Chris Helwig
10-09-2006, 08:18 PM
Saturday night was the Can Am Quebec Challenge at the Velodrome. The feature event was a 50 lap scratch race in a restriced 47x17 gear. There were 2 qualifying heats to make it to the 50 lap final. Vince and Steve easily made it into the final 10 riders by both finishing top 3 in their heats. In the final the pace was pretty quick off the hop with Steve and Vince being patient and waiting. With about 35 laps to go Meyer went off the front and quickly got half a lap. The group put in some chase efforts but Steve slowly increased his lead with an impressive solo effort. with about 20 to go he lapped the field successfully. Not long after this De Jong launched his attack out the group and quickly got a third of a lap. Vince got about a half lap lead and held it until the end as Steve took the victory with Vince in second. A strong performance which is a good sign with the 6 day coming up.