July 08, 2012 – Ryan Anderson competes in some of the biggest races in Europe with the Spider Tech professional cycling team run by Canadian legend Steve Bauer. The Vancouver native is coming off a strong showing at the Tour de Suisse.
“This crowd feels like a race of Europe,” Anderson said. “I still get a bit nervous because I’m back home and racing in front of family and I want to do well.”
Australian Tommy Nankervis, riding for the Competitive Cyclist team run by three-time Canadian Olympian Gord Fraser, tried the same strategy won him last year’s race, attacking early, and leading through the final two corners. But Anderson was right behind, using him as a lead out coming out of the final corner, and jumping past for the win, completing 60 laps of the 0.9-kilometer circuit through the streets of the Ladner in one hour, 13 minutes and 27 seconds.
“I knew he was fast because of last year so I figured I could go from the final corner and as soon as I could get a gap I went as fast as I could,” Anderson said.
The biggest winner may have been the guy that finished 50th.
“That’s definitely the most money I’ve ever made in one sprint,” Williamson said, adding it helped take the sting out of losing two teammates to a nasty crash earlier. “It doesn’t get much better for a crowd preem – anywhere.”
Anderson thought about the cash, but Nankervis, who dropped to third behind Steve Fisher of Hagen Berman Cycling, was focused only on a repeat win.
“We came here to win races.” Nankervis said. “The money is an incentive but that’s why they call it the gambler’s preem. Last year the [Team] Exergy guys did a full lead out for it and I won the race so I get to look back and say I had a nice win on my resume. It would have been nice to hang on for second tonight but I’ve still got a shot at the overall – it will be the first of me of Anderson to cross.”
Anderson was also focused on the overall, especially since it was a win at both the Brenco Criterium and Tour de Delta GC that helped set him up for his current role racing in Europe. Anderson won both in 2009 while racing for US-based Kelly Benefits, and said Saturday that was an important step in his career.
“That was big because then Kelly Benefits started believing in me and then I got opportunities, so this race has been a big stepping stone for me,” he said.
Now it helps him prepare for the upcoming return to the European pro peleton.
“This is a great way for me to come home, take a little break and get ready to go back over to Europe,” Anderson said.
Women’s Race
If the men’s race helped Anderson get ready to go overseas, the women’s finish might help Steph Roorda forgot that she isn’t doing the same.
Roorda admits it wasn’t easy to get over being named an alternate to Canada’s Track Team for the upcoming 2012 Olympics in London, but improving on a second-place finish in the first stage of BC Superweek on Friday night by winning the 40-lap Brenco Criterium 24 hours later helped take some of the sting out.
It also provides some training benefits in case Roorda gets called in to fill in at the Summer Games. She’ll certainly be prepared for late sprints after following up Friday’s second-place finish by outlasting Joanie Caron (Colavita-espnW Pro Cycling) and Jenny Lehmann (Trek Red Truck) down the final straightaway, finishing the flat 36-kilometer race in one hour and 24.1 seconds.
“The last lap, teammate Lisa [Howard] and I were set up third and fourth wheel and the Trek team started to move on the right and I said to Lisa ‘go’ and she was my lead out and she went as hard as she could and brought me to last corner and I just jumped from there,” Roorda said. “I knew if I was first around the last corner I had a really good shot at the win.”
It was the end of long night of battles between the local Trek Red Truck and Local Ride squads, which is ironic since Howard helped Lehmann get her start in competitive cycling through her Young Women’s Development Program.
“It was pretty animated. It’s always a battle between us and Local Ride, same as last year,” Lehmann said after her second-straight third-place finish. “Our team worked really well together, we were in every break, and it was launching attacks one after the other between us and we just came up a bit short. I managed to hop on Steph’s wheel, but just couldn’t come around her at the end.”
Roorda will wear the leader’s jersey as the Tour de Delta wraps up with the White Spot Road Race on Sunday morning. BC Superweek continues with the UBC Grand Prix on Tuesday, July 10, the Gastown Grand Prix on July 11, Giro di Burnaby July 12, and three race Tour de White Rock from July 13 to 15.
BC Superweek is Canada’s biggest cycling series, with $105,000 in prize money available during nine races over 10 days.
BC Superweek runs from July 6 through 15, and is made up of the Tour de Delta (races on July 6, 7, 8), Original 16 UBC Grand Prix (July 10), Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix (July 11), Giro di Burnaby (July 12) and the Tour de White Rock (races on July 13, 14, 15)
Learn more about BC Superweek HERE.
