MBS Cup week 3 Here's how week three panned out. Ian won becasue he had to ride fast to avoid missing too many Bob Dylan songs - I don't know about you but I'm glad I wasn't sitting downwind of him at that concert!!: Week 3 Actual time adjusted time Ian Dennis 0:24:57 0:23:12 Derrick Keith 0:27:26 0:23:19 Olivier Babineau 0:27:49 0:23:39 Stephane Bouchard 0:26:45 0:24:04 Conrad Belliveau 0:28:36 0:24:19 Melanie Bordage 0:30:29 0:24:23 Pierre LeBlanc 0:27:06 0:24:23 Derek LeBlanc 0:28:05 0:25:16 Patrice Boudreau 0:28:11 0:25:22 Paul Goobie 0:24:43 0:25:27 Francois Maltais 0:30:03 0:25:33 Stuart Wight 0:25:33 0:25:33 Jean Richard Cormier 0:25:52 0:25:52 Don Ricker 0:25:29 0:26:00 Caroline Belliveau 0:32:36 0:26:05 Mike LeBlanc 0:25:40 0:26:26 Denis Hebert 0:29:34 0:26:37 Jeff Currie 0:26:01 0:26:48 Alain Goguen 0:24:47 0:28:00 Next week is a break week then the action begins again - this time on the mountain bikes and in the Rotary Park, St. Anselme June 3.

Quebec city's based team, Apogée-Kuota performed well in its first ever Stage race in St-Raymond. Three Atlantic Cycling Centre riders are on that team: Ryan Belliveau, Geoff O'Toole, and Garrett MacLeod. For complete results and FQSC communiqué, visit http://www.fqsc.net/08/Comp/route/InfoCourses.htm

Frank Pipp (Health Net p/b Maxxis) won Saturday's Stage 3, Mountain Magazine RR, 156 km/97.5miles, ahead of Sheldon Denny (CRCA/Empire) in second and Christian Helmig (Metro VW/FCS Racing) in third. Canada's Dustin MacBurnie (Team RACE Pro) was the top Canadian in 10th. Glen Chadwick (Team Type 1) is still leading as the Tour of Arkansas wraps up on Sunday with the Celebrity Classic Criterium. Results 1. Frank Pipp (Health Net p/b Maxxis) 3:59:36 2. Sheldon Denny (CRCA/Empire) 0:03 3. Christian Helmig (Metro VW/FCS Racing) 4. Stefano Barberi (THF Racing) 5. Glen Chadwick (Team Type 1) 6. Jake Rytlewski (Rite Aid p/b Shebell & Shebell) 7. Pedrag Prokic (Toshiba-Santo) 8. Moises Aldape (Team Type 1) 9. Michael Lange (Jelly Belly) 10. Dustin Macburnie (Team RACE Pro)

