Royal Bay Crit

LET’S RACE BIKES!

This Saturday, August 3rd, welcomes a brand new crit course for the Victoria Cycling League (VCL!)

Brought to you by Glennon from Gablecraft Homes and Dave from About The Ride Cycling, along with Cycles West as the supporting club, join us for some fast riding on mint tarmac in a new development area in Royal Bay!

ROYAL BAY CRIT LOCATION

Just up from Metchosin Road and Latoria Blvd, this 1km course starts on Tradewinds Ave, across Quarry St, around the round-about onto Producers Way into a slight downhill, across Ryder Hesjedal Way, and back up Tradewinds, where there’s a slight incline to the finish line.

If not riding to the race, there’s ample parking just west of the course at XXX off Quarry St.

Strava ‘route’ of the course: https://www.strava.com/routes/3250557068144162786

Elevation is wacky on that one, the Segment looks much more accurate, but I’d say 4m elevation is even a bit high, closer to ‘flat’: https://www.strava.com/segments/37470213

ROYAL BAY CRIT SCHEDULE

Our schedule is as follows:

  • 10am – C’s & D’s, 30mins +5 laps
  • 10:45 – Kiddie Kilo!
  • 11am – B’s, 45min +5 laps
  • Noon – A’s, 1hr +5 laps

Please be signed in 20mins before your event!

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ROYAL BAY CRIT REGISTRATION

Registration is required (except for the Kiddie Kilo), so we have you in the tracking system! Registration closes 9pm on Friday.

Cost is $20 for Adults, $10 for Youth (<19yrs old). Kiddie Kilo is free! (Payment is collected separately from Registration).

Quick Registration Now! (Google Docs form)

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. We will accept sign-ons at the event, please bring cash, and arrive 30mins before your start time.

Payment options: E-Transfer (preferred), Paypal, Credit Card or Cash At Event.

NOTE: If not a CyclingBC license holder, you MUST get a one-day license, available here: https://ccnbikes.com/#!/memberships/cycling-bc-single-event-license-2024

Sign-In at the event is required, find the Sign-In tent at the north-west corner, Tradewinds & Quarry, along with the First Aid station and washrooms.

Any questions or want to volunteer? Please use our comment form!

PRIZES

We had 5x $25 Gift Cards generously donated by Goldstream Bicycles, thank you so much, and were awarded to the winner of the C race, and 2x as primes for the B and A races!

RESULTS

Here are the results, 37 total racers, thanks to all who raced, amazing day!! (Please email me or get in touch if there are any errors or corrections.)

https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=360834

QUICK REPORT

It was a hot day, but we had 37 riders come out to try out the new course, including a few from Vancouver!

We started with the C group, where 7 toed the line to be the very first ever to race the Royal Bay Crit! A few laps in Caleb took a flyer, and solo’d away for six laps, but was eventually caught by Ethan and Edwin, who stuck together the rest of the race, and Edwin ended up winning the final sprint, followed by Caleb and Ethan.

Next up was the B group with 17 racers, and after several laps to warm up and get used to the corners, Keith took off and was off the front for nearly 20 laps, when the pack finally reeled him in (which was defended by two of his Wheelers teammates!) The group was whittled down to seven in the final laps, and with one final rip around the course, Keith took the W, with Phillip just behind, and a close 3rd, with Dan Stefanson just keeping ahead of myself at the line! Abigail was our top female racer, finishing ahead of Mikayla.

Finally we saw 11 A riders set off, and after some attacks we saw Cooper and Matt blast away from the pack, and the pair got close to lapping the field…and similar to what we saw at Windsor Park a few weeks ago, Cooper reconnected with the pack, and with his teammate continued to drive the pace, while Matt held steady just behind the field, eventually starting to lose ground. Fortunately he held on for a very hard-earned 2nd. That was an automatic win for Cooper, and his Red Truck teammate Caleb won the bunch sprint ahead of Orien and Chris.

It was a thrill to race and watch, thank you again to all who came out!

GRATITUDE

We have a really great community of cyclists, and they helped make this happen! Thanks to all who helped out, got the word out, etc.. But in particular a big thanks on the day to Stéphane Tran, Tracia Rosenbloom, Matthew Macleod and Peter Smith (aka Burgess) for coming down and spending a few hours on course to keep things safe!

And the most gratitude is for Glennon Rosenbloom (who also finished 5th in the B’s!) for making the course a possibility, and handling a ton of logistics and set-up, and hopefully this will be a course we can continue to use for the future! Watch this space for more VCL races at this location in 2025!

PHOTOS

Below are the galleries we’ve received (get in touch if you have some to share), thank you photogs!! (Two shots above courtesy Jay Wallace!)

That's Bike Racing!

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