May 18, 2007 (Bromont, QC) — The first Canada MTB Cup of the 2008 season was the test run for the new MTB World Cup track in Bromont, Quebec which will be host to the world’s best from August 2-3. In Bromont Gerrit Beytagh (USA, Morewood Bikes) and Micayla Gatto (Can, Commencal/Oakley) took home top honors. Favourite, Steve Smith (Can, Cove/Redbull) was having a blazing run until he crashed about 500m from the finish line after flying off of a small step down on the course and took the silver. Charles-Alexandre Dube (Can, DH Racer) was third.

“I was having the run of my life, I went really gnarly through the rock section and I was going really fast until I crashed and hit the dirt really hard with my head. It sucked.” Smith still managed to be only two seconds behind Beytagh the winner, despite his crash that sapped up 8-10 seconds and gave him a decent headache. “It’s getting really old giving interviews after I crash,” added Smith.

The course in Bromont is a mixture of hard pack established trails up top, fresh cut, loamy singletrack and a well designed super steep technical section right under the lift mid-course. It was a fan favorite, with hundreds of spectators lining these technical sections during the elite race runs.

Gatto had another great day, once again dominating the Canadian women’s field with 9-second winning margin over newcomer Danice Uyesugi (Can, Pinkbike). Kim Huard (Can) returned to the race scene after a long hiatus and took third place. “This is easily the best course in Canada,” said Gatto after her run.

Results

Elite Women

1. Micayla Gatto (Commencal/Marzocchi) 03:06.2
2. Danice Uyesugi (Pinkbike.com) 0:09
3. Kim Huard (Ind) 0:15
4. Sheila Morris (Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnny’s Racing) 0:27
5. Claudia Paquin (indépendant) 0:41
6. Genevieve Gagnon (Gravitesse) 0:51
7. Sophie Poirier (Roche) 0:54
8. Emilie Audet (Ind) 1:08
DNF Marie-Eve Marcotte (Primary-Devinci)
DNF Mylène Kim Fortier (FH Racing)

Junior Expert Men

1. Yann Gauvin (Mathieu Performance/R-Solution) 02:48.3
2. Trenton Zoobkoff (Hukk Bikes/Adidas Eyewear) 02:52.2
3. Veko Mulally (Indépendant) 02:52.5
4. Dylan Morley (DH Racer) 02:55.2
5. Philippe Cyrenne Blanchard (Devinci) 02:56.2
6. Dave Filion (Ind) 02:56.4
7. Jean-Philippe Crepeau (Poisonfrog.ca) 02:56.4
8. Scott Halvorson (Team BC) 02:57.1
9. Taylor Rowlands (Commencal) 02:57.1
10. Maxime Fortin Faubert (Team DH Multi Sports/Foes/FHR) 02:57.3
11. Emmanuel Daoust (Transcend Magazine) 02:57.9
12. Will Collins (Morewood Fox Smith) 02:59.0
13. James Jeannet (Team Transcend) 02:59.9
14. Marc Poirier (Sports aux Puces) 03:02.2
15. Rob Fraser (Poisonfrog.ca) 03:02.4
16. Tristan Mclean (Ind) 03:03.0
17. Jonathan Lefrançois (Atelier Rouelibre) 03:03.7
18. Andrew Gotuaco (Ind) 03:03.9
19. Justin Loiselle (FH Racing) 03:04.0
20. Alistair Pimlott (Cycle Solutions) 03:07.1
21. Clinton Gould (MMR) 03:07.2
22. Jean Dugal (Sports aux Puces) 03:09.4
23. Martin Lacroix (Ind) 03:11.5
24. Brendan Flanagan (Ind) 03:12.0
25. Pier-Olivier Lassonde (Ind) 03:12.3
26. Jordan Wells (GearHeads) 03:13.4
27. Guillaume Lafleur-Smith (Ind) 03:13.6
28. Simon Poirier-Gioux (Ind) 03:16.6
29. Andy Becker (Specialized/Decline/Team America) 03:16.9
30. Craig Campbell (Cycling BC/MMR) 03:17.4
31. Kyle Marshall (Ind) 03:22.2
32. Yann-Alexandre Roy-Vallée (Ind) 03:30.4
33. Mathieu PrudHomme (Team BSA) :05:42.452
DNF Saul Boudreau (Ind)
DNF Laurent St-Cyr (Le Yéti)
DNF Félix-Antoine Noël (Ryno Performance)