Chadwick Wins by Steve Bauer/Team RACE Pro May 15, 2008 - After a long 24km/15mile neutral start the race was on at Stage 1, Russellville-Hector, 177.47km/110.92 miles, under cloudy skies, cool temperatures and substantial humidity. It was not long before attacks began on the large rolling hills approaching a difficult climb at 64km/40 miles. Team RACE Pro were under instruction to not miss any breakaway in the early going. The team did well following important and challenging attacks. On the tough climb at 64km/40 miles Team Type 1 set a hard tempo splitting the peloton leaving only 30 riders in the front group. Keeping pace for Team RACE Pro (TRP) was Mark Walters, Dan Timmerman and Dustin MacBurnie. Team Type 1 sustained the rhythm for a period to ensure the time gap was established and then let up. Attacks from the front began immediately with Walters opening up the race again. After lots of action the first split of the 30-man group put Dustin MacBurnie in front with eight others racers. Walters managed to bridge up with four riders increasing TRP's chances. Then a monster effort came from Dan Timmerman as he soled across a 20-second gap to complete a strong 20-man lead group. Timmerman made contact with the leaders and without hesitation counter-attacked the leaders and formed a new 3-man break with Valeriy Kobzarenko of Type 1 and Eric Boily of Team Volkswagen. The trio cruised into a maximum lead of 1 min 30 sec lead over the next 32km/20 miles and eventually the gap stabilized at 1 min. With 16km/10 miles to go the leaders were being challenged as Team Toshiba and Jelly Belly shared the work of the chasers. At 5km to go the gap was 30 sec - the breakaway was caught at 1km to go. Just before the junction of the chase group Glen Chadwick of Type 1 (two stage wins Tour de Beauce 2007) attacked hard at the 1km sign on the final hill and made a good break off the front. Chadwick held off the group just barely in the surge to the line in front of Menzies (Health Net) and Aldape (Team-Type 1). MacBurnie made an excellent sprint finishing 4th with Walters barely a wheel behind in 6th. A fabulous stage for Team Race Pro with MacBurnie, Walters and Timmerman riding smart and strong. Results 1. Glen Chadwick (Team Type 1) 04:42:13.00 2. Karl Menzies (Health Net/Maxxis) 04:42:18.00 3. Moises Aldape (Team Type 1) 04:42:23.00 4. Dustin MacBurnie (Team RACE Pro) 04:42:28.06 5. Clayton Barrows (Rite Aid pb Shebell & Shebell) 6. Mark Walters (Team RACE Pro) 7. Predrag Prokic (TOSHIBA-Santo Presented By Her) 8. Fabio Florey Calabria (Act AL Team Type 1) 9. Christian Helmig (Metro Volkswagen/FCS Cycling) 10. Nick Reistad (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team) 25. Dan R. Clay Timmerman (Team RACE Pro) 04:42:28.06 47. Kevin "Buck" MILLER (Team RACE Pro) 04:52:17.80 58. Mark Batty (Team RACE Pro) 04:52:17.80 65. Adam Thuss (Team RACE Pro) 04:52:17.80 67. Keir Plaice (Team RACE Pro) 04:52:17.80 73. Andrew Hunt (Team RACE Pro) 04:52:17.80 74. Eric Robertson (Team RACE Pro) 04:52:17.80 75. Mark Pozniak (Team RACE Pro) 04:52:17.80

Post: #1MBS CUP - Week 2 results Hey all here are the actual times plus the handicapped times for the week 2 time trial - "Gone With The Wind" version! Name Actual time adjusted time Conrad Belliveau 0:29:39 0:25:12 Derrick Keith 0:30:10 0:25:39 Melanie Bordage 0:32:44 0:26:11 Stuart Wight 0:26:34 0:26:50 Stephane Bouchard 0:29:17 0:27:14 Mike LeBlanc 0:26:43 0:27:31 Don Ricker 0:26:57 0:27:46 Patrice Boudreau 0:30:52 0:27:47 Charles Cormier 0:27:43 0:28:00 Ian Dennis 0:27:52 0:28:25 Keith Godfrey 0:35:34 0:28:27 Derek LeBlanc 0:31:45 0:28:34 Alain Goguen 0:25:21 0:28:39 Sasha LeBlanc 0:35:53 0:28:42 Jeff Currie 0:28:59 0:29:16 Denis Doucet 0:35:32 0:30:12 Rene Julien 0:34:27 0:31:00 Michelle Chase 0:39:53 0:31:54 The handicap is based on a rating sytem that takes into account the rider's skill and experience in that discipline and there is also a time penalty applied for aerodynamic equipement. The final TT in the series is set for May 20 - Aviation Ave in Dieppe (near the Moncton airport) Be there by 6:10, first rider off at 6:30. If you come late you have to chase Alain and Stuart!!

Our boys did well in there first race under the Kuota-Apogée colors this weekend in the Granby TT. Here are their results: 4. Ryan Belliveau (1st U23) 10. Garrett McLeod 17. Geoff O'Toole Complete results: http://www.fqsc.net/08/Comp/route/resultats/RP-080510.pdf

With the bad training condition on the MTB trails in Atlantic Canada, we received very limited interest in the Bromont Canada Cup project; so we have decided to cancel it. This project was listed on our Selection program, and we encourage everyone to check it out for future projects.

