July 21, 2007 (Mt. Washington, B.C.) – The Elite Men’s XC race is underway as the riders complete (5) laps of the 6.4 km course not six (6). The course is wet as the rain continues off and on and the organizers have opted for the alternate wet weather route which bypasses an extremely muddy section of singletrack near the end of the course.

Lap 1
At 3/4 of the way thru the first lap it’s Geoff Kabush (Maxxis) leading in a small group with Max Plaxton (Rocky Mountain/Haywood) and Seamus McGrath (Rocky Mountain/Haywood), with Derek Zanstar (3 Rox Racing/Scott) in 4th at 20-25 seconds.

Lap 2
At the start of lap 2 it’s Kabush, Plaxton and McGrath. We missed Mat Toulouse (Maxxis) earlier on lap 1 who was ahead of Zandstra and they have been joined by Kris Sneddon (Kona) chasing the leaders.

Lap 3
Finishing lap 2 and beginning lap 3 the three leaders are still Kabush, Plaxton and McGrath with Zandstra in 4th, Sneddon in 5th and Andrew Watson (ON, Team RACE) is now in 6th as Toulouse has dropped into 7th.

Lap 4
Coming thru on lap 4 there’s very little change as Kabush, Plaxton and McGrath continue to lead as Zandstra chases in 4th, Sneddon in 5th, Watson is 6th as Toulouse is 7th… except heavy rain has returned – conditions are miserable.

Lap 5 Final
Kabush has opened up a 10-second lead on Plaxton on the final lap as McGrath is now at 30 seconds behind him in 3rd being chased down by Zanstra who is in 4th another 15 sec. back. Sneddon is 5th almost 2 min behind, Watson is 6th as Mike Garrigan (Epic Ride/Jet Power) is in 7th and Matt Hadley (Rocky Mountain/Haywood) is in 8th.

Neal Kindree (Kona/Les Gets) is leading the U23 men’s race and has come thru over 1 minute up on Raphael Gagne (Rocky Mountain/Haywood) in 2nd.

Results

Elite 19+ Men

1. Geoff Kabush (BC) Maxxis 1:58:51
2. Max Plaxton (BC) Rocky Mountain / Haywood 00:23
3. Derek Zandstra (ON) 3 Rox Racing / Scott 01:34
4. Seamus McGrath (BC) Rocky Mountain / Haywood 03:33
5. Kris Sneddon (BC) Kona Les Gets 07:42
6. Andrew Watson (ON) TEAM R.A.C.E. 08:42
7. Mike Garrigan (ON) Epic Ride / Jetpower 09:29
8. Matthew Hadley (NB) Rocky Mountain / Haywood 10:36
9. Frederic Bussieres (QC) Equipe du Quebec / Xprezol 14:02
10. Craig Richey (BC) Aviawest – Rocky Mountain Bicycles 15:31
11. Martin Lazarski (ON) Rocky Mountain / Haywood 16:39
12. Ryan Edwards (BC) Tantalus Bike Shop 19:02
13. Mathew Hewitt (BC) 20:22
14. Bruno Lafontaine (QC) Equipe du Quebec / Specialized 21:07
15. Peter Glassford (ON) The Trek Store 22:09
16. Shawn Bunnin (AB) Bicisport 25:55
17. Marc-Andre Daigle (QC) 26:10
18. Kelly Guest (BC) Giant / Brooks 26:21
19. Cory Wallace (AB) Team Alberta 27:45
20. Andy Traslin 30:39
21. Thomas Skinner (BC) Giant/Louis Garneau -1 lap
22. Colin Kerr (BC) -1 lap
23. Zach Gammage (ON) Epic Ride / Jetpower -1 lap
24. Andre Sutton (AB) Hardcore Cycling Club -1 lap
25. Carsten Ivany (BC) -1 lap
26. Dustin Gordon (BC) Team Whistler -2 laps
27. Wai-Ben Wong (ON) Ride With Rendall -2 laps
DNF Drew Mackenzie (BC)
DNF Simon Tremblay (BC)
DNF Mathieu Toulouse (QC) Maxxis
DNF Roddi Lega (AB) Team Alberta
DNF Jeff Blair (BC) Norco Bicycles
DNF Dallas Morris (AB) TEAM H&R BLOCK
DNF Sebastien Tremblay (QC) Specialized
DNF Stefan Widmer (BC) Rocky Mtn/Different Bikes
DNS Justin Mark (BC) Arrowsmith Bikes / Frontrunners
DNS Cameron Mcknight (AB) ERTC – redbike

U23 19-22 Men

1. Neal Kindree (BC) Kona/Les Gets Factory Team 2:07:54
2. Raphael Gagne (QC) Equipe Quebec/Rocky Mtn Haywood 02:48
3. Daniel Sessford (YT) Team Yukon – Everti/Schwalbe 06:44
4. Leni Gelinas-Trudel (QC) Opus OGC/équipe du québec 07:47
5. Adam Morka (ON) Team Ontario 12:28
6. Matthew Green (BC) Rocky Mountain/Different Bikes 14:56
7. Jonathan Boulanger (QC) Opus/Ogc/Equipe du Quebec 15:25
8. Cameron Jette (ON) Team Trek Store 18:02
9. Ryan Taylor (PEI) -1 lap
10. Andrew Thomas (SK) Team Saskatchewan -1 lap
11. Daniel Nemetchek (MB) Manitoba/Elements dsn. bld./Woodcock -1 lap
12. Kyle Douglas (ON) 3 Rox Racing/ Scott -1 lap
13. Georges-Édouard Duquette (QC) Kona factory/ équipe du québec -1 lap
14. Matthew Cottrel (BC) -1 lap
15. Aaron Schooler (AB) E.R.T.C. / Redbike -1 lap
16. Matt Law (BC) SORCE -1 lap
17. Kyle Kennedy (BC) -1 lap
18. Brian Bain (AB) Team Alberta -2 laps
DNF Norrie Henderson (BC) Kelowna Cycle