, RME.2)
21. Osmond Bakker (Nine2FivePro Cycling Team, RME.1)
22. Yuri Hrycaj (Toronto Hustle, RME.1) :23
23. Justin Shoubridge (Factory Five-thePACK, RME.2) :39
24. Jason Valenti (MBRC.OGG – Pedalynx, RME.1) :42
25. Tomer Shahar (REALDEAL | AQUILA, RME.2) :44
26. Derek O’Farrell (Tekne Cycle Club, RMM.1) s.t.
27. Niles Vaivars (Techy Kids, RME.2) :54
28. Philippe Mireault (Velo2000 / Rhino Rack, RME.1) 1:04
29. Thomas Pevalin (NCCH Elite p-b MGCC, RME.2) 1:11
30. Jérémie Fontanaud (Scott-Rackultra, RMM.1) 1:21
31. Travis Samuel (Silber Pro Cycling, RME.1) 1:56
DNF Jesse Jarjour (613 Cycling, RME.2)
DNF Bruno Labelle (Factory Five-thePACK, RME.1)
DNF Alexandre Matte (Ind., RMM.1)
DNF Justin Rogers (LuminiX RealDeal, RMM.1)
DNF Stephen Keeping (ProBaclac/ Devinci, RME.1)
DNF Timothy Burton (REALDEAL | AQUILA, RME.2)
DNF Chris Firek (REALDEAL | AQUILA, RME.2)
DNF Clay Moon (Ride with Rendall p/b Biemme, RME.1)
DNF Richard Bergeron (Team iBike, RME.1)
DNF Nicolas Cote (Team iBike, RME.1)
DNF James Mcguire (Tekne Cycle Club, RMM.1)
DNF Matt Surch (Tekne Cycle Club, RMM.1)
DNF Benoit Boulay (Toronto Hustle, RME.1)
DNF Mathieu Bouchard (Velo2000 / Rhino Rack, RME.1)
DNF Daniel Koszela (Win Cycling Center, RME.2)
DNS Sacha Cantor (Team iBike, RME.1)