MIKE’S BIKE SHOP CUP OFF TO A GREAT START The first race of the Mike’s Bike Shop Cup kicked off on Tuesday night with a time trial starting on the Veterans Memorial Highway in Dieppe. The fastest rider of the night was National Under 23 Team rider Ryan Belliveau with a time of 22:57 over the windy 17 km course. However, when the handicap system used by the series is applied, the winner and current series leader is Daniel Leger. The next race will be held Tuesday May 13 and will another time trial. The registration takes place on Aviation Ave in Dieppe at 6:10 with the first rider starting at 6:30. Races are open to anyone with a bike and a helmet and triathletes are especially welcome. The handicap system ensures that anyone has a chance to win. For the time trial races there is a handicap based on skill level as well as a one based on use of aerodynamic equipment. Results: Name time pts Daniel Leger 0:24:11 100 Josh Lamkey 0:24:23 90 Michelle Chase 0:24:46 80 Pierre LeBlanc 0:24:51 75 Sasha LeBlanc 0:25:06 70 Stuart Wight 0:25:07 65 Ryan Belliveau 0:25:28 60 Paul Goobie 0:25:30 55 Keith Godfrey 0:25:33 50 Mike LeBlanc 0:25:41 45 P Boudreau 0:25:58 40 F Maltais 0:26:03 35 Charles Cormier 0:26:37 30 Rene Julien 0:26:55 25 J R Cormier 0:30:40 20

Despite the clouds, the first Pepsi Cup races went on! Here's the results... Boys 10 years old 1. Rémi Gaudet 2. Tyler O'Brien 3. Jared Longphee Boys 11 years old 1. Sasha Léger 2. Alexandre Gallant 3. Alex Cormier Boys 12 years old 1. Christian Babineau 2. Mathieu Costain 3. Sébastien Soucy Boys 13 years old 1. Maxime Larochelle 2. Sébastien Alary 3. Joel Johnson Boys 14 years old 1. André Hébert 2. Justin Mallet 3. Marc Evers Boys 15 years old 1. Pierre Belliveau 2. Jean-Luc Bordage Girls 10 years old 1. Roxanne Couture 2. Anika Bastarache 3. Annie Cormier Girls 11 years old 1. Célina Hébert 2. Sophie Ashe 3. Isabelle Harrigan Girls 12 years old 1. Stéfanie Levesque 2. Isabelle Cormier 3. Carol-Ann MacDonald Girls 13 years old 1. Monika LeBlanc Girls 14 years old 1. Rebecka Aurell 2. Nicole Poirier 3. Janique Vautour Thanks!

Hey everyone – wow, my snow shovel is still at the front of the garage but believe it or not it’s time for racing! The first MBS Cup race is May 6. While we have traditionally started with the mountain bike races, the snow still on the single tracks in the park have led us to think time trials first. And so it begins. The first race in the series starts Tuesday May 6. Registration will be available from 6:00 PM at the parking area on Aviation Ave. near the airport. The first rider will depart at 6:30. The route is the same as last year but if you did not ride the TTs last year let me know and I will give you the full description. Basically you start at the airport exit ramp and turn right several times! If you find yourself in Sackville you missed a turn. On a personal note, I will not be able to do the timing for the TTs as I have a commitment with the Riverview Fire Department for Tuesdays in May and June. Sasha has kindly offered to do the mountain bike races in June for me but I am looking for a couple of volunteers to do the TTs. There is no easier race to officiate and I will teach you how to do it if you’re new to it. Let me know if you could find it in your heart to skip one race and wear the stripes (only figuratively). So here is the order of racing for the series: May 6, 13 & 20 – TT June 3, 10, & 17 – mountain bike July 8, 15, 22 – track Aug 5, 12 & 19 – criterium Sept 9, 16 & 23 – BMX Oct 14, 21 & 28 – cyclocross Please pass the info on to anyone you know who might like to ride – as always it is $5.00 per night. Membership in a registered club or Velo NB is strongly recommended.

