Calabogie, Ontario

Members of the LapDogs Road Squad, looking relaxed a ready prior to the Calabogie Road Classic.

This past weekend saw a very large contingent of from the Duke’s Cycle Cannondale LapDogs Road Team heading out towards Ottawa for the Calabogie Road Classic.

Always a favourite, this race is run on an old car racing circuit which features a very wide surface smooth surface. Ideal for bicycle racing with just about every race ending in an exciting field sprint.

Amongst the highlights, this race also featured one of the largest women’s fields in recent history. This bodes well for our sport.

Your LapDogs put in a great collection of results across a wide-range of categories:

Elite 4 Men

Ayrton Dick, 12th
Matthew Bucci, 26th
Dan Bandurka, 35th
Tim Anema DNF
Nicholas Sidhu, DNF due to a crash (he's okay, no serious damage other than scrapes and a damaged kit)

Master 3 Men

Steve Hart, 13th
Ian Ptolemy, 16th
Bevin Reith, 32nd
Richard Lee, 55th

Elite 3 Women

Thea Mizuhara, 11th

Master A Women

Ola Mazowiec, 7th
Jocelyn Stephen, 9th

Elite 3 Men

Chris Dunbar, 19th

Master 2 Men

Roderick Grant, 34th

Upcoming Races...

Next Weekend we'll have many folks from both the Club and Race Team participating in the annual Paris to Ancaster Classic. The Spring "right of passage" is alway a popular event for races from all over the province.

The next race on the Road Squad's calendar will be the Springbank Road Race in London Ontario on May 3rd. The XC Squad also makes their 2015 O'Cup debut with the first race of the MTB Provincial Series taking place at Woodnewton on the same day.