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Stage 7 marked the start of the back-end race for GC points and the end of year bragging rights. This week riders headed out of the mountains onto a rolling course for this week’s stage. Spanning 22.5km, the course was full …
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The halfway point of the series has been celebrated in style. We had another excellent rider count consisting of over 115 brave souls, a bunch of new faces on the podiums, changes in the make up of the overall GC results in each category, and another centre joining …
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Stage 5 marked the first and only Plateaus and Climbs course for the Winter Series racing. The course featured a series of steep climbs followed with prolonged sections of flats that offered very little opportunity for recovery. However riders were …
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Stage four of the Winter Racing Series took us to the first ‘Net Downhill’ course. Although the finish was indeed lower than the start and there were long portions of downhill gradient, this stage was a tough one to keep …
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Stage 3 drew 128 fearless riders to the start line this week and cement us in the triple figures for a second consecutive week, so let’s start with a huge thanks to all riders!  This week’s stage was the first Original Time Trial of the season allowing riders to …
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  A celebration is in order this week as we cracked the100 rider count this season!  But before we get to this week’s results, next week is the Original Time Trial. This course is the only course that is repeated through the …
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93 brave souls across Canada and the US lined up for the Stage 1 of the Peak Centre Winter Race Series as we raced internationally for the first time. SBR Coaching in Verona WI, Tri-Fitness Training in White Bear Lake …
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What better way to end the Fall season’s racing than to go back and race Peak’s Original Time Trail Course. This was a fantastic way for riders to measure their progress over the last few weeks, and with a little …
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The penultimate week of the Peak Centre Winter Racing Series took to the mountains for the 22.10km ‘Hilly’ course. This was the finial stage for King of the Mountain points and one of the last opportunities for a big performance …
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First up a big thanks goes out to Linda Wong from the Valley First Granfondo Axel Merckx for sponsoring the racing series this week and providing us Vancouver riders with some great free swag! Much appreciated! This week was the …
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Stage 9 of the Peak Centre Winter Racing Series headed back into the mountains for the second Uphill Mtn stage of the Fall season, and the third round of King of the Mountain competition. The course was 18.00km in distance, …
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After last weeks Original Time Trail, it was time to go to the second Sprint Stage of the series, with a 20.00km Rolling Course. This is the shortest stage of the series but by no means was that an indicator …
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The race series returned to its benchmark Original Time Trial stage for Stage 7 of the Fall series. This gave riders a chance to see how they have been progressing over the last seven weeks, along with the opportunity for …
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This week it was big men to the front with a net downhill stage running 25.90km. The profile was intimidating with 3 large climbs but riders soon realized that both the uphill and downhill grades were quite moderate so it …
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This week the Peak Centre Winter Racing Series headed into the mountains with a 22.70km uphill stage which was also the second stage contributing to the King of the Mountain points. The stage itself consisted of rolling hills as the …
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Week four of the Winter Racing Series saw riders take a challenging Plateaus and Climbs course. This week’s stage was 22.05km long and featured the steepest climbs in the series thus far pushing all riders to the far reaches of …
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After a week off due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the racing series was back with the first ‘King of the Mountains Stage’. The Hilly stage was 22.05km course that kicked up right off the start line. Riders then settled into a gentle undulating elevation drop …
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Stage two of the Fall series  was a rolling 24.80km course  that gave riders a few respites as the course generally wound it’s way uphill. The course featured a few moderate grades to challenge riders but in general this was a course for the flat landers where watts are …
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Huge thanks to all of you who made it out to the first stage of the Peak Centre Winter Racing Series! The first stage this series was the well established Original Time Trial. This stage is 22.53km in distance, with moderate …
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Welcome all to a new season of our famous Winter Racing Series. The season began with a pre-season stage, and without the East Coast participating it was an all Vancouver affair! The stage was a 23.66km mixture of climbs, descents, …
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The first heats of the fall are this Saturday, Monday and Tuesday! This will be a FREE prelim stage, in “rolling” terrain. Times are: Saturdays (1pm and 2:30pm) Mondays (5pm, 6:30pm, 8pm) Tuesdays (9am, 10:30am, 6:30pm**) New this year we …
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The Winter Racing Series is back this fall, with even more opportunities to race against riders from across Canada! There will be a FREE prelim stage with heats on the 17th, 19th and 20th September at the same times as …
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It’s time once again to bring the racing series to a close for another year. The weather’s trying to be summery and the trails are drying up so the fenders are coming off and we’re heading back outside. This year …
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Stage 11 was the last change for the climbers to gain some time before we head back onto the relative flat for the Final Time Trial stage. The 21Km course was the hilliest of the series with short sharp climbs …
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If the comments coming from the west coast were anything to go by stage 10 may have been one of the toughest courses of the series. The 23Km course featured some tough climbs of up to 8.5% before plateaus which …
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Stage 9 was this season’s only net downhill course, something of a novelty in the winter racing series, where the finish line is actually lower than the start. The 26.25Km course still made riders work hard as they faced some …
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