While locals are used to doing well in provincial mountain bike competitions, nobody came close in the 2003 Rat Race on the Sunshine Coast last weekend – probably because there was no one else to race against.
Locals Dave Burch and Jeff Beatty, racing for the Brodie/Evolution Team, were the only men in the pro downhill event.
"It was pretty cool, pretty low key," said Burch. "Beatty and I basically did shuttles all day, and got a lot of laps in. The race was pretty good, too, because I ended up beating Jeff by a second. I was stoked about that, he’s a fast kid."
Angela Teng also made the trip to Roberts Creek, finishing a close second in a long and difficult cross-country race. She finished the course in three hours, four minutes, less than two minutes behind Cynthia Young.
Trevor Hopkins was third among the Senior Elite Men with a time of 2:38:59.
The second event of the B.C. Cup Series, and the first provincial cross-country event, is the Action Quest at Penticton. It will be a full triple crown with cross-country, downhill and four-cross events.
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