October 28, 2006 – The local season came to an end on a high note with the final event of the Mike’s Bike Shop Cup. This last stage of the series was the Boo-cross and was taken by Guy Pellerin. He was followed closely by André Brisson and Cameron Thorne. Before the event, kids of the riders taking place in the Cup went for two laps of the modified course and their run ups included treats and the mandatory dismount was forcing them down a slide. These little ghosts re-invented cyclo-cross!

On the general classification, Riverview’s Chris Selkirk took the top spot with 805 points accumulated throughout the season in the cross country, criterium, track and finally cross events. With the victory came the right to pick a charity to offer the profits made with the Mike’s Bike Shop Cup, and Selkirk opted for Moncton Headstart. A donation will be made in the next few days. Charles Cormier and Don Ricker completed the podium. A great thanks to all the participants, our sponsor (Mike’s Bike Shop), and our partners for this great event! See attachment for complete results of the cross series.

Although this completes the local season in Dieppe, the National Cycling Centre — Atlantic Canada will take place in one more event, the National Cyclo-cross Championship. Last year’s silver medal winner, Garrett MacLeod will head west to Nanaimo on November 12 to aim for the top spot on the junior podium. The Centre will have big shoes to fill this Fall with the retirement of 7-times national champion, Peter Wedge.

Along with Wedge’s retirement, the National Track Championships, held September 9th to 12th, were among the highlights of the 2006 season. The success of this event certainly contributed to building the good reputation of the Centre. The on-going construction of the Dieppe BMX track also kept the Centre staff busy during the past few weeks. This last project of 2006 should be ready as soon as Mother Nature decides to cooperate.

On the medal count, the Giant Elite riders also rode well collecting another 8 national championships medals.

Final

1. Chris Selkirk 805
2. Charles Cormier 695
3. Don Ricker 530
4. Jeff Currie 525
5. Mike LeBlanc 490
6. Patrice Boudreau 415
7. Krista Koval 400
8. Michelle Chase 345
9. Pablo Vergara 345
10. Alain Goguen 330
11. Pierre Leblanc 325
12. Jean-Richard Cormier 295
13. Sacha LeBlanc 290
14. Laura Hominick 270
15. Bill MacKenzie 250
16. Cameron Thorne 245
17. René Julien 230
18. Caroline Belliveau 215
19. Guy Pellerin 205
20. Braden Selkirk 175
21. Jean Leger 170
22. Francois Gazzano 165
23. Max Keeler 165
24. Luc Arseneau 145
25. Andre Charlesbois 140
26. Derek LeBlanc 135
27. Tino Ruiters 135
28. Nathan St-Onge 125
29. Andrew Scott 125
30. André Brisson 120
31. Denis Hebert 105
32. Sean Ritchie 100
33. Craig de 100
34. Frank LeBlanc 90
35. Luc Swanson 80
36. Jon Burgess 75
37. Donald LeBlanc 75
38. Roberto Piccinin 60
39. Jeremie Hebert 55
40. Paul Gionet 55
41. Stuart Wight 50
42. Mélanie Bordage 50
43. Pierre Cyr 40
44. Francois Maltais 30
45. Fred Desjardins 25
46. Samia Gould 20
47. Ian Macavity 15
48. Denis Doucet 15
49. Zoel Johnson 10
50. Terry Tomlin 5
51. Simone Colette 5
52. Keith Godfrey 5
53. Francine Comeau 5
54. Carole Doucet 5