Race report from Canada...
a fellow teamies report...
Our French-Canadian star tells the story of his National Championship race win...
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From: "Charles Dionne"
Canadian National Criterium Championship in Kamloops (British Columbia)
I’m better at turning my pedals than writing but here we go. Friday night was the 40 km criterium downtown Kamloops. I was wearing the Quebec jersey. That is the jersey of the province of Quebec where I live, the state of Quebec for my friends in US. So, short and fast. I was confident that if the race finished in a bunch sprint, I was gonna win. Tactic cover couple moves without putting to much energy. The only team that I was worried about was Symmetrics. They had 9 good riders on the line. They attacked many many times but, they were always back in the field. I covered the most serious one with Eric Wohlberg and Peter Wedge and others. As soon as I got there everyone stop pedaling, result: everyone back in the field. Finally, I put one of my Quebecers teammate at the front at 10 laps to go to avoid attacks. Awesome job by him ! He cracked at 3 laps to go. Symmetrics tried to lead out their sprinter. One guy started to sprint with 500 meters. I followed him, did the last 2 corners and started to sprint with 250 meters and that was good enough for the victory.
First : Charles Dionne, Webcor
Second: Andrew Pinfold, Symmetrics
Third: Kevin Lacombe, Volkswagen
Now, I can’t wait to be back racing with my Webcor family,
See you at Altoona !
Charles Dionne.
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