Race Results

Darin Grund mixing it up! (Credit: Doug Brons)

by Bob Welbourn and friends.

It is hard to believe Cyclocross season is over already - we enjoyed many fantastic events and had some exciting wheel to wheel racing. No matter what your skill level, fitness or experience there is a place for anyone to race Cyclocross. We are fortunate to have a real sense of comradery within the CX community here in BC. This is a report from some of the Glotman Simpson club members who raced Cyclocross this year:

Neutral Roll Out (Credit: Chad Eberle of REP 1 Fitness)

The 4th annual Cypress Challenge went off with a bigger bang than any other year.  We had nearly 400 riders out to challenge Cypress mountain and raise over $120,000 for Pancreatic Cancer Research. Competition was also incredibly fierce. The official results are in and can be viewed by downloading the attached PDF's below.

A special thanks to all the competitors and volunteers who made this event possible.

Masters men podium (Credit: www.teamwedgewood.com)

A fantastic weekend of racing saw a very large contingent of GS riders come out to watch or participate in the Elite, Master, Cat 3, Cat 4 and Pre fondo events. We would like to thank all the riders who helped out by setting up the tents, the feed zone and by offering their very vocal encouragement. Some highlights of the weekend include:

Bob Welbourn winning the Master Men race.

Kristina Banyma finishing second in the Women's Cat 4 race.

Ken Phillips and GS sponsor RCdental.ca finishing second in the don't tell me it's not a race PreFondo.

Race Ambassador Morgan Cabot leading the GC at the Enumclaw Stage Race.

GS riders have also been killing it all over the pacific north west. Here's a recent podium and participation run down:

Enumclaw Stage Race

Race Ambassador Morgan Cabot took 2nd place in the prologue TT in the women's Cat. 3 event. A 1st place finish that evening in the crit put her in the leader's yellow jersey. She successful defended the following day finishing 1st again in the road race and taking the GC by three minutes.

Race Ambassador Megan Grant finished 3rd in the road race and finished 4th in the GC in the women's Cat. 4 event.

A GS racer taking the "clean" line thru the mud pit (Credit: Michael McArthur)

Race Results

The First Annual Glotman Simpson Cycling CX race went off with out a hitch on the morning of Saturday November 13th. Everyone in attendance was in good spirts and the race ran like a finely oiled chain, thanks to all the hard work of the organizers on volunteers. Although we didn't have as many races out as we would like, we are all looking forward to an ever better and bigger CX event next year.

Note - We will be posting photos from the race shortlyPhotos have now been posted. Continue reading after the break for all the results.