July 5, 2009 (Bromont, QC) – Following rain during the week riders faced a muddy course but no rain on race day. In the Elite men’s competition Canada MTB Cup series leader Derek Zandstra (3 Rox Racing) established a nice gap on the field on the first lap but half way up the climb he flatted. When he missed the tech zone at the top of the hill he had to run the entire lap.

Raphael Gagne (QC) Equipe du Quebec/Maxxis Rocky Mountain took over the lead which he would never relinquish as a chase followed at one minute including Stefan Widmer (Can) Rocky Mountain Factory Team, Cameron Jette (ON) Trek Store Toronto, Matthew Hadley (BC) Xprezo, Julien Fillion (QC) Devinci and Léni Trudel (Specialized). A second chase group included Eric Batty (ON) Trek Store Toronto, team mate Peter Glassford (ON), and Andrew Watson (ON) Norco Factory Team.

Over the next few laps riders were dropping like flies – the tech zone was a bee hive of activity. Watson powered from 8th place to 2nd, finishing 1:03 behind Gagne while Hadley rode a strong pace to claim 3rd with Glassford coming in 4th despite a hard crash on the final lap.

In the Elite women’s race a pleasant surprise was late entry, Marie-Hélène Prémont (QC) Maxxis-Rocky Mountain, who took the lead right from the start. Half way up the climb Prémont had a 30-second gap on second placed Amanda Sin (ON) 3 Rox Racing . Going on the second lap Prémont had a very comfortable lead but ran into a serious derailleur mechanical problem. Sin was able to capitalize taking over the lead having a solid race finishing with a smile, and the top podium position.

“I kinda liked the crazy mud out there. I had fun… typical Bromont I guess,” said Ontario’s Sin after her win. Men’s winner Gagne commented, “Awesome race but a bit risky only a week before nationals. Overall I’m feeling good and happy with my race.”

Third placed Elite men’s finisher Hadley thought there was too much running on the course, “In the first 200m we were all already off running.” Meanwhile Zandstra had what he referred to as an ‘interesting day’. “I flatted a few minutes after the start and didn’t see the tech zone at the top of the climb so I ended up running an entire lap.” (Zandstra finished in 6th)

Kristina Laforge (QC) Team Quebec/Cyclone and Leandre Bouchard (QC) Equipe du Quebec took the Junior women’s and men’s races.

Emily Batty/Trek Store Toronto, Canada MTB Cup XC series women’s leader, did not compete and is in Bromont training for next weekend’s 2009 MTB XC Nationals in St. Felicien. While cheering on her team mates she helped us out with some coverage of the Bromont Canada MTB Cup.

Results

Junior Men – 24km (4 laps)
1. Léandre Bouchard (Can) Cyclone dAlma 39:19.4
2. Patrick Chartrand (Can) CVM Val-David :16
3. Alexis Cartier (Can) CVM Val-David :39
4. Andrew LEspérance (Can) Kona/Bicycle Nova Scotia 5:14
5. Evan McNeely (Can) EMD Serono/Specialized 6:40
6. Jérémy Martin (Can) Lessard Bicycles 7:32
7. James Clarke (Can) ycle Solutions/ Angry Johnnys Raci 7:50
8. Jean-Philippe Côté (Can) Vélo Plein-Air 8:43
9. Preston Wagler (Can) Two Wheel Express 11:01
10. Tyson Wagler (Can) Two Wheel Express 11:32
11. Philippe Dépault (Can) Sportif Bromont 11:37
12. Emmanuel Boily (Can) Cyclone dAlma 13:27
13. Conor OBrien (Can) EMD SERONO SPECIALIZED 14:01
14. Xavier Perreault (Can) Accro Vélo Val-dOr 14:33
15. Benoit Paradis Letarte (Can) CVM Subway-Génétik 14:46
16. Yannick Lapierre (Can) CVM Val-David 15:38
17. Étienne Moreau (Bel) Arrow Racing 16:34
18. Fran_ois Saint-Laurent (Can) Lessard Bicycles 19:53
19. Sébastien Bourgault (Can) CVM Subway-Génétik 21:21
20. Martin Dessureault (Can) Gaspésien 21:22
21. Simon Gauthier (Can) Indépendant 22:45
22. Samuel Gazaille (Can) VéloÉpic 24:28
23. Mathieu Gasse (Can) Vélo Plein-Air 28:10
24. Daniel Moore (Can) CVM Val-David 28:26
25. Samuel Dostie-Ménard (Can) Skinouk-VDM 30:43
26. Steven Turcotte (Can) Lessard Bicycles 38:34
27. William Morin (Can) Beauport 57:27
DNF Lucas Gracey (Can) HB Cycling Club
DNF Jean Daniel St-Martin (Can) Hardwood /TREK ONTARIO
DNF Tyler Allison (Can) Trek-Nike 6
DNF Nicolas Tremblay (Can) Specialized
DNF Michael Miller (Can) Ride with Rendall
DNF Timothé Plante
DNF Antoine Caron
DNF Steve Fréchette
DNF Hugo Vezina-Lampron
DNF Nikita Touchette-Lebel
DNF Sébastien Belisle
DNF Fran_ois Lehoux
DNF Gabriel Charlton

Junior Women – 18km (3 laps)
1. Kristina Laforge (Can) Cyclone dAlma 44:52.3
2. Valérie Meunier (Can) Cyclone dAlma 2:03
3. Samantha Grover (Can) Hardcore 4:53
4. Marjorie Lavoie (Can) CVM Val-David 7:49
5. Justine Morin (Can) CCS/Dalbix 12:31
DNF Cayley Brooks (Can) Hardwood/Trek
DNF Stéphanie Vialle (Can) CVM Val-David