Prince Edward Island’s seaside villages and idyllic countryside will be transformed into Canada’s most exciting new cycling destination with the return of Tour de PEI from June 8-12. The inaugural race was named Road Event Organizer of the Year by the Canadian Cycling Association in 2007. The event is now attracting a growing amount of interest from athletes around the world. One hundred female cyclists are expected to participate in the five-day, five-stage race. The new route highlights the Island’s scenic countryside and coastline for thousands of spectators and 600,000 television viewers who are expected to tune into a feature presentation of the race. Media coverage reached one million households during last year’s event. “Tour de PEI is a perfect fit for Prince Edward Island because it showcases before the world everything the province has to offer,” said the Honourable Valerie Docherty, Minister of Tourism and Honourary President of Tour de PEI. “This event is more than a bike race as it presents Prince Edward Island to the world.” The participating athletes will cross scenic but challenging terrain covering a total of 403 kilometres, including a 120 kilometre-long race across the hilliest regions in central PEI. A highlight of the race will take place on Monday, June 9, when cyclists will race in a time trial across the 12.9-kilometre-long Confederation Bridge. The bridge will be closed between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on that day. “The Government of Canada continues to work with its partners to build a strong and sustainable tourism industry here in Atlantic Canada,” said the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA). “Investment in this world-class event has a direct impact on the local economy, while spotlighting the beauty and hospitality of Prince Edward Island internationally.” Scotiabank is again helping make Tour de PEI possible in 2008. “Scotiabank is proud to join forces, once again this year, with the World Cup Cycling Organization and Confederation Bridge, to bring this world class event to this great country,” said John Oliver, Senior Vice-President Atlantic Region, Scotiabank. "Tour de PEI will help put a greater emphasis on athletics in the lives of women and will bring athletes from coast to coast and around the world right here, to Prince Edward Island." The event’s organizer, Daniel Manibal, said he continues to receive excellent feedback from athletes and coaches after last year’s race. “People are talking about it. The first event was so successful that this year, cyclists are calling us to say they want to participate,” Manibal said. “It shows us that Prince Edward Island is now on the world cycling map and Tour de PEI is now one of Canada’s top events.” Two special events are planned on the final day of the race, Thrusday, June 12. Children who pre-register will have the opportunity to race on the professional route in front of thousands of spectators. After the final awards ceremony at 7 p.m., the Confederation Bridge Concert Series will begin with a free concert featuring New Brunswick’s Chris Colepaugh and the Cosmic Crew and PEI’s Tim Chaisson. The free concert will take place on the steps of the Confederation Centre of the Arts. Tour de PEI is made possible in-part through funding from ACOA, Tourism PEI, Scotiabank, Confederation Bridge and many others. For more information, visit our website at www.tourdepei.com.

Atlantic Cycling Centre riders are once again on the start of a great season. The snow is out of the way, the long preparation rides are behind, and it’s time to show talent. This year’s right of the first victory of the season came to Truro’s Dustin MacBurnie taking victory in Ontario for Team R.A.C.E. After a month spent in rainy Belgium and France, they came back home to sweep the Westover-Strabane Classic. “I made the initial break and I was not happy how this group was riding, I decided to attack them and I soloed for about 90 km. My two teammates caught me 2 km from the line. They gave me the victory, a good sign of respect among the team riders.” A week later, it was time for Newfoundland’s Zach Garland to shine. He also took a solo victory during stage 2 of the Tour of Walla Walla in Washington State. “It was the hardest stage of the Tour, and I wanted it badly for the team. I’m feeling really good at the moment and I’ll be ready for next week’s race to the Ridge.” Sussex’s Christian Meier, from his side, has yet to claim a first victory for 2008. But he is currently showing good early form by standing in 8th place overall after 2 stages of the famous Tour of Georgia; one of the highest level races of the season in North America. He will be looking at every possible opportunity to show his climbing legs to get as close as possible to an Olympic selection. This Tour ends on Sunday and I’ll keep you posted on his results. Other Centre riders will soon start posting results; we’ll keep you posted as they are coming in. On the local front, things have also started shaking with the Spring Camp held last weekend. I was positively happy with the group of young riders taking part in this camp. They were great listeners, and they especially excelled at putting what we asked them in practice; A very positive sign for cadet and junior riders. On Sunday, approximately 40 riders tested there legs on the famous Fundy National Park ride. The official start of the season in Atlantic Canada will take place in 10 days during the AMP circuit race in Nova Scotia. That weekend will also mark the start of the Sprockids and Peter Wedge cycling programs (part of the Centre’s Cycling Academy) in Dieppe.

