EVERYONE WAS a winner at the first Shames Mountain Hill Climb in several years.
All seven riders came first in the seven categories set up for the ride, which was more of a 13 km recreational event than a competitive one.
“Everyone was riding for their own reasons,” said Bruce Martindale.
“We did it as a fun run timed, not really a race, so that’s why we did it this way and everybody was given a prize.”
The men’s open winner was Travis Carter with a 47 minutes 6 seconds finish.
Matt Beedle won in the cyclocross category with a time of 49:41.
Mike Talstra, who rode the 25 km out to Shames Mountain before doing the event, was classified as “from town before” and finished in 55:34.
“He wasn’t that far behind the leaders considering he rode 25 km before he started the race,” said Martindale.
Ryan Gordon won as a rookie rider for the Terrace Off Road Cycling Association (TORCA) in 1 hour 2 minutes.
Rod Gee, a masters rider, came in at 1:38 and Tara Irwin took the ladies category in 1:38.
Last, but certainly not least, 11-year-old Aiden Carter came in at 1:52.
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