July 13, 2013 (Panorama, BC) – Here are the full results from today’s Seeding Runs at the 2013 Canadian Downhill Mountain Bike Championships at Panorama Mountain Resort. Steve Smith (BC) Devinci Global Racing lead the Elite Men’s field and Micayla Gatto (BC) Cycling BC topped the Elite Women. Mark Wallace (BC) Devinci Global Racing was the fastest in the Junior Men while Kirby McLean (BC) AFD Factory Racing was the lone entry in the Junior Women’s category. The finals take place in Sunday.
Pedal’s Ryan Kuhn is on site and caught up with Casey Brown (BC) Team Dirt Norco and Remi Gauvin (PerformX Commencal) for their take on their season so far and the upcoming championships.
Casey Brown
Remi Gauvin
Seeding Runs
Junior 17/18 Women
1. Kirby McLean (BC) AFD Factory Racing 03:53.1
Elite 19+ Women
1. Micayla Gatto (BC) Cycling BC 02:46.0
2. Miranda Miller (BC) Cycling BC 02:48.4
3. Lauren Rosser (BC) 02:51.3
4. Casey Brown (BC) Team Dirt Norco 02:51.6
5. Vaea Verbeeck (QC) 02:55.9
6. Jamie Hill (BC) CCN 03:01.3
7. Danice Uyesugi (BC) Cycle Component Network 03:17.0
8. Kristen Courtney (ON) Adrenalineracer / To Wheels 03:20.8
Junior Expert 17/18 Men
1. Mark Wallace (BC) Devinci Global Racing 02:28.3
2. Mckay Vezina (CA) PerformX Commencal 02:31.9
3. Alexander Geddes (BC) Norco Factory Team 02:35.0
4. Hugo Langevin (QC) Equipe du Québec, Cycles Performance 02:35.8
5. Jack Iles (BC) 02:37.7
6. Lee Jackson (BC) Norco Factory Team 02:38.2
7. Benjamin Despres-Morin (QC) Equipe du Québec 02:40.4
8. Benjamin Yeager (BC) Prince George Cycling Club/RUCKUS 02:40.7
9. Matt Hardwick (BC) 02:42.3
10. Chris Bennett (AB) Thebase Race Team 02:43.5
11. Jeremy McDowell (AB) Team Alberta/WinSport Academy 02:44.2
12. Etienne Heyburn (QC) 02:48.7
13. Mitchell O’Keefe (AB) Team Alberta/Pivot Death Grip 02:52.9
14. Hayden Genoud (BC) Team Alberta/Derailed Sports 02:53.1
15. Bowen Irvine (BC) 02:54.3
16. Nik Dunn (BC) 02:55.5
17. Wyatt Kelln (AB) Team Alberta/AFD Factory Racing 02:58.9
18. Dylan Hoover (BC) 03:00.4
19. Thomas Corsiatto (AB) CABC DH Division 03:02.1
20. Eric Smeeton (AB) 03:03.8
21. Tyler Gresson (AB) Xpress Racing 03:07.0
22. Filip Glazer (AB) Winsport Academy Mountain Bike Club 03:16.6
23. Jayson Giorio (BC) 03:42.8
24. Dakota Boyer (AB) Calgary Cycle 04:21.3
DNF Stuart Dickson (BC)
DNF Sebastian Lutz (BC)
Elite 19+ Men
1. Steve Smith (BC) Devinci Global Racing 02:26.5
2. Kyle Sangers (ON) J&J Cycles 02:30.1
3. Matthew Beer (NL) 02:31.3
4. Sidney Slotegraaf (ON) Tuf Rack Racing 02:31.7
5. Rob Fraser (ON) Tuf Rack Racing 02:31.8
6. Remi Gauvin (BC) 02:32.1
7. Kirk McDowall (BC) 02:32.4
8. Forrest Riesco (BC) 02:34.4
9. Julien Laramée (QC) Equipe du Québec, Cycle Neron. Specialized 02:34.7
10. Luke Stevens (AB) 02:35.5
11. Nick Grimm (BC) 02:35.7
12. Robert Venables (BC) Dunbar Cycles 02:36.0
13. Samuel Thibault (QC) Equipe du Québec, Lama Cycles, Maaxx 02:36.5
14. Adriano Digiacinto (BC) 02:36.9
15. Dean Tennant (BC) 02:37.3
16. Tyler Allison (BC) 02:39.0
17. Nicholas Geddes (BC) Norco Factory Team 02:40.0
18. Benoit Rioux (QC) Equipe du Québec/Xprezo Borsao 02:40.1
19. Cameron Porteous (BC) Dunbar Cycles 02:40.3
20. Sheldon Smith (NL) 02:40.9
21. Bryden Rigets (BC) Cycle Component Network 02:40.9
22. Phillipe Ricard (QC) Lamar Cycles, Maaxx 02:42.1
23. Garrett MacIntosh (AB) Dirt Addiction 02:44.3
24. Cody Ratte (AB) Calgary Cycle Race Team 02:44.5
25. Cody MacArthur (BC) 02:44.8
26. Kip Shortreed (BC) 02:45.7
27. Ben Porteous (BC) Dunbar Cycles 02:47.0
28. Matt Nielsen (ON) Primary Racing 02:47.2
29. James Frost (ON) Sweet Petes, Primary Sram Trek 02:49.7
30. Evan Blackwell (AB) Thebase Race Team 02:50.0
31. Grant LeStock-Kay (BC) Cowichan Cycles Cartel 02:51.2
32. Dexter Robson (BC) Experience Cycling 02:51.2
33. Camerom Starcheski (BC) Xpress Racing 02:55.6
34. Anthony Evans (BC) 02:58.2
35. Braeden Onciul (BC) Xpress Racing 03:01.6
36. Daniel Banks (AB) Xpress Racing 03:03.2
37. Alexander MacMillan (AB) MacMillan Racing 03:43.2
DNF Jamie Biluk (BC)
DNF Taylor Rowlands (ON)
DNS Jordan Hodder (NL)