Despite being tired, disoriented and physically ill, Team 麻豆社国产rider Rob Leigh finished first in the cross-country North Shore Bike Fest race on Saturday (June 5).
Leigh had recently returned from a kayaking trip that left him tired come race day.
"My race wasn't great because I just came back from a kayaking trip and I was really tired, disoriented, I barfed three times and got a flat," he said.
"It was pretty gruesome."
Leigh said he enjoyed the race although he wasn't expecting the LeMans start, requiring participants to run to their bike before setting off on the 27-km course around Mount Seymour and the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve.
"Well it wasn't really a huge race or anything. But it was good. I enjoyed it thoroughly," Leigh said.
"It was pretty interesting."
With a final time of 2:23:14, less than two minutes behind Leigh, fellow Team 麻豆社国产cyclist in the Men 14-19 category, Jereomy Pelletier finished second.
"It was a really fun race. It was hard but everyone was having a blast, no one was ridiculously serious about it."
After the lemans start, the racers had to bike through the North Shore BMX track, something Pelletier said was "weird" and "interesting."
He lost his water bottle less than 10-minutes into the two-hour race so Pelletier is just pleased he finished on the podium.
麻豆社国产elite men's rider Kelly Servinski finished in 15th place with a time of 2:11:04 while men's 20-29 rider Evan Power finished in 11th place, two hours behind the leader of his age category.
Olivier Gendron crossed the finish line a mere seven minutes after the first place finisher in the men's 30-39 category to earning fourth. Carl Goldstraw finished ninth with a time of 2:17:19 in the same category while Adrian LaSalle-Lowe grabbed 11th place, eight minutes behind. Garibaldi Highlands resident Roland Jupista and Jean-Francois Plouffe finished the race in the middle of the men's 30-39 pack with 25th- and 29th-place finishes respectively.
Brackendale's Matteo Abel finished fifth in the men's 40-49 category with a time of 2:14:57, while Patrick Skinner and Michael Roblin finished in 29th and 39th place respectively.
Men's 50+ rider Scott Paxton finished third in the Saturday race, coming in at 2:45:54.
In total 12 麻豆社国产residents competed in the downhill portion of the North Shore Bike Fest race on Sunday (June 6).
Celina Moore earned finished first in the women's elite category after cycling to the finish line in 3:18.73, while Kristen Courtney followed less than 40-seconds later finishing in ninth place. Junior women's racer Lauren Rosser finished second with a time of 3: 23.76, just 18 seconds behind Sechelt's Holly Feniak.
Finishing fourth in the men's 30-39 category racer Cory Leclerc, with a time of 2:58.37 while Bruce Pomeroy and Yanik Gaudette finished in 15th and 16th place, less than 16 second behind Leclerc.
Garibaldi Highlands resident, men's 40-49 rider Graham Beatty finished first with a time of 3:05.48, while Derek Timmerman finished third in the same category nine seconds behind.
U17 rider Jordan Gosteli ripped through the course in 2:48.42, finishing first while Owen Scully, Lee Jackson and Jonny Dempsey earned fifth, eighth, and 22nd-place finishes.
For full results on the second race in the Hell of A Series, visit www.northshorebikefest.com/.