Results
Elite Women
1. Roorda Stephanie (Can) Local Ride/Dr. Vie Superfoods 1:00:24.1
2. Caron Joanie (Can) Colavita-espnW Pro Cycling
3. Lehmann Jenny (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes
4. Wangsgard Nicky (USA) Primal/MapMyRide p/b BH Bicycles
5. Haatz Gina (Ger) Independent
6. Broekema Erika (NED) NWVG 0:00:01.2
7. Laplante-Lamarche Florence (Can) Stevens Racing p/b The Cyclery
8. Cartmill Carrie (Can) Stevens Racing p/b The Cyclery
9. Finegan Kate (Aus) Independent
10. McMahon Jennifer (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling
11. Laxson Shoshauna (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes
12. Walton Dana (USA) Team Alliance Environmental
13. Redl Erin (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling
14. Audrain Ivy (USA) Keller Rohrback
15. Berkenpas Jean Ann (Can) Local Ride/Dr. Vie Superfoods
16. MacGregor Moriah Jo (Can) Colavita-espnW Pro cycling
17. Rathwell Megan (Can) Russ Hay’s/Accent Inns
18. Howard Lisa (Can) Local Ride/Dr. Vie Superfoods
19. Brynjolfson Kristine (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes
20. Cooper Naomi (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes 0:00:08.6
DNF Clift Justine (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling
DNF von Stetten Melanie (Can) Local Ride/Dr. Vie Superfoods
DNS Cabot Morgan (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling
DNS Cutler Jessica (USA) Primal/MapMyRide p/b BH Bicycles
DNS Canning Rachel (Can) Local Ride
Elite Men
1. Ryan Anderson (Can) Spider Tech 1:13:26.97
2. Steve Fisher (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling
3. Tommy Nankervis (Aus) Competitive Cyclist
4. Ben Chaddock (Can) Team Exergy Pro Cycling
5. Roman van Uden (Nzl) PureBlack Racing
6. Anton Varabei (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee/La Bicicletta
7. Federico Marchiori (Ita) Cyber Team Breganze
8. Svein Tuft (Can) GreenEdge
9. Adam De Vos (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes
10. Florenz Knauer (Ger) Team Baier Lanshut
11. Tyler Trace (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes
12. Jacob Schwingboth (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling
13. Daniel Bichlmann (Ger) Team Baier Lanshut
14. Danny Heeley (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling
15. Christian Meier (Can) GreenEdge
16. David Gonda (Can) Rideokanagan.com
17. Michael Olheiser (USA) Competitive Cyclist
18. Marsh Cooper (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
19. Bradley Clifford (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes
20. Tom Radermacher (Ger) Team HED p/b Staps
21. Kris Dahl (Can) Team H&R BLOCK
22. Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
23. Philip Mooney (USA) Jamis/Sutter Home Cycling Team
24. Tim Abercrombie (Can) Garneau Evolution
25. Clayton Meisner (Can) Rideokanagan.com
26. Colter Young (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes
27. Andreas Fliessgarten (Ger) Team Baier Lanshut
28. Noah Bloom (Can) Garneau Evolution
29. Dustin Andrews (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes
30. Alexander Cataford (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling
31. Gabe Varela (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling
32. Greg Christian (USA) Garneau Evolution
33. Brett Boniface (Can) FVRCC
34. Quinn Keogh (USA) Team Exergy Pro Cycling
35. Jeff Werner (Can) Garneau Evolution
36. Dominik Roels (Ger) Team HED p/b Staps
37. Justin Kerr (Nzl) Team H&R BLOCK
38. Dan Skinner (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes
39. Aaron Schooler (Can) Team H&R BLOCK
40. Dan Bechtold (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 0:00:10.50
41. Taylor Gunman (Nzl) PureBlack Racing
42. Maurice Worsfold (Can) Speed Theory
43. Bailey McKnight (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes
44. Chris Worsfold (Can) Speed Theory
45. Michael van den Ham (Can) Rideokanagan.com
