cycling

bicicross 2023

October 7, 2023
cycling
cx, races, bicicross, bicisport, aba cx cup, richmond green park, calgary

Race Info #

I missed out on writing this up at the end of the 2023 CX season, and now that 2024 has come around, I don’t have a bunch of the data I like to put in these race writeups. Nonetheless, here’s what I can find (thankfully I did do my CrossResults upload back when the race happened).

Results #

Open Women #

  1. Jenaya FRANCIS
  2. Nico KNOLL
  3. Kelsey DUFFIELD

Open Men #

  1. Eric BERG
  2. Andrew DAVIDSON
  3. Mark FAGNAN

Expert Men #

  1. Emile VOGEL-NAKAMURA
  2. Larix HALLETT
  3. Spencer POOTZ

Sport Women #

  1. Tayte PROULX-ROYDS
  2. Kathryn SWEENEY
  3. Hazel ROBERTS

Sport Men #

  1. Joel DYCK
  2. Clarke ELLIS
  3. Sean SWEENEY

Novice Men #

  1. William LEMIEUX
  2. Carson BROWN
  3. Douglas GRAY

My Results #

  • did not race

Read More #

hardcore hop n hurl 2023

September 30, 2023
cycling
cx, races, voyageur park, hop n hurl, hardcore cc, devon, training, crash, aba cx cup, race reports

Race Info #

I came into this race knowing that last year’s Puncheur Cross was my favourite. Unfortunately I had a training crash the Tuesday before this race, which put me in kind of a bad place. Mostly scraped up, but also a bit of a bruised wrist and some bruised ribs. I figured I’d be okay to race still, but I wasn’t setting my expectations too high.

drie zussen superprestige 2023

September 24, 2023
cycling
cx, races, canmore nordic centre, drie zussen, aba cx cup, rmcc, cyclemeisters, canmore

Race Info #

ABA Cup race. Construction on the course. Looked beautiful in the mountains. This is where I’d like to go for a travelling race next year.

Results #

Open Women #

  1. Christiane BILODEAU
  2. Nico KNOLL
  3. Kelsey DUFFIELD

Open Men #

  1. Mark FAGNAN
  2. Finn BORSTMAYER
  3. Eric BERG

Expert Men #

  1. Jacob PLAYFAIR
  2. Larix HALLETT
  3. Brett GREINER

Sport Women #

  1. Lydia STACK-MICHASIW
  2. Daena SIDNEY
  3. Kathryn SWEENEY

Sport Men #

  1. Patrick MCCRADY
  2. Nigel BAINES
  3. Sean SWEENEY

Novice Men #

  1. Petr HOLUB
  2. Mitchell ROBERTS
  3. Emmett MACKLEM

My Results #

  • Did not race

Read More #

puncheur cross 2023

September 23, 2023
cycling
cx, races, voyageur park, puncheur, alberta, provincials, masters, junior, devon

Race Info #

This was Provincials for this year, which seems early.

I wasn’t at this race, but Nancy St-Hilaire has good pictures on her SmugMug.

Results #

Open Women #

  1. Jenaya FRANCIS
  2. Nico KNOLL
  3. Christiane BILODEAU

Open Men #

  1. Eric BERG
  2. Ryan MACLEAN 1
  3. Andrew DAVIDSON

Junior Women #

  1. Dakota DIXON

U17 Women #

  1. Madeline MAGLEO
  2. Lily GORDON

U15 Women #

  1. Hazel ROBERTS
  2. Sarah WELSH
  3. Eliza MCRAE

Junior Men #

  1. Graham FRANCIS
  2. Colton ZABOLOTNEY
  3. Ben MORIN

U17 Men #

  1. Larix HALLET
  2. Quinten MACKLEM
  3. Liam BATE

U15 Men #

  1. William KINDZIERSKI
  2. Finlay ROBERTS
  3. Riley OOSTERHOF

Master Women 35-44 #

  1. Bridget LINDER
  2. Jenn PROCHE
  3. Kristin BAKER

Master Women 45+ #

  1. Jay SMITH
  2. Michelle JACKMAN
  3. Daena SIDNEY

Master Men 35-44 #

  1. Graham DIEHL
  2. Blaine SHERMAN
  3. Adam ROBERTS

Master Men 45-54 #

  1. Paul MARTIN
  2. Randy PERRY
  3. David ROBERTS

Master Men 55-64 #

  1. Ed GARVIN
  2. Robert MARTENS
  3. Peter LAWRENCE

Master Men 65+ #

  1. Ken GERMAINE
  2. Gregory PATYCHUK
  3. Louis BUGEAUD

Sport Women #

  1. Alina CUSTODIO
  2. Leanne ERIKSON
  3. Alyssa BARKER

Novice Men #

  1. Emmett MACKLEM
  2. Jett FENTON
  3. Arun WARD

My Results #

  • Did not race

Read More #

  1. Only a 14 second gap between first and second for Provincial champion. Pretty awesome. ↩︎

western cyclocross challenge 2023

September 23, 2023
cycling
cx, races, canmore nordic centre, school of cross, canada, canmore, rmcc, cyclemeisters, western challenge, masters, junior

Race Info #

Western Challenge CX. This race is done in age groups to get points for call-ups for Nationals and what have you.