The Peter Wedge Program was run as a pilot program in 2007, and proved to be a great success. This program is targeting young cyclists who are looking to learn advanced skills and the basics of bike racing. This program touches the Learn to Train aspect of the cycling Long Term Athlete Development spectrum. At this stage, we focus on all four cycling disciplines (mountain biking, road, track and BMX). One of the most important periods of motor development for children is between the ages of 12 and 14. For years, one name stood on top the cycling in Atlantic Canada: Peter Wedge. When the Centre was developed and the first generation of young athletes was coming through, we quickly realized how respected Peter was as an athletes and a person by up and coming cyclists in this region. Peter’s career reflected many of the value desired to be reflected by such program. Those values being the ones desired to be projected by such program. These values will also enable the program to respect the Sport Canada Learning to Train to-do list: - Further develop all fundamental movement skills and teach general, overall sports skills. Otherwise, a significant window of opportunity is lost, compromising the ability of the young player/athlete to reach full potential. - Develop strength using exercises that incorporate the child’s own body weight as well as Medicine balls and Swiss balls. - Introduce hopping and bounding exercises or routines, or wheeling up gradients, to aid in strength development. - Further develop endurance through games and relays. - Further develop flexibility through exercises. - Further develop speed by using specific activities that focus on agility, quickness, and change of direction during the warm-up. - Structure competition to address differences in training age and abilities. - Identify sports the child enjoys and is predisposed towards success. Narrow the focus to 3 sports. - Introduce single periodization noting that some sports such as swimming and tennis need to use double periodization to adequately address the sport’s unique needs. - Apply a ratio of 70 per cent training to 30 per cent competition. The 30 per cent ratio includes competition and competition-specific training. These percentages vary according to sport and individual specific needs. Athletes undertaking this type of preparation are better prepared for competition in both the short- and long-term than those who focus solely on winning. - Encourage unstructured play. At the conclusion of this program, it is expected the participants will understand the basics of all disciplines as well as start to understand the importance of good practice and training. We will also assist them during New Brunswick calendar specific events. The program will start on May 5th and run once a week until the end of the school year and then go to twice a week for the rest of the summer. For more information or to register please contact the Centre at 877-7809.

Spring is once again upon us, and the National Cycling Centre, in Dieppe, is proud to announce the start of another great season. Again in 2008, the Cycling Academy will play host to many youth learn to bike programs. Among those, the Sprockids Program offers youth 9 to 12 years of age the opportunity, through cycling, to develop the skills, values and strategies that will benefit them throughout their lives and enable them to successfully reach their full potential. Participants will develop skills to allow them to safely enjoy and explore the adventures of cycling. This program is the first step in an integrated participant’s development model for cycling and opens the doors to a lifetime of opportunities. The program will start on May 3rd and run once a week (Saturday mornings) and then go until June 21st. We also invite participants from the previous years to participate in phase 2 of the program to get full certification. For more information or to register please contact us at 877-7809.

Hello, well that time again to give a little update on some racing. I am here in Vancouver getting some racing in between my winter work term and summer school term. This weekend we raced the tour of Walla Walla. it is a 4 stage 3 day race. the first stage was a 100km road race on Friday evening. it consisted of 2 laps with some decent size climbs on it. Early on, a 2 man break goes away and they go about a 3 minute gap. Some teams started really riding hard to bring them back. This hard riding shattered the pack but did not bring back the break. Well actually we caught one guy, but the other stayed away to finish ahead of about a 30 man group. I was in the front group. I tried my best to break things up on the last climb of the day however my nothing was getting away. Saturday was a long day with a 12km TT in the morning and a 160km road race in the afternoon. The TT was an out and back. Out was slightly uphill and full on head wind. I felt like I was just fighting with the bike on the way out. however, my effort was rewarded with a 13th place, moving me up to 13th overall and really close to all the placing from 2nd to 13th. Next up was the 'queen" stage: A 160km road race featuring the same type of terrain as Friday’s stage. Once again it was pretty windy. The stage finished on a 3km climb and i knew if I came into there with the leaders i could make something happen. The race was fairly aggressive with the general classification fairly tight. With about 50km to go 5 of us got away. We worked really well together. About 30km later, 3 others bridged up to us. The about 8km to go a rider attacked and myself and another rider went with us. We were riding super fast at the point and i could see i was stronger then the others. When we hit the bottom of the 3km hill the race finished on i just left it in the bog ring and did an acceleration. I instantly got about a 30 second gap. i got into a rhythm and by the time I got to the top I had won by one minute. Probably my biggest win! Moreover, my efforts put me into second overall with a minute gap going into the final stage. The final stage was a 60 minute crit. Fairly straight forward and things stayed together. So no changes on GC! So needless to say a very good weekend! Also, a HUGE thanks to my teammates for ensuring i was protected for the wind and in the front of the race. Next up is a 2 day 3 stage race next weekend in Maple Ridge, just outside Vancouver. Thanks for reading, Zack Garland