46. James Williamson (Nzl) PureBlack Racing
47. Kyle Buckosky (Can) Garneau Evolution
48. Jesse Reams (Can) Hagens Berman Cycling 0:00:13.49
49. Hendrik Werner (Ger) Team HED p/b Staps
50. Evan Mundy (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee/La Bicicletta
51. Craig Jones (Gbr) Team H&R BLOCK 0:00:18.51
52. Dave Stephens (Can) Garneau Evolution
53. Matthias Bertling (Ger) independent
54. Chris Gruber (Can) Champion System p/b Stans NoTubes
55. Kevin Mullervy (USA) Team Exergy Pro Cycling 0:00:20.26
56. Will Routley (Can) Spider Tech 0:00:21.22
57. Marvin Guzman (Can) Rideokanagan.com 0:00:25.32
58. Ian Burnett (USA) Competitive Cyclist 0:00:30.56
59. Conor Mullervy (USA) Team Exergy Pro Cycling
60. Zachary Davies (USA) Team Exergy Pro Cycling 0:00:32.97
61. Nic Hamilton (Can) Jelly belly presented by Kenda
62. Kevin Noiles (Can) cyclocrossracing.com 0:00:35.90
63. Mike Laxdal (Can) independent
64. Joseph Cooper (Nzl) PureBlack Racing 0:00:40.81
DNF Jackie Simes (USA) Jamis/Sutter Home Cycling Team
DNF Sebastian Salas (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
DNF Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
DNF James McCoy (Nzl) PureBlack Racing
DNF Louis Crosby (Nzl) PureBlack Racing
DNF Stefan Fussstetter (Ger) Team Baier Lanshut
DNF Ian Crane (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling
DNF Cody Campbell (Can) Hagens Berman Cycling
DNF David Fleischhauer (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling
DNF Cody Canning (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes
DNF Scott Inman (Can) Garneau Evolution
DNF Mike Rothengatter (Can) Garneau Evolution
DNF Rob Britton (Can) Team H&R BLOCK
DNF Laurent Dallaire (Can) Team H&R BLOCK
DNF Andrew Pinfold (Can) Team H&R BLOCK
DNF Mike Sidic (Can) Team H&R BLOCK
DNF Dylan Harris (Can) Rideokanagan.com
DNF Mark Rainer (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling
DNF Bart Ludbrook (Nzl) Glotman Simpson Cycling
DNF Ted Matson (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling
DNF Emile de Rosnay (Can) Russ Hay’s/Accent Inns
DNF Cid Martinez (Can) Russ Hay’s/Accent Inns
DNF Curtis Dearden (Can) Russ Hay’s/Accent Inns
DNF Steven Grandy (Can) Russ Hay’s/Accent Inns
DNF Dave Johnson (Can) Speed Theory
DNF Evan Hepner (USA) Cascade Bicycle Studio
DNF Mackenzie Garvin (Can) Cyclemiesters Bowcycle
DNF Julian Base (Can) Fraser Valley Cycling Club
DNF Mark McConnell (Can) Synergy Racing
DNF Scott Laliberte (Can) Westwood Cycle Club
DNF Shane Savage (Can) independent
DNF Manuel Fehlmann (Can) independent
DNF Michael Wegner (Can) independent
DNF Teklit Zeweldi (ERI) independent
DNS Erik Mulder (Can) Garneau Evolution
DNS Garrett McLeod (Can) Team H&R BLOCK
DNS Rory McAdams (USA) independent
DNS David Gillam (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling
Cat 3/4 Men
1. Machhein Richard (Can) Local Ride Racing 31:41.2
2. Richard Normand (Can) Escape Velocity
3. Groves Dave (Can) Click Cycling
4. Dalton Brian (Can) Triple Crown Racing
5. Frith Ian (Gbr) Todd’s Racing p/b Hootsuite
6. Glendinning Adam (Can) Racing Force
7. Pearson Trevor (Can) CRC Race Club
8. Klassen Jesse (Can) independent
9. Zackery Anthony (Can) CVC Racing
10. Bachler Tony (Can) independent
11. Pickell Jackson (Can) dEVo
12. Routley Tony (Can) Team Whistler
13. Crook Paul (Can) Independent
14. Gronross Dan (Can) Steed Cycles
15. Northey Alex (Can) Wedgewood
16. Martin Ted (USA) Triple Crown Racing
17. Hilts Ian (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling
18. Thompson James (Can) CVC Racing
19. Passas Mike (Can) Escape Velocity
20. Sherman Mark (Can) independent
21. Langley Ulrich (Can) CRC Race Club
22. de Rot Robert (Can) Ballistic Velo Racing
23. Bescott Robert (Can) CVC Racing
24. Owsiany Daniel (Can) Independent
25. Humphries Richard (Can) independent
26. Hoffman Ian (Can) Steed/Sugoi
27. Griffin Brian (Can) Team Alliance
28. Hui Alex (Can) Pro City Racing
29. Hornland Matt (Can) Mighty Riders
