Photo Epic: Sun Peaks Enduro - Crankworx Summer Series
In the third week of this series, racing is taking its toll. We are tired, we are sore but we are not done yet. The field has shrunk again due to old injuries playing up and new ones picked up along the way too. Lucas Cruz took a spill in practice and will be sitting out the rest of the series, Cousinie, Ijurco, and Picton will also be sitting out today. But the fire is still there and there is racing to be done.
Finn, who has been vocal about his inexperience in enduro, has sealed the series up for enduro by clean sweeping every round. But that's not to discredit Jesse Melamed who finished a close 6 seconds behind, his second podium in a row now. Rhys Verner has been quietly sneaking his way up to second in the standings and his fourth place was another consistent result. In the women's standings, the race is tight with only 60 points separating 3rd from 1st. Vaea is still leading the field despite not landing on the podium today, she'll need to be on point the rest of the week to not lose her top spot.
Sun Peaks welcomes the traveling circus to town
Rhys Verner steps up for his daily symptom check
Brown preps for the day
Head of QC, Snuff
Kasper Woolley looking eager to crush some stages today
Schick charges into the shale steeps of Honey Drop
Melamed was a man possessed today
The crowds got a little thick today and were politely asked to leave
Morning dew left the trails perfectly saturated all day
Georgia Astle feeling fresh going into stage one
Remi came off his line here but some quick improvisation got him back on track
Mckay Vezina rode smooth all day for his 7th place
Kasper was full of energy today, skipping an entire corner here
Rhys Verner has been putting pressure on the leaders and climbs into 2nd place in the overall standings today
Gauvin at light speed
Elliot Jamieson though the tight trees of Creeper. One wrong move here and you're in trouble.
A punchy climb started stage 3 after a 1hr climb liaison. It was a battle of will at this point.
Aside from a climb at the start of stage 3, half-dried mud pits added insult to injury
Miller has been one of the most consistent podium finishers of the series
She adds another to her tally and places 2nd today
Mark Wallace enjoying the extended liaison time between stages 2 and 3
It would be short-lived though. Back on the gas.
Casey Brown secures a 3rd place finish today
Casey is just 30 points behind Vaea in the overall standings
A string of mechanicals left Seth Sherlock unable to complete on the day
Vaea Verbeeck is holding on to her series lead by a slim margin going into Dual Slalom
Andreane Lanthier Nadeau asserted her dominance in the first event of Sun Peaks. She's honing in on Vaea's top spot.
ALN floating through Creeper on her way to victory
Finn is here to win in the Summer Series and it shows
He goes 3 for 3 in the enduro category. Will we see Finn knocking on the door of the EWS?
ALN sits at 680 points after today
Finn extends his lead and has now collected 761 points
Andreane Lanthier Nadeau (1) Miranda Miller (2) Casey Brown (3)
Finn Iles (1) Jesse Melamed (2) Kasper Woolley (3)
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I do at least three "brown preps" on race day morning.
Ok I'll see myself out.
I don't care what brand's on the pump. If its the same coulour it's either made from an old fork or not kashima
still motivates me to trust intuition more than ever