Fifth-place finish for rookie rider

Despite a couple of setbacks,
Sidney mountain bike racer Dave
Smith, 40, peddled his way to an
impressive showing at the nation-
als on the weekend.

Racing in the Expert Veterans’
category at the Canadian National
Mountain Bike Competition,
Smith earned fifth place in the
cross-country event and placed
fourth in the downhill race.

About 300 competitors raced in
various different divisions at the
event in Bromont, Que., spokes-
man Sue McTaggart said.

Smith’s division, which is for
tiders aged 35 to 45, featured some
provincial champions and other
top competitors, she said.

McTaggart said Smith did
exceptionally well, especially
since he has only been riding in
mountain bike competitions for a
year.
“This is his development year
and he’s going places. He'll go for
the national team next year,” she
said.

“He’s hurting right now but
he’s ecstatic about his result.”

Smith battled it out with 21
other competitors in his division
before placing fifth in the 39-
kilometer cross-country race on
Saturday, she said.

“Tt was a grueling three-and-a-
half hour race through clay-like
mud that was six-inches deep most

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of the way,” she said.

Despite a fall in which Smith
injured himself, he pressed on to
overcome both fatigue and the
immensely challenging course,
McTaggart said.

“More than half of the field
dropped out because it was the
toughest course they had ever
done,” she said.

In the 9.6-kilometer downhill
tace, Smith narrowly missed out
on a third place finish and a place

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said.

Finishing eight seconds behind
the third place finisher with a time
of about ten minutes, Smith over-
came both a fall and mechanical
problems, she said.

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