Elite Women – 24km (4 laps)
1. Amanda Sin (Can) 3 Rox Racing 52:18.5
2. Nicola Leary (Nzl) Team N-Duro/CabinRacing.com 11:54
3. Caroline Villeneuve (Can) Norco Factory Team 11:56
4. Josiane Mathieu (Can) Demers-Specialized 13:22
5. Joanna Harrington (Can) 15:00
6. Kathleen Villeneuve (Can) Cycles des Monts 15:34
7. Cindy Montambault (Can) Accro Vélo Val-dOr 17:03
8. Stéphanie Lacoursi_re (Can) Cyclone dAlma 19:40
9. Marie-Claude Surprenant (Can) Xprezo 21:00
10. Marie Allaire (Can) Xprezo 21:34
11. Catherine Vipond (Can) Norco Factory Team 26:55
12. Joanna Wall (Aus) Bendigo Mountain Bike Club 27:23
13. Cassandre Olivier-Lapierre (Can) CVM Subway-Génétik 36:30
14. Therese Rhodes (Aus) Adelaide Mountain Bike Club 39:34
DNF Karine Travaillaud (Can) Specialized
DNF Mikaela Kofman (Can) 3 Rox Racing
DNF Rébecca Beaumont (Can) Cyclone dAlma
DNF Kelly Hall (Can) Juventus
DNF Sarah Moore (Can) CVM Val-David
DNF Andréanne Pichette (Can) CVM Subway-Génétik
DSQ Marie-Hélene Prémont (Can) Rocky Mountain Maxxis

Elite Men – 30km (5 laps)
1. Rapha”˜l Gagné (Can) am MAXXIS-Rocky Mountain Bicyc 53:53.0
2. Andrew Watson (Can) Norco Factory Team 1:03
3. Matthew Hadley (Can) Xprezo 4:51
4. Peter Glassford (Can) #NAME? 5:36
5. Julien Fillion (Can) Devinci 6:24
6. Derek Zandstra (Can) 3 Rox Racing 7:32
7. Stefan Widmer (Can) ocky Mountain Bicycles Factory Tea 7:34
8. Cody Canning (Can) ERTC/revolution cycle 7:40
9. Mark Leishman (Nzl) Team N-Duro/CabinRacing.com 8:32
10. Adam Morka (Can) TREK STORE RACE TEAM 9:24
11. Andrew Blair (Aus) Canberra Offroad Cyclists 10:56
12. Benoit Simard (Can) Specialized 11:03
13. Daniel Sessford (Can) Blue Competition Cycles 11:18
14. Craig Richey (Can) Blue Competition Cycles 11:41
15. Kyle Douglas (Can) 3 Rox Racing 13:18
16. Olivier Bordeleau (Can) Xprezo 16:11
17. Steve Caillé (Can) La Cordée 16:24
18. Thomas Skinner (Can) Oak Bay Bikes/Specialized 16:49
19. Brian Bain (Can) CMC/BowCycle 19:06
20. Jonathan Boucher (Can) CVM Subway-Génétik 20:26
21. Sébastien Cadieux-Duval (Can) CVM Val-David 20:36
22. Félix Côté (Can) CVM Val-David 21:35
23. Ryan Atkins (Can) #NAME? 22:28
24. Jean-Philippe Thibault-Roberge (Can) CCS/Dalbix 22:40
25. Gino Ricci (Can) Biogen Idec 22:44
26. Shane Hollingshead (Can) Norco Factory Team 23:25
27. Charles Blanchet-Levesque (Can) CVM Subway-Génétik 24:22
28. Frédéric Forgues-Lapointe (Can) CCS/Dalbix 26:28
29. Justin Middleton (Can) Team Alberta / Juventus 26:54
30. Pierre-Louis Chamberland (Can) CVM Val-David 26:54
31. Mathieu Bélanger Barrette (Can) CVM Subway-Génétik 27:53
32. Zachary Hughes (Can) Norco Factory Team 28:50
33. Luc Doiron (Can) Marin Bikes 29:15
34. Simon Marchand (Can) Rocky Mountain Bicycles/ProCycle 30:34
35. Mathieu Boily-Tremblay (Can) Marin Bikes 31:54
36. Neil Schiemann (Can) Tall Tree Cycles 33:34
37. Pierre-Yves Nadeau (Can) Lessard Bicycles 34:48
38. Pascal Dumaresq (Can) CVM Normandin 37:14
39. Fran_ois-Charles Dumas (Can) Performance Vélo Lévy Honda 40:07
40. Imad Elghazal (Lib) Indépendant 40:21
41. Patrick Mimeault (Can) Evenements Sportifs 42:58
DNF Haydn Boucher (Can) 3 Rox Racing
DNF Eric Batty (Can) Trek Toronto
DNF Mark Batty (Can) Planet Energy
DNF Jerome Samson (Can) Sweet Petes
DNF Marc-André Daigle (Can) Warrior Racing
DNF Guy VanKrimpen (Can) Hamilton Cycling Club
DNF Léni Trudel (Can) Specialized
DNF Zach Winn (Can) ycle Solutions/Angry Johnnys Racin
DNF Luc Boily (Can) Vélo 2 Max St-Félicien
DNF Olivier Robidoux (Can) CCS/Dalbix
DNF Jacob McClelland (Can) Team Hardwood-Trek
DNF Simon Happy (Can) RST Vélosports
DNF Louis-Rémy Marier (Can) Ryno Performance
DNF Nicolas Maltais (Can) Cyclone dAlma
DNF Vincent Meunier (Can) EMD SERONO SPECIALIZED
DNF Cameron Jette (Can) TREK STORE RACE TEAM
DNF Matthew Paziuk (Can) Norco Evolution Team
DNF Francis Morin (Can) Specialized
DNF Simon Lalancette (Can) Devinci