Just like Compton, Powers, Johnson and Nash, newly-crowned Canadian National Champions Geoff Kabush and Alison Sydor from the Rocky Mountain – Maxxis team raced to their own clean sweeps this weekend, following up their National Championship wins on Saturday with wins at the Jim Horner Cyclocross Gran Prix in Edmonton.
American Zach McDonald (Classic Cyles) finished fifth, earning his first UCI points as an Elite/U23 racer.
Kabush repeated his 2008 sweep of the two events with a one-minute defeat of Aaron Schooler (H&R Block), while Alison Sydor enjoyed another strong weekend of racing and took advantage of defending champion Wendy Simms’ (Kona) absence to dominate the race take her own sweep of the two days of racing.
Cold temperatures and a sudden snow storm created classic Canadian cyclocross conditions and reminded
spectators and racers why the Canadian season is so short.
Despite the UCI status, it wasn’t all serious racing. Drew MacKenzie (IRC-Cameron Law) risked a UCI violation and took pie feeds, complete with whip cream (see photo). It’s not the only time MacKenzie violated strict UCI rules for a little fame. In 2008, he crossed the southern border to battle Trebon, bubbles and enough beverage hand-ups and man-made dismounts to make a UCI official’s blood boil to steal the golden Speedo at the 2008 SSCXWC.
But it wasn’t just an exclusive Canadian party. Enterprising 2008 Junior Cyclocross National Champion American Zach McDonald rode his new Stevens carbon cyclocross bikes to a strong fifth place in the Elite Men on Sunday in a successful attempt to secure some UCI points.
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Full results:
Men:
Rank | Name | Nat. | Age* | Result | Points | PcR |
1 | Geoff KABUSH | CAN | 33 | 1:03:27 | 30 | 30 |
2 | Aaron SCHOOLER | CAN | 25 | 1:04:26 | 20 | 20 |
3 | Craig RICHEY | CAN | 26 | 1:04:32 | 15 | 15 |
4 | Derrick ST JOHN | CAN | 33 | 1:04:43 | 12 | 12 |
5 | Zach MC DONALD | USA | 19 | 1:05:05 | 10 | 10 |
6 | Tyler TRACE | CAN | 26 | 1:05:08 | 8 | 8 |
7 | Kevin NOILES | CAN | 30 | 1:05:27 | 6 | 6 |
8 | Mike GARRIGAN | CAN | 29 | 1:05:35 | 4 | 4 |
9 | Evan GUTHRIE | CAN | 19 | 1:05:43 | 2 | 2 |
10 | Shawn BUNNIN | CAN | 27 | 1:05:52 | 1 | 1 |
11 | Mathew HEWITT | CAN | 33 | 1:06:26 | ||
12 | Steve FISHER | USA | 20 | 1:06:45 | ||
13 | Shaun ADAMSON | CAN | 24 | 1:07:08 | ||
14 | Simon LAMBERT-LEMAY | CAN | 20 | 1:07:25 | ||
15 | Mark BATTY | CAN | 24 | 1:07:35 | ||
16 | Jared STAFFORD | CAN | 19 | 1:07:38 | ||
17 | Drew MCKENZIE | CAN | 32 | 1:07:44 | ||
18 | Nick BERRY | CAN | 31 | 1:07:59 | ||
19 | Nick FRIESEN | CAN | 30 | 1:08:14 | ||
20 | Ryan HOPPING | CAN | 26 | 1:08:32 | ||
21 | Andre SUTTON | CAN | 39 | 1:08:50 | ||
22 | Matthew KRAHN | CAN | 22 | 1:08:58 | ||
23 | Paul TICHELAAR | CAN | 28 | 1:09:12 | ||
24 | Russell ANDERSON | CAN | 32 | 1:09:20 | ||
25 | Chris MCNEIL | CAN | 33 | 1:09:30 | ||
26 | Kyle DOUGLAS | CAN | 24 | 1:09:33 | ||
27 | Justin MIDDLETON | CAN | 20 | 1:10:02 | ||
28 | Brian ROBINSON | CAN | 22 | 1:10:05 | ||
29 | Kyle FRY | CAN | 21 | 1:11:06 | ||
30 | Glen RENDALL | CAN | 41 | 1:11:29 | ||
31 | Jonathan BENSKIN | CAN | 29 | 1:11:57 | ||
32 | Stefan SCHREIBER | GER | 30 | 1:12:28 | ||
33 | Kyle ANDERSON | CAN | 27 | 1:12:38 | ||
34 | Cory DICKINSON | CAN | 25 | 1:12:42 | ||
35 | Peter KNIGHT | CAN | 21 | 1:13:06 | ||
36 | Bailey MCKNIGHT | CAN | 20 | 1:13:34 |
Women:
Rank | Name | Nat. | Age* | Result | Points | |
1 | Alison SYDOR | CAN | 44 | 42:05 | 20 | |
2 | Natasha ELLIOTT | CAN | 32 | 43:22 | 15 | |
3 | Pepper HARLTON | CAN | 25 | 45:06 | 12 | |
4 | Mical DYCK | CAN | 28 | 45:52 | 10 | |
5 | Sarah STEWART | CAN | 32 | 46:03 | 8 | |
6 | Jean Ann MCKIRDY | CAN | 26 | 46:09 | 5 | |
7 | Vicki THOMAS | CAN | 38 | 46:18 | 4 | |
8 | Bridget LINDER | CAN | 30 | 47:10 | 3 | |
9 | Loni KLETTL | CAN | 51 | 48:02 | 2 | |
10 | Caeli BARRON | CAN | 18 | 48:42 | 1 | |
11 | Andrea BUNNIN | CAN | 23 | 49:23 | ||
12 | Shantel KOENIG | CAN | 33 | 49:51 | ||
13 | Susan CLARKE | CAN | 37 | 50:19 | ||
14 | Shari BOYLE | CAN | 37 | 50:53 | ||
15 | Katy CURTIS | CAN | 28 | 51:03 |
Juniors:
nk | Name | Nat. | Age* | Result | Points | PcR |
1 | Kris DAHL | CAN | 18 | 42:01 | 10 | 10 |
2 | Kiernan ORANGE | CAN | 18 | 42:30 | 6 | 6 |
3 | Mackenzie CARSON | CAN | 18 | 43:03 | 4 | 4 |
4 | Conor O’BRIEN | CAN | 18 | 43:07 | 2 | 2 |
5 | Jayden ALDRICH | CAN | 18 | 43:21 | 1 | 1 |
6 | Mac GARVIN | CAN | 18 | 52:01 |