TR 3 Race within the race

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40+ men Final

8	Lonn Bate	346	2:36:56 (12)	2:50:05 (8)	2:44:26 (7)	8:11:28	+1:18:49.0
9	Mike Johnston	310	2:28:34 (10)	2:54:16 (9)	2:56:20 (8)	8:19:10	+1:26:31.0
10	Jesse Mong	342	2:23:26 (8)	2:59:15 (13)	2:56:49 (9)	8:19:31	+1:26:52.0
11	Steve Walsh	309	2:28:22 (9)	2:57:34 (10)	2:58:33 (11)	8:24:29	+1:31:50.0

4 guys battling for a position in the top 10. NASCAR calls this "The Chase".  Lonn Bate came down with his wife and 2 kids and put in a great day 3 to move up a spot or two. Jesse Mong won the Go Pro cam for best story-Day 1 got stung by 15 wasp and wne tot hospital, Day 2 broke something on his bike, Day 3-went for a ride after the stage was done. Steve Walsh has drank a "mistake beer" every night. Sorry Mike don't know your tale. The number in brackets de-note their position in the GC at the start of the day. 

You can bet these fellas know exactly who each other are and mark them all day. They know how many seconds down or in front they are and try to exploit their strengths and hide the "areas of opportunities".

Pretty cool to see this kind of competition. If these guys were the top four the media would lose their minds for such a good race, so keep an eye on the full results and watch the shuffle.

In saying that I am remiss for not mentioning  3rd place John O'Sannassy. Very solid efforts each day and with his knowledge of the trails flew the DH. Very nice guy and won the fastest Fernie Rider.

Men's open

9	Shawn Bunnin	321	2:01:21 (8)	2:20:49 (9)	2:29:55 (13)	6:52:06	+50:06.0
10	Sébastien Cadieux-Duval	323	2:04:15 (10)	2:30:32 (14)	2:17:52 (5)	6:52:40	+50:40.0
11	Peter Watson	394	2:07:09 (15)	2:23:57 (13)	2:23:40 (10)	6:54:47	+52:47.0
12	Travis Hauck	315	2:06:53 (14)	2:22:25 (12)	2:26:40 (12)	6:55:59	+53:59.0

 Women's open

1 Second????? Really 1 Second!!!!!!!!

9	Linda Green	396	3:19:34 (8)	3:52:07 (10)	4:13:12 (12)	11:24:54	+3:32:56.0
10	Carthy Chan	324	3:19:35 (9)	3:52:07 (9)	4:13:12 (13)	11:24:55	+3:32:57.0
11	Lisa Kalischuk-Tymensen	373	3:24:55 (12)	3:57:55 (11)	4:10:16 (11)	11:33:07	+3:41:09.0