Quebec Masters Racing Team
Race Report
Raid Vélo-Mag
Sep 3rd
Pour ceux qui ne sont pas au courant, Sébastien à prit la 3e place lors de l’épreuve du 32 km du raid Vélo-Mag en fin de semaine passée.
Félicitations!!!
Podium picture Sebas?
*MAITRE 30-39 HOMME (RAID)
Plaque Nom Club Temps Écart Pourcentage
1 2112 Marc-André Lebuis 01:56:06.249 00:00:00 100.00%
2 2088 Jonathan Boisvert La Cordée Pleina air 02:01:43.938 00:05:37 95.39%
3 2113 Sébastien Rheault Synergy Cycle-RIIR 02:02:04.193 00:05:58 95.11%
4 2103 Luc Lévesque CVM Subway-Génétik 02:04:35.155 00:08:29 93.19%
5 2098 Nicolas Jacques 02:17:12.378 00:21:06 84.62%
6 2104 Simon Martineau 02:21:06.126 00:25:00 82.28%
7 2097 Nicolas Hudon 02:22:52.862 00:26:46 81.26%
8 2120 Michel Dupuis 02:26:18.527 00:30:12 79.36%
9 2092 Dominic Ferland CVM Subway-Génétik 02:26:54.422 00:30:48 79.03%
10 2099 Jean-Francois Laplante Dube 02:27:02.795 00:30:56 78.96%
Way to go Seb!
Robert Brisson Race Report June 3
Jun 4th
The boys of RIIR lined up for the 3rd race in Mercier in a damp spitting rain on the 3rd of June. Pat Russell in the leader’s jersey led the group out on the damp course. Due to the sprinting primes on the 1st lap, the pace was fast and furious with cycling computers hitting the high 50’s! The Cat 1 kids soon took off and launched the first break of the day. After hanging the Cat 1’s out for a bit the group decided to chase and within in a couple of minutes the group was back together. The next to go was the yellow jersey with a couple of riders. The RIIR team covered well and the escape was brief. The group stayed together for the 3rd sprint of the day with Pat Russell placing in the top 10. The group kept the pace fast after the sprint and the yellow jersey was again attacking with about 5 to 7 riders. Placement was as follows: the escape group, Pat Russell and David May a short distance behind and then the main field. With the escape gaining time the RIIR boys attached hard and rejoined the escape group a short time later. The 4th lap saw the yellow jersey attacking again with the RIIR boys covering well. In the final lap the yellow jersey attacked once again. With 5km to go the escape group of 7 had 45 seconds on the main field. The order was made to go and catch the group so the RIIR boys got on the front of the main field and reeled in the break about 2 km from the finish. With the break reeled in, the group came in together with no one being able to make a clear break. Pat Russell placed in the top 15 and thus keeps the leaders jersey for another week. What a race!
Brian Seltmann
Like a kid at the amusement park
Jun 4th
On Wednesday this week I thought I’d try out the local masters criterium series in the Montreal area. For the past years it was held in an industrial area but this year it has been moved to a public park on a 760 meter path! Typically the attendance of this weekly race was 100+ racers in the past. I just couldn’t imagine 100 people doing a criterium on a 760 meter path. And that race, like most races, is notorious for early season crashes. I waited a few weeks, and noticed the field was more like 40 racers.
So I did show up, after a nice scenic warmup ride on Levesque boulevard in eastern Laval. Before the race I’m doing a few laps with long time racer and friend Eric Vani. He goes to me “I’ll feel like a kid again”. Indeed it’s the kind of thing you do as a foolish kid, whizzing around in a pack inside a public park @ 45 km/hour.
The race started and I did feel like a kid at the amusement park. Fast pace, and never ending cornering. I think we spent more time cornering than on the straightaways. It makes for a pretty intense and active race. My form was good, I attacked quite a few times and felt comfortable moving around the pack even on such a tight course. After seeing that nothing was going to stick, my plan was to give it a last desperate attack 2-3 laps before the end. I didn’t check the loop counter properly, and I ended waiting until the bell lap. Oh well, I still went all out giving Dominic Chalifoux and Martin Rooseboom a leadout for the last 500 meters.
Unlike the bumping cars at the amusement park where rubbing shoulders is fun, in the last 50 meters shoulder bumping caused a not so enjoyable crash. Luckily for me, my final effort was already over so I didn’t get to experience that.
Michel Brazeau
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