2011 Cypress Challenge Results

By Admin August 20, 2011

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.

UPDATE: Overall results by age category have now been posted

NOTE: Please note that we will also be posting photos shortly. So check back over the next day or so.

Attachment	Size
2011 Cypress Challenge - Top 10 by Age Category (PDF)	35.18 KB
2011 Cypress Challenge - Overall Results - Timed (PDF)	65.76 KB
2011 Cypress Challenge - Overall Results - Untimed First Peak (PDF)	20.64 KB
2011 Cypress Overall Results - Men 16-23 (PDF)	32.94 KB
2011 Cypress Overall Results - Men 24-34 (PDF)	36.82 KB
2011 Cypress Overall Results - Men 35-44 (PDF)	41.05 KB
2011 Cypress Overall Results - Men 45-54 (PDF)	40.74 KB
2011 Cypress Overall Results - Men 55-64 (PDF)	34.4 KB
2011 Cypress Overall Results - Men 65+ (PDF)	28.82 KB
2011 Cypress Overall Results - Men Clydesdale (210 lbs+; PDF)	31.27 KB
2011 Cypress Overall Results - Women Under 34 (PDF)	32.87 KB
2011 Cypress Overall Results - Women 35-44 (PDF)	33 KB
2011 Cypress Overall Results - Women 45+ (PDF)	33.33 KB

11 Comments

Thank you to the Volunteers

Donna Rodman on Sat, 2011-08-20 20:46

Dear volunteer team,

I would like to thank the volunteers for helping keep the spinning wheel spirits (read: dynamos) and tired and happily sore finishers going forward up Cypress. Particularly grateful to the volunteer who stayed with me to the end of the ride on the last 1 Km. Thank you and good on you for the dedication to assisting a stranger finish.

#313 - Donna Rodman (aka rooman - my handwriting may have been difficult to decipher on the entry forms)

Glad the race was successful as a fundraiser. $100,000.00 is an amazing achievement. Fantastic team spirit and support. It appears to be a race that will grow due to its purpose and refreshing planning. Signing off.

what was the official

Anonymous on Sat, 2011-08-20 22:42

what was the official distance for the 2011 hill climb?

It's the same as last year so

Michael Y.B. LAM on Sun, 2011-08-21 06:55

It's the same as last year so the distance would be 12.35km. Correct me if I am wrong!

Result by Age Category?

Michael Y.B. LAM on Sun, 2011-08-21 07:05

Can we have the full result by age category please?

Full age category results

Wendell Challenger on Sun, 2011-08-21 12:48

Full results summarized by age category have now been posted

Age Categories for Women over 45 Needed

Anonymous on Sun, 2011-08-21 20:09

Thank you for a fantastic event. It truly was an outstanding cycling challenge and one I plan on doing next year. Great organization, food, volunteers and friendly, uplifting atmosphere. Only thing to improve on is to have women's age categories broken down the same as the men and not group all women over 45! Many thanks!

The age category decisions

Wendell Challenger on Wed, 2011-08-24 11:10

The age category decisions largely reflect expected turn-out. Given the turn out of this year's event we will re-assess women's age categories used for next year.

No event is perfect when it starts out, but improves with each itteration.

Thank you for your feedback, we will be discussing these issues shortly in our next meeting.

3 Concerns

Anonymous on Tue, 2011-08-23 20:46

What a fantastic event! .. friendly helpful vollys, yummy food, excellent washrooms, well organized & a terrific fund raiser.
Only a few areas of concern .. the cyclists that started the race off of Cypress Pl instead of placing themselves in their correct time corrals on Cypress Bowl Rd, proved to be a safety issue. My other concern .. why the discrepancy in the male & female age categories? Lastly, would it be possible to have our race packages picked up by friends next year?
Thanks again for a super day .. see you next year!

Further clarifications

Wendell Challenger on Wed, 2011-08-24 11:21

I am glad to hear you had a good time. We will be discussing these issues in our follow-up meetings.

In regards to age categories, I will re-itterate the answer I provided in the previous comment; categories are largely based on expected turn out, which we re-assess after each year's event.

Lastly, it is my understanding that package pickup is limited by whether or not the wavier has been signed in advanced. We cannot have riders showing up to the starting line without signing the wavier first. That said, I will raise this issue at our next meeting to see if there are any strategies we can take to improve package pickup efficiency.

Thank you for your feedback. And a big thank you to all our hard working volunteers.

Men 16-23 Age Group

Anonymous on Thu, 2011-09-01 07:34

Just curious as to why you have this age category, but no prizes or recognition to the riders that competed in it.

Men's 16-23 Prizes

Wendell Challenger on Thu, 2011-09-01 16:13

Howdy,

The men 16-23 age group did have prizes and recognition. If you missed the awards call please contact us as we still have prizes from this category that were unclaimed.

http://glotmansimpsoncycling.ca/contact