Vancouver last week for one of the showcase events of BC Superweek, the 2006 Tour of Gastown. In front of a crowd of 30,000, Symmetrics/Norco rider Brad Fairall took a fantastic second behind New Zealand's Hilton Clarke (Navigators Insurance). Symmetrics' Mandy Poitras showed her legs are coming back from a knee injury with a solid sixth in the women's event, with BC's own Gina Grain (Colavita Cooking Light) defending her '05 win.

Source: symmetricscycling.com

Norco Factory Team racers, Dan Csokonay, Derek Cowell, and Justin Brown made a strong showing at this weekend's Canadian Nationals with a respective, 3rd, 11th, and 14th. Dan took his podium spot amidst a fast Jr. Expert field, while Derek & Justin battled in out in the highly competitive Pro mens category.

Catharine Pendrel also made a strong showing at the XC Canada Cup up in Whistler with an 8th place in the strong Pro Women's field.

Congrats to all our Team Riders for a great effort!

Source: canadiancyclist.com

Results- National Champs

I guess 4 was my lucky number this weekend! I finished both DH and 4X in 4th place.

4X was going so well for me too! I came out of the gate strong and I was ahead of Joey Gough by the 1st corner. I was pulling up a pretty good lead on her, but she gave me a taste of her BMX experience and used my bike/body to help her corner through a super tight line on the track. I crashed pretty hard as a result, but it was some good racing anyway.

DH was pretty solid too. Tracy Moseley pulled out the win this weekend with the rest of us close behind. I was less than a second off Helen Gaskell and we were all within about 6 seconds of one another. Just to give everyone an idea of how hard the racing in the UK really is consider the fact that there have been atleast 2 british girls on EVERY World Cup DH Podium this year. Pretty crazy eh? It was some great racing and I am happy I slipped back to the UK to get another weekend of fast riding in.

Source: fionngriffiths.com

Andrew Pinfold of the BC super-squad known as Symmetrics Pro Cycling Team started off BC's Superweek races with a strong win at the Tour de White Rock yesterday.

For more, check out: The Vancouver Sun's Article on the Norco Sponsored Symmetrics Team

So it was late on friday night and a few of us were thinking that Sun Peaks for a day trip would be killer. Quick check on the net and sure enough they were hosting Norco's VPS-Fest on Canada Day!! Sounds like reason enough to see what's been happening up there this spring, do some riding and check out what VPS-Fest is all about.

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