Husband and wife Vipond and Hadley crowned Canada Cup Champions
Laforge and Nadon win junior series
Catherine Vipond (Norco Factory Team) and Matthew Hadley (Xprezo - Borsao) both won the highest honors of the Canada Cup series as the 2011 season concluded Sunday in Edmonton, Alta, with the presentation of the fourth and last race of the 2011 Canada Cup Mountain Bike Series.
Vipond and Hadley, a married couple, participated in all four events across the country this year, and have posted the best overall results of the season.
Hadley won the first two races of the season, which gave him a solid lead midway through the season. After an average placing in the third race, Hadley raced back to the podium with a third place finish on Sunday, securing the Canada Cup title.
Cameron Jette (3-Rox-Racing) took the second place with 470 points, stepping twice on the podium, in second and third places.
Evan Guthrie (Rocky Mountain Factory Team) and Léandre Bouchard (Cyclones d'Alma), two U23 riders, finished tied in third place with each 435 points. With his win on the last race in Edmonton, Guthrie won the tie breaker to give him the third and last spot on the podium, leaving Bouchard, the 2011 Canadian U23 Champion, in fourth place.
In the women's category, Vipond stepped on the podium in all four races, winning the first and last race of the season. She fought a hard and tight race the entire season alongside Jean-Ann Berkenpas with only five points differentiating the top two riders in the final standings. Berkenpas accumulated one win and two silver medals, and could have won secured the title with a win on the last stage of the series.
A total of 99 elite male mountain bikers scored points this year on the Canada Cup series in the elite races, while 38 women took part in the elite series.
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In the junior races, it was no surprise to see Frédérique Trudel take the top honours in the women's category, even though she is racing her first year as a junior. Trudel, the current Canadian junior champion, started the season with two wins on her home soil in Québec before finishing second in Ontario and fourth in Edmonton. Trudel finished with a 55-point lead over both second place Catherine Fleury and third place Haley Smith. Both Fleury and Smith finished the season tied with 230 points.
Marc-Antoine Nadon topped the standings amongst the junior male riders with the maximum 300 points. Nadon, also the Canadian juniors champion, led the standings the entire season and capped off his dream season with three victories in four races.
The season started back in late May with the opening race held in Mont-Tremblant. The tour stayed in Eastern Canada with races in Baie-Saint-Paul, QC and Barrie, ON before making its way across the country for its last stop of the calendar in Edmonton, Alta.
For standings purposes, the top three results of the four races were taken into consideration.
The series celebrated its 20th anniversary. Since its inception in 1991, the Canada Cup Series produced elite athletes notably Olympians Catharine Pendrel (Luna Pro Team), Marie-Hélène Prémont (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) and Geoff Kabush (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain), World Championships silver medallist Steve Smith (Devinci Global Racing) as well U23 National Champion Emily Batty (Subaru-Trek), just to name a few.
