November 14, 2010 (Ottawa, ON) – Sunday’s race at the Ride With Rendall double-header in Nepean once again fell to Ottawa-area residents Natasha Elliott and Derrick St. John. Elliott (Garneau-Club Chaussures). Elliott easily rode away to victory on the technical course at the Nepean National Equestrian Park, this time ahead of Sophie Matte (Stevens Racing p/b The Cyclery) and Julie Lafreniere, who swapped their podium positions from Saturday’s race.

The elite men’s race again got off to a blistering start and by the end of the first lap Saturday’s top two, St. John and Evan McNeely (EMD Serono-Specialized) opened up a gap over the rest of the field. But a tired McNeely wasn’t able to stay on St. John’s wheel and dropped back. While he held St. John at 10 seconds for a few laps, he gradually faded to finish 39 seconds back.

Meanwhile, behind the two leaders, Osmond Bakker, Matteo Dal-Cin, Conor O’Brien and Marc Boudreau formed a chase group which soon shattered under pressure from Bakker, who crossed the line in third, 2:34 behind the winner but 20 seconds ahead of Dal-Cin. Six seconds later O’Brien took a tight sprint for fifth ahead of Boudreau and Nathan Underwood.

Organizer Glen Rendall said the double-header weekend will be back in 2011 and he’s working on a bid for the 2012 national cyclocross championships.

Results

U13 men
1. Stewart Melville (Kanata)
2. Liam Kerr (The Cyclery) 1:16
3. Connor Melville (Kanata) 2 laps

U13 women
1. Rebecca Melville (Kanata)

U15 men
1. Derek Gee (Ottawa Bicycle Club)
2. Albert Picard (VCM Cycle Regie) 3:26
3. Alex Heroux (Nepean) 5:37

Master C men
1. Chris Black (Ride With Rendall)
2. Cornelius Cluge (Cycledelia Road Racing Club) 0:20
3. Peter Schuck (Ride With Rendall) 0:30
4. Drew Edwards (euro-sports.ca) 3:22
5. Paul Miller (Aquila Racer Sportif) 1 lap

Master B men
1. Rob Orange (Ride With Rendall)
2. John Gee (Ride With Rendall) 0:36
3. Steve Bouvette (Velo Select) 0:44
4. Kris Westwood (The Cyclery) 0:59
5. Hans Loeffelholz (Nine2FivePro.com) 1:12

Master A men
1. John Fee (The Cyclery)
2. Shawn Marshall (Les Rouleur de l’Outaouais) s.t.
3. Matt Surch (Tall Tree Cycles) 0:36
4. Michel Henri (Iris) 1:30
5. Rob Parniak (Tall Tree Cycles) 1:49

U19 men
1. Johan Patry (Ride With Rendall)
2. Edouard Tougas (Velo Select) 2:17
3. Derek Gee (Ottawa Bicycle Club) 5 laps

Women
1. Natasha Elliott (Garneau-Club Chaussures)
2. Sophie Matte (Stevens Racing p/b The Cyclery) 2:11
3. Julie Lafreniere (Kunstadt Sports) 2:26
4. Jennifer Stevenson (7th Groove) 3:24
5. Trisha Spooer (Stevens Racing p/b The Cyclery) 3:32

Elite men
1. Derrick St. John (Garneau-Club Chaussures)
2. Evan McNeely (EMD Serono-Specialized) 0:39
3. Osmond Bakker (La Bicicletta) 2:34
4. Matteo Dal-Cin (euro-sports.ca) 2:54
5. Conor O’Brien (EMD Serono-Specialized) 3:00