Results #

Elite/Open Women #

  1. Ella MYERS
  2. Christiane BILODEAU
  3. Francesca SEAL

Elite/Open Men #

  1. Eric BERG
  2. Ryan MACLEAN
  3. Manu MOORE

Junior Women #

  1. Nico KNOLL
  2. Maria MCCARTNEY
  3. Keely HAMILTON

Junior Men #

  1. Ben MORIN
  2. Colton ZABOLOTNEY
  3. Rhett BATES

U17 Women #

  1. Lydia STACK-MICHASIW
  2. Brooke BATES
  3. Ella EIDSVIK

U17 Men #

  1. Ethan WOOD
  2. Larix HALLETT
  3. Quinten MACKLEM

U15 Women #

  1. Hazel ROBERTS
  2. Eliza MCRAE

U15 Men #

  1. James CHALKLEY
  2. William KINDZIERSKI
  3. Finlay ROBERTS

Masters Women 35-44 #

  1. Pepper HARLTON
  2. Bridget LINDER
  3. Jenn PROCHE

Masters Men 35-44 #

  1. Andrew DAVIDSON
  2. Graham DIEHL
  3. Jesse BAUER

Masters Women 45-54 #

  1. Susanne MCARTHUR
  2. Shantel KOENIG
  3. Shawna DONALDSON

Masters Men 45-54 #

  1. Mark KNOLL
  2. Paul MARTIN
  3. David ROBERTS

Masters Women 55-64 #

  1. Rachel DUMONT

Masters Men 55-64 #

  1. Ed GARVIN
  2. Peter LAWRENCE
  3. Robert MARTENS

Masters Men 65+ #

  1. Gregory PATYCHUK
  2. Ken GERMAINE
  3. John ATTO

My Results #

  • Did not race

Read More #

embrace the suck

September 19, 2023
cycling
cx, races, training, stoics

“Embrace the suck”[^1]

As a cx rider this ethos means a lot. In cross you’re often racing in bad weather, cold weather, slippery weather. The courses are designed to make it hard for you to go quickly, not like a road bike race. All the twists and turns and lack of traction can make it so the fast people don’t get to use their speed, and craftiness, technique comes to the fore.

school of cross 2023

September 17, 2023
cycling
cx, races, capilano park, school of cross, ertc, aba cx cup, edmonton

Race Info #

Like the previous day’s Jim Horner Grand Prix ERTC’s School of Cross (p/b Blindman Brewing) 2023 race happened in Capilano Park. The air quality was a bit better on the day so only one race was cancelled (Open Women).

Results #

Open Men #

  1. Mark FAGNAN
  2. Graham FRANCIS
  3. Ryan MCLEAN

Expert Men #

  1. Paulo ALVES 1
  2. Jacob PLAYFAIR
  3. Randy PERRY

Sport Women #

  1. Rachel DUMONT [^3]
  2. Kristin BAKER
  3. Madeline MAGLEO

Sport Men #

  1. Ethan MCGHAN
  2. Ryan ARYCHUK
  3. Colin WEIR CHABA

Novice Men #

  1. Quinten MACKLEM2
  2. Emmett MACKLEM
  3. Evan KINDZIERSKI

My Results #

  • Did not race

Read More #

  1. Earned promotion up to Open Men, with his second win (in a row, following JHGP) in Expert. ↩︎

jim horner grand prix 2023

September 16, 2023
cycling
cx, races, capilano park, jim horner, juventus, aba cx cup, race reports, edmonton

Race Info #

I was so happy this race wasn’t taking place in Argyll Park this year. I hated the downhill that someone broke a collarbone on last year and lost so much time on it. Capilano Park was near my house and I could practice on it. But I didn’t practice hard enough on wet enough grass, because hoo boy did I not do well on that terrain.

capilano park

September 15, 2023
cycling
cx, places, capilano park, mtb, edmonton

Capilano Park is a park in the city of Edmonton, where I wouldn’t actually expect a cx race to work, but it does.

As far as the singletrack in the park goes, this is where you connect up with Goldbar Park and the cool trails in there. I generally prefer riding Eastbound.

Races #

  • Jim Horner Grand Prix 2023
  • School of Cross 2023
  • Midweek CX Series 2023

the real diehl cyclocross 2023

September 10, 2023
cycling
cx, races, southern baptist seminary, peloton, aba cx cup, cochrane

Race Info #

“The Real Diehl” Cyclocross

Peloton’s first CX race they’ve put on. Swag included a UCI tire checker.

Results #

Expert Men #

  1. Scott DESMARAIS
  2. Spencer POOTZ
  3. Larix HALLETT1

Novice Men #

  1. Joel DYCK
  2. William LEMIEUX
  3. Douglas GRAY

Open Men #

  1. Andrew DAVIDSON
  2. Shawn BUNNIN
  3. Mark KNOLL

Open Women #

  1. Pepper HARLTON
  2. Kelsey DUFFIELD
  3. Nico KNOLL

Sport Men #

  1. Nigel BAINES
  2. Robert MARTENS
  3. Garth STOTTS

Sport Women #

  1. Alina CUSTODIO
  2. Hazel ROBERTS
  3. Elané FERGUSON

My Results #

  • Did not race.

Read More #

  1. On checking his results it appears Hallett is a really good CX racer. The day before at Deadgoat SuperCross, Larix was racing in Sport Men, which he won. In 2022 he was an Under-17 rider where he won 2 Novice class races and got bumped up to Sport, where he won in his fourth race entered. He hasn’t finished out of the top 5 in an ABA race since 2019. ↩︎