August 17, 2009 (Brookvale, PEI) – Raphaël Gagné (Quebec) and Mikaela Kofman (Ontario) were the winners of the Canada Summer Games MTB XC men’s and women’s races respectively at the Brookvale Provincial Park in Queens County, PEI on Monday. BC’s Evan Guthrie was second and sLéni Trudel (Quebec) was 3rd in the men’s race while Quebec’s Rébecca Beaumont and Marie-Claude Surprenant were second and third in the women’s race.

Canada Summer Games Report

Highlight of the Day:
At the Brookvale Provincial Ski Park under blue skies and humidex temperature in the high 30’s Raphaël Gagné from Quebec won the 31km men’s mountain bike race with a time of 1:36:25. With the win he defended his 2005 Canada Summer Games mountain bike title. Evan Guthrie from BC was second with a time of 1:37:16. Third place went to Leni Trudel of Quebec. A surprise result was Guillaume Boivin the current National Road Race Champion impressing the crowd with a strong 8th place finish.

In the women’s race Mikaela Fofman from Ontario won the gold medal in women’s mountain bike race. Recovering from a broken shoulder Mikaela said she “put it all on the line” and opened up a gap over over a minute and held it for the entire 22km race. Mikaela raved about “the awesome” course. Quebec took the next two podium places with Rebecca Beaumont in 2nd and Marie-Claude Suprenant in 3rd.

What to Watch for Tomorrow:
Tuesday will be the Time Trial on the road and the consensus is it will be a fast course and might suit a rider that can turn over big gear. The athletes will also have to pace themselves to have energy left for the 4km false flat to the finish line.

Athletes to watch on Tuesday for the 22km men’s time trial include Cody Campbell from BC who finish in 3rd place in the under 23 National Championship ITT who sat out the mountain bike race. Mathew Bell from Ontario will also be in the hunt for a podium position.

The women’s 14km time trial will feature the 2009 Junior National Champion Denise Ramsden from Ontario and Julie Garnet from Saskatchewan who recently finished in 19th place in Moscow at Junior Road World’s.

When and Where:
Monday August 17. Men start at 11:00am and women start at 2:00pm at Brookvale Park just outside of Summerside. The course is spectator friendly making it easy to cheer on the athletes.

Results

Men

1. Raphaël Gagné (Quebec) 1:36:25
2. Evan Guthrie (British Columbia) 1:37:16
3. Léni Trudel (Quebec) 1:38:04
4. Jon Kinsie (Ontario) 1:38:28
5. Cody Canning (Alberta) 1:41:41
6. Andrew L’Esperance (Nova Scotia) 1:42:12
7. Andrew Thomas (Saskatchewan) 1:44:55
8. Guillaume Boivin (Quebec) 1:46:57
9. Daniel Scott (British Columbia) 1:50:03
10. Jean-Richard Cormier (New Brunswick) 1:51:47
11. Justin Middleton (Alberta) 1:52:06
12. Jason Doverspike (Manitoba) 1:52:30
13. Paul Benson (Manitoba) 1:53:22
14. Owen Harrison (British Columbia) -1 Lap
15. Matthew Krahn (Alberta) -1 Lap
16. Duncan Sturz (Prince Edward Island) -1 Lap
17. Bryson Bowers (Ontario) -1 Lap
18. Cameron Jette (Ontario) -1 Lap
19. Justin Theriault (New Brunswick) -1 Lap
20. Hugo Houle (Quebec) -1 Lap
21. Dylan Harris (Manitoba) -2 Laps
22. David Brooks (Saskatchewan) -2 Laps
23. Ryan Burlingame (Yukon) -2 Laps
24. Éric Boily (Quebec) -2 Laps
25. Devon Novakowski (Ontario) -2 Laps
26. Denis Hebert (New Brunswick) -2 Laps
27. Landon Fisher (Newfoundland and Labrador) -2 Laps
28. Philip Paul McIlroy (Newfoundland and Labrador) -2 Laps
29. Billy Newell (Newfoundland and Labrador) -2 Laps
30. Patrick Mulherin (New Brunswick)-2 Laps
31. Adam Rose (Newfoundland and Labrador) -2 Laps
32. Ryan DesRoches (Prince Edward Island) -3 Laps
33. David Gonda (Yukon) -3 Laps
34. Benjamin Bschaden (Nova Scotia) -3 Laps
35. Matthew Potma (British Columbia) -3 Laps
36. Bradley Clifford (Saskatchewan) -3 Laps
37. Kyle Kneabone (Prince Edward Island) -3 Laps
38. David Boily (Quebec)-4 Laps
39. Adrian Huemmer (Manitoba) -4 Laps
40. Clayton Meisner (Manitoba)-4 Laps
41. Ryan MacDonald (Nova Scotia) -4 Laps
42. Benjamin Rempel (Saskatchewan) -4 Laps
43. Cuylar Conly (Saskatchewan) -4 Laps
44. Christopher McGarity (Saskatchewan)-4 Laps
45. Blake MacKay (Manitoba) -4 Laps
DNS Spencer Smitheman (Alberta)
DNS Colter Young (Alberta)
DNF Mathew Bell (Ontario)
DNF Jamie Riggs (Ontario)
DNF Dustin Andrews (Alberta)
DNF Troy Henry (Yukon)

