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HOME | MEDIA | NEWS RELEASES | 06.25.06
06.25.06 - UCI Cross Country World Cup #5 Mont-Sainte-Anne: Local Marie-Hélène Prémont takes gold, Christoph Sauser (Sui) wins the men's competition. Seamus McGrath (5th), Kiasa Bisaro (10th), Alison Sydor (14th), top Canadians.
Mont-Sainte-Anne (QC), June 25, 2006 - Coming from behind on the final lap, local girl Marie-Hélène Prémont once again made the most of home advantage to come out on top of eternal rival Gunn-Rita Dahle (NOR) for the second year in a row at Mont-Sainte-Anne. The 250 UCI points catapult her above the German Sabine Spitz into second place in the UCI World Cup rankings, while the day saw Seamus McGrath put in his best-ever World Cup performance, coming in fifth. There were also solid performances from British Columbia's Kiara Bisaro and Alison Sydor, who finished 10th and 14th respectively in a strong field.

Here are the men's and women's podium:
    Men
  1. Christoph Sauser, SUI, SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING, 2:00:29
  2. Liam Killeen, GBR, SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING, 2:00:39
  3. Julien Absalon, FRA, BIANCHI AGOS, 2:03.24
  4. Jose Antonio Hermida Ramos, ESP, MULTIVAN MERIDA BIKING TEAM, 2:03:59
  5. Seamus McGrath, CAN, CANADIAN NATIONAL TEAM, 2:06:37
    Women
  1. Marie-Hélène Prémont, CAN, ROCKY MOUNTAIN BUSINESS OBJECTS, 1:41:17
  2. Gunn-Rita Dahle, NOR, MULTIVAN MERIDA BIKING TEAM, 1:42:15
  3. Sabine Spitz, GER, SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING, 1:42:51
  4. Irena Kalentieva, RUS, 1:45:14
  5. Mary McConneloug, USA, 1:46:54
All eyes were on local racer Marie-Hélène Prémont, from nearby Château-Richer, but several other Canadian women put in strong times, notably Kiara Bisaro (Courtenay, BC, 10th) and Alison Sydor (North Vancouver, BC, 14th). Karen De Wolfe (Fredericton, New Brunswick, 20th), Wendy Simms (22nd), Catherine Pendrel (Penticton, BC, 24th) and Patricia Sinclair (Victoria, BC, 28th) also ensured the rest of Canada was not forgotten in the celebrations.

But, aside from Marie-Hélène Prémont, the Canadian performance of the day belonged to Seamus McGrath of Victoria, British Columbia. Coming in six minutes behind winner Christoph Sauser of Switzerland was enough to ensure a fifth-place finish. Ricky Federau, from Abbotsford, British Columbia, finished 23rd and reigning Canadian champion Raphaël Gagné of nearby Lac-Beauport was the first rider from Québec to finish, in 33rd place.


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