Senior Elite Men

1. Geritt Beytagh (Morewoodbikes) USA 02:37.7
2. Steve Smith (Cove Factory) 02:41.1
3. Charles-Alexandre Dubé (Intersport/DHRacer) 02:43.7
4. Curtis Keene (Specialized) 02:44.6
5. Justin Brown (IronHorse/Intersport/DHRacer.) 02:46.6
6. Louis-Philippe Leonard (Xprezo) 02:46.9
7. Andrew Mitchell (Ind) 02:47.5
8. Mathieu Laurin (Lama Cycles/Morewood) 02:48.1
9. Dean Tennant (Primary/Devinci) 02:48.5
10. Christopher Herndon (Specialized) 02:49.0
11. Benoit Rioux (Indépendant) 02:49.3
12. Drew Pautler (Primary-Devinci) 02:49.4
13. Ewan Fafard (Ind) 02:50.1
14. Trevyn Newpher (Snowshoe/Marin/MMR) USA 02:50.3
15. Andy Thibodeau (Gravité Sports) 02:50.3
16. Kevin Bartkowski (Cove Bikes) 02:50.5
17. James Biluk (Mojo Orange) 02:52.0
18. Vincent Tremblay (Devinci) 02:52.1
19. Geoff Ulmer (Playbiker — Ironhorse) USA 02:52.2
20. Samuel Lagrange (Rocky Mountain/Pro-Cycle) 02:52.8
21. Tim Price (Specialized) USA 02:52.8
22. Jeff Beatty (Mojo Orange) 02:52.9
23. Dominick Ménard (IronHorse/Intersport/DHRacer.com) 02:53.1
24. Jeffery Bryson (Specialized, Hayes Bicycle Group) 02:53.9
25. Jean Philippe Da Silva (Horse/Intersport/DHRacer.com) 02:54.5
26. William Viens (Le Grand Cycle) 02:54.7
27. Hédi Bassoussi (Ind) 02:55.4
28. Ben Reasbeck (Air Racing) 02:55.4
29. Christian Pradella (Sports aux Puces) 02:56.0
30. Julien Laramée (Quilicot-Rackultra) 02:56.1
31. Stéphane Mailhot (Gravité Sports) 02:56.7
32. Forbes Mitchell (Ind) 02:56.8
33. Dan Skogland (Cove Bikes) 02:57.1
34. Simon Garstin (Cycling BC) 02:57.3
35. John Turrow (Aus) 02:57.6
36. Joey Jenkins (Sram Rockshox Avid Sweet Pete’s ) 02:57.7
37. Adam Wright (pinitorfuckoff) 02:57.9
38. Antoine Larose (Xprezo) 02:58.4
39. Kyle Lockyer (Cycle Solutions) 02:58.5
40. Sébastien Thauvette (Indépendant) 02:58.7
41. Vincent Poliseno (Ind) 02:58.8
42. Hugh MacLachlan (Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnny’s Racing) 02:59.0
43. Dave Trumpore (Transcend/Iron Horse) 02:59.2
44. Dominique Dostie (Lama Cycles/Morewood) 02:59.3
45. Tom Kakamousias (cycles Solutions) 02:59.5
46. Tom Kerney (Aus) 02:59.9
47. Geoff Briggs (Calgary Cycle) 02:59.9
48. Stephen Bursey (Ind) 03:00.0
49. Heikki Hall (e.thirteen (USA)) 03:00.3
50. Arnaud Dulude (Ind) 03:00.6
51. Guillaume Laramée (Quilicot-Rackultra) 03:01.1
52. Jonathan Pilon (Indépendant) 03:01.2
53. Lee Trumpore (Transcend Magazine) 03:01.6
54. Matthew Woods (Indépendant) 03:02.5
55. Hugo Rhéaume Lalumière (Ind) 03:02.6
56. Justin Macknish (Lama Cycles/Morewood) 03:02.7
57. Gabriel Pépin Phaneuf (Gravité Sports) 03:03.5
58. Hugo Lanthier (Mathieu Performance/R-Solution) 03:03.8
59. Jerry Leimonis (ycle Solutions/Angry Johnny’s Racing) 03:04.1
60. Nelson Pelletier (Ryno Performance) 03:04.4
61. Benoit Labelle (Lama Cycles/Morewood) 03:04.6
62. Chris Barlin (Aus) 03:04.7
63. Francis Paquet (Indépendant) 03:05.1
64. Simon Carbonneau (Cycle Technique) 03:05.3
65. Chris Cousineau (Devinci) 03:06.0
66. Jean-François Tardif (Vélo Plein-Air) 03:06.1
67. Tyler Paksi (Alberta Downhill Race Association) 03:06.5
68. Patrick Thompson (Marin bikes) 03:07.4
69. Brandon Cassell (Giant/Adrenalineracer/To Wheels) 03:07.8
70. Josh Thibodeau (Mikes Bike Shop) 03:08.4
71. Guillaume Caron (Indépendant) 03:08.6
72. Jeff Faulds (Norco Evolution Team) 03:08.8
73. Jonathan Palframan (Impala Steam Whisle) 03:09.6
74. Tyler Morland (Rad Racing) 03:11.6
75. Graham White (Mad March Racing) 03:13.5
76. Adrien Lavoie (Ind) 03:13.7
77. Patrick Bisson (Impact Designs.ca) 03:14.4
78. Daniel Parent (Indépendant) 03:16.2
79. Gabriel Distilio (Sports aux Puces) 03:16.3
80. Dominic Picotte (Ind) 03:17.4
81. Jocelyn Langlois (Gravité Sports) 03:17.6
82. Jared Riven (Norco Evolution Team) 03:21.1
83. Benoit Poirier (Indépendant) 03:22.0
84. Guillaume Soucy-Alarie (Lama Cycles/Morewood) 03:22.8
85. Philippe Bergeron (Gravité Sports) 03:50.1
86. Mathieu Lagrange (Rocky Mountain/Pro-Cycle) 03:56.3
87. Fraser Britton (Mojo Orange) 04:29.4
DNF Charles Sexton (Lessard-Appalache)
DNF Hans Lambert (Norco Factory Team)
DNF Zachary Taten (Trek Bicycle Store Team)