March 12, 2018 (France) – BC junior rider, Ben Katerberg, is in France racing for local team, Culture Velo Integrale Bicycle Club Isle Jourdain, and was on the podium this past weekend on March 11, finishing 5th at the 43 ème Prix d’Ouverture Montauban Lafrancaise, 103km. Fellow Canuck and teammate, Conor Martin, was 33rd.

The previous weekend they raced at the 93.6km Grand Prix Cyclistes d’Armissan and Katerberg finished 20th while Martin was 63rd. The duo are racing over in France with the help of TaG Cycling.

“I had a great race today! I managed to get into a break of 9 with one other Culture Velo rider about 30 km in. We worked well until about 50 km to go when riders started to miss pulls, so I decided to attack. I built up to 30 seconds and stayed away until 8 km to go, while teammate Harry [Thompson] was sitting on the back the break,” said Katerberg.

“After getting caught, I sat in to catch my breath and followed the last minute attacks. Harry was feeling good so I did my best to lead him out…he was cm away from the win,” added Katerberg.

Results (brief)
1. Corentin Bertrand (FRA) GSC Blagnac Velo Sport 31 2:40:01
2. Harry Thompson (FRA) Grande Bretagne
3. Romain Malbreil (FRA) CA Castelsarrasin
4. Alex Molin Pradel (FRA) Velo Club Rodez
5. Ben Katerberg (CAN) Integrale Bicycle Club Isle Jourdain

33. Conor Martin (CAN) Integrale Bicycle Club Isle Jourdain 2:43:17

Grand Prix Cyclistes d’Armissan results here.
43 ème Prix d’Ouverture Montauban Lafrancaise here.