30. Lovett Jackson (Can) Westwood Cycle Club
31. Eberle Chad (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling
32. Mccloskey Paul (Can) Mighty Riders
33. Taylor Warren (Can) Ballistic Velo Racing
34. Birk Tom (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling
35. Winters Conrad (Gbr) Ballistic Velo Racing
36. Schincariol Paul (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling
37. Wakefield Brett (Can) Local Ride Racing
38. Golbeck Ryan (Can) Mighty Riders
39. Sonnenschein John (Can) Ballistic Velo Racing 00:10.8
DNF Rijken Jeroen (Can) CRC Coastal Race Club
DNF Rickard Drew (Can) Ballistic Velo Racing
DNF Gibson Jed (Can) independent
DNF Hilts Ian (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling
DNF Barrington Hugh (USA) Audi (Kryki Sports)
DNF Soria Ephraim (PHI) dEVo
Omnium
Elite Men
1. Ryan Anderson (Can) Spider Tech 54 points
2. Tommy Nankervis (Aus) realcyclist.com 52
3. Steve Fisher (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 50
4. Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Green Edge 47
5. Florenz Knauer (Ger) Team Baier Lanshut 43
6. Roman van Uden (Nzl) PureBlack Racing 38
7. Ben Chaddock (Can) Team Exergy Pro Cycling 35
8. Jacob Schwingboth (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling 33
9. Anton Varabei (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee/La Bicicletta 32
10. Federico Marchiori (Ita) Cyber Team Breganze 29
11. Christian Meier (Can) Orica-Green Edge 28
12. Adam De Vos (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes 27
13. Daniel Bichlmann (Ger) Team Baier Lanshut 26
14. Tyler Trace (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes 25
15. Danny Heeley (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 22
16. David Gonda (Can) Rideokanagan.com 22
17. Jackie Simes (USA) Jamis/Sutter Home Cycling Team 19
18. Jesse Anthony (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 16
19. Marvin Guzman (Can) Independent 24
20. Nic Hamilton (Can) Jelly belly presented by Kenda 22
21. Will Routley (Can) Spider Tech 22
22. Michael Olheiser (USA) realcyclist.com 22
23. Ian Burnett (USA) realcyclist.com 22
24. Philip Mooney (USA) Jamis/Sutter Home Cycling Team 22
25. Scott Zwizanski (USA) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 22
26. Marsh Cooper (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 22
27. Quinn Keogh (USA) Team Exergy Pro Cycling 22
28. Kevin Mullervy (USA) Team Exergy Pro Cycling 22
29. Conor Mullervy (USA) Team Exergy Pro Cycling 22
30. Zachary Davies (USA) Team Exergy Pro Cycling 22
31. Taylor Gunman (Nzl) PureBlack Racing 22
32. James Williamson (Nzl) PureBlack Racing 22
33. Louis Crosby (Nzl) PureBlack Racing 12
34. Joseph Cooper (Nzl) PureBlack Racing 22
35. Andreas Fliessgarten (Ger) Team Baier Lanshut 22
36. Stefan Fussstetter (Ger) Team Baier Lanshut 12
37. Jesse Reams (Can) Hagens Berman Cycling 22
38. David Fleischhauer (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 12
39. Dan Bechtold (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 22
40. Cody Canning (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes 12
41. Dan Skinner (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes 22
42. Bailey McKnight (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes 22
43. Colter Young (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes 22
44. Greg Christian (USA) Garneau Evolution 22
45. Dave Stephens (Can) Garneau Evolution 22
46. Jeff Werner (Can) Garneau Evolution 22
47. Aaron Schooler (Can) Team H&R BLOCK 22
48. Rob Britton (Can) Team H&R BLOCK 12
49. Kris Dahl (Can) Team H&R BLOCK 22
50. Justin Kerr (Nzl) Team H&R BLOCK 22
51. Mike Sidic (Can) Team H&R BLOCK 12
52. Michael van den Ham (Can) Rideokanagan.com 22
53. Curtis Dearden (Can) Russ Hay’s/Accent Inns 12
54. Chris Gruber (Can) Champion System p/b Stans NoTubes 22
55. Matthias Bertling (Ger) Independent 22
56. Michael Wegner (Can) Independent 12
