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Stage 7 Report
Sparwood-Fernie 48km/660m climbing After a Day 6 which will go down as one of the most brutal days in TransRockies history, the riders were treated to a quick 48km Stage 7 run into beautiful Fernie to the finish line celebrations with the friends and family who were...
Stage 7 Brief Report
Sparwood to Fernie 48km/655 metres climbing The short and fast last stage of the TransRockies saw the Team United Cycles duo of Roddi Lega and Tim Heemskerk confirm their dominant overall victory with their sixth stage win in seven days. They gapped the second and...
Stage 6 results
Rank Plate Team Team Leader NAT Team Member NAT Stage Time Penalties Total Time Difference 100+ Open Gender 1 705 Syngenta Prairie Boys BENSON, Bill CDN SISSONS, Don CDN 06:01:01.53 00:00:00.00 06:01:01.53 00:00:00.00 2 722 Team R.A.C.E. / Kamikaze GORDON, Hamish CDN...
Stage 6 Report
Elkford-Sparwood 116km/2300m climbing Going into stage 6 of the 2007 TransRockies Challenge all the racers knew that there was every chance that this would be longest and toughest stage of the race. The day dawned ominously with an orange and hazy sunrise above the...
Stage 6 Flash results
Open Men 1 (1) 159 CDN UNITED CYCLE TEAM 5:04:58.22 *** 2 (2) 108 CRC LA RUTA 5:04:58.93 0.71 3 (5) 95 NZL 100% NEW ZEALAND 5:24:37.30 +19:39.08 4 (6) 112 CDN ROCKY MOUNTAIN / EAS ports 5:25:22.87 +20:24.65 5 (7) 66 SUI FRENETIC-VOLVO 5:26:05.67 +21:07.45 6 (8) 154...
Stage 5 Report
Whiteswan Lake--ElkFord 93km/1500m climbing After three days in the remote Rocky Mountain backcountry, the riders of the 2007 TransRockies Challenge were very pleased to return to civilization as they rolled into Elkford, British Columbia to finish Stage 5 in what has...
Stage 5 Results
Rank Plate Team Team Leader NAT Team Member NAT Stage Time Penalties Total Time Difference 100+ Open Gender 1 705 Syngenta Prairie Boys BENSON, Bill CDN SISSONS, Don CDN 04:41:50.39 00:00:00.00 04:41:50.39 00:00:00.00 2 709 Zootallures AMYOT, François CDN AUCLAIR,...
Stage 4 Report
Nipika-Whiteswan Lake 115km/1342m climbing After a two-day stopover at Nipika Mountain Resort, the 283 teams remaining in the 2007 TransRockies Challenge set out on Stage 4 for the mountain campground of Whiteswan Lake, the last and most remote wilderness day of the...
Stage 4 results
Rank Plate Team Team Leader NAT Team Member NAT Stage Time Penalties Total Time Difference 100+ Open Gender 1 705 Syngenta Prairie Boys BENSON, Bill CDN SISSONS, Don CDN 05:09:57.95 00:00:00.00 05:09:57.95 00:00:00.00 2 709 Zootallures AMYOT, François CDN AUCLAIR,...
Stage 3 Report
Nipika-Nipika 93km/1500m climbing Riders and crew alike woke up in a great frame of mind as Day 3 of the TransRockies Challenge dawned clear and crisp. For the first time in the six years of event history, riders could head to the start line without packing bags for...
Stage 3 Results
Open Men 159 UNITED CYCLE TEAM United Cycle Team Open Men United Cycle Team 3:54:44.69 *** 1 108 LA RUTA La Ruta Open Men La Ruta 4:03:12.26 +8:27.57 2 71 OPUS Opus Open Men Opus 4:08:44.22 +13:59.53 3 95 100% NEW ZEALAND 100% New Zealand Open Men 100% New Zealand...
Day 2 Report
Invermere to Nipika Mountain Resort 60km/1302m climbing After a late-afternoon windstorm which blew through Invermere on Sunday, flipping tents and wreaking havoc in the rider village, conditions settled down for the evening and riders were treated to perfect cool...