La Grande Visite race reports

photo courtesy Canadian CyclistHoley kamoley, what a great weekend of racing! Everyone is talking about it! What can be said about John Large, Remi Berube and the rest of the team's efforts to bring a top-level time trial, criteriums and a women's road race to the Ottawa region on such short notice? And what about the fantastic results of our local riders against some of the domestic and international best riders?

There is lots of pics and information out there about the event, but I'll try and give a brief summary here of some of the best results of our local riders. 

We encourage you to submit your race reports and photos. We want to hear from you!

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videos of local biking action

Gino Ainsley shoots some videos of local biking action and posts them up on youtube for our collective viewing pleasure. Thanks Gino for sending in your videos! Here's three that Gino has submitted to ottawabikes.

Chrono Gatineau, June 12, 2010 

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reminder: Gatineau's "La Grande Visite" this weekend!

John Large submits some updates for "La Grande Visite".

June 12 and 13 mark the return of high level bike racing to Gatineau. Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes of the Women's WC in Montreal, "La Grande Visite" - Gatineau's popular family cycling event - launches into competitive cycling with a UCI time trial for men and women (CHRONO Gatineau, an International women's road race (Gran Prix Cycliste Gatineau), Jeux du Québec qualifying races and criteriums for provincial level masters, juniors and seniors. Also added is a 90km CycleSportif on Saturday.

The weekend looks like this:

Saturday June 12

• 09:00 La Grande Visite - 90km CycloSportif 
• 09:00 La Grande Visite - 35km CycloSportif 
• 10:30 Québec Games regional final – ITT – 8 km Minime - cadet boys/girls 
• 12:00 CHRONO GATINEAU TT - WOMEN UCI - 17.7km
• 14:00 Skills Competition - bibites, peewee, minimes
• 14:30 CHRONO GATINEAU TT - MEN UCI - 2 x 17.7km = 35.4km
• 19:00 Dinner of Champions 

Sunday June 13

Criterium. - 1 km course. 2- 500m straights (2 lane) with traffic circles at either end. Fantastic course for the display of skill and tactics. 

• 09:00 - Master 50+ and Women (jr, sen, master)
• 10:00 - Senior 3, Master 40-49 and Junior men
• 11:00 - Senior 1/2 and Master 30-39
• 12:30 - La Petite Visite - kids ride on the 1 km race circuit.
• 13:00 - Women UCI 99km Road Race.

Plenty for everyone. Ride your bike, enjoy the action, take in the beer garden.

Download the map for Chrono Gatineau TT 17.7km course (246k, PDF), the map for the womens' UCI road race (512k, PDF), and the official timetable (88k, PDF).