57. Alexander Cataford (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling 22
58. Hendrik Werner (Ger) Team HED p/b Staps 22
59. Sebastian Salas (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies 12
60. James McCoy (Nzl) PureBlack Racing 12
61. Ian Crane (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 12
62. Gabe Varela (USA) Hagens Berman Cycling 22
63. Cody Campbell (Can) Hagens Berman Cycling 12
64. Dustin Andrews (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes 22
65. Bradley Clifford (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes 22
66. Tim Abercrombie (Can) Garneau Evolution 22
67. Noah Bloom (Can) Garneau Evolution 22
68. Kyle Buckosky (Can) Garneau Evolution 22
69. Scott Inman (Can) Garneau Evolution 12
70. Erik Mulder (Can) Garneau Evolution 11
71. Mike Rothengatter (Can) Garneau Evolution 12
72. Laurent Dallaire (Can) Team H&R BLOCK 12
73. Craig Jones (Gbr) Team H&R BLOCK 22
74. Garrett McLeod (Can) Team H&R BLOCK 11
75. Andrew Pinfold (Can) Team H&R BLOCK 12
76. Dylan Harris (Can) Rideokanagan.com 12
77. Clayton Meisner (Can) Rideokanagan.com 22
78. Mark Rainer (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling 12
79. Bart Ludbrook (Nzl) Glotman Simpson Cycling 12
80. Ted Matson (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling 12
81. Emile de Rosnay (Can) Russ Hay’s/Accent Inns 12
82. Cid Martinez (Can) Russ Hay’s/Accent Inns 12
83. Steven Grandy (Can) Russ Hay’s/Accent Inns 12
84. Evan Mundy (Can) Jet Fuel Coffee/La Bicicletta 22
85. Maurice Worsfold (Can) Speed Theory 22
86. Chris Worsfold (Can) Speed Theory 22
87. Dave Johnson (Can) Speed Theory 12
88. Evan Hepner (USA) Cascade Bicycle Studio 12
89. Dominik Roels (Ger) Team HED p/b Staps 22
90. Mackenzie Garvin (Can) Cyclemiesters Bowcycle 12
91. Kevin Noiles (Can) cyclocrossracing.com 22
92. Julian Base (Can) Fraser Valley Cycling Club 12
93. Brett Boniface (Can) FVRCC 22
94. Mark McConnell (Can) Synergy Racing 12
95. Scott Laliberte (Can) Westwood Cycle Club 12
96. Rory McAdams (USA) Independent 11
97. Shane Savage (Can) Independent 12
98. Manuel Fehlmann (Can) Independent 12
99. Teklit Zeweldi (Can) Independent 12
100. David Gillam (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling 11
101. Mike Laxdal (Can) Independent 22
102. Tom Radermacher (Ger) Team HED p/b Staps 22
Elite Women
1. Stephanie Roorda (Can) Local Ride/Dr. Vie Superfoods 58 points
2. Nicky Wangsgard (USA) Primal/MapMyRide p/b BH Bicycles 54
3. Jenny Lehmann (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes 52
4. Joanie Caron (Can) Colavita-espnW Pro Cycling 50
5. Carrie Cartmill (Can) Stevens Racing p/b The Cyclery 41
6. Kate Finegan (Aus) Independent 36
7. Shoshauna Laxson (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes 32
8. Erika Broekema (Ned) NWVG 31
9. Dana Walton (USA) Team Alliance Environmental 29
10. Jennifer McMahon (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling 29
11. Ivy Audrain (USA) Keller Rohrback 28
12. Megan Rathwell (Can) Russ Hay’s/Accent Inns 26
13. Kristine Brynjolfson (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes 24
14. Jean Ann Berkenpas (Can) Local Ride/Dr. Vie Superfoods 23
15. Gina Haatz (Ger) Independent 23
16. Moriah Jo MacGregor (Can) Colavita-espnW Pro cycling 22
17. Florence Laplante-Lamarche (Can) Stevens Racing p/b The Cyclery 19
18. Erin Redl (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling 13
19. Naomi Cooper (Can) Trek Red Truck Racing p/b Mosaic Homes 12
20. Melanie von Stetten (Can) Local Ride/Dr. Vie Superfoods 12
21. Rachel Canning (Can) Independent 11
22. Justine Clift (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling 11
23. Lisa Howard (Can) Local Ride/Dr. Vie Superfoods 11
24. Morgan Cabot (Can) Glotman Simpson Cycling 10
25. Jessica Cutler (USA) Primal/MapMyRide p/b BH Bicycles 10
BC Superweek Overall
Elite Men
1. Ryan Anderson (Can) SpiderTech p/b C10 188
Elite Women
1. Steph Roorda (Can) Local Ride / Dr. Vie Superfoods 195