Women

1. Mikaela Kofman (Ontario) 1:22:45
2. Rébecca Beaumont (Quebec) 1:24:27
3. Marie-Claude Surprenant (Quebec) 1:25:57
4. KK Michener (Ontario) 1:29:55
5. Katherine Lea Short (British Columbia) 1:30:50
6. Leah Frances Kirchmann (Manitoba) 1:32:21
7. Laura Bietola (Ontario) 1:33:38
8. Chelsea Ann Bilsbarrow (British Columbia) 1:34:12
9. Caeli Barron (Alberta) 1:34:20
10. Anna Schappert (Manitoba) 1:35:19
11. Krystyn Ong (Alberta) 1:36:05
12. Denise Ramsden (Ontario) 1:36:41
13. Andrea Bunnin (Saskatchewan) 1:37:10
14. Jessica Dahn (New Brunswick) 1:37:45
15. Lex Albrecht (Quebec) 1:39:02
16. Sam Grover (Alberta) 1:40:27
17. Kelly Hall (Alberta) -1 Lap
18. Katie Spittlehouse (Ontario) -1 Lap
19. Heather Enders (Yukon) -1 Lap
20. Lindsay Argue (Manitoba) -1 Lap
21. Haley Warkentin (Manitoba) -2 Laps
22. Kimberly Manuel (Newfoundland and Labrador) -2 Laps
23. Véronique Bilodeau (Quebec) -2 Laps
24. Kelsey Kabanak (Yukon) -2 Laps
25. Hannah Cooley (Saskatchewan) -2 Laps
26. Natalie Cormier (New Brunswick) -2 Laps
27. Caitlin Warkentin (Saskatchewan) -2 Laps
28. Kaitlyn MacDonald (Yukon) -2 Laps
29. Shanie Bergeron (Quebec) -2 Laps
30. Karlee Gendron (Manitoba) -2 Laps
31. Julia Garnet (Saskatchewan) -2 Laps
32. Karol-Ann Canuel (Quebec) -2 Laps
33. Annie Ewart (British Columbia) -3 Laps
34. Lindsay Aspen (Saskatchewan) -3 Laps
35. Rachel d’Agincourt Canning (British Columbia) -3 Laps
36. Joanne Traves (Saskatchewan) -4 Laps
DNS Ellen Sparling (Alberta)
DNS Naomi Cooper (British Columbia)
DNF Danika Medinski (Alberta)
DNF Rachel O’Reilly (Ontario)