Last night we hit Lachine in Montreal for maybe the most famous Tuesday nighter in the world :) Seriously though, Tino Rossi does a fantastic job with this race series that has been running now for 34 years. We had a few things on the go and being in Lachine this Tuesday just after Beauce lined up perfect for us. We came with a squad of five guys - Randers, Pinner, Zach, Cam and Svein.

Tino put us up for the night, he was excited Canad's top pro team would be there, and he said Team RACE Pro and the Columbia National Team would also be there from Beauce, so it looked like it would be a battle royale. Not to mention this race is traditionally more hotly contested than any other race in Quebec! Throw in strong teams from Sleemans, VW-Specialized and Garneau-Crocs and local Montreal duo of Keven Lacombe and Martin Gilbert from Kelly Medifast and we were going to have our work cut out for us.

The guys were super tired after the big week last week but they got up for it last night. One by one they nuetralized dangerous moves during the fast night and with 6 laps to go they moved to the front en-masse. Randers took the first pull in the finale train doing a full three laps and reeling in the final attack that was dangling just in front of the field. I was standing with Steve Rover - former Canadian Champion and one of a select crew of canucks who have raced pro in Europe. Steve said to me 'They went to the front to early', I said 'no - it will be ok just watch'. He replied 'its too fast they won't hold it'. Dwayner came to the front after Randers - no one came over the guys. Cam took over after Dwayner taking it to 500m to go - no one could come over the guys. Pinner drilled it through the final two fast corners - no one came over the guys. Z-man took it from 100m winning with a safe gap over Buck Miller. Pinner, with his arms raised, still rolled over the line in third for the night.

Now it is time to take a rest and recover. Cam might hit a few more of these crits in Montreal, but most of the guys are going to take a needed rest for two weeks while we re-group and get organized for the National Championships July 4-6 back in Beauce.  We also have our fingers crossed for Dwayner to get the nod to Beijing.

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