Road O’Cup #3, 47th, Annual Springbank Road Race

May 03, 2015 in Race Results, Road Squad

London ON

Presented by the The London Centennial Wheelers, the 47th annual Springbank Road Races, are held on a closed 2.2 km course and offers over $4,000 in cash and prizes. The width of this fast and technical loop varies and makes for exciting and spectator-friendly crit-racing.

Due to the travel distance to this event, we only had a couple of racers from the Road Squad making the journey with veteran crit-specialist Rick Froner and rookie Brent Vanderveen flying the colours in London.

Our Team’s Results:

Brent Vanderveen, 11th, Elite 4 Men
Richard Froner, 30th, Master 2 Men

Road O'Cup #2, Calabogie Road Classic

April 20, 2015 in Race Results, Race Team, Road Squad

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.

Road O'Cup #1, Good Friday Road Race

April 06, 2015 in Race Results, Race Team, Road Squad

Ancaster Ontario

The Provincial Road Racing season began on a cold and windy day on the roads in and around the Ancaster Fair Grounds. The sun did come out for the later races, but the air remained cool all day long.

This initial race are of the season is the often a very tricky event as many participants are testing their race legs for the first time. Add to this first-race nerves and a technical gravel section, this event has been known to be have several crashes and tumbles. Fortunately for all concerned, this years event was a very clean affair little incident.

Special thanks to the folks at the Hamilton Cycling Club for once again put on a fantastic event