Tour De Bowness

Top Gear riders were busy ripping it up at the Niklas Group Tour de Bowness in early August. The event is a 3 day Omnium format which includes a road race in Bearspaw, hill climb at COP, and a crit in the heart of Bowness. Top Gear represented well in all categories, men and women.

The Cat 3 road race saw Top Gear with 3 riders in the top 10. Ian Auld hit the top step of the podium and Mark Franlin was 7th, and Kevin McMahon 8th. More solid results followed the next day in the hill climb up the punishing COP switchbacks. In the Cat 3 race Ian Auld placed first, Craig Fraser 4th, Scott Donaldson 8th and Kevin McMahon 9th. In the Cat 5 race Shawn Bond put in a good time and placed 7th, and Sonia Utting crushed it with a second place in the womens B race.

The always entertaining crit on Monday saw some more great riding from TG. The cat 3 race saw Adam Boyko get a little closer to Cat 2 upgrade with a 6th place finish, Mark Franklin was 7th to cap his solid weekend, and Craig Fraser was super active all race off the front and putting the hurt on the rest of the field. Ride of the day to Jessie James Collins who made the selection into a very elite group in the Cat 1-2 crit.

Top Gear riders in the Cat 3 Omnium-Ian Auld 2nd, Craig Fraser 8th.