October 27, 2010 (Dieppe, NB) – Another great season came to a conclusion with the running of the 18th and final stage of the 2010 Mike’s Bike Shop Cup. This unique series, regrouping no less then 5 types of cycling events (cross country, time trial, track, BMX, criterium, and cyclo-cross) is guaranteed to crown a great “overall” cyclist at the end of a long season.

Once again this year, youth prevailed by claiming the top 5 spots of the series. “This event, and the result, goes very well with our philosophy. At a young age, those riders should be exposed to more then one bike to be on the right developmental path. In fact, this series exposes them to six different race bikes. No doubt in my mind the winner must be a complete cyclist;” mentions Luc Arseneau, head coach at the National Cycling Centre – Atlantic Canada.

The last night of the weekly series certainly delivered what was expected of it. On the start line, 5 riders could still mathematically win the Cup. Marc Evers won the stage, followed by André Landry and Jean-Richard Cormier.

On the general classification, things could not be closer. Julien Roussel, managed, by the smallest margin of 5 points, to keep his Apogée leader’s jersey and win the 2010 Mike’s Bike Shop Cup with 715 points. His good friend, Neil Symington took the second step on the podium with 710 points while Marc Evers was also very close with 695 points to claim 3rd overall. The three riders from the National Cycling Centre’s Peter Wedge RACER program were also joined by another program member on top of the leader board. Julien Basque, at his first year of racing, finished fourth overall (665 points) while Jean-Richard Cormier (625 points) completed the top five.

Cycling Centre’s president, Guy Vincent and Mike’s Bike Shop representative, Richard Donovan, were present for the awards presentation. “The Centre is very happy to be able to count on partners like Mike’s Bike Shop and Apogée to enable us to put such programs together and especially to help us develop these young riders and can now use the Mike’s Bike Shop Cup to jump to the next level of competition;” concluded Guy Vincent.

Although tonight’s event concluded the 2010 Mike’s Bike Shop Cup, one more event remains on the National Cycling Centre’s agenda for the season, the Halloween Cross to be held this weekend (Saturday evening’s SPRINT and Sunday, 11 am, cyclo-cross championships).

Results

1. Marc Evers B 40:02 100 points
2. Andre Landry B 40:55 90
3. Jean Richard Cormier A 42:23 80
4. Neil Symington A 42:25 75
5. TJ Worden-Rogers B 42:41 70
6. Mike LeBlanc A 43:23 65
7. Julien Basque C 43:59 60
8. Bill MacKenzie C 44:01 55
9. Julien Roussel A 44:34 50
10. Charles Cormier A 00:44:37 45
11. Justin Mallet A 00:45:05 40
12. Bill Goobie A 00:45:34 35
13. Markus Schroetter A 00:45:35 30
14. Pierre McIntyre C 00:46:23 25
15. Keith Godfrey B 00:47:43 20
16. Derek Keith A 00:47:51 15
17. Jean Leger B 00:48:22 10
18. Alexandre Lynch D 00:52:01 5

Mike’s Bike Cup 2010 Round 18 results here

Final Overall after Round 18

1. Julien Rousell 715 points
2. Neil Symington 710
3. Marc Evers 695
4. Julien Basque 665
5. Jean Richard Cormier 625
6. Derick Keith 605
7. Pierre McIntyre 590
8. Justin Mallet 575
9. Mike Leblanc 515
10. Jean Jacques Ferguson 510

Mike’s Bike Cup 2010 Final GC here