2011 Canada Cup final standings
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
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1 | Catherine Vipond | 555 | pts |
2 | Jean Ann Berkenpas | 550 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Sandra Walter | 470 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Cindy Montambault | 370 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Andréanne Pichette* | 365 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Rébecca Beaumont* | 360 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Valérie Meunier* | 290 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Brandi Heisterman | 275 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Cayley Brooks* | 255 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Annick Chértien | 240 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Anna Schappert | 225 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Heather Gray | 220 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Emily Batty | 200 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Kristina Laforge* | 200 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Linnea Koons | 195 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Stéphanie* Lacoursière | 195 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Amanda Sin | 175 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Mical Dyck | 140 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Mikaela Kofman | 140 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Laura Bietola* | 137 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Caeli Barron | 135 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Kate Aardal | 120 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Aleksandra Mooradian | 120 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Bryna Blanchard | 115 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Pepper Harleton | 110 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Shantel Koenig | 100 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Mandy Dreyer | 100 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Caroline Villeneuve | 85 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Alana Heise | 80 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Celine Foreht | 75 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Ashley Barson* | 71 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Erica Bota | 69 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Tricia Spooner | 66 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Marjorie Lavoie* | 58 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Sarah Moore* | 56 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Melanie Bernier | 54 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Susan Stepehens | 50 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Kaitlin Michener* | 49 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Matthew Hadley | 555 | pts |
2 | Cameron Jette | 470 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Evan Guthrie* | 435 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Léandre Bouchard* | 435 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Peter Glassford | 425 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Adam Morka | 425 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Mitch Bailey* | 296 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Evan McNeely* | 290 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Jérémy Martin* | 290 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Andrew L'Espérance* | 285 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Eric Batty | 270 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Kristofor Sneddon | 260 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Ryan Atkins | 255 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Steven Noble* | 227 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Graham Torrie | 212 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Derek Zandstra | 200 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Sebastien Cadieux-Duval* | 195 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Marty Lazarski | 195 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Zachary Hughes* | 194 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Roddi Lega | 187 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Jamie Lamb | 184 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Marc-André Daigle | 175 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Tyson Wagler* | 172 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Patrick Chartrand* | 168 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Jared Stafford* | 160 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Julien Fillion | 159 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | David Gonda | 158 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Leni Trudel | 156 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Philippe Dépault* | 149 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Jean-Phillipe Thibault-Roberge* | 145 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Alex Lavertu* | 144 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Neil Schiemann | 144 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Félix Côté* | 142 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Étienne Moreau* | 133 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Seamus Powell | 132 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Jacob McClelland* | 130 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Matthew Krahn | 128 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Imad El-Ghazal | 124 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Emmanuel Boily | 122 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Pierre-Louis Chamberland* | 118 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Antoine Caron | 115 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Mathieu Bélanger Barrette* | 113 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Michael Mooradian | 112 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Stefan Widmer | 110 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Preston Wagler* | 107 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Tom Sampson* | 104 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Olivier Bordeleau | 99 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Andrew Watson | 95 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Christopher Hamlin | 90 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Ricky Federau | 85 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Logan Tacoma | 80 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Krushel Kesley* | 79 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
53 | Tim Carleton | 78 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
54 | Xavier Perreault* | 73 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
55 | Gordon Jewett | 71 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
56 | Ruan Du toit* | 69 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
57 | Jacques Gagné | 68 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
58 | Thomas Skinner | 66 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
59 | Matthew Farquharson* | 65 | Row 58 - Cell 3 |
60 | Jonathan Boucher* | 65 | Row 59 - Cell 3 |
61 | Eric Emsky | 64 | Row 60 - Cell 3 |
62 | Francis Lehoux* | 62 | Row 61 - Cell 3 |
