Cyclists turn road racing into a team sport

While cycling is often considered an individual sport, today two of our Team BC cyclists turned the finish into a team event, crossing the finish line hand-in-hand.

In a photo finish Erin Attwell (Victoria) and Emily Handford (Kelowna) crossed the line together, with Attwell taking gold and Handford the silver. The decision to finish together was made going into the fifth and final lap of the race. Handford broke from the pack going into the last climb, with Attwell breaking from the pack the find her on the flat. “I worked with Erin the whole last lap; we decided to finish together, as a team.” Handford said she was “way happier to work hard and finish like that, as a team, than as a pack of six.”

Completing the Team BC sweep of the podium for the second day in a row, Kelsey MacDonald (Pitt Meadows) took home the bronze medal.

Tomorrow the action shifts to mountain bike, with athletes competing in the Eliminator ahead of Monday’s Cross Country races.