RWR / Peak Winter Racing Series - Stage 3 Results

A total of 93 riders nation-wide took part in Stage 3 of the RWR/ Peak Winter Racing Series held in Vancouver, Ottawa, Canmore, and Montreal. Prior to the start, all eyes focused on Sue Schlatter and Warren MacDonald to see if they could extend their winning streaks and challenge the course records. While Sue and Warren both notched up another win to further their GC leads, an East coast/West coast battle is beginning to take shape with many riders coming closer to the leader’s times on both coasts.

Sue Schlatter posted an early time of 39:51.4 over the 22.53km course to take the win over Vancouver's Leah and Krista Guloien. The two riders battled each other onto the podium with times of 41:01.0 and 41.08.8 to take second and third respectively. Following closely in 4th place was Ottawa's Cynthia Wilson with a time of 41:13.7.

In the men's field, Warren MacDonald narrowly held on to the win with a time of 36:20.8 despite the hard rides put in by Ottawa's Marc Boudreau (36:26.6) and Vancouver's Mike McIvor (37:33.5). Warren's slim 6 second win serves notice that a change in leadership might be on the horizon with the race going into the mountains for the next stage.

Stage 2 Podiums
Woman's Field
1. Sue Schlatter 39:51.4
2. Leah Guloien 41:01.0
3. Krista Guloien 41:08.8

Men's Field
1. Warren MacDonald 36:20.8
2. Marc Boudreau 36:26.6
3. Mike McIvor 37:33.5

The complete Stage results are available at http://www.peakcentrevancouver.ca/race_series.php and http://www.ridewithrendall.com/results/2007/?race=20061221&city=Combined.

We are already taking CompuTrainer reservations for Stage 4 which runs in Vancouver only on Saturday December 23rd this week. The series is raced on your own bike on linked CompuTrainers at the Peak Centre where riders race head-to-head in heats of 5. Heats are starting to fill up so to book your start times contact the Peak Centre in Vancouver at 604-299-7959. Further information including race dates, heat times, costs and rules are available at http://www.peakcentrevancouver.ca/race_series.php.

The first race is free so come on out and give it a try.