Canada Cup racing is ramping up towards this weekend’s Canadian XCO championships with an east coast race weekend in Dieppe, New Brunswick. With nationals just around the corner, there was a strong turn-out and fast racing all weekend.
Elite: Smith and Clark show speed in Dieppe
Haley Smith (Maxxis Factory Racing) showed she’s somehow able to switch between nine-hour races and 90-minute efforts, taking the elite women’s win. Smith put 58 seconds into second place finisher Juliette Tétreault (CC de l’Academie). McKenzie Myatt (Cyclesmith) rolled in for third, a good sign that the Nova Scotia racer is looking forward to racing XCO nationals on home turf this weekend in Kentville.
Owen Clark (Hockly Valley Resort Armada) outsprinted Andrew L’Esperance (Maxxis Factory Racing) at the line to win in Dieppe. Reigning national champion Peter Disera followed three seconds later in a very close men’s XCO finish.
Junior men and women: the Stimulus-Orbea show
Isabella Holmgren led her sister, Ava and teammate Marin Lowe in a Stimulus-Orbea sweep of the junior women’s podium in Dieppe
Ian Ackert added a second win for Stimulus-Orbea, winning the junior men’s race by nearly two minutes. Félix-Antoine Leclair (Siboire QuiRoule) followed in second with Jacob Roy rounding out the podium.
Under-17 men and women
Rafaelle Carrier rode away for the win. Lily-Rose Marois and Maude Ruelland battling for second and third in a CVM-Sigma sweep of the u17 women’s podium.
Tristan Taillefer and Emilien Belzile sprinted for a Siboire QueRoule 1-2. Eliot Courcelles (Velo Pays D’en Haut) just edged out Tristan Génier (Ottawa Bicycle Club) for the final podium spot, with all four finishing within one minute of each other.
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