63 | Jon Slaughter* | 61 | Row 62 - Cell 3 |
64 | Olivier Robidoux* | 61 | Row 63 - Cell 3 |
65 | Maxime Lemay | 61 | Row 64 - Cell 3 |
66 | Danny Souter | 60 | Row 65 - Cell 3 |
67 | Cory Wallace | 58 | Row 66 - Cell 3 |
68 | Jonathan Cantin* | 57 | Row 67 - Cell 3 |
69 | François-Charles Dumas | 54 | Row 68 - Cell 3 |
70 | Steve Fréchette* | 50 | Row 69 - Cell 3 |
71 | Mike Garrigan | 49 | Row 70 - Cell 3 |
72 | Kyle Douglas | 46 | Row 71 - Cell 3 |
73 | Benoit Simard | 46 | Row 72 - Cell 3 |
74 | Peter Knight | 44 | Row 73 - Cell 3 |
75 | Jeremi Bussiere* | 44 | Row 74 - Cell 3 |
76 | Jon Kinsie | 44 | Row 75 - Cell 3 |
77 | Jeffery Simms | 43 | Row 76 - Cell 3 |
78 | Pierre-Yves Nadeau | 43 | Row 77 - Cell 3 |
79 | Jarred Forrest* | 42 | Row 78 - Cell 3 |
80 | Steve Caillé* | 42 | Row 79 - Cell 3 |
81 | John Burns | 42 | Row 80 - Cell 3 |
82 | Dylan Harris | 41 | Row 81 - Cell 3 |
83 | Aroussen Laflamme | 41 | Row 82 - Cell 3 |
84 | Simon Wagler* | 40 | Row 83 - Cell 3 |
85 | Eric Jeannotte | 38 | Row 84 - Cell 3 |
86 | Steven Turcotte* | 36 | Row 85 - Cell 3 |
87 | Anthony Sinyard | 36 | Row 86 - Cell 3 |
88 | Scott Lynch | 35 | Row 87 - Cell 3 |
89 | Andrew De Cal | 34 | Row 88 - Cell 3 |
90 | Micheal Van den Ham | 33 | Row 89 - Cell 3 |
91 | Kevin Massicotte* | 33 | Row 90 - Cell 3 |
92 | Patrick Mimeault | 32 | Row 91 - Cell 3 |
93 | Anton Varabei | 28 | Row 92 - Cell 3 |
94 | Simon Tremblay | 26 | Row 93 - Cell 3 |
95 | Jamie Wagler | 24 | Row 94 - Cell 3 |
96 | Guillaume Bauret* | 24 | Row 95 - Cell 3 |
97 | Justin Henri | 21 | Row 96 - Cell 3 |
98 | Benjamin Adler | 21 | Row 97 - Cell 3 |
99 | Jerome Samson | 20 | Row 98 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kristina Laforge | 385 | pts |
2 | Laura Bietola | 340 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Valérie Meunier | 290 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Andréane Lanthier-Nadeau | 240 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Cayley Brooks | 220 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Lauren Rosser | 190 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Emily Flynn | 146 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Malia Poulin | 137 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Laurence Harvey | 136 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Emily Fisher | 132 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Stéphanie Vialle | 122 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Caeli Barron | 99 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Samantha Wagler | 99 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Haley Smith | 79 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Justine Morin | 69 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Justine Desmarais | 64 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Amanda Wakeling | 40 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Stacey Forbes | 32 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Sara Witzke | 30 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Hannah Cooley | 29 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Katlyn Dundas | 29 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Gabrielle Dallaire | 29 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Jessica Tripp | 28 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Marc-Antoine Nadon | 300 | pts |
2 | Alexandre Vialle | 270 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Bretton Matthews | 205 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Thomas Neron | 195 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Antoine Perreault | 160 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Vincent Belhumeur | 152 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Quinn Moberg | 144 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Samuel Tremblay | 130 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Felix Wilberg | 100 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Patrick Martin | 94 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Etienne Tremblay | 92 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Davis Ross | 90 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Daniel Varga | 86 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Corey Brioschi | 85 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Philippe Paradis | 82 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Jean-Daiel Boily | 80 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Perre-Oliver Veillette | 79 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Elliot Galbraith | 73 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Gabriel Thibeault | 66 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Merlin Dallaire | 56 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Michael Girolametto-Prosen | 45 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Dominic Girard | 43 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Daniel Hill | 42 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Alex Schmidt | 38 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Charles-Etienne Gregoire | 38 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Mo Lawrence | 37 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Nicolas Sessler | 37 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Philippe Gauthier Boudreau | 35 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Cedric Herrmann | 34 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Louis Dillon | 29 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Julien Gagne | 28 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Nicholas Bruce | 25 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Jason LeBlanc | 25 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Brandon Etzl | 25 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Francis Roy | 25 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Nicolas Bauret | 23 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Jordon Doner | 21 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Carl Blanchette | 21 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Samuel Lalancette | 20 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Anthony Barrette | 18 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Philippe Robioux | 18 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | William Clarke | 17 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Dominic Bolatre | 17 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Alex Ferguson | 16 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Alexandre Hamel | 16 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Harrison Newediuk | 15 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Olivier Brisson-Robinson | 15 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Greg Van Moorsel | 14 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | William Bosivert | 14 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Trent Meyers | 13 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Pier-Luc Boivin | 13 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Daniel Hope | 12 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
53 | Ian Bagg | 10 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
54 | Parker Wilson | 8 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
55 | Jason Massicotte | 7 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |