Wednesday, April 22, 1992 — North Shore News - 17

NV’s Sydor cycles |N. Shore teen skis at Ogopogo retreat
successful debut to

season in

Phoenix

Wins three races at Cactus Cup

ALISON SYDOR of North
Vancouver kicked off her
cycling season last month
with an impressive triple-
crown victory at the
Specialized Cactus Cup
mountain-bike race at
Phoenix.

Sydor, in her season debut,
trounced the opposition to win an
unprecedented three straight
against a strong field led by world
champion Ruthie Matthes of
Boulder,

From the starter’s pisto! to the
finish-line flag ty days later,
there was little @::..5: “ydor was in
control.

Under sunny skies and ace
organization, the Specialized
Coca-Cola Cactus Cup launched
into action with the individual
time trial. One by one, the conti-
nent’s top off-road racers tackled
the 6.4 kilometre course.

The technical course was
predominantly narrow ‘‘single-
track,’ with nasty surprises for
any errant navigators. Prickly cac-
ti greeted the numerous crashers,
in a novel form of aversion thera-
Py. :

As the final times were posted,
it was Sydor on top, with a 12-
second margin over Team GT’s
two-time world champion Juli
Furtado of Boulder.

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NOT WEIGHT

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Stage two gave Canada a
double-whammy surprise. Not on-
ly did Sydor pull away to win
solo, but Pedal Racing Team’s Jill
Smith of Vancouver came in just
two seconds behind Matthes to
take the bronze position.

The heat was on for the feature
finale — the cross-country event
— as Sydor’s challengers were
gunning for vindication.

Sydor asserted the lead early in
the final nine-mile lap, but was
overtaken. Then she pulled steadi-
ly away as the stage soon became
a race for second-place honors.

On the third and final lap,
Susan de Mattei of California
rode in for silver with a 30-second
deficit, with Matthes 12 seconds
further back.

For Sydor’s sponsor, Team
Kahlua Canada, it was the most
successful launch of a major team
in North American history. The
new formation marks the first
corporate-sponsored team in Ca-
nadian women’s cycling.

The team is made up of Sydor,
Road World’s bronze medalist;
Pan-Am sprint champion Tanya
Dubnicoff of Winnipeg; former
Tour de France yellow jersey
holder Kelly-Ann Way of Wind-
sor; and national team members
Maria Hawkins of Banff and
Lesley Tomlinson of North Van-
couver.

People who diet without exercise lose fat but
they also lose lean body mass,
metabolic engine. But most major diet pro-
grams ignore the importance of exercise, so if

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NORTH VANCOUVER esi-
dent Tom Mould was one of 35
teenagers from B.C. and the
Yukon who recently attended
the Canadian Cancer Society’s
secend annual Ogopogo Ski
Camp ski retreat.

Mould participated in a
guess-your-time ‘ski race which
was a fundraiser for the cancer
society.

the body's

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a person regains weight (as 98% do), a higher
percentage of those pounds will be fat. Also,
the more lean body mass you lose, the more
your metabolism slows down. That makes it

The retreat, held at Apex
Alpine Ski Resort, was for
cancer-diagnosed teenagers. It
allowed teens an opportunity to
share their experiences and
motivate each other while still
having access to medical care.

“It provided teens with a
chance to have a ski experience
they might not‘ otherwise have

gotten; as well as. an opportu-
nity just to be together with
other teens,’’ said Roxanne
Wiseman, a Canadian Cancer
Society volunteer.

The retreat is one of the Ca-
nadian Cancer Society’s patient

‘services programs that help in-

dividuals and their families
cope with childhood cancer.

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