July 14, 2007 (White Rock, B.C.) – The Durango Kid rode into town Friday night and knocked off the top gun in the Tour de White Rock’s Stage 1 Hill Climb, the opening event of BC Superweek.

Matt Shriver (Jittery Joe’s ) of Durango, Colorado upset the defending champion Cam Evans (Symmetrics) in the raceoff between the five fastest qualifiers from 66 pros who raced up the steep, 700m course in downtown White Rock.

“My legs and arms are mush but other than that I feel great,” joked Shriver after beating Evans to the finish line in a 2-man breakaway in the final hundred meters. “I thought he took off a little early and didn’t except to be able to catch him. I stayed on his wheel and was surprised when he sat up (about 50 meters from the finish line) I guess he ran out of gas after winning the Canadian Road Nationals two days ago and then flying back yesterday from Quebec. I’m just happy to win. I love the head-to-head racing, we don’t see that much in hill climbs. It’s more exciting and fun for the racers and the fans. They really get into it.”

The victory broke a Symmetrics monopoly in the Tour de White Rock. The powerful Symmetrics squad swept all three men’s event last year. In the Hill Climb they had to be satisfied with a second place finish by Tsawwassen’s Evans and a 3rd place finish by Victoria’s Andrew Pinfold (Symmetrics).

Women’s Race

In the women’s race, Friday the 13th turned out to be a lucky day for Abbotsford’s Alison Testroete (Expresscopy.com). She got a break when the fastest qualifier in the 34-woman field, Quebec City’s Anne-Marie Lefrancois got a flat tire and couldn’t race in the final.

Testroete, who posted the 3rd best qualifying time up the steep, 700 meter hill, won the 4-woman final quite easily. She coasted across the finish line 20 meters ahead of Leah Goldstein (Symmetrics) who placed 2nd for the second year in a row. California’s Shelley Olds (Proman) took 3rd.

The 28th annual Coast Capital Savings Tour de White Rock continues Saturday with the men’s and women’s criteriums beginning at 4.30 pm and concludes with the road race on Marine Drive at 8 am Sunday.

Results

Women

1. Alison Testroete (Can) Team Expresscopy.com by position
2. Leah Goldstein (Isr) Symmetrics Cycling by position
3. Shelley Olds (USA) PROMAN/Paradigm by position
4. Malindills Maclean (Nzl) JAZZ Apple Cycling Team by position
5. Heather Kay (Can) ERTC/redbike by time
6. Leah Guloien (Nzl) Team Giant 02:25.36
7. Courtney Albert (Can) TREK-Red Truck Ale 02:26.00
8. Erinne Willock (Nzl) Expresscopy.com 02:26.91
9. Gina Grain (Can) Expresscopy.com 02:27.82
10. Sarah Murdoch (Nzl) JAZZ Apple Cycling Team 02:28.08
11. Gillian Kornell (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 02:30.63
12. Jaymie McGowan (Can) Oak Bay Bikes 02:31.73
13. Rushlee Buchanan (Nzl) JAZZ Apple Cycling Team 02:32.30
14. Laura Brown (Can) Giant Bicycles Canada 02:32.34
15. Susy Pryde (Nzl) JAZZ Apple Cycling Team 02:33.51
16. Stephanie Roorda (Can) Giant Bicycles Canada 02:34.36
17. Megan Rathwell (Can) Independent 02:36.36
18. Lisa Tasa (Can) TREK-Red Truck Ale 02:37.78
19. Marie-Claude Gagnon (Can) Team Integrale 02:38.89
20. Jennifer Schultz (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 02:39.69
21. Natasha Kuzmak (Can) Synergy Racing Cycle Club 02:41.53
22. Carrie Eller (USA) Avanti Racing/Ti Cycles 02:43.28
23. Jenny Trew (Can) Giant Bicycles Canada 02:44.19
24. Ryan Hostetter (USA) Velo Bella-Kona 02:46.10
25. Kristine Brynjolfson (USA) Team Coastal 02:46.40
26. Alena Radomsky (Can) Giant Bicycles Canada 02:47.31
27. Lee Darling (Can) Team Integrale 02:53.75
28. Leslie Vice (Can) Chicks Cycling Club 02:54.35
29. Anne-Marie Lefrancois (Can) Team Integrale 02:55.23
30. Heather Gerth (Can) Chicks Cycling Club 02:55.53
31. Michele Conrad (USA) Avanti/TiCycles 02:56.27
32. Anna Webb (USA) A E Sport Devolpment 03:03.27
33. Monica Nelson (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 03:04.36
34. Carmen Diges (Can) Independent 03:22.26
DNS Sarah Stewart (Can) Symmetrics Cycling
DNS Marni Hambleton (Can) Symmetrics Cycling

Pro 1/2 Men

1. Matt Shriver (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team by position
2. Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling by position
3. Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling by position
4. Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling by position
5. Daniel MacDonald (Can) Masi-Adobe by time
6. Cory Forrest (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 01:48.65
7. Tim Sherstobitoff (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 01:49.11
8. Brandon Crichton (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 01:49.88
9. David Veilleux (Can) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team 01:50.37
10. Brad Kerr (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 01:50.51
11. David Richter (USA) Ital Pasta/Transport Belmire 01:51.58
12. Ryan Anderson (Can) TREK-Red Truck Ale 01:51.68
13. Jackson Buehler (Can) TREK-Red Truck Ale 01:51.68
14. Chris McNeil (Can) Team H&R Block 01:52.07
15. Zach Bell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 01:52.42
16. Austin King (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team 01:52.76
17. Owen Harrison (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 01:54.44
18. Cyrus Kangarloo (Can) Team H&R Block 01:54.61
19. Mike Elliston (Can) CVC-Central Vancouver Cycling 01:56.02
20. Marcel Aarden (Can) independent 01:56.38
21. Jonathan Gormick (Can) Masi-Adobe 01:56.47
22. Dan Skinner (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 01:56.52
23. Jason Thompson (Can) Escape Velocity 01 01:56.63
24. Philippe Abbott (Can) Ital Pasta/Transport Belmire 01:56.89
25. Jeff Sherstobitoff (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 01:56.90
26. Nathan MacDonald (Can) TREK-Red Truck Ale 01:57.17
27. Tim Abercrombie (Can) Escape Velocity 01 01:57.42
28. Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team 01:57.85
29. Zachery Garland (Can) Masi-Adobe 01:59.69
30. Carlos Capela (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 02:00.03
31. Rob Britton (Can) La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries 02:00.54
32. Jonathan Page (Can) Escape Velocity 01 02:00.72
33. Jamie Sparling (Can) La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries 02:01.34
34. Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 02:01.65
35. Shaun Adamson (Can) Juventus/RVC/Kona 02:01.98
36. Kristian House (Gbr) Navigators Insurance 02:02.44
37. Dave Vukets (Can) TREK-Red Truck Ale 02:03.91
38. Damien Waugh (Can) Escape Velocity 01 02:04.09
39. Bradley Fairall (Can) SuperSport 35 ACNC 02:06.58
40. Rob Evans (USA) BPG/Montano Velo 02:06.78
41. James Larmer (Can) Sudbury Cycling Club 02:07.05
42. William Goodfellow (Can) Volkswagen-Trek 02:07.34
43. Chris Reid (Can) Masi-Adobe 02:07.83
44. Jeff Castenmiller (Can) TREK-Red Truck Ale 02:09.38
45. Zane Westerbeek (Can) Team H&R Block 02:09.91
46. Chris Reynolds (Can) CVC-Central Vancouver Cycling 02:10.13
47. Kyle Wamsley (USA) Navigators Insurance 02:11.17
48. Peter Sanowar (Can) Ital Pasta/Transport Belmire 02:14.50
49. Trevor Haaheim (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 02:14.50
50. Simon Craig (Can) Spoke N Motion 02:15.46
51. Ryan Olson (Can) Team BH/Integrale 02:16.30
52. Sean Williams (Can) Total Restoration Cycling Team 02:18.10
53. Jeffery Hopkins (Aus) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team 02:19.64
54. Jay Hawranik (Can) Team Integrale 02:21.22
55. Matthew Martyniuk (Can) Boh’s Cycle/Moose Jaw Pavers 02:21.34
56. Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling 02:24.07
57. Kevin Noiles (Can) TREK-Red Truck Ale 02:24.20
58. Thorben Wieditz (Can) Ital Pasta/Transport Belmire 02:27.95
59. Kenneth Johnson (USA) Harley-Davidson/Baselines Pub 02:29.22
60. Teron Singh (Ind) Ciclowerks 02:29.34
61. Marco Sabatino (Can) La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries 02:30.66
62. Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 02:46.21
63. Oleg Grishkin (Rus) Navigators Insurance 02:50.28
64. Stefan Rothe (Ger) MERCY Cycling Team 02:52.18
DNS Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance
DNS David O’Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance