Island Cup # 3

Hadley and Dyck Conquer Island Cup #3 ( Brief)

The quaint little hamlet known as Cobble Hill is the third stop on the Vancouver Island Cup XC series. This course was split into two climbing sections and two descending sections measuring roughly 6.5km. This race brought out some big Island names like 3 time Single Speed CX Champion Drew Mackenzie, Master National CX champion John Fokkema and even former national triathlete Kelly Guest. Throw into the mix names like Hovey, Skinner and Woodburn and this was a stacked field and no easy laps for anyone. With a mass start and a short steep climb before the first single track it was the key to be out front. Matt Hadley, National Team member and Olympic hopeful, led out Drew Mackenzie and never looked back, increasing his lead each lap and winning by about 1:30, with Carter Hovey getting past Fokkema in the last lap to claim 3rd.

The women’s race saw two National Team racers go head to head. Mical Dyck lined up next to Catherine Vipond for The coveted hand made Cobble Hill Coffee mug (the 1st place prize) With a strong start Dyck led into the single track and put a little time between herself and Vipond. Catherine fought back near the summit, caught and passed Dyck and started to pull away passing lower categories as she powered away. It then took Dyck nearly the rest of the race to catch back on, eventually passing Vipond on fire road before the last single-track descent. With no quite Vipond grabbed the wheel and they were very tight all the way down to the fire road and it looked like they may sprint the line until Catherine washed out as she powered out of the last corner to the road, but far enough to remain in 2nd. Karen Truman